Gatchaman (ガッチャマン) is a three-part original video animation (OVA) based on the anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.[2] It was released in Japan from 1994 to 1995. This version of Gatchaman is set in the year 2066, where the evil leader of the nation of Hontwall is threatening to take over the planet. Scientists from the International Science Organization are disappearing and only five teenage heroes, the Science Ninja team, can stop the disaster.[3]
In the United States, Harmony Gold and Urban Vision released the OVA with an English dub on VHS in 1997 and DVD in 2001. The OVA was re-released on Blu-ray and DVD by Sentai Filmworks in 2013, with a new English dub that used the cast from in-house ADV Films version of the original series and 1978 movie.[4][5]