So who are these 'Tatsunoko' characters anyway?

The only way mainstream gaming would even give a damn about this is only when it includes Speed Racer, Samurai Pizza Cats, and Tekkaman Blade, since these three are nostalgia bait... in America!

No link to the article, JC?

Marvel vs Capcom 3 please.

Guess there aren't enough kids today that remember the Americanized version of Gatchaman was called "Battle of the Planets." I loved that show. But that was in the late 70's.

I saw Gatchaman as a kid, only with the name G-force (and in spanish, because I'm from latin america)

Aside from that (And Cashern maybe, because for some reason I remember him) I didn't know any character from Tatsunoko that appeared in the game (I got it though, it looked so good). I hope they put some mainstream characters when they bring it, because it's no fun to play with characters that nobody else knows about.

I only know of Speed Racer and all of that show's characters, and I know Casshaun, Friender and Luna from Casshaun Robot Hunter when it played several years ago on Sci-Fi Channel, and I heard of the G-Force cast from the now defunct GameFan magazine's anime sections when they reviewed a few of the "Gatchaman" movies. Oh, and Tekkaman Blade (when it was released in America years ago as Teknoman. And I've heard of and seen commercials for Samurai Pizza Cats, but I never cared to watch it (looked stupid to me).

Everyone else in this game, I've never heard of, but Tatsunoko VS. Capcom is definately raising my interest in finding out who they are. In the end, I think this game is going to be great for Tatsunoko Productions, as it's going to motivate more Americans into watching their old and new stuff.

I seem to dimly remember G-Force. Was it ever on Cartoon Network/Toonami?

Gold Lightan has to be the oddest cartoon, even for Japan. It's a lighter that turns into a robot. Even transformers wouldn't go that mundane.

No Speed Racer or Pizza Cats though, that's a small step back, but the game is great. No argument here.