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The Spectrum Angels from Captain Scarlet.
Knowing that many folks at Tsuburaya Productions were fans of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's shows (TsuPro founder Eiji Tsuburaya was a huge fan), I wonder if the Spectrum Angels in anyway influenced the creation of XIG's all-female Team Crow in Ultraman Gaia.
The ladies of XIG (eXpanded Interceptive Guardians), EYES (Elite Young Expert Squad), and HEART (Hi-tech Earth Alert and Rescue Team).
XIG (eXpanded Interceptive Guardians) in Ultraman Gaia was the largest and, in terms of size, most realistic defense organization in any Ultra series. It went way beyond the core five or six defense team members in most of the other series, giving us specialized teams or units to handle different situations.
This meant that there were many, many great supporting characters throughout the 51 episodes of the series. And Team Crow - Kei Tadano, Miho Inagi and Juri Mishima - are among my favorites (and not just because they are all super cute).
Because of a gender bias amongst XIG brass, Team Crow was assigned fewer missions. However, that didn't dissuade them, it just made them better and more competitive, and gave them a chance to showcase their outstanding aerial combat skills. I also loved that they blasted rock music in their aircraft when they went into action.
I know it's pie-in-the-sky thinking, especially given the budget Tsuburaya Productions has to work with these days, but I would love a return to a defense organization this big, with more characters to work with. It would be difficult to give such a large cast the exposure it needs in the 26 episodes (really 22 if you subtract all the re-cap clip show episodes) each season now has. However, more cast and vehicles means more toys and figures that Bandai could market, so it might be worth considering.
Ultraman Gaia and two of the three squadrons from XIG.
Sorry, I can't tell which squads - Lightning, Falcon or Crow - these fighters are from.
