Battle of the Planets was shown subtitled in Poland. Its initial name was Wojna Planets, but this was changed partway through to Zaloga G (Team G). The change was made because the TV station that carried the series The Spanish translation of Battle of the Planets was called La Batalla de los Planetas and the situations and stories were translated faithfully from the American source. It ran as a fully dubbed version in Spain. It was this dubbed version that was sold to every other Spanish-speaking country that aired Battle of the Planets.

The complete, eighty-five episode series was purchased by the country's national TVE network, although only fifty-nine were ever translated into Spanish and broadcast. It began airing January 13, 1980 on Sunday evenings. After a break, it returned to air on Tuesdays in June, 1981. The series was licensed through June, 1982.

Curbing violence in children's television was an issue at the time in Spain just as it was in the US. Spanish news articles noted Battle of the Planets' care and attention to these concerns. From the Januray 13, 1980 edition of ABC Madrid,

"Battle of the Planets" Science Fiction Series
Starting today, Sunday, at six thirty, Spanish television will begin broadcasting the American animated series production of "Battle of the Planets," consisting of eighty-five, half-hour episodes. The series has been thoroughly designed to prevent depicting acts of violence that could traumatize children. Each episode has been carefully supervized by a psychiatrist and a lawyer who helped ensure producers adhered to the strict children's programming rules created by the National Broadcasting Association.

Spanish TV listing for the August 4, 1981 airing of "The Awesome Armadillo 90"

The differences to the American version amounted mainly to name changes. Here is a list of the main American names, Spanish names and cast.

English name
Battle of the Planets.................
G-Force......................................
Mark...........................................
Jason..........................................
Princess......................................
Keyop.........................................
Tiny............................................
Chief Anderson........................
7-Zark-7.....................................
1-Rover-1...................................
Susan..........................................
The Phoenix..............................
Spectra........................................
The Luminous One...................
Zoltar..........................................
Spanish Name (cast member)
La Batalla de los Planetas
Comando G
Mark (José Luis Angulo)
Jason (José María del Río)
Princesa (María Antonia Rodríguez)
Keyop (Ana Ángeles García)
Tiny (unknown)
Professor Anderson (Carlos Revilla)
Zark-7 (José Moratalla)
Roberto-1
Susan (Susanita) (Ana María Simón)
Phoenix
Spectra
Jefe Supremo (Ángel Ter)
Zoltar (José Caride)

As indicated, Tiny's voice actor is currently unknown.

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Here are the fifty-nine Spanish episode titles, linked to the English versions. These episodes are presented in Gatchaman airing order, as most of the time the series was offered internationally, it was offered in this order.

El rescate de los astronautas 2
La momia espacial
3
La serpiente espacial
4
El barco fantasma del planeta Mir 5
Gran asalto robot al oro 6
As del espacio exterior 7
La anémona gigante 8
Amenaza lunar desde Júpiter 9
Un enjambre de hormigas robot 10
La escolta de la nave espacial 11
El escarabajo del colmillo dulce 12
Peligro en un crucero de placer 14
La criatura de los mil ojos 15
Una ballena del Comando G 18
El nuevo amo de Spectra 21
El dragón marino 22
La momia musical 24
El gigante de lava 25
Carrera contra el desastre 27
El saltamontes fantasma 30
Los demonios del desierto 35
La cueva de los calamares 36
Orion le fidèle 37
Concierto espacial de rock 41
Prisioneros en el espacio 42
Ataque a Riga 44
Las focas de Sytron 45
El gigante monstruo de Gila 46
La captura del código galáctico 47
Asalto al planeta vecino 48

Keyop lo hace todo 49
El ataque del escorpión rojo 54
Mammut la amenaza del tiburón 55
La pistola más rápida de la galaxia 57
El gigante del planeta Zir 58
La isla secreta 59

El Murciélago espacial 60
El Ataque de la avispa mecánica 61
Señuelos de Perdición 62
El gran robo cerebral 65
El ataque del pulpo espacial 67
Ciudad silenciosa 68
Peligro en las pirámides 69
El monstruo del Himalaya 71
Safari espacial 73
Museo misterioso 74
El ataque de la langosta gigante 75
El rey duplicado 77
Los terribles pavos reales 80
Misión al espacio interior 83
La araña espacial 84
Espías superespaciales 86
Cupido le da a Keyop 87
Tentáculos espaciales 88
El armadillo espantoso 90
Salvad la colonia espacial 93
Vacaciones en Venus 96
Cohete fuera de control 97
El Comando G en el futuro 100

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Spain received several music releases on 45s and LPs. Like many other regions, they had their own theme song for Battle of the Planets.

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Lyrics to "Battle of the Planets"
(Carlos Moncada, Roberto Selles, Félix Lapardi)

There is a war between galaxies....
and the Commandos defend our land from invaders,
they're brave and face Spectra without fear.
There are dangers, adventures, but Commando G always triumph,
the Commandos will rid the world of Spectra and its horrors.
Our planet depends on them in this war between galaxies.

Mutation!

The battle of the planets is a great interspace war
with evil forces sent from Spectra.
Under the sea at Center Neptune,
the vigilant watchman 7-Zark-7 controls
the galaxy's superpowers
that have encountered a thousand battles.

7-Zark-7 watches the screens, sounds the alarms
and the Phoenix flies through routes in space
to attack the many new monsters that want to obliterate Earth
the Commandos are there to beat them again.
The galaxy's superpowers
that have encountered a thousand battles.

Phoenix on fire!

The battle of the planets is a great interspace war
with evil forces sent from Spectra...
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Spain created several high-quality comic books that were adapted for other European regions. They also had a number of card collection albums and activity books. For a look at some of the merchandise released in Spain, click here. Twenty-six episodes of the Spanish-dubbed La Batalla de los Planetas were released as a DVD box set in 2005.

 

 

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