[including the otaku in this nonense, for they might have some inside
information]
Jayce & the Wheeled Warriors. Sci-fi action series that aired in
syndication circa 1987.
Supervising Director:
Kazuo Terada, with a resume that includes The Littles and Disney's
Gargoyles
Key Animation & Layout
Sunrise (Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, lame Batman:TAS episodes, ad infinitum)
Studio Giants (should ring a bell, but they don't)
Studio Look
Studio Shaft (daaaaaaaamn right!)
Swan Production
Animation:
Kazunori Iida
Kazuhisa Takeda
(Two animators, eh? That explains a lot.)
Writers include:
Ken Koonce (the other half of the Tale Spin and Dinobabies writing duo
with David Weimers)
David Weimers
Howard R Cohen (Rainbow Brite & the Star Stealer)
Bruce Schaefer (probably Bruce Reid Schaefer, who penned some decent
episodes of Mummies Alive! and Biker Mice from Mars)
Haskell Barkin (story editor)
Jim Carlson (the other story editor, probably did some Marvel's X-Men
eps with Terrence McDonnell)
Dennis O'Flaharty (some TMNT episodes from 1990, if I recall)
(27 in all)
Can't confirm if J.M. Straczinsky [spelling?] from Babylon 5 wrote
anything under a pseduonym for this show.
Jean Chalopin probably made a little more coin for the French villa
fund with this one, but I can't for the life of me exaplin why I've
never heard of this series before. Must've slipped under the rader of
Sunbow and Raskin-Bass stuff I watched back in the day.
BTW, the Magic Window cover blows. Hard. Like something a reasonably
talented grade schooler submitted for a marketing contest. The art in
the show isn't half-bad.
The animation has a few good sequences in the two episodes I saw on
Volume 3. The attempts at squash and stretch are beyond lame, though,
as are the accompanying sound effects. Man, this show would rule if it
had a budget.
Terrence Briggs, who's watching Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, too.
Gluttony and masochism are two of my favorite vices.
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