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[edit] Introduction

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[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

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[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.

[edit] 1972

• Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman debuted on television in Japan. [1]

[edit] 1978

• In 1978, Battle of the Planets became "the first Westernized adaptation of the 1972 Japanese animated television series known as Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman." [2] The first episode was aired on September 18, 1978. [3]

[edit] 1979

• On October 8, 1979, Battle of the Planets debuted on television in New Zealand. [4]
• In November 1979, Battle of the Planets debuted on television in France. [5]

[edit] 1980

• On January 13, 1980, Battle of the Planets debuted on television in Spain. [6]
• On June 7, 1980, Battle of the Planets debuted on television in the Netherlands. [7]

[edit] 1981

• On June 10, 1981, Battle of the Planets debuted on television in Italy. [8]

[edit] 1985

• On August 1, 1985, Battle of the Planets finished airing in its original run on television in the United States. [9]

[edit] 1999

• On March 8, 1999, the mailing list BotP was created. [10]

[edit] 2000

• On October 4, 2000, Mind Games by Alara Rogers became the first Battle of the Planets story published on FanFiction.Net. [11][12]

[edit] 2002

• On November 7, 2002, an article about Battle of the Planets was created by Hijiri on Wikipedia. [13]

[edit] 2004

• On September 28, 2004, Battle of the Planets started being released on DVD in the United States and Canada. [14]

[edit] 2007

• "As of February 2007, Sandy Frank's 30-year license to Battle of the Planets is expired." [15]
• On May 12, 2007, GROUNDED! by silentblujay became the first Battle of the Planets story published on FanLib. [16][17]

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Fan Fiction

According to Jorge R. Frank in a post dated June 11, 1999 on rec.arts.anime.misc, there might have been fan fiction before 1980. This issue is that:

There could well have been fanfics of earlier series, but I doubt it because fanfics are usually written by older fans, and the very early anime (Astro Boy, Speed Racer, Kimba, etc) tended to aim for a younger demographic.

I would not be at all surprised to learn of the existence of a Gatchaman/BotP fanfic older than Yamato, though.

[edit] Influential Fanworks

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[edit] Fandom Members

See Battle of the Planets fans.

[edit] Fandom Size

[edit] October 2006

There were 67 stories on FanFiction.Net as of October 10, 2006.

[edit] December 2007

There were 25 stories on FanLib as of December 13, 2007 [18] and 106 on FanFiction.Net. [19]

[edit] External Links

• Battle of the Planets @ FanLib
• Battle of the Planets @ FanWorksFinder
• Battle of the Planets @ IMDB

[edit] See also

• Battle of the Planets fanzines

[edit] Sources

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