Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
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Screenshot of the title screen from Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
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| Genre | Space western, Mecha |
| Created by |
World Events Productions Studio Pierrot |
| Based on |
Star Musketeer Bismark by Studio Pierrot |
| Directed by | Franklin Cofod |
| Voices of | |
| Music by | Dale Schacker |
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| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Peter Keefe |
| Producer(s) | Franklin Cofod Courtney Leigh Kimberly Frances |
| Distributor | VCI Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | First-run syndication |
| Original release | September 14, 1987 – September 2, 1988 |
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs is an animated television space western, similar to the series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and BraveStarr. The series premiered in the United States in 1987 and had a run of 52 episodes.
The show was based on Star Musketeer Bismarck (星銃士ビスマルク Seijūshi Bisumaruku?), a Japanese anime series created by Studio Pierrot that achieved moderate success in Japan. The English language rights to the series was purchased by World Events Productions (WEP), the same company behind the English-language version of Voltron, in 1986. WEP reorganized and rewrote the series, incorporating the original episodes and creating 6 new ones, before releasing it under the name Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs.
In July 11, 2016, Toku began airing reruns of the series.
The series is set in the distant future. Humans have spread beyond living on Earth and have colonized planets across the universe, creating a New Frontier of man. In order to protect these new settlers and maintain law and order in the New Frontier, Earth's Cavalry Command was created. Cavalry Command is a military organization that maintains an army and fleet of ships to protect the New Frontier and the residents of the planets within it known as Settlers. Within Cavalry Command is a unit of special operatives known as Star Sheriffs that function as the organization's field agents, investigating any crimes and plots that threaten the security of the New Frontier.
The main foe of Cavalry Command and the Star Sheriffs is a race of non-human creatures known as Vapor Beings (also sometimes called Outriders) that have jumped into our dimension in order to conquer it. They attack the Settlers, destroy settlements, and kidnap humans in order to mine various metals or crystals from the soil of various planets.
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