Here's the synopsis I got off Wikipedia:
The series takes place in the early summer of 2015 and is set in the city of Tachikawa, Japan. A "second metropolis" of Tokyo, Tachikawa is populated by people known as Gatchaman, who are warriors that fight in special reinforced suits that are powered by the manifestation of spiritual powers of living beings called NOTE. A council has recruited individuals that have latent powers to help fight alien criminals. In recent years, the council has appointed the Gatchaman Crew (G-Crew) to fight the mysterious entity known as MESS.
Read the character description HERE
So going back, the description for this anime series seems apt. It's a mix between Gurren Lagann, Tiger & Bunny and Persona 4. My question however is whether or not it'll stand the test of popularity. The series did a lot of things. It wants to draw in crowds by using the Gatchaman brand, then sticks to standard tropes and the whole 'whats popular' to make it fly (no pun intended).
Now the object of geek/nerd rage here is the concept or the lack thereof. Gatchaman was always about the science ninja team (Battle of the Planets for the North American/comic book readers, G-Force for the Pinoy readers). These were teenagers, who kick ass in bell bottoms and bad haircuts and drive a ridiculously powerful ship named God Phoenix (because they can) and more importantly because they're heroes. They have the symbology and exude that they mean business. Sadly that's not the case with Gatchaman Crowds... or is it?
GATCHAMAN CROWDS only shares two things with the original series namely the whole transform-myself-to-a-more-powerful fighter and secondly the bird theme. Other than that it's a completely different beast.
That being said, I'm compelled to do two things. One is to do a review of this new series and secondly to raise awareness that these two should be treated as a separate entity or a 'spiritual successor' to the original series.
So what do you think?
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