Synopsis

Buguese has lost the first Oracle Key, but Mantid is unconcerned. They will find the other Keys and then come for Hunter's. Stag, the most powerful of Mantid's Big Four Generals, wishes to test himself against Hunter's "Electra-Twist" power. Hunter brags about his new-found power until Stags bursts through the castle and single-handedly overcomes Lumen's elite guards. Stags issues his challenge: If Hunter Steele does not face him in a duel, he will destroy Arachna Castle. Hunter is eager to accept, though no one has ever beaten Stags. An overconfident Hunter calls on the power of the Oracle Key, but nothing happens. If Hunter can't overcome his arrogance, Stags' victory will signal the final defeat of the Spider Riders!

Characters

Hunter Steele, Prince Lumen, Princess Sparkle, Corona, Shadow, Venus, Magma, Brutus, Ignus (Igneous), Hotarla, Ebony, Grasshop, Verein (Beerain), Baggus (Buguese), Mantid, Flame, Stags

Credits

Directing

Director: Koichi Mashimo

Writing

Writer: Yôsuke Kuroda
Based On The Novels By: Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron-Anasti, Stephen D. Sullivan

Voices

Voice: Motoko Kumai (Hunter Steele), Kumiko Higa (Prince Lumen), Kaori Shimizu (Princess Sparkle), Kenta Miyake (Stags), Kinya Kotani (Magma), Hiroshi Yanaka (Mantid), Takashi Kondo (Shadow), Saeko Chiba (Corona), Toshihiko Seki (Baggus), Yuu Asakawa (Verein), Takehito Koyasu (Ignus), Shigeru Chiba (Grasshop), Sanae Kobayashi (Venus)
Vocal Talent (English-Language): Julie Lemieux (Hunter Steele), Cameron Ansell (Prince Lumen), Melanie Tonello (Princess Sparkle), Sandy Fox (Corona), Lex Lang (Shadow), Colleen Clinkenbeard (Venus), Darren Frost (Magma, Brutus), Phil (Igneous), Grace Fulliton (Princess Sparkle, Hotarla), Stephen Apostolina (Ebony), Robert Tinkler (Grasshop), Stacey Depass (Beerain), Dan Goldman (Buguese, Mantid), Peter Capllan (Flame)

Music

Music: David W. Shaw

Sound

Sound Effects Editor: Timothy Muirhead
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Richard Spence-Thomas

Production notes

While on a hiking trip with friends, 11-year-old Hunter Steele is sucked into the fantastic subterranean world of Arachnia. It is a land of eternal day where the sun is the earth's molten core and waterfalls flow towards the sky; a world where evolution has taken a different twist; where the insects have become the dominant species not only in number, but also in size. There, Hunter discovers a lost civilization, the Turandot, struggling to survive in this hostile "Inner World." They are locked in battle with the Invectids, giant humanoid insects determined to eradicate all human life. The Turandot are defended by a group of elite warriors who ride 10-foot-tall battle spiders... the Spider Riders.

This series followed the Cookie Jar Entertainment TV special of the same name.

An initial run of 52 episodes is planned.