The Hunter
- Studio
- Ruby-Spears Productions
- Animation studio
- Toei Animation, Dai Won Animation
Synopsis
Clark Kent goes on a holiday with his parents, but must leave as Superman when General Zod and his Phantom Zone companions create a creature known as the Hunter. The Hunter can transform into any material he wants and transforms into steel in order to kidnap Lois Lane. The Hunter then transforms himself into Kryptonite and apparently kills Superman. Superman, however, is only in suspended animation and Lois Lane awakens him. Superman destroys the Hunter and uses the Phantom Zone projector in order to keep General Zod in the Phantom Zone.
Characters
Superman/Clark Kent/Superboy, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olson, Perry White, Lex Luthor, Jessica Morganberry, Ma Kent, Pa Kent, General Zod
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Cosmo Anzilotti, Bill Hutten, Tony Love
- Supervising Director
- Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols)
Producing
- Producer
- Larry Huber
- Executive Producers
- Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
- Supervising Producer
- John Dorman
- Associate Producer
- Stacy McLaughlin
Writing
- Writer
- Chris Weber, Karen Willson
Voices
- Voice
- Beau Weaver (Superman/Clark Kent/Superboy), Ginny McSwain (Lois Lane), Mark L. Taylor (Jimmy Olson), Stanley Ralph Ross (Perry White), Michael Bell (Lex Luthor), Debi Derryberry (Jessica Morganberry), Tress MacNeille (Ma Kent), Alan Oppenheimer (Pa Kent), Rene Auberjonois (General Zod), William Woodson (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Ron Jones
- Additional Music by
- Tom Worrel
Crew
- Story Editor
- Marv Wolfman
- Assistant Story Editor
- Cherie Wilkerson
- Storyboard and Design Supervisor
- Jim Woodring
- Key Storyboard Director
- Dick Sebast
- Storyboard Artists
- Adrian Gonzales, Dick Sebast, Kurt Conner
- Production Designer
- Gil Kane
- Models Supervisor
- Alan B. Huck
- Main Models
- Duncan Marjoribanks
- Models
- Gil Kane, Sharon Forward, Floro Dery, Ted Blackman, Thomas Hickson, George Goode
- Background Styling
- Eric Semones
- Backgrounds Painted by
- Eric Semones, James Hegedus, Eric Heschong
- Color Key Supervisor
- Bunny Munns
- Color Key
- Suzette Darling
- Graphics
- Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
- Production Supervisor
- Loretta High
- Supervising Production Coordinator
- Melinda Diner
- Production Coordinators
- Jeanne Silveri Whittle, Cinny Newman-Toepke, Paul Gorniak, Diorena Rock, Jimmel Willis, Kerri Michael
- Animation Supervisors
- Colin Baker, Marlene Robinson May
- Production Services
- Jeffrey M. Cooke
- Voice Direction
- Ginny McSwain
- Talent Coordinator
- Lynne Batchelor
- Featuring the Voices of
- Beau Weaver, Ginny McSwain, Mark Taylor, Pat Carroll, B. J. Ward, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Michael Bell, Chris Collins, Shawn Donahue, Kenney Hartman, Tress MacNeille, Gabriel Damon, Carl Steven, Kellie Martin, Jennifer Roach
- Music
- Ron Jones
- Additional Music by
- Tom Worrell
- Director of Music Supervision
- Joanne Miller
- Executive in Charge of Post Production
- Chip Yaras
- Effects Editors
- Tom Syslo, Pete Grives, Willy Allen
- Negative Consultant
- Mary Duerrstein
- Re-Recording Mixer
- Sergio Myers
Companies and other credits
- Animation Services Provided by: Toei Animation Co. Ltd. and Dai Won Animation Co. Ltd
- © 1988 RUBY-SPEARS ENTERPRISES
- INC
- All rights reserved
- Based on the Comic Books Published by: DC Comics
- Inc
- "SUPERMAN" Created by: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
Production notes
This was a "Superman Adventure" segment.
As part of the Superman 50th anniversary celebration, Ruby-Spears created a new animated Superman series. Each show featured an 18 minute "Superman Adventure" and a "Superman's Family Album" short.
The shows' music and styles were based on the recent Richard Donner/Richard Lester Superman live action films.
As part of the Superman 50th anniversary celebration, Ruby-Spears created a new animated Superman series. Each show featured an 18 minute "Superman Adventure" and a "Superman's Family Album" short.
The shows' music and styles were based on the recent Richard Donner/Richard Lester Superman live action films.