Leviathan
- Studio
- Intermedia Entertainment, Tokyo Movie Shinsha
- Distributor
- MGM/UA Intermedia
Synopsis
On the watery planet of Reilos, the mining operations of valuable Aquarius ore are being disrupted by the attacks of Leviathan, a monstrous whale-creature over a kilometer in length. Mighty Orbots is dispatched to investigate. They discover that Leviathan is under the control of a local oceanographer named Aymon, but he is only trying to protect the ecosystem from administrator Torkus' mining operations. In truth, Torkus is a Shadow agent, and the mining operations are just a cover to search for the Solar Sphere, an artifact with the power-generating capability of a star. Leviathan has swallowed the Sphere, and when Torkus steals Aymon's psi helmet used to control Leviathan, it seems that Shadow holds all the cards...
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
- David Wise
- 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.