Space Sentinels

Space Sentinels

Directed by	Hal Sutherland
Voices of	George DiCenzo Evan C. Kim Dee Timberlake Lou Scheimer
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer
Producer(s)	Don Christensen
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Filmation
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 10, 1977

Space Sentinels (originally titled The Young Sentinels and renamed midway through its only season) is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Filmation which debuted on the American NBC network on September 10, 1977 and ran for thirteen half-hour episodes. The series has been called "ahead of its time" due to its racially diverse cast of main characters.^[1]

In this series, the Greek mythology figures Hercules and Mercury are joined by Astrea, a character created specifically for the series, to form a superhero team to protect mankind.

The complete series was released on Region 1 DVD on August 22, 2006, along with the complete series of The Freedom Force.^[1]

Characters

Hercules: blonde-haired and blue-eyed Hercules possesses superhuman strength. He was voiced by George DiCenzo, who also voiced Sentinel One and later reprised the role of Hercules in The Freedom Force animated series.
Mercury: Mercury's power is the ability to run and fly at up to the speed of light. Mercury is of Asian ancestry. He was voiced by Asian American actor character actor Evan C. Kim (who is credited here as simply "Evan Kim").
Astrea: Astrea can morph into nearly any living animal. She, along with the Super Friends' Black Vulcan, were one of the very few African American superheroes. She was voiced by African American character actress Dee Timberlake.
Mo (Maintenance Operator): Sentinel One's robot assistant, voiced by Filmation co-founder and executive producer Lou Scheimer.

Antagonists included the "sinister" villain Morpheus, the Sentinels' sworn enemy; he was also an Earthling given powers in the same manner as Hercules, Mercury, and Astrea, but far earlier. Those who had given Morpheus his powers had erred by giving him a variety rather than one specific power; he had rebelled and turned to evil. Secondary antagonists include The Sorceress, as well as Anubis, modeled after the Egyptian god of the same name.

Episodes

Morpheus: the Sinister Sentinel
Space Giants
The Time Traveler
The Sorceress
The Return of Anubis
The Wizard of Od
The Prime Sentinel
Commander Nemo
Voyage to the Inner World
Loki
Fauna
The Jupiter Spore
The World Ship

DVD release

BCI Eclipse LLC (under license from Entertainment Rights) released all 13 episodes of Space Sentinels on DVD in Region 1 on August 22, 2006, along with all five episodes of The Freedom Force. This series featured the character Hercules and which originally aired as part of Tarzan and the Super 7.^[1] In addition, the digitally remastered presentation features scripts and Spanish language tracks for all 13 episodes, audition tapes, a gallery featuring original images, early presentation images, trivia and interviews with creators Lou Scheimer, Buzz Dixon, Darrell McNeil, Michael Reaves, Robert Kline and David Wise.^[1]

2006 DVD release cover art

As of 2009, this release has been discontinued and is out of print as BCI Eclipse has ceased operations.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 Lambert, David (June 22, 2006). "Filmation's Space Sentinels Comes To DVD with Companion Freedom Force!". Retrieved 2008-10-25.
↑ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News-BCI-Shut-Down/11064

Show Credits

Executive Producers: Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott
Producer: Don Christensen
Associate Producers and Story Editors: Len Janson, Chuck Menville
Supervising Director: Hal Sutherland
Animation Directors: Marsh Lamore, Rudy Larriva, Don Towsley, Gwen Wetzler, Lou Zukor
Production Manager: Joseph Simon
Production Designers: Alberto DeMello, Jim Fletcher, Herb Hazelton
Key Assistant: Mike Hazy
Layout: Kurt Connor, Frank Gonzales, George Goode, Clark Haas, Dick Hall, Ed Haney, Wes Herschensohn, Dave Hoover, Rich Hoover, Les Kaluza, Lonnie Lloyd, Carol Lundberg, Greg Nocon, John Perry, Virgil Raddatz, Joe Roman, Leo Swenson, Cliff Voorhees, David West, Jim Willoughby
Story Director: Bob Kline
Storyboard: John Dorman, Paul Fennell, Gary Goldstein, Hal Mason, Mario Piluso
Color Director: Ervin L. Kaplan
Backgrounds: Barbara Benedetto, Sheila Brown, Pat Keppler, Rolly Oliva, Tom O'Laughlin, Curtiss Perkins, Don Peters, Don Schweikert, Gary Selvaggio, Douglas Stevenson, Don Watson
Animators: Tom Baron, Carl Bell, Becky Bristow, Jim Brummett, Emil Carle, Zion Davush, Otto Feuer, Ed Friedman, John Garling, George Jorgensen, Lou Kachivas, Walt Kubiak, Lawrence Miller, Joe Morrison, Fred Myers, Emory Myrick, Bill Nunes, Casey Onaitis, Jack Ozark, Tony Pabian, Karen Peterson, Bill Pratt, Bill Reed, Len Rogers, Don Ruch, Don Schloat, Ben Shenkman, Larry Silverman, Hank Smith, Bob Tyler, Dardo Velez, George Waiss, Ron Westlund
Assistant Animation Supervisor: Lew Irwin
Animation Check Supervisor: Marion Turk
Xerography Supervisor: John Remmel
Paint Supervisor: Betty Brooks
Camera Supervisor: R.W. Pope
Camera: John Aardal, Don Dinehart, Dan Larsen, David J. Link, Dean Teves, F.T. Ziegler
Color By Technicolor
Film Editor: Jim Blodgett
Film Coordinator: June Gilham
Background Music Composed By Yvette Blais, Jeff Michael
Music Published By Shermley Music Company (ASCAP)
Music and Sound Effects Recorded By Horta-Mahana Corporation
Voices By George DiCenzo, Evan Kim, Dee Timberlake
(c) Copyright 1977 Filmation Associates
A FILMATION PRODUCTION

External links

Children's programming on NBC in the 1970s

First-run animated series	The Perils of Penelope Pitstop Here Comes the Grump The Pink Panther Show (1969–78) The Underdog Show The Further Adventures of Dr. Dolittle The Houndcats The Roman Holidays The Barkleys Sealab 2020 Around the World in 80 Days Inch High, Private Eye The Addams Family Emergency +4 Butch Cassidy Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–75) Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975–76) CB Bears The Young Sentinels The New Archie and Sabrina Hour (1977) I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali Baggy Pants and the Nitwits Yogi's Space Race Galaxy Goof-Ups The Godzilla Power Hour Fantastic Four Fabulous Funnies The New Fred and Barney Show Buford and the Galloping Ghost Casper and the Angels (1979–80) Fred and Barney Meet The Thing (1979-80) The Super Globetrotters The New Shmoo (1979–80) The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979–80)

First-run live-action series	H.R. Pufnstuf The Banana Splits Adventure Hour Barrier Reef The Bugaloos (1970–72) Mr. Wizard Runaround Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Go Run, Joe, Run Land of the Lost (1974–77) Westwind McDuff, the Talking Dog Monster Squad Big John, Little John (1976–77) The Kids From C.A.P.E.R. Muggsy Thunder Search and Rescue The Red Hand Gang The Krofft Superstar Hour

Rebroadcasts	The Heckle and Jeckle Show The Flintstones The Woody Woodpecker Show Deputy Dawg The Jetsons Josie and the Pussycats Speed Buggy Space Ghost and Frankenstein Jr. Hong Kong Phooey The Go-Go Globetrotters The Alvin Show The Daffy Duck Show Jonny Quest

Schedules	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

Related programming and topics	Animation in the United States in the television era

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