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Published: 2007-07-10 02:05:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 1443; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 29
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Description Righty-o.

As I mentioned on several occasions, Berg Katse of Gatchaman (alternatively Zoltar/Mala from Battle of the Planets or Galactor from G-Force) is my all time favourite anime villain, the only one about whom I admit to harbour an obsession. S/he kicks some serious booty.

S/He's the terrorist syndicater leader, who was created by (cough cough) merging two fraternal embryos, one male and one female (cough cough) and thus creating a slightly instable...er...being. He's got an IQ of 280 (cough cough), courtesy of two merged brains (cough cough. This is Gatchascience. Better live with it.) and in the end commited suicide by jumping down a lava crater.

Now you probably won't be asking, but I explain anyway. Why did it take me ten years from the first time I've seen this show to draw hir. (as in him and her. Hir. Get the point) For once, I am a bit more attached to the male form. And I do like to stay within canon. (no pun intended). The problem with Katse-sama is, you CAN'T stay within canon, because there IS NO CANON!!! AAAAAARGGGGHHHHH! There are one or two flimsy unmasking scenes, the most important one was done by less-than-mediocre animators. So I had to draw his female form, the Onna-Taicho (female captain, as she's called. Like - d'oh. In case you haven't figured =^.~= )

Second difficulty - Look. This is a 1972 anime. Imagine the fashion. A bunch of teenagers, dressed as birds (cough cough) are fighting against a villain, who's dressed as a... uhm...cat? Doberman? Bat? Something purple with big ears. My sense of fashion will. never. permit. me. to draw such an outrage. No. Never.

So all in all, I like the way Onna Taicho turned out and I hope you'll like her as well, although most of yous probably have no idea, what am I ranting and coughing my lungs about anyway.

She's got the nastiest smile ever.

The clothes are customised version from ep. 31, I believe.
For more info, go on [link]

and in case you do know this series, the following page is a must. It almost made me spray my dinner all over my laptop. At least five times a minute. [link]
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Comments: 14

condorcandi [2011-08-24 07:54:34 +0000 UTC]

Love the pic. Love the linework and coloring.

The only part of the Gatchascience that works is the twin fusion: It can happen naturally, and the result is a 'chimeric' child. (Two sets of cells genes, one person.)

I *think* 'Berg Katse' was supposed to translate as 'mountain cat' or something.

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deciduous-me [2010-12-18 06:13:45 +0000 UTC]

That's pretty impressive. I like her legs.

I've never actually seen Gatchaman (way before my time), but I've become a little enamored with Berg Katse via fanworks. While it didn't seem to be fully expressed in any of the cannon, s/he had such a fascinating backstory; more interesting than the teenaged science-bird pilot ninja... things. Bravo.

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VictoriaCinderton In reply to deciduous-me [2010-12-20 21:51:50 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thanks. I'm happy to hear that.

I've seen Gatchaman (well, G-Force) when I was 13-ish for the first time which is thirteen years ago now and since then there wasn't an anime character I'd like better than Berg Katse and though I'm not much into fanart, Gatchaman is the only series that made me draw more than two pictures of it. I also prefer BK to a bunch of moralizing teenagers.

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mztweeta [2007-07-13 17:19:22 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous..i love the colours...

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VictoriaCinderton In reply to mztweeta [2007-07-18 21:18:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much. I tried to avoid all the 1972 gaudiness...

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springie [2007-07-13 04:28:50 +0000 UTC]

Woohoo! Berg Katse...she looks lovely I must say...he/she is an awesome villain...

It's great to see another Gatch fan here!
Your work is beautiful!

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VictoriaCinderton In reply to springie [2007-07-13 15:19:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I decided to draw her, since there are zero pictures on DA.
...I love drawing high boots...

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Reanimated-Theories [2007-07-12 14:46:53 +0000 UTC]

Wow...I really love how you captured a devilish smirk on her....its a smile but with just a tad hint of evil. Very nice. And I just love what you did with the background...its so very neat and nicely colored. And the composition is very catchy.

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VictoriaCinderton In reply to Reanimated-Theories [2007-07-13 00:06:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! It means to me a lot.
It's hard to have a hermaphrodite-gender-bender-eevul-terrorist-organization-leader-thing-with-suicidal-tendencies-and-a-funny-cackle as your...er...role-model-stuff in tender childhood years. But s/he has remained my favourite no matter how many animes I've seen since then.

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Zguns [2007-07-11 17:20:26 +0000 UTC]

o...kay

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VictoriaCinderton In reply to Zguns [2007-07-11 19:53:05 +0000 UTC]

*snigger* Yeah. Well, I did start to watch this series, when I was about 12. Now, when I watch random episodes on YouTube, I get laughing fits over the never-ending row of cliche.

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Zguns In reply to VictoriaCinderton [2007-07-12 21:07:54 +0000 UTC]

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VictoriaCinderton In reply to Zguns [2007-07-13 00:01:19 +0000 UTC]

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