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*The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers*
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
Genre	Animated series; Space Western
Created by	Robert Mandell
Voices of	Robert Bottone; Alexander Marshall; Maia Danziger; Corinne Orr; Laura Dean; Jerry Orbach; Earl Hammond; Ray Owens; Hubert Kelly; Doug Preis; Henry Mandell
Theme music composer	Phil Galdston; John Van Tongeren
Opening theme	"No Guts no Glory"
Ending theme	"No Guts no Glory (long version) & Rangers Are Forever"
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Abe Mandell
Producers	Robert Mandell; Bob Chrestani
Editors	Ralph Galli Jr.; Brian Mattlin
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	first-run syndication
Release	September 14 –; December 11, 1986

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The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (1986-1989) was an American animated Space Western television series created by Robert Mandell and Gaylord Entertainment Company.

The series combined sci-fi stories with a typical wild-west-"feel", fusing elements of space opera with the traditional fantasy elements of sword and sorcery. It was one of the first anime-style shows produced mainly in the USA, although the actual animation was done in Japan by the famed Tokyo Movie Shinsha. At the time it was aired, The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers was a revolutionary children's show.^[1]

When the series originally aired, the 65 episodes were broadcast five days a week until they had all been shown. The episodes were for the most part aired out of order.

Background

The show is set after the year 2086, when two aliens from the planets Andor and Kirwin travelled to Earth to search for allies against the ruthless and expansionist Crown Empire led by the Queen of the Crown. In return for the help, the two aliens gave mankind construction plans for an FTL-drive (hyperdrive). After this key event in human history, interstellar travel flourished and a huge number of colonies emerged in distant star-systems. Alongside the growth of human activities in space, criminal activities also grew, and the new colonies required defense against various threats, including the Crown Empire. BETA (Bureau for Extra-Terrestrial Affairs) was founded to cope with these tasks, the "Ranger"-division being a part of it. Most of the colonies portrayed in the show specialized either in agriculture (by growing genetically engineered crops or breeding genetically engineered cattle) or in mining star stones. Many of the planets have names that evoke Western settings: Nebraska, Mesa, Ozark, Prairie, and so on.

BETA

BETA is shown as the major military and exploratory arm of Earth. The organization's headquarters are at BETA Mountain/Earth. BETA sustains several bases on and around Earth, such as the Longshot Research Facility in the Grand Canyon and the BETA space station in Earth orbit. BETA seems to be in command of a huge spacefleet, as shown during the attempted invasion of Earth by the Crown.

Series Five Implant

The Series-5 Brain Implant is perhaps the closest mankind will ever get to reproducing with cybernetics the abilities that gene engineers can draw out of the human genome.^{[citation needed]} The S5 implant enables dramatic boosting of innate abilities due to its unique conversion of bio-electrical power generated by alpha radiation and stored within the badges worn by the Galaxy Rangers.

Crown Empire

The Crown Empire, also known as the "Crown", is ruled by the Queen of the Crown. She controls a huge number of planets in a vast section of the galaxy. However, this "mighty and vast empire" is crumbling. It was implied in "Phoenix" that Andor and Kirwin were once enslaved by the Empire, and that the "help" they were seeking in the opening voice-over was a military alliance with Earth to retain their independence.

The Queen controls her empire using creatures called Slaverlords, with whom she has a psychic link. Slaverlords derive their power from the psychic energy of other beings, which can be stored in a "psychocrystal". In order to harness the required energy for the psychocrystals, the Crown almost exterminated the whole Gherkhin race. After the Empire encountered humans, the Queen discivered that they were more suitable for energy extraction than any other previously encountered species. Throughout the series, the Queen was driven to get her hands on more humans for her "psychocrypt"; the bounty on live humans was therefore exceptionally high. Two of the humans she managed to capture and connect to her psychocrypt during the course of the series were Eliza and Zachary Foxx. While Zachary was rescued from the psychocrypt (as seen in the episode "Psychocrypt"), he was unable to recover the other half of Eliza's psychocrystal, which was kept by the Queen (Eliza's body remained in stasis in the Longshot facility).

Although the Crown owns a gigantic spacefleet, its ships are an order of magnitude slower than the Andorian designs used by Earth and its allies. It was implied in "Armada" that the Queen relies on these ships to keep order in her domain, and to prevent her subjects from revolting. For this reason, she could not afford to withdraw a significant number of spacecraft for the extended length of time necessary to travel to Earth. When Lazarus Slade equipped her ships with hyperdrives comparable in speed to the Andorian designs, the Queen launched a lightning strike against Earth, which would have succeeded, had the drives not been powered by ersatz and highly unstable starstones bought from the space pirate Captain Kidd. The ranks of the Crown military "appear to be some kind of android" ("Lord of the Sands"), but this is not known for certain. They are known to react with fear ("Phoenix"), ambition ("Mindnet"), and other emotions that would indicate that they are sentient beings, but still generally loyal to the Queen.

Characters

Episodes

DVD Releases

Koch Entertainment LP currently owns the DVD distributions rights to Galaxy Rangers through Koch Vision.^[2] Four Galaxy Rangers DVDs, each containing four episodes, were released in the United States.^[3] Koch has released the entire series which consists of two boxsets.^[4] The first set was released on May 13, 2008. The second and final set was released on August 19, 2008.^[5]

Legacy

The show was considered innovative and ahead of its time. It had a rare sense of humor, especially with star ship's artificial intelligence, that often are playful and make jokes. Each character for a children's animated series was well drawn and lacked cliches to sell toys, which many series had at that time.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ "The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers - News". The Official Website of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
^ "Galaxy Rangers - Koch acquires adv of the Galaxy Rangers for DVD". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
^ "Galaxy Rangers - 'New in Order' Collectable Multi -DVD Sets Announced for the Classic Cartoon". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
^ "Galaxy Rangers - The Collection: Volume 1". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
^ "The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers - News". The Official Website of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
^ ""Galaxy Rangers" Resin Statues". Animation Insider. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "PR: Adventures Of The Galaxy Rangers - The Collection: Volume 1". Toon Zone. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "Galaxy Rangers: Collection 2" Saddles Up Successfully and Rides Into The Sunset". Toon Zone. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers: The Collection Volume 1". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2009-10-15.

External links

[1] "The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers - News". The Official Website of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

[2] "Galaxy Rangers - Koch acquires adv of the Galaxy Rangers for DVD". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

[3] "Galaxy Rangers - 'New in Order' Collectable Multi -DVD Sets Announced for the Classic Cartoon". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

[4] "Galaxy Rangers - The Collection: Volume 1". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2008-09-21.

[5] "The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers - News". The Official Website of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. Retrieved 2008-09-21.

[6] ""Galaxy Rangers" Resin Statues". Animation Insider. Retrieved 2009-09-13.

[7] "PR: Adventures Of The Galaxy Rangers - The Collection: Volume 1". Toon Zone. Retrieved 2009-09-13.

[8] "Galaxy Rangers: Collection 2" Saddles Up Successfully and Rides Into The Sunset". Toon Zone. Retrieved 2009-09-13.

[9] "Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers: The Collection Volume 1". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2009-10-15.

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 '''''The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers''''' (1986-1989) was an American animated [[Space Western]] [[television series]] created by [[Robert Mandell]] and [[Gaylord Entertainment Company]].
-The series combined sci-fi stories with a typical wild-west-"feel", elements of a [[space opera]] and with the traditional [[fantasy]] elements of sword and sorcery.  It was one of the first [[anime]]-style shows to be primarily created in the US, although the actual animation was done in Japan by the famed [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]], and at the time it was aired, it was a revolutionary children's show.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers - News |work=The Official Website of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|date=|url=http://www.thegalaxyrangers.com/Default.asp?flash=true|accessdate=2009-07-13}}</ref>
+The series combined sci-fi stories with a typical wild-west-"feel", fusing elements of [[space opera]] with the traditional [[fantasy]] elements of sword and sorcery.  It was one of the first [[anime]]-style shows produced mainly in the [[USA]], although the actual animation was done in Japan by the famed [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]].  At the time it was aired, '''''The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers''''' was a revolutionary children's show.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers - News |work=The Official Website of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|date=|url=http://www.thegalaxyrangers.com/Default.asp?flash=true|accessdate=2009-07-13}}</ref>
-When the series originally aired, episodes were aired five days a week until all 65 episodes were shown, with the episodes largely being aired out of order.
+When the series originally aired, the 65 episodes were broadcast five days a week until they had all been shown.  The episodes were for the most part aired out of order.
 ==Background==
-The show is set after the year 2086, when two aliens from the planets [[Andor]] and Kirwin travelled to Earth to search for allies against the ruthless and expansionist Crown Empire led by the Queen of the Crown. In return for the help, mankind was given construction plans for an [[Faster-than-light|FTL]]-drive ([[hyperdrive]]). After this key-event in human history, [[interstellar travel]] flourished and a huge number of colonies were built on distant star-systems. Alongside the growth of human activities in space, criminal activities also grew and the new colonies had to be defended against various threats, including the Crown Empire. [[BETA]] ('''B'''ureau for '''E'''xtra-'''T'''errestrial '''A'''ffairs) was founded to cope with these tasks, the "Ranger"-division being a part of it.
+The show is set after the year 2086, when two aliens from the planets [[Andor]] and Kirwin travelled to Earth to search for allies against the ruthless and expansionist Crown Empire led by the Queen of the Crown. In return for the help, the two aliens gave mankind construction plans for an [[Faster-than-light|FTL]]-drive ([[hyperdrive]]). After this key event in human history, [[interstellar travel]] flourished and a huge number of colonies emerged in distant star-systems. Alongside the growth of human activities in space, criminal activities also grew, and the new colonies required defense against various threats, including the Crown Empire. [[BETA]] ('''B'''ureau for '''E'''xtra-'''T'''errestrial '''A'''ffairs) was founded to cope with these tasks, the "Ranger"-division being a part of it.
-Most of the colonies portrayed in the show are either specialized in agriculture (by growing [[Genetic engineering|genetically engineered]] crops or breeding genetically engineered cattle) or mining ''star stones''. Many of the planets have names that evoke Western settings; Nebraska, Mesa, Ozark, Prairie.
+Most of the colonies portrayed in the show specialized either in agriculture (by growing [[Genetic engineering|genetically engineered]] crops or breeding genetically engineered cattle) or in mining ''star stones''. Many of the planets have names that evoke Western settings: Nebraska, Mesa, Ozark, Prairie, and so on.
 ===BETA===
-BETA is shown as the major military and exploratory arm of Earth. The organization is headquartered at BETA Mountain/Earth and sustains several bases on and around Earth like the Longshot Research Facility in the [[Grand Canyon]] and the BETA space station in Earth orbit. BETA seems to be in command of a huge spacefleet as shown during the attempted invasion of Earth by the Crown.
+BETA is shown as the major military and exploratory arm of Earth. The organization's headquarters are at BETA Mountain/Earth.  BETA sustains several bases on and around Earth, such as the Longshot Research Facility in the [[Grand Canyon]] and the BETA space station in Earth orbit. BETA seems to be in command of a huge spacefleet, as shown during the attempted invasion of Earth by the Crown.
 ====Series Five Implant====
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 ===Crown Empire===
-The Crown Empire, also known as the "Crown", is ruled by the [[The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers Characters#Queen of the Crown|Queen of the Crown]]. She controls a huge number of planets in a vast section of the galaxy. However, this "mighty and vast empire" is crumbling. It was implied in "Phoenix" that Andor and Kirwin were once enslaved by the Empire, and that that the "help" they were seeking in the opening voice over was a military alliance with Earth to keep their independence.
+The Crown Empire, also known as the "Crown", is ruled by the [[The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers Characters#Queen of the Crown|Queen of the Crown]]. She controls a huge number of planets in a vast section of the galaxy. However, this "mighty and vast empire" is crumbling. It was implied in "Phoenix" that Andor and Kirwin were once enslaved by the Empire, and that the "help" they were seeking in the opening voice-over was a military alliance with Earth to retain their independence.
-The Queen uses ''Slaverlords'', creatures powered by the psychic energy of other beings stored in a "psychocrystal", with whom she has a psychic link, to control her empire. In order to harness the required energy for the psychocrystals, the Crown almost exterminated the whole Gherkhin race. After the Empire encountered the humans, the Queen found out that they were more suitable for energy-extraction than any other previously encountered species. Through the series, the Queen was driven to get her hands on more humans for her "psychocrypt", and the bounty on live humans was obscenely high. Two the humans she managed to capture and connect to her psychocrypt during the course of the series - Eliza and Zachary Foxx. While Zachary was rescued from the psychocrypt (as seen in the episode "Psychocrypt"), he was unable to recover the other half of Eliza's psychocrystal which is kept by the Queen (Eliza's body remains in stasis in the Longshot facility).
+The Queen controls her empire using creatures called ''Slaverlords'', with whom she has a psychic link.  ''Slaverlords'' derive their power from the psychic energy of other beings, which can be stored in a "psychocrystal". In order to harness the required energy for the psychocrystals, the Crown almost exterminated the whole Gherkhin race. After the Empire encountered humans, the Queen discivered that they were more suitable for energy extraction than any other previously encountered species. Throughout the series, the Queen was driven to get her hands on more humans for her "psychocrypt"; the bounty on live humans was therefore exceptionally high. Two of the humans she managed to capture and connect to her psychocrypt during the course of the series were Eliza and Zachary Foxx. While Zachary was rescued from the psychocrypt (as seen in the episode "Psychocrypt"), he was unable to recover the other half of Eliza's psychocrystal, which was kept by the Queen (Eliza's body remained in stasis in the Longshot facility).
-Although the Crown owns a gigantic spacefleet, its ships are an order of magnitude slower than the Andorian designs used by Earth and its allies. It was implied in "[[Armada]]" that the Queen relies on these ships to keep order in her domain, and prevent her subjects from revolting, so she could not afford to withdraw a significant number of them for the extended length of time necessary to travel to Earth. When Lazarus Slade equipped her ships with hyperdrives comparable in speed to Andorian designs, the Queen launched a lightning strike against Earth, which would have succeeded, had the drives not been powered by the ersatz, and highly unstable starstones bought from the space pirate Captain Kidd. The ranks of the Crown military "appear to be some kind of android" ("Lord of the Sands"), but this is not known for certain. They are known to react with fear ("Phoenix"), ambition ("Mindnet"), and other emotions that would indicate that they are sentient beings, but still generally loyal to the Queen.
+Although the Crown owns a gigantic spacefleet, its ships are an order of magnitude slower than the Andorian designs used by Earth and its allies. It was implied in "[[Armada]]" that the Queen relies on these ships to keep order in her domain, and to prevent her subjects from revolting.  For this reason, she could not afford to withdraw a significant number of spacecraft for the extended length of time necessary to travel to Earth. When Lazarus Slade equipped her ships with hyperdrives comparable in speed to the Andorian designs, the Queen launched a lightning strike against Earth, which would have succeeded, had the drives not been powered by ersatz and highly unstable starstones bought from the space pirate Captain Kidd. The ranks of the Crown military "appear to be some kind of android" ("Lord of the Sands"), but this is not known for certain. They are known to react with fear ("Phoenix"), ambition ("Mindnet"), and other emotions that would indicate that they are sentient beings, but still generally loyal to the Queen.
 ==Characters==