Video Wars
- Studio
- Marvel Productions, Ltd
- Animation studio
- Toei Animation
- Distributor
- Sunbow Entertainment
Synopsis
Jerrica Benton is a young businesswoman who turns into outrageous rock star Jem with the help of her hologram-projecting earrings and computer Synergy. She and her band, The Holograms, come up against competition from the Misfits and the Stingers.
Characters
Jerrica Benton/Jem, Aja Leith, Kimber Benton, Ashley, Shana Elmsford, Chrissie, Lela, Pizzazz/Phyllis Margaret Gabor, Anne, Roxy/Roxanne Pelligrini, Lindsay Pierce, Stormer/Mary Phillips, Rio Pacheco, Raya/Carmen Alonso, Jetta/Sheila Burns, Video/Vivian Montgomery
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Ray Lee (Supervising Director)
- Sequence Directors
- Bob Kirk, Tom Ray, Margaret Nichols, Robert Shellhorn, Karen Peterson, Rudy Cataldi, Stan Phillips
Producing
- Producer
- Gwen Wetzler, Will Meugniot, Marija Miletic Dail
- Executive Producers
- Joe Bacal, Margaret Loesch, Tom Griffin
Writing
- Writer
- Cary Bates, Greg Weisman
- Story Editor
- Roger Slifer
- Jem Main Title Created by
- Will Meugniot
Voices
- Voice
- Samantha Newark (Jerrica Benton/Jem), Britta Phillips (Jem [Singing Voice]), Cathianne Blore (Aja Leith, Kimber Benton, Ashley), Cindy McGee (Shana Elmsford, Chrissie, Lela), Patricia Alice Albrecht (Pizzazz/Phyllis Margaret Gabor, Anne), Bobbie Block (Roxy/Roxanne Pelligrini), Susan Blu (Lindsay Pierce, Stormer/Mary Phillips), Michael Sheehan (Rio Pacheco), Linda Dangcil (Raya/Carmen Alonso), Louise Dorsey (Jetta/Sheila Burns), Ellen Bernfeld (Pizzazz), Noelle North (Video/Vivian Montgomery)
- Additional Voices
- Tammy Amerson, Anne Bryant, S. Scott Bullock, Kimberlee Carlson, Catherine Cavadini, Walker Edmiston, Laurie Faso, Ed Gilbert, Desirée Goyette, Diva Gray, Michael Horton, Clyde Kusatsu, Keye Luke, Cathy Marcuccio, Ullanda McCullough, Jack Roth, Hazel Shermet, Tony St. James, Janice Tori, Florence Warner, Keone Young
Music
- Music
- Robert J. Walsh
- Title Songs by
- Kinder, Bryant
- Jem Songs by
- Kinder, Bryant
- Lyrics by
- Barry Harman
Animation
- Layout Artist
- Ira Turek, Carol Police, Glen Vilppu, Jessie Santos
- Animation Coordinator, Sunbow Productions
- Gemma Maver
Art Department
- Art Director
- Bill Dubay
- Background Design
- Dennis Venizelos, Bob Schaffer
- Model Design
- Paula Lafond, Stephanie Pyren, Debra Pugh, Alex Diaz
Editing
- Editor
- Al Breitenbach
- Supervising Editor
- Steven C. Brown
- Effect Editors
- Richard Allen, John Detra, Jim Blodgett, Karen Doulac, Michael L. DePatie, Ron Fedele, Michael Tomack
Music Department
- Music Editor
- Peter Collier
Casting
- Voice Director
- Wally Burr
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Beth Gunn-Osborn
- Post Production Supervisor, Sunbow Productions
- Sean Sullivan
- Production Manager, Sunbow Productions
- Carole Weitzman
- Production Associate, Sunbow Productions
- Michael Charles Hill
Crew
- Associate Producer, Sunbow Productions
- Roger Slifer
- Director of Production
- Jim Graziano
- Creative Director
- Jay Bacal
- Telecine Supervisor
- Sarah Swiskow
Companies and other credits
- Layout Artist: XAM! Productions
- Layout Artist: Inc
- © 1985 Sunbow Productions
- Inc
- © 1985 Wildstar Music
- Inc
- © 1985 Starwild Music
- Inc
- Distributed by: SUNBOW PRODUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL
- All Rights Reserved
Production notes
Following it's success on the syndicated series Super Sunday, Jem was expanded to a full series show. The fifteen episodes aired on Super Sunday were combined to form the first five episodes of this full series.
Jerrica Benton is a young businesswoman who turns into outrageous rock star Jem with the help of her hologram-projecting earrings and computer Synergy. She and her band, The Holograms, come up against competition from the Misfits and the Stingers.
Jerrica Benton is a young businesswoman who turns into outrageous rock star Jem with the help of her hologram-projecting earrings and computer Synergy. She and her band, The Holograms, come up against competition from the Misfits and the Stingers.