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I read about the upcoming **Gatchaman Crowds** anime.

According to [this
source](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-16/gatchaman-crowds-
anime-characters-staff-revealed), the series is about

> "Gatchaman" — warriors who fight in special reinforced suits powered by
> "NOTE," the manifestation of special spiritual powers in living beings.

This surprised me - the original Gatchaman series had no supernatural
material. Some pretty improbable things happened, but they were all understood
to be advanced science & technology. The "Bird Go!" transformations were not
spiritual but technological.

So, is Gatchaman Crowds set in the same universe as the original Gatchaman?

Note: I'm aware this can't be answered until the show starts, or until
Tatsunoko reveals more information.


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Is Gatchaman Crowds set in the same universe as Gatchaman?


I don't have a definitive answer to this, but based on the first 2 episodes of
_Gatchaman Crowds_ (all that has aired so far), at the very least there's no
clear connection between the two series. If they are in the same universe, the
characters in the two series don't seem to be interacting at all. There are
definitely references to the original series, e.g. all of the members of the
_Gatchaman_ team in the original series have counterparts in _Gatchaman
Crowds_ , and many of the concepts stayed the same.

There's good reason to believe that the two series are in different universes.
In the original Gatchaman, all of their powers were, at least in principle,
just the product of science and technology. In _Gatchaman Crowds_ , by
contrast, their powers are of some sort of mystic origin. It's not yet clear
how they work, but they aren't purely within the realm of science fiction
anymore. This rendition of _Gatchaman_ is thus fundamentally different from
the original, and probably only makes sense in its own universe.

The Wikipedia entry for [_Gatchaman
Crowds_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatchaman#Gatchaman_Crowds) seems to
agree with this, describing _Gatchaman Crowds_ as “based in the Gatchaman
universe,” which would seem to preclude it from being in the same universe.
However, there's no solid source for that statement, so it's at best
questionable.

Of course, this answer could still change (at least until _Gatchaman Crowds_
ends) but for the moment it seems more likely that they are in different
universes.


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I would say the connection between _Gatchaman Crowds_ and the original
_Gatchaman_ is the original is a TV show in the _Gatchaman Crowds_ universe in
which somehow the team actually exists in the world, which would explain the
references to the team in the first episode before the reveal of them actually
existing.


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