Thundarr the Barbarian
| Thundarr the Barbarian | |
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1980 Thundarr the Barbarian promotional image
Foreground from left to right Thundarr, Ariel, and Ookla |
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| Genre | Post-apocalyptic, science fantasy, action-adventure |
| Created by |
Steve Gerber Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Written by | Buzz Dixon Martin Pasko Mark Evanier Ted Petersen Steve Gerber Christopher Vane |
| Directed by |
Charles A. Nichols John Kimball Rudy Larriva |
| Voices of |
Robert Ridgely Nellie Bellflower Henry Corden |
| Narrated by | Dick Tufeld |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Eisenberg |
| Production company(s) | Ruby-Spears Productions |
| Distributor |
Filmways (Season 1) Taft Broadcasting Warner Bros. Television Distribution (1996-present) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ABC (1980–1982) NBC (1983) |
| Original release | October 4, 1980 – September 18, 1982 |
Thundarr the Barbarian is an American Saturday morning animated series, created by Steve Gerber and produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. The series ran two seasons, 1980–81 and 1981–82. Action figures of the three main characters were released by Toynami in 2004.
Twenty-one half-hour episodes were produced by Ruby-Spears Productions, an animation house formed by former Hanna-Barbera head writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, from October 1980 to September 1982, when the show went off the air. The show ran on the ABC network. Reruns of the program appeared on NBC's Saturday morning lineup in 1983.
Thundarr the Barbarian is set in a future (c. 3994) post-apocalyptic wasteland divided into kingdoms or territories — the majority of which are ruled by wizards – and whose ruins typically feature recognizable geographical features from the United States, starting in New York City and working itself to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Mount Rushmore, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.. Other episodes with recognizable settings are located in Mexico, while one is in London. Another notable feature of this future Earth is that the Moon was broken in two pieces. The shattered moon and the ruins of the former human civilization were caused by the passage of a runaway planet between the Earth and the Moon in 1994, which, from scenes shown in the opening sequence, caused radical changes in the Earth's climate and geography. However, by the time period in which the series is set, the Earth and Moon seem to have settled into a new balance. Earth is reborn in a world of "savagery, super-science, and sorcery".
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