Dragon Flyz
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| Genre |
Action/Adventure Drama Fantasy Science fiction |
| Created by | Savin Yeatman-Eiffel John Gentile Anthony Gentile |
| Directed by |
Guillaume Ivernel (art) Xavier Giacometti |
| Voices of |
T.J. Benjamin Saul Bernstein Thomas Cannizzaro Donna Daley Jonathan Davis Don Mayo James Michael K.C. Noel Jimmy Uncle |
| Composer(s) | David Friedman |
| Country of origin | France United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Marc du Pontavice Marty Abrams John Gentile Anthony Gentile |
| Producer(s) | Marc du Pontavice |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Gaumont Multimédia (original) Xilam (current) Abrams/Gentile Entertainment, inc. Active Entertainment Columbia TriStar Television |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
France 3 (France) First-run syndication (United States) |
| Original release | September 6, 1996 – April 4, 1997 |
| Website | |
Dragon Flyz is a French-American animated television series created by Savin Yeatman-Eiffel and produced by Gaumont Multimédia (later renamed Xilam Animation), in Association with Abrams / Gentile Entertainment, inc., and distributed by Sony Pictures Television. It ran for approximately two or three years, airing both in Europe and in syndication in the US with a TV-Y7-FV rating. The program centered on a coalition known as the Dragonators (a combination of "dragon" and "aviators"), a set of humans who ride on Dragon-back in search-and-rescue operations. A line of toys named DragonFlyz, based on the series, was released by Galoob. The simple nature of the show was balanced by a refined art direction by future Dragon Hunters film director Guillaume Ivernel, and by references to classic Sci-Fi concepts in Yeatman-Eiffel's scripts, himself the future creator of Ōban Star-Racers.
Set in the 41st century, after an event called 'The Cataclysm', the series depicts the adventures of dragon-riders either human or of a reptilian, gargoyle-like race, at war for control of the Earth. The battle occurs above a largely inhospitable landscape, either volcanic or barren; rivers of lava flow freely over the surface, inhabited by animals adapted to the unusual environment. The remaining human population dwells in an air-borne city known as 'Airlandis', from which dragonators regularly travel to the surface to retrieve the fuel of its operation: the oviform purple crystals known as "Amber" (usually obtained from lava pools, or directly from the ground).
The character of 'The Cataclysm' is never mentioned, though in the opening titles the surface is depicted as a post-apocalyptic scene, implying nuclear warfare. Earth's inhabitants, ecosystems, and species have been exterminated, save those sheltered in an 'Oasis'. The skies immediately above the surface are ravaged by continuous lightning storms, dangerous air currents, and acidic clouds, known as the 'Warp Winds', through which the only safe passages are the hollow mountains known as 'Wind Pits'.
Any pockets of life, where any of the planet's former species dwell in relative safety, are known as 'Oases'. One such 'Oasis' is discovered by protagonists Z'neth and Apex, whereupon Z'neth challenges Dreadwing to a duel for its ownership. Impatient, Dreadwing causes his dragon mount, Blackheart, to set the Oasis ablaze. At the end of the episode, Apex is seen carrying a birds' nest, with a few eggs, on the saddle of her Dragon.
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