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16 out of 18 people found the following review useful:
No Wonder It Failed, 22 October 1999
Author: Shield-3 from Kansas City, MO, USA

Don't get me wrong, I loved "Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers!" It outright combined two of my favorite genres, sci-fi and westerns -- I remember an article in STARLOG describing the show as "if Sergio Leone had directed STAR WARS."

Honestly, though, it was doomed. An intelligent, well-written show with memorable, individualistic characters? A truly unique premise? No action figure tie-ins? Doomed. After all, this is TV, a medium that rewards idiocy and punishes quality. For every intelligent, unique show that succeeded, we all know dozens that faded away.

I hope someone picks up this show, or releases more episodes on video. This could be a great cult show if it gets exposure. Sci-Fi Channel, Cartoon Network, wake up and start showing this gem!

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12 out of 14 people found the following review useful:
A Hidden Gem, 26 March 2004
Author: atwright73 from Rockford

Before I knew what Anime was, before I knew what noir was, what frontier Sci Fi was all about... before there were shows like Firefly, Star Trek: DS9, and now my beloved Cowboy Bebop, there were the Galaxy Rangers.

Growing up as a youngster of the 80s, I'd been force fed 30 minute cartoon-mercials such as Care Bears, Transformers, GI Joe and anything else that had toys or figures to buy. Much like today's kids have the seemingly infinite derivation of card game or toy tie-ins, there seemed no respite for quality writing with good moral lessons wrapped in an innovative setting with three-dimensional characters.

Voice casting was purely genius for this rough and tumble collection of humans and aliens trying to live on frontier worlds. While I look back now at the animation and see how primitive it was in certain episodes, there were still flairs of brilliance in some of the motion sequences. There was even a flavor in the Galaxy Rangers that would wind itself into graphic novels with neo-horriffic characters like Scarecrow, The Queen, even the cyber-steeds our heroes found themselves on were an innovative graphic design. The transformation sequences cued by a hero touching his or her badge "implant" were creative and ushered in a new way of showing a "power up" through animated sequences. The writing for most of the episodes was tight, the storylines mature. If this were to have been created in the past 5 years, it most surely would have found itself on Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network.

Why no brave organization has sought to run this in syndication, I honestly do not know. It would most certainly draw a certain cult crowd to an otherwise dead time slot. Having been one of the loyal few who woke up Sundays at 6AM to watch it here locally, I can certainly attest to that.

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7 out of 8 people found the following review useful:
Big in Germany, 5 December 2004
Author: konrad_ha from Munich | Germany

This show was quite a big hit in Germany. Although no one can really recall a single episode everybody remembers how good GR was. It's rather sad that this great series sort of disappeared. I wonder how I'd like it now that I am an adult?

What I personally remember were really good and intelligent story lines, something totally novel for cartoons at that time (80s). Being a big fan of Anime by now I am still amazed at how far ahead of it's time GR was, especially for an American production. I can't think of anything from the US or Europe that ever came close to it.

Obviously it's finally being released on DVD now, and I'll happily spend some bucks on it.

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5 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
Yeah that's what I'm talkin about!!, 16 December 2000
Author: culwin

I thought I was the only one who remembered this gem from the '80s! Ok there are very few of us who still recall this one, but I'm sure there would be many new fans of this show if some network, like, oh I don't know, maybe some network that is devoted to showing CARTOONS, would pick it up! Too bad it was so short-lived. I think it could have lasted much longer if it had been around earlier, but in the late '80s it seemed like cartoons were really dying out. Anyhow, I still remember this cartoon and it rocked!! :)

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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
This had to be the best animated series EVER, 7 October 2004
Author: amw2698 from Atlanta, GA

I can't believe that there are other people that know about this! My brothers and I seemed to have been the only ones that ever knew about it until now. I'm going to have to let them know that we're not the only ones!! I grew up watching toons (i.e., bugs and friends), woody woodpecker, Ghostbusters, GI Joe, Thundercats, He-Man, Transformers, you know, all the classics. I have three brothers, what else is a girl to do?? :-) But when Galaxy Rangers came out, I thought it was the coolest cartoon ever--they gave the GI Joe gang a run for their $$. I would've thought that Cartoon Network or Noggin or one of these cartoon cable networks would've put this in rotation by now. They gave Thundercats a chance... ANYway, I would love to see this on cartoon network--even if it's just a marathon. Is there anyway to contact the creator and get this thing on DVD??!! Peace to all my Galaxy Ranger FANS!!!!!!!

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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
These Are The Galaxy Rangers! Ride With Them...., 26 May 2004
Author: (Nic_hse) from New York

I remember the opening theme for this show. I can't seem to remember any particular episodes though. I do remember this show being above and beyond

almost all the other cartoons at the time. Robotech was better, but nothing else I've seen. This was one of the few 80's cartoons that didn't insult your intelligence. Check it out if you can. Although I wouldn't get my hopes for a DVD release. Not likely to happen. The original master tapes of this cartoon are probably decomposing in a studio archive vault somewhere.

Someone earlier mentioned that Galaxy Rangers pre-dated the cartoon\toy tie-in craze. That's not true. The toy cartoon\tie-ins you see now, began in the early 80's. The toys were made before many of the 80's cartoons were even produced yet. He-Man comes to mind but that's another story.

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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
Heinlein might have approved, 29 May 2003
Author: pro_crustes from Atlantic Coast, USA

What I liked best about this wonderful series was the way it mixed advanced tech (robots, space travel, etc.) with rustic tech (farming, camping, etc.). This one had a touch of realism that comes from showing how people in an advanced society might integrate their technical assets with older skills in a synergistic way. It reminded me of the same feel that Robert Heinlein's "juvenile" stories (Farmer in the Sky, Starman Jones, Between Planets) created, and in the same way. These rangers aren't just about pushing buttons and saying, "make it so" to their androids. They deal with people in some pretty gritty situations, using _everything_ a lone law enforcer has to call upon, whether it blinks, beeps, or just needs a swift kick.

Like everyone else, I dearly wish SciFi or Cartoon Network would run this one. It was great.

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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
This is one of the best Animation Series ever., 30 January 2003

Author: wilhunteye from Chandler, Arizona

It has been 16 years since it's original run, I would have hoped by now some "marketing wizard" would have promoted a live actor version of this classic by now, or at least sought to re-release the original 65 episodes. I can't fathom why the sci-fi or cartoon network haven't snapped this up. Galaxy Rangers actually had well thought out plots, and even better scripts.The animation was above average quality for it's time, and excellent when compared to the talking slide show Japanese animation of today. It predated the heavy toon-toy tie in market, this may have sealed it's doom too. I would willingly spend cash on a DVD of GR if available.

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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
No guts no glory, no pain no gain!, 26 March 1999
Author: LVCambot from Las Vegas, NV

One of the few "Space Cartoons" that actually got it. Galaxy Rangers should be the model for any future space western, live or animated! I hope that I'll get to see this series again on the cartoon channel or elsewhere. Simply the best of its type!!

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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Great for its time. Not anymore., 8 February 2009

Author: heroineworshipper from Calif*

It was on at 7:30am, too close to school to see very often. The animation & computer graphics were spectacular for the time. The idea of cowboys & ordinary people casually throwing around space vehicles & robots was amazing. Maybe it inspired Treasure Planet.

Unfortunately, it's really boring in the DVD format. The shows are all basically identical. When viewing non-sequential episodes on a DVD, you're stoned by disk #3. By today's standards, the animation is spotty. We don't notice the computer graphics anymore and focus on how corny the characters are instead.

The bright spots are the heroine characters. They were a lot more believable, took themselves more seriously than modern heroines, and weren't corny. They actually saved men.

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