Wing Commander Academy

Wing Commander Academy
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Genre	Animated television series
Created by	Universal Cartoon Studios NBC Universal
Directed by	Larry Latham
Voices of	Mark Hamill Tom Wilson Malcolm McDowell Dana Delany Kevin Schon Lauri Hendler
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Larry Latham
Running time	22 minutes
Release
Original network	USA Network
Original release	September 21 – December 21, 1996
Chronology
Related shows	Wing Commander (franchise)

Wing Commander Academy is an American animated television series created and produced by Universal Cartoon Studios, along with a team led by Larry Latham. The show was based on the Wing Commander franchise and loosely served as a prequel to Wing Commander. The show's premiere airdate was September 21, 1996 on the USA Network's "USA Action Extreme Team" block. The series' last episode aired on December 21, 1996.

The series featured many ships introduced in the Wing Commander video games. The Scimitar and Broadsword were the primary fighters and bombers flown by the main characters, with the Dralthi and Grikath fulfilling those roles for the Kilrathi. As in Wing Commander I, the TCS Tiger's Claw was a Bengal class strike carrier. Individual episodes also featured cameo appearances from ships introduced in later games such as Wing Commander III's Arrow, Hellcat and Longbow and Wing Commander IV's Avenger. None of these ships are mentioned by name. A number of new capital ships were introduced by the series including the Achilles class destroyer and the Agan Ra Sivar class dreadnaught.

On March 6, 2012, Visual Entertainment released Wing Commander Academy- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the first time. In the US, the release will be distributed by Millennium Entertainment.

The episode "Recreation" is the final part of four-part crossover with several other shows that aired as part of USA "Action Extreme Team" programming block:

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