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Spiral Zone

1987 · 1 season

A grim Saturday-morning adventure with a surprisingly oppressive atmosphere, pitting a small team against a world already half-lost.

Genres
Animation, Action & adventure
Overview
Spiral Zone is a 1987 American science-fiction animated series produced by Atlantic-Kushner-Locke. Based in part from a toy line made by Japanese company Bandai, the series focused on an international group of soldiers fighting to free the world from a scientist who controls much of the Earth's surface. It only ran for one season, with a total count of 65 episodes. Tonka acquired the license from Bandai and created a different treatment to the series, plus a short-lived toy line. Spiral Zone is known among fans as a series that stood out from other contemporary cartoons of the 80s because of its dark story. The series has not been officially released on DVD by Hasbro, who had acquired Tonka in the 90s, including all the copyrights to their properties.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • war
  • freedom
  • power
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • wilderness
Era
near-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror3
Humour2
Realism3
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
animation, action & adventure
Written by
Andrew Yates, Brooks Wachtel, Buzz Dixon, Byrd Ehlmann
Starring
Michael Bell, Hal Rayle, Dan Gilvezan, Mona Marshall, Frank Welker, Neil Ross
Length
1 seasons, 65 episodes, 20 min each
Languages
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