Devil's Asteroid
- Studio
- Intermedia Entertainment, Tokyo Movie Shinsha
- Distributor
- MGM/UA Intermedia
Synopsis
Umbra has created a duplicate of Mighty Orbots (called "Tobor"), and sends it on a destructive rampage, causing warrants to be issued for the Orbots' arrest. In order to uncover the Shadow conspiracy, Rob and Rondu allow the Orbots to be convicted and sentenced to Devil's Asteroid for 999 years at hard labor. Dia, unaware of the plan, sets out to clear the Orbots' names. Meanwhile, the Orbots must endure terrible hardships on Devil's Asteroid, which has been infiltrated by Shadow agents and is under Umbra's control. Tor must carry tons of huge blocks from one place to another; Bo must wash mountains of dishes with her elemental powers; Crunch is force-fed and hooked up to the main generator; Bort becomes a replacement for a piston, and Boo is put in charge of a garden of predatory plants. With the Orbots out of the way, Tobor's disguise is dropped, and stands ready to strike directly at Galactic Patrol headquarters.
Characters
Bo, Boo, Bort, Dia, Robert Simmons, Umbra, Tor, Crunch, Rondu, Oh No, Returns
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Osamu Dezaki
- Assistant Director
- Shunji Ohga
Producing
- Producer
- George Singer, Tat Ikeuichi, Nobuo Inada
- Executive Producers
- Fred Silverman, Yutaka Fujioka
- Supervising Producer
- Sachiko Tsuneda
- Co-Producer
- Youichi Ikeda
- Associate Producers
- Marilyn Kowalchuk, Mitsuo Yoshimura, Rikio Yoshida
Writing
- Writer
- Buzz Dixon
- Story Editor
- Michael Reaves
- Story Consultant
- Hideo Takayashiki
Animation
- Animator
- Shingo Araki, Skip Jones, Dave Spafford, Nobuko Tsukada, Masatomo Sudoh, Hiroshi Uchida
- Animation Director
- Akio Sugino
Voices
- Voice
- Sherry Alberoni (Bo), Julie Bennett (Boo), Jim MacGeorge (Bort), Jennifer Darling (Dia), Barry Gordon (Robert Simmons), Bill Martin (Umbra, Tor), Don Messick (Crunch, Rondu), Noelle North (Oh No), Robert Ridgely (Returns), Gary Owens (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Tom Chase, Steve Rucker
- Background Music
- Yuki Ohno
Editing
- Editor
- Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
Crew
- Created by
- Barry Glasser
- Voice Director
- Howard Morris
- Storyboard
- Satoshi Dezaki, Rick Hoberg, Larry Houston, Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Norio Kashima, Noriyasu Kogawa, Don Manuel, David Russell, Mitch Schauer, Tom Yakutis
- Art Director
- Shichi Kobayashi
- Key Background
- Tsutomu Ishigaki, Yukihiro Shibutani, Taro Dakoba
- Character Design
- Ron Maidenberg, Akio Sugino, Katsuyah Kondoh
- Mechanical Design
- Katsumi Itabashi, Kaoru Izumiguchi
- Director of Photography
- Hirokata Takahashi
- Supervisor, Ink & Paint
- Kimie Yamana
- Post Production Supervisors
- Sam Horta, Seiji Suzuki
- Post Production Assistant
- Kent Holaday
Companies and other credits
- Recording Studios: B & B Sound Studios
- Recording Studios: Tohoku Shinsha Sound Studio
Production notes
One of the few U.S.-Japanese co-productions, this series lasted only a single season due to the huge success of "Transformers."
Along with "Galaxy High School," also by the same team, this was part of an effort by TMS to break into the American market with the help of producer Fred Silverman.
Along with "Galaxy High School," also by the same team, this was part of an effort by TMS to break into the American market with the help of producer Fred Silverman.