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Writers:
Christy Marx (writer) (4 episodes)
Ken Pontac (writer)
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Release Date:
16 September 1998 (Canada) more
Plot:
The inhabitants of four mutually hostile worlds must unite their forces to face the grave menace of an invading planet & population. full summary
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1 win & 1 nomination more
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Not the best from Mainframe more (11 total)

Cast

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Paul Dobson ... Graveheart (6 episodes, 1998-1999)

Mark Oliver ... King Cryos (6 episodes, 1998-1999)

Enuka Okuma ... Jade (5 episodes, 1998-1999)
Gary Chalk ... Emperor Femur (4 episodes, 1998-1999)

Tasha Simms ... Lamprey (4 episodes, 1998-1999)
Donna Yamamoto ... Tekla (4 episodes, 1998-1999)
Jim Byrnes ... Grand Vizier (4 episodes, 1998-1999)
Matt Hill ... Prince Pyrus (4 episodes, 1998-1999)
Scott McNeil ... Blokk / ... (3 episodes, 1998-1999)
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Also Known As:
ShadowRaiders (Canada: English title)
War Planets (USA)
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30 min (26 episodes)
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Vizier: My Prince.
Prince Pyrus: I was wondering when you'd find me.
Vizier: Oh, why must you continue to play such foolish games?
Prince Pyrus: What can I say? It's a fun way to blow off steam.
Vizier: You know what I mean. I just heard of your plans to allow that ice trash, Cryos, to come to our world.
Prince Pyrus: He called and I said yes, what's the big deal?
Vizier: Our worlds have been at war for centuries. This is not for you alone to decide. Our law dictates...
Prince Pyrus: You forget! As prince, I am the law.
Vizier: Apologies, young prince. It is just... with your father gone, you are my responsibility... I thought I had taught you better.
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3 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Not the best from Mainframe, 12 July 1999
Author: drakon-2 from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

War Planets has great voice work, characterization, and the animation is the best of all the three SF shows that Mainframe/Alliance has produced. Yet it is an ultimate letdown in writing. The seasons have what I call "mini-arcs" which is to say that after a series of one-shot episodes, we finally try to do something noteworthy. Most of the time, the mini-arcs are fairly good, but are a bit flat because there is no building tension. If focus could be shifted to court intrigues and smaller conflicts within the Alliance, perhaps we might have a better show, but these is a side of WP that has remained woefully untapped for the most part. The opening episodes of the series, for instance, could have been extended and more laid out, but instead Graveheart is exiled too easily. The standard cliches of action animation are glaring here, with plots that seem quick and sometimes banal.

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