The Challenge
Foreign title: Los Tres Espaciales (Spanish)
Series title: ワンダースリー
- Studio
- Mushi Productions.
US Version: Copri International
Synopsis
They may not look very amazing at first glance, but this horse, rabbit, and duck team— Ronnie, Bonnie, and Zero— are not at all what they seem. The three are actually celestial beings sent by the Galactic Congress to observe earth and determine whether or not the planet is a danger to the rest of the galaxy. If so, the big blue marble must be destroyed. When the trio are discovered by young earth boy Kenny Carter, he convinces them to help solve the problems of the world rather than destroy it.
Characters
Captain Bonnie Bunny, Corporal Ronnie Pony, Lt. Zero the Duck, Kenny Carter
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Sugiyama Suguru
- Episode Directors
- Taku Sugiyama, Osamu Tezuka, Ryosuke Takahashi, Kazunobu Suzuki
Producing
- Producer
- Osamu Tezuka
- Producer, US Version
- Gene Prinz
Writing
- Writer
- Ichiro Wakabayashi, Osamu Tezuka, Sadao Tsukoika, Kunihiko Yamazaki
- Based On The Original Manga By
- Osamu Tezuka
- Writer, English Version
- Salvatore Billitteri, Reuben Guberman
Animation
- Animator
- Osamu Tezuka, Kazuko Nakamura, Matsuo Shingo, Sugiyama Taku, Sadao Tsukioka
Voices
- Voice
- Bobbie Byers (Captain Bonnie Bunny), Neil Patrick (Colonel Ronnie Pony), Paul Brown (Lt. Zero the Duck), Kurt Nagel (Kenny Carter), Jerry Burke (Narrator), Corinne Orr, Jack Grimes, Jack Curtis
Music
- Music
- Uno Seiichiro, Tatsu Kawai
Crew
- Based On The Original Manga By
- Osamu Tezuka
- Art Director
- Ito Kazue
- Design
- Osamu Tezuka
Production notes
The Wonder 3 crossed the Pacific to American TV in the wake of successful Japanese imports Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion (all brought over by the same company). Like those two series, it was reformatted to fit the constraints of American TV.
Notable in this series was the violence that accompanied the stories. While no more violent than Astro Boy or other Japanese imports, viewers were especially shocked by the sight of gentle farm creatures wreaking such alarming havoc.
Notable in this series was the violence that accompanied the stories. While no more violent than Astro Boy or other Japanese imports, viewers were especially shocked by the sight of gentle farm creatures wreaking such alarming havoc.