Force Five
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Written by | Mike Haller Lynn Garrison Collins Walker |
Directed by | Jim Terry Collins Walker |
Country of origin | United States Japan |
No. of seasons | 5
First episode date:1980 Final episode date:1985 |
No. of episodes | 130 (286 in original versions) |
Production | |
Producer | Jim Terry |
Running time | 23 minutes |
Production companies | Jim Terry Productions (former American Way) Toei Animation |
Original release | |
Network | first-run syndication |
Release | September,1980 – March,1985 |
Force Five was an American adaptation of five different anime television series. In the United States, this series was primarily shown only in New England, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, though it did make brief appearances in other markets, such as Texas and Northern California on KICU-TV 36. It was also shown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on CFMT channel 47 and in Asia on Star Plus during the 1990s. It was produced by Jim Terry and his company American Way, and it consisted of five imported Japanese giant robot serials (originally produced in the mid-1970s by Toei Animation) in response to the popularity of the Shogun Warriors toy collection. Mattel was one of the sponsors of the series.
In an anthology style, the five shows were broadcast simultaneously with one episode of each serial assigned a specific weekday. Additionally, all of the shows were edited into two-hour movies and marketed on video tape by Family Home Entertainment. In the UK, Krypton Force released several of these programmes but under different series titles.
Force Five series
Force Five consisted of the following five series:
- Force Five: Gaiking (26 episodes), adaptation of Divine Demon-Dragon Gaiking (44 episodes)
- Force Five: Dangard Ace (26 episodes), adaptation of Planetary Robot Danguard Ace (56 episodes)[1]
- Force Five: Starvengers (26 episodes), adaptation of Getter Robo G (39 episodes)
- Force Five: Grandizer (26 episodes), adaptation of UFO Robot Grendizer (74 episodes)
- Force Five: Spaceketeers (26 episodes), adaptation of Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger (73 episodes)
Originally, Great Mazinger was meant to be among the 5 shows but at the last minute swapped out for Starzinger.
References
- ^ "Danguard Ace: The Movie Collection: DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
External links
- 1980 American television series debuts
- 1985 American television series endings
- 1970s Japanese animated television programs
- 1980s American animated television series
- American children's animated anthology television series
- English-language television programs
- First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
- Mecha anime and manga
- American television series based on Japanese television series