Adding another series to their summer lineup, Crunchyroll has announced the pickup of Gatchaman Crowds, which will premiere this Friday at 2:30pm ET for premium users and a week later for free users. The series is slated for a twelve episode run and is directed by Kenji Nakamura, with series composition by Toshiya Ono for Tatsunoko Productions. The show will be available to Crunchyroll’s audience in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, France, the Caribbean, and South and Central America.
Plot concept: ‘Gatchaman’ is the general term for warriors who wear special power suits called NOTE, which are manifestations of special spiritual powers possessed by living beings. The Gatchaman force on Earth consists of aliens who have been dispatched by a council and Earthlings who have been scouted for their latent abilities, all of whom work together to protect Earth’s people and resources from alien criminals who have invaded the planet in violation of the probation enforced by the council. Most recently, their main duty is dealing with MESS, a mysterious entity about which even the council has little knowledge.