The Atomic Invaders
- Studio
- Filmation Associates
Synopsis
Daring scientists from the top-secret Combined Miniature Defense Force shrink themselves and a submarine in order to combat trouble.
Characters
Commander Jonathan Kidd, Guru, Busby Birdwell, Erica Lane, Professor Carter
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Hal Sutherland
Producing
- Producer
- Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott
Animation
- Animator
- Chic Otterstrom, Les Kaluza, Xenia, Bill Hutten, Otto Feuer, Ken Southworth, Jack Ozark, Reuben Timmins, Ed Friedman, Butch Davis, Virgil Raddatz, Bob Trochin, Virgil Ross, Tom McDonald, Dave Tendlar, Bob Matz, Paul Krukowski, Dick Hall, Bill Hajee, Ralph Somerville, Len Rogers, Murray McClellan, Len Redman, Jim Brummett, Bob Barr, Russ Von Neida, Bob Bransford, Joan Orbison, Bill Pratt, Marshall Lamore, Bob Bentley, Jack Foster, Norm McCabe, Geo. Grandpre, Paul Krukowski, Bill Reed
Voices
- Voice
- Marvin Miller (Busby Birdwell, The Guru, The Chief), Jane Webb (Dr. Erica Lane), Ted Knight (Commander Jonathan Kidd, Professor Carter, Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Robert Allen, Spencer Raymond
Editing
- Editor
- Joseph Simon
Crew
- Story Editor
- Ken Sobol
- Senior Director
- Anatole Kirsanoff
- Art Director
- Don Christensen
- Storyboards
- Sherman Labby, Gary Lund, Jan Green, Oscar Dufau, Mike O'Connor
- Layouts
- Dan Noonan, Ray Vinella, Herb Hazelton, Carol Marshall, Don Bluth
- Background Director
- Erv Kaplan
- Background Artists
- Paul Xander, Maurive Harvey, Bill Geach, Venetia Epler, Martin Forte, Patricia Frye, Jack Healey, Rene Garcia, Ed Littlefield, Bill McArdle, Art Lozzi, Lorraine Morgan, Jim Jones, Ann Guenther, Barbara Smith
- Checking Supervisor
- Marion Turk
- Ink and Paint Supervision
- Martha Buckley, Betty Brooks
- Camera Supervision
- Roger Brown, Ray Lee, Ron La Peer, Gary Milton, Sergio Antonio Alcazar, Roger Sims
- Negative Cutting
- June Gilham
- Production Coordinator
- Rock Benedict
- Prints
- TECHNICOLOR
Companies and other credits
- Publisher: Shermley Music Corp. A.S.C.A.P
- Sound Effects: Einfeld Mahana Corp
- Produced at Filmation Associates in Hollywood
Production notes
The cartoon version basically picked up where the popular 1966 movie left off. A team of government scientists known as the "Combined Miniature Defense Force" had been voluntarily shrunk to microscopic size in order to gain access to areas too small for normal-sized explorers. Commander Jonathan Kidd led the crew, which traveled aboard a high-tech vehicle called the Voyager. With scientist Busby Birdwell (who built the ship) at the controls, the Voyager could dive underwater like a sub, fly through the air like a plane, or rocket off into space like a UFO.
The cartoon version also featured Professor Carter, biologist Erica Lane, and the mystical Guru, who possessed some kind of "mysterious power." Whatever it was, it came in handy—in every episode, the crew faced unknown microscopic creatures, as well as shrunken enemy spies, all out to stop the CMDF.
While the animation was simple and the story lines even simpler, Fantastic Voyage won points for its ability to stay true to the original movie. Each episode paid close attention to the detail of the miniature world, which was, without a doubt, the main hook of the show. The producers also refused to patronize their audience with simplistic dialogue, giving the show a more grown-up feeling.
The cartoon version also featured Professor Carter, biologist Erica Lane, and the mystical Guru, who possessed some kind of "mysterious power." Whatever it was, it came in handy—in every episode, the crew faced unknown microscopic creatures, as well as shrunken enemy spies, all out to stop the CMDF.
While the animation was simple and the story lines even simpler, Fantastic Voyage won points for its ability to stay true to the original movie. Each episode paid close attention to the detail of the miniature world, which was, without a doubt, the main hook of the show. The producers also refused to patronize their audience with simplistic dialogue, giving the show a more grown-up feeling.