"The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers" (1986) TV series 1986-1989

Creator:

Robert Mandell
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Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

14 September 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Western

Plot:

In 2086, two peaceful aliens journey to Earth seeking our help. In return, they gave us the plans for our first hyperdrive...

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Future

Cast

Jerry Orbach	...	Zachary Foxx (7 episodes, 1986)
Bob Bottone	...	Brappo / ... (6 episodes, 1986)
Laura Dean	...	Aliza Foxx / ... (5 episodes, 1986)
Doug Preis	...	Bubblehead the Memory Bird / ... (5 episodes, 1986)
Earl Hammond	...	Captain Kidd / ... (4 episodes, 1986)
Hubert Kelly	...	Walther 'Doc' Hartford (4 episodes, 1986)
Henry Mandell	...	Crown Agent / ... (4 episodes, 1986)
Corinne Orr	...	Kiwi Kids / ... (4 episodes, 1986)
Maia Danziger	...	Annie Oh / ... (3 episodes, 1986)

Series Writing credits
Robert Mandell		(65 episodes, 1986)
John Rawlins		(8 episodes, 1986)
Mick Farren		(6 episodes, 1986)
Daniel Fiorella		(5 episodes, 1986)
Henry Beck		(unknown episodes)
Veronica Chapman		(unknown episodes)
Brian Daley		(unknown episodes)
Laurel Davis		(unknown episodes)
Tom De Haven		(unknown episodes)
James Luceno		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Bob Chrestani	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Eleanor Kearney	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Robert Mandell	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Phil Galdston		(unknown episodes)
John Van Tongeren		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Ralph Galli Jr.		(unknown episodes)
Brian Mattlin		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Ed Lee		(unknown episodes)
Ray Shenusay		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Joe Barruso	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Edward Bocanegra	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Walter Brogan	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Mark Chiarello	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Alfred De Rose	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Nicholas Filippi	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Brad Fox	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Curtis King Jr.	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Kenneth Landgraf	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Tom McLaughlin	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Laslo Nosek	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Larry Rosenthal	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
David W. Rosler	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Glen A. Schofield	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Alex Stevens	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Cyrus Voris	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Jim Wheelock	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Dennis Woodyard	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Bill Wright	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Judy Elliott-Brown	....	sound engineer (unknown episodes)
David Jensen	....	sound engineer (unknown episodes)
Daniel Mundhenk	....	sound engineer (unknown episodes)
John Quinn	....	sound engineer (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Peter Roos	....	music editor (unknown episodes)
Peter Wetzler	....	composer: additional music (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Brian Daley	....	story editor (unknown episodes)
Tom De Haven	....	story editor (unknown episodes)
Peter Fernandez	....	dialogue director (unknown episodes)
Eric Hammond	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Jimmy Lasino	....	story editor (unknown episodes)
Owen Lock	....	story editor (unknown episodes)
Christopher B. Orbach	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Christopher Rowley	....	story editor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Gaylord Productions
• Transcom Media

Distributors

• Divisa Home Video (2007) (Spain) (DVD)
• ITF Enterprises Inc.
• Koch Vision (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• TMS Entertainment  animation production

Also Known As:

Galaxy Rangers (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

30 min (65 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

Gaylord Productions

Quotes:

Narrator: [opening for all episodes] In 2086, two peaceful aliens journeyed to Earth, seeking our help. In return, they gave the plans for our first hyperdrive, allowing mankind to open the door to stars. We have assembled a team of unique individuals to protect Earth and our allies. Courageous pioneers committed to the highest ideals of justice. And dedicated to preserving law and order throughout the New Frontier, these are the Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers!

A Hidden Gem

Before I knew what Anime was, before I knew what noir was, what frontier Sci Fi was all about... before there were shows like Firefly, Star Trek: DS9, and now my beloved Cowboy Bebop, there were the Galaxy Rangers.

Growing up as a youngster of the 80s, I'd been force fed 30 minute cartoon-mercials such as Care Bears, Transformers, GI Joe and anything else that had toys or figures to buy. Much like today's kids have the seemingly infinite derivation of card game or toy tie-ins, there seemed no respite for quality writing with good moral lessons wrapped in an innovative setting with three-dimensional characters.

Voice casting was purely genius for this rough and tumble collection of humans and aliens trying to live on frontier worlds. While I look back now at the animation and see how primitive it was in certain episodes, there were still flairs of brilliance in some of the motion sequences. There was even a flavor in the Galaxy Rangers that would wind itself into graphic novels with neo-horriffic characters like Scarecrow, The Queen, even the cyber-steeds our heroes found themselves on were an innovative graphic design. The transformation sequences cued by a hero touching his or her badge "implant" were creative and ushered in a new way of showing a "power up" through animated sequences. The writing for most of the episodes was tight, the storylines mature. If this were to have been created in the past 5 years, it most surely would have found itself on Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network.

Why no brave organization has sought to run this in syndication, I honestly do not know. It would most certainly draw a certain cult crowd to an otherwise dead time slot. Having been one of the loyal few who woke up Sundays at 6AM to watch it here locally, I can certainly attest to that.