can any fans help me?

Hi all,

Okay, not that it'll be a short list, but perhaps this will help. I'll try to list briefly why an episode is significant with the title, or if it's just an episode that I happen to feel has a good story. So, here we go:

#1 - Gatchaman Versus Turtle King (Start of the series)
#2 - The Evil Ghostly Aircraft Carrier Appears (Continues from the end of #1)
#3 - The Giant Mummy That Calls In Storms (Background on Ken)
#4 - Revenge on the Iron Monster Mechadegon (First use of Bird Missile)
#5 - The Ghost Fleet of Hell (First appearance of Red Impulse)
#8 - The Secret of the Crescent Coral Reef (First appearance of Crescent Coral reef)
#11 - The Mysterious Red Impulse (Emphasis on Red Impulse)
#12 - The Giant Eating Monster Ibukuron (Good story)
#17 - The Grand Insect Operation (Good story)
#18 - Revenge! The Whale Operation (Background on Joe)
#21 - Who is Governor X (Emphasis on Governor X)
#22 - The Firebird Versus the Fire-Eating Dragon (Good Story)
#24 - A Neon Giant Laughing in the Dark (First appearance of Black Birds)
#26 - The God Phoenix Reborn (Background on Ryu)
#27 - Gallactor's Witch Racer (Emphasis on Joe)
#29 - Gallack X, the Demon Man (First appearance of the Lady Captain)
#31 - The Plan to Assassinate Dr. Nambu (Background on Joe)
#35 - Fires of the Blazing Desert (Good story)
#37 - Renjira, the Electron Iron Beast (Good story)
#39 - Jigokiller, the People-Eating Flowers <Beginning> (Good story, emphasis on Jun)
#40 - Jigokiller, the People-Eating Flowers <Conclusion> (Good story, emphasis on Jun)
#44 - The Challenge of Gallactor (Emphasis on Red Impulse)
#45 - The Sea Lion Ninja Team of the Night Fog (Good story)
#46 - Gatchaman in the Valley of Death (Good story)
#50 - Trachadon, the Dinosaur Skeleton (Funny story)
#51 - The Revolving Beast Caterroller (Climax of Ken/Red Impulse storyline)
#52 - The Secret of Red Impulse (Climax of Ken/Red Impulse storyline)
#53 - Farewell Red Impulse (Climax of Ken/Red Impulse storyline)
#54 - Gatchaman's Burning Rage (Follow-up on previous episodes)
#56 - The Hated Bird Missile (Background on Jun)
#57 - The Evil White Sea (First suggestion of new weapons)
#58 - Hell's Mecha-Buttha (First appearance of Firebird - Shadow Separation)
#61 - The Ghost of Red Impulse (Follow-up on Ken/Red Impulse storyline)
#67 - Mortal Blow! Gatchaman Fire (First appearance of new weapons)
#68 - Particle Iron Beast Micro-Saturn (Good story)
#69 - A Cemetery in the Moonlight (Emphasis on Jinpei)
#71 - The Immortal Governor X (Background on Katse and X)
#73 - Pursue Katse! (Good story)
#74 - Secret of the Birdstyles (Good story, continues from #73)
#75 - The Ocean Devil, Jumbo Shakora (Emphasis on Ryu's family)
#76 - The Bracelets Exposed (Good story, continues from #74, first appearance of Mechaziner)
#78 - Mortal Combat! 10,000 Meters Under the Sea (Background on Joe)
#79 - Stealing Gatchaman Information (Good story)
#81 - The Duel of Gallactor Island (Emphasis on Joe, continues from #78)
#82 - Aim for the Crescent Coral Reef! (First attempt to destroy Crescent Coral Reef)
#85 - That's G-4 (Good story)
#88 - Iron Beast Snake 828 (Background on Katse)
#89 - A Trap Sprung in the Crescent Base (Second attempt to destroy Crescent Coral Reef)
#91 - Completion of the Plan to Destroy Crescent Base (Third attempt to destroy Crescent Coral Reef)
#92 - The End of the Crescent Base (Third attempt to destroy Crescent Coral Reef, continues from #91)
#93 - Counterattack! The Underground Torpedo Operation (Follow-up on previous episodes)
#94 - Electric Devil Beast Angler (Emphasis on Ryu's family)
#95 - The United Ninja Great Demon Man (Background on Jinpei)
#97 - Leona 3, the Spaceship With No Tomorrow (Good episode)
#98 - Grape Bomber, the Spherical Iron Beast (Set-up for finale, emphasis on Joe)
#99 - The Wounded G-2 (Set-up for finale, emphasis on Joe)
#101 - The Sniper Group, Hebi-Cobra (Set-up for finale, emphasis on Joe)
#102 - Countermove! Checkmate X (Set-up for finale, emphasis on Joe, background on Katse)
#103 - G-2 Risks Death (Series finale)
#104 - The Evil Grand Black Hole Operation (Series finale)
#105 - Earth's Extinction! 0002 (Series finale)

While this should pretty much cover all of the "important" episodes, this is by no means a complete list of all the "good" episodes. I'm sure other people would feel that there are other episodes that you shouldn't miss, and will probably add to this list. The run of episodes in the 60s and 70s are particularly strong, and it was hard not to add more of them in as simply being "good."

Anyway, I hope that this gives you something to work with.

James