RoboCop (animated TV series)
RoboCop is a 1988 superhero animated series based on the 1987 movie RoboCop. The cartoon aired as part of the Marvel Action Universe programming block. The series was animated by AKOM Productions.
| RoboCop | |
|---|---|
Title card | |
| Genre | Action Adventure Cyberpunk Superhero |
| Created by | Edward Neumeier Michael Miner |
| Developed by | Rich Fogel Mark Seidenberg |
| Directed by | Bill Hutton Tony Love |
| Voices of | Robert Bockstael Barbara Budd Len Carlson Rex Hagon Dan Hennessey Ron James Greg Morton Susan Roman Allen Stewart-Coates Chris Ward Gordon Maston |
| Music by | Haim Saban Shuki Levy |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Margaret Loesch Joseph M. Taritero |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Marvel Productions Orion Pictures Corporation |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | October 1 – December 17, 1988 |
| Related | |
| RoboCop: Alpha Commando | |
The show made a number of changes to the RoboCop universe to make it more appropriate for younger viewers, including replacing bullets with laser weapons and shifting the series to a more science fiction setting. In this series, RoboCop had a red light in the middle of his visor (which occasionally panned the whole visor). It is set in an alternate continuity where events similar to those shown in the movie happened, excluding Clarence Boddicker's death, who shows up in the last episode.
Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Marvel Productions, while Amazon's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (under Orion Pictures label) remains as current rights holder of the RoboCop franchise.