''Space Strikers'' (french: 20,000 Lieues dans l'espace, lit ''20,000 Leagues in Space'') is a 1995
animated
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television series
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based on the 1870
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
novel ''
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (french: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne.
The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Ju ...
''. Episodes center around the crew of the spaceship ''Nautilus'', led by
Captain Nemo
Captain Nemo (; later identified as an Indian, Prince Dakkar) is a fictional character created by the French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's science-fiction classics, ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' ( ...
, in an attempt to liberate Earth and other planets from the control of Master Phantom. The series later premiered in France on
M6 on March 8, 1995 and later aired in the United States on
UPN
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from September 10 to December 3, 1995. Action sequences were shown in "Strikervision"
3-D.
Ownership of the series passed to
Disney
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in 2001 when Disney acquired
Fox Kids Worldwide
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The company was originally formed as International Family Entertainment, a spin-off of the Christian Broad ...
, which also includes
Saban Entertainment
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. The series is not available on
Disney+
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.
Plot
''Space Strikers'' has a single continuous plot running through all twelve episodes. The universe is inhabited by humans and a variety of other space-faring species. They are under threat from the mostly-robotic armies of Master Phantom, a human
cyborg
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anthropomorphic
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wolf
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, an anthropomorphic
dolphin
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, a
Cupid
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-like creature, and a variety of robots.
Due to their previous friendship and shared academy training, Captain Nemo and Master Phantom attempting to outwit each other is recurrent theme in the show.
Strikervision
At various times in an episode, a small green icon appears in the corner of the screen to alert the viewer to put on 3D glasses. Early 3D sequences typically feature repeated background and foreground images moving in opposite directions over the characters or ships on screen, giving the illusion of rotation or movement. Later instances of 3-D imagery often show spaceships flying past the screen, made possible by the show's use of
3D computer graphics
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for many of its spacecraft.
Voice cast
*Norman Blackmore
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Les Doolan - Dacar
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Jimmy Flinders - Captain Nemo
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HF Guilford
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Orville Ketchum - Admiral Maalko
*Ruth Lazar
*Kellie O'Connell
*Harry Pitts
*Nick Scott
*
Reed Waxman
Uncredited
*
Mary Kay Bergman
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Richard Epcar
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Music
In addition to Ron Wasserman composing original music for this series, Shuki Levy also co-composed for this series, recycling some of the music from ''
Starcom: The U.S. Space Force'' which he would later reuse for the English dub version of Season 1 of ''
Digimon Adventure
, known as ''Digimon: Digital Monsters'' in English-speaking territories, is a 1999 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation in cooperation with WiZ, Bandai and Fuji Television. It is the first anime series in the ''D ...
''.
Episodes
Season 1
References
External links
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