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Sentai Filmworks Adds Gatchaman Crowds TV Anime
posted on by Karen Ressler
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The story of Gatchaman Crowds is set in Japan in the early summer of 2015. 180,000 people live in Tachikawa City, the "second metropolis" of the Tokyo area. Among them are "Gatchaman" — warriors who fight in special reinforced suits powered by "NOTE," the manifestation of special spiritual powers in living beings. A council has scouted a group of individuals with latent powers to protect Earth from alien criminals. In recent years, the council has assigned Gatchaman warriors to deal with the mysterious entity known as "MESS."
The cast includes Sakura Tange.
performing the opening theme song "Crowds." Uchida is performing he ending theme song "Innocent Note."
The first Gatchaman anime premiered in October of 1972 and earned an average rating of 21%. It was only planned for two quarters (kūru or Eagle Riders.
Gatchaman Crowds premiered in Japan on July 12, and streaming the series as it airs.
Update: Sentai Filmworks noted in a press release that it will release the series on home video in 2014.
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