The Adventures of T-Rex

The Adventures of T-Rex
Format Action Adventure
Comedy
Animation
Country of origin Japan
United States
Language(s) Japanese
English
No. of episodes 52
Production
Producer(s) Kitty Film
Running time 30 Minutes
Distributor DiC Entertainment
Gunther-Wahl Productions (English USA Dub)
Broadcast
Original channel syndication
Original run 1992 – 1993

The Adventures of T-Rex was a co-production between Japanese and American animated series that aired in syndication from 1992 to 1993 in North America. The show featured five musical Tyrannosaurus brothers who played to sold-out crowds as a vaudeville group for the Dragon company owned by the beautiful and wealthy Myrna while also secretly fighting crime as "T-REX," masterminded by Professor Edison. The show, an American/Japanese coproduction between DIC and well-known anime producer Kitty Film (Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, Yawara!,Kishin Douji Zenki ) lasted only one season.

Set in a world of anthropomophic dinosaurs, brothers Bernie (blue), Bruno (pink), Bubba (green), Buck (yellow) and Bugsy (purple) were born with special powers to help fight crime. Each brother's special power was related to a specific part of their anatomy; Bernie's legs, Bruno's arms, Bubba's tail, Buck's mouth and teeth, and Bugsy's telekinetic eyes. The group rode out on their Rexmobile to battle “Big Boss” Graves, crime kingpin of Rep City (the show's setting), and his evil organization, The Corporation. Kid sister Ginger was part of the singing group, but didn’t know about her brothers’ secret identities.

One of the show’s other noteworthy elements was giving the T-Rexes imitation celebrity voices: Jack Benny, Art Carney, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Durante.

Their major contribution to the Anthropomorphic Heroes genre was a sense of wit, as their transformation sequence required the use of the catchphrase, "T-Rex is the name and crimebusting's our game" (in practice, however, each of the brothers would replace "our game" with a context-sensitive witicism).

Contents

Voice cast

Episode list

1. Hijack
2. Hot Shot
3. Rep Side Story
4. Star!
5. Mesmerized Mayor
6. The Big Freeze
7. Vinny and the Brothers
8. Big Time at the Big House
9. Rep City Games
10. Robo Flop
11. Screwloose
12. Radio-Dazed
13. Where's Ed?

14. The Comeback Kid
15. The Fabulous Brother Boys
16. Play It Again
17. Big Boss Blues
18. Witness Protection
19. Biggest Chill
20. Dance Fever
21. The Contender
22. The Mayor's Egg
23. The Flying Boat
24. Rep City Guru
25. The Kimono Caper
26. Doctor in the House

27. Crusin' for a Bruisin'
28. Country Cousins
29. The Rexmobile
30. Really Big Foot
31. It's All in the Cards
32. Flo and Ed
33. Fight at the Opera
34. The Rex Stuff
35. Rep City Blues
36. Radio Rip-off
37. Ginger Snaps
38. They Flap by Night
39. The Dough Stops Here

40. Bungee Bandits
41. The Best Offense
42. My Fair Chain Gang
43. The Grand Science Fair
44. Crime Takes a Holiday
45. The Rep City Rockets
46. It's a Gas
47. The Big Bite
48. Bag of Bones
49. Up the River
50. Weekend in the Country
51. Little Big Boss
52. Super T-Rex

Credits

Created by
Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther
Developed by
Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther, Jean Chalopin
Original Character Designs by
Satoru Tsuda
Executive Producers
Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther, Jean Chalopin, Hidenori Taga
Co-Executive Producer
Mark Taylor
Producers
Rudy J. Zamura, Xavier Picard, Shigekazu Ochiai
Creative Consultant
Takashi
Teleplay by
Jean Chalopin
Story Editor
Peter Lawrence
Directed by
Stephane Martinere
Voice Direction
Michael Donovan
Talent Coordinator
Gail Hackery
Liaison to Kitty
Gene Pelc
Overseas Production Supervisor
Toshiyuki Hiruma
Art Director
Charlie Sansonetti
Characters and Props
Francois Capuron, Didier Cassegrain, Laurent Duvault, Pascall Morelli, Michele Perbet
Background Designers
Max Braslavsky, Vincent Gassies, Bruno Julier, Florence Nizan, Luc Paulet
Storyboards
Remi Brenot, Vic Dal Chele, Richard Danto, Adrian Gonzalez, Georges Grammat, Gordon Harrison, Philippe Landrot, Pascall Morelli, Ruben Negri, Pascal Pinon
Storyboard Review
Eric McConnell
Color Background Artists
Jean-Claude Bauer, Anne-Cecile de Rumine, Benedicte Fages, Genevieve, Penloup, Vincent Gassies
Color Key Artists
Claude Morelli, Isa Python, Genevieve Penloup, Maryann Stewart
Associate Producers
Karen Malach, Robert Winthrop
Production Coordinators
Monica Arce, Saiid Assefi, Claudia Ellis, Jill Gray, Kazumi Sawaguchi, Gaetano Vaccaro, Frank Weiss
Production Secretary
Samia De Jema
Animation Production
KK C&D Asia, Shigeru Akagawa, Hiroshi Toita, Hiroshi Saotome, Kitty Film
Animation Supervisors
Masanori Miura, Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Masakazu Higuchi, Eiji Okabe
Layouts
Group Zen, Anime-Spot Co. Ltd, AD Cosmo Inc., Teleimage Japan Inc.
Animation Studios
Mad House, Philippe Animation Studio Inc., Mook Company Ltd, Samile Animation Co. Ltd, Hung Long Animation Co. Ltd
Animation Producer
Takahiko Tsuchiya
Editiorial Services
Broughten-Winicki Inc.
Slugging & Sheet Direction
Pretend Production
Original Music by
Robert J. Walsh
Music Editor
Jeffrey R. King
Sound Effects & Mix by
Dick and Rogers Sound Studio Ltd, Fury and Grace
Post Production Supervisor
Yannick Heude
Audio Supervisor
Jacques Siegel
Video Supervisor
Jean-Marc Fonseca
Post Production Coordinators
Aban Patel, Suzanne Remiot

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