Super Pilot
English title: The Rocket Racers
Series titles: エイトマン (Japanese), 8
- Studio
- TCJ Productions
- Distributor
- ABC Films
Synopsis
Top rocket pilot Rocky Slipstream joins forces with the Grasping Company an unscrupulous imitator of the aeronautic designs of the honest Teamwork Company. After Rocky quits the Teamwork Co. the young Kid Swifty takes his place. Mr. Grasping and his henchman Mean-eyes will stop at nothing to win a race and discredit the Teamwork Co. in the process.
Characters
Brady/Tobor/8 Man, Professor Genius, Chief of Police Fumblethumbs, Jenny Heartsweet, Skip Pepper
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Harayuki Kawajima
- Director, English Version
- Frank Schuller
Producing
- Producer
- Mitsuteru Tokoyama
- Producer, English Version
- Gene Prinz (ABC Films)
Writing
- Writer
- Kazumasa Hirai
- Based on the Original Manga By
- Jiro Kuwata, Kazumaza Hirsi
- US Script Adaptions
- Reuben Guberman
Animation
- Animator
- Kiyoshi Onishi (Animation Director)
Voices
- Voice
- Sakae Takayama, Miyuki Ueda, Kazue Tagami, Takayuki Hara, Shirô Amakusa, Takatô Masayasu, Shûichi Kazamatsuri, Yû Kayama, Hajime Akashi
- English Voice Cast
- Jerry Berke (Tobor/8 Man), Sandy Warshaw (Jenny, Skip), Bob Gaynor (Chief Fumblethumbs), Jack Metger (Dr. Spectra), Frank Schuller, Reuben Guberman, Arnie Warren
Crew
- Created By
- Kazumasa Hirai, Jiro Kuwata
- Character Design
- Jiro Kuwata, Kiyoshi Onishi
- Title Sequence Director
- Ralph Bakshi
Companies and other credits
- US Title Sequence: Hal Seeger Productions
Production notes
Based on "8 Man," a comic strip by Jiro Kuwata and Kazumaza Hirsi.
Release date reflects original release in Japan.
Release date reflects original release in Japan.