"The Real Ghost Busters" (1986) TV series 1986-1991

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Directors:

Masakazu Higuchi
Art Vitello

Writers:

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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

13 September 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They're here to save the world again!

Plot:

The continuing adventures of the staff of the ghost removal service.

Plot Keywords:

Ghostbuster | Ghost | Secretary | Based On Film | Free Spirit

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Frank Welker	...	Slimer / ... (140 episodes, 1986-1991)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Dr. Egon Spengler / ... (140 episodes, 1986-1991)
Arsenio Hall	...	Winston Zeddemore / ... (91 episodes, 1986-1987)
Lorenzo Music	...	Dr. Peter Venkman / ... (78 episodes, 1986-1987)
Laura Summer	...	Janine Melnitz / ... (75 episodes, 1986-1988)
Dave Coulier	...	Dr. Peter Venkman / ... (62 episodes, 1987-1991)
Kath Soucie	...	Janine Melnitz / ... (62 episodes, 1987-1991)
Buster Jones	...	Winston Zeddemore / ... (49 episodes, 1988-1991)

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Series Directed by
Richard Raynis		(1 episode, 1986)
Will Meugniot		(1 episode, 1989)
Masakazu Higuchi		(unknown episodes)
Art Vitello		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Dan Aykroyd		(140 episodes, 1986-1991)
Harold Ramis		(140 episodes, 1986-1991)
Richard Mueller		(23 episodes, 1987-1991)
J. Michael Straczynski		(21 episodes, 1986-1990)
Len Janson		(20 episodes, 1986-1991)
Chuck Menville		(20 episodes, 1986-1991)
Michael Reaves		(14 episodes, 1986-1987)
Mark Edward Edens		(10 episodes, 1987)
Pamela Hickey		(9 episodes, 1987-1990)
Dennys McCoy		(9 episodes, 1987-1990)
Michael Edens		(6 episodes, 1987)
Jules Dennis		(5 episodes, 1990-1991)
Marc Scott Zicree		(4 episodes, 1986-1987)
Bruce Reid Schaefer		(3 episodes, 1986-1987)
Kathryn M. Drennan		(3 episodes, 1987)
Craig Miller		(3 episodes, 1987)
Mark Nelson		(3 episodes, 1987)
Steve Perry		(3 episodes, 1987)
Tony Marino		(3 episodes, 1988-1990)
Lawrence G. DiTillio		(2 episodes, 1987-1990)
Arthur Byron Cover		(2 episodes, 1987)
David Gerrold		(2 episodes, 1987)
Randy Lofficier		(2 episodes, 1987)
Lydia Marano		(2 episodes, 1987)
Pat Allee		(2 episodes, 1989)
Ben Hurst		(2 episodes, 1989)
Sean Roche		(2 episodes, 1990)
Jean-Marc Lofficier		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Andy Heyward	....	producer / supervising producer (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Jean Chalopin	....	producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Tetsuo Katayama	....	producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Gaetano Vaccaro	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Michael C. Gross	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1987-1989)
Joe Medjuck	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1987-1989)
Richard Raynis	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Art Vitello	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Shuki Levy		(1 episode, 1989)
Haim Saban		(1 episode, 1989)

Series Art Direction by
Marek Buchwald		(1 episode, 1987)
Patricia Wong		(1 episode, 1989)

Series Production Management
Winnie Chaffee	....	production supervisor / executive in charge of production (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Thierry P. Laurin	....	executive in charge of post-production / executive in charge of production (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Shigeru Akagawa	....	production manager (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Mark Galvin	....	executive in charge of post-production / executive in charge of production (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Hiroshi Toita	....	production manager (2 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yasuo Kageyama	....	unit director (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Yasuyoshi Mikamoto	....	unit director (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Katsumi Takasuga	....	unit director (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Tomomasa Yamazaki	....	unit director (2 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Art Department
Victor Dal Chele	....	storyboard supervisor (13 episodes, 1987)
Michael Swanigan	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1986-1989)
Dan St. Pierre	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
John Wong	....	designer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Gregory K. Bowron	....	track reader / dialogue editor (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Michael J. Cowan	....	sound engineer / supervising sound engineer (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Richard S. Gannon	....	sound effects editor / dialogue editor (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Michelle Rochester	....	track reader / dialogue editor (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Theresa Gilroy-Nielsen	....	dialogue editor / track supervisor (2 episodes, 1986-1989)
Jim Hodson	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1986-1989)
Trudy Alexander	....	track reader (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Deborah Broughton	....	track reader (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Lars Floden	....	track reader (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Alan Gelbart	....	track reader (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Kelly Hall	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
John Harris	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Norman LeBlanc	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Oliver Manton	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Terry L. Noss	....	track reader (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Gary Oppenheimer	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Brian Ravok	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
William Ross	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Rob Rule	....	track reader / track supervisor (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Mark Galvin	....	sound post producer (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Andy Jolliff	....	technical director: opening titles (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Teruo Abe	....	camera director (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Hidekazu Kojima	....	camera director (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Masayoshi Miyakojima	....	camera director (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Koichi Nagano	....	camera director (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Hiroki Nakatani	....	camera director (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Tyi Nishimura	....	camera director (2 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Animation Department
Adriana M. Galvez	....	color key supervisor / color key artist (29 episodes, 1988-1989)
Bob Camp	....	character designer (8 episodes, 1988)
Bruce W. Timm	....	character designer (8 episodes, 1988)
John Calmette	....	background painter / color background designer (2 episodes, 1986-1989)
Kazuo Terada	....	animation director / animation supervisor (2 episodes, 1986-1989)
Greg Bailey	....	animator: pre-production (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Hervé Bédard	....	animator: pre-production (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Brenda Chapman	....	animator: pre-production (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Tetsu Honda	....	key animator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Michael Kaweski	....	animator: pre-production (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Masato Kimura	....	key animator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Satoe Nishiyama	....	key animator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Shigeru Ôno	....	key animator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Masae Ôtake	....	key animator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Gabi Payne	....	character designer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Satoko Shiho	....	color stylist (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Yukitaka Shishikura	....	color stylist (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Masao Takeda	....	key animator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Woody Yocum	....	animator: pre-production (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Tadamasa Yoshida	....	key animator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Paul Torres	....	character designer / key character designer (2 episodes, 1987-1989)
Atsushi Aono	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Jim McDermott	....	character designer (unknown episodes)
Rie Nishiyama	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Vladimir Spasojevic	....	background designer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Richard Bruce Elliott	....	supervising editor (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Theresa Gilroy-Nielsen	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Greg LaPlante	....	post-production coordinator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
V. Kim Latimer	....	post-production coordinator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Music Department
Andrew Dimitroff	....	musical director (136 episodes, 1986-1990)
Shuki Levy	....	composer: additional music (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Haim Saban	....	composer: additional music (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Marty Wereski	....	supervising music editor (2 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Other crew
J. Michael Straczynski	....	story editor (15 episodes, 1986-1990)
Lori Crawford	....	script coordinator (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Phil R. Defibaugh	....	videotape supervisor (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Rick Dempsey	....	talent coordinator (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Lars Floden	....	format editor (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Marsha Goodman	....	voice director (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
William A. Ruiz	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Minoru Terao	....	translator (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Bernie Brillstein	....	executive consultant (2 episodes, 1986-1989)
Ivan Reitman	....	executive consultant (2 episodes, 1986-1989)
Kazuko Yamamoto	....	production assistant / translator (2 episodes, 1986-1989)
Hatsue Abe	....	translator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Ken Duer	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Vic Kephart	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Julia Kim	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Michael Lee Pole	....	production assistant / production coordinator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)

Production Companies

• DiC Enterprises
• Columbia Pictures Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1986) (USA) (TV)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1986) (USA) (video)
• Cinema Club (????) (UK) (video)
• AVRO Television (1987-1990) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)

Also Known As:

"The Real Ghostbusters" (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

30 min (140 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:G | USA:TV-Y7 | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp

Company:

DiC Enterprises

Trivia:

Lorenzo Music first supplied the voice for Peter Venkman who was played by Bill Murray in the films. Reportedly, Murray did not like that his character sounded like Garfield and the producers replaced Music with Dave Coulier. Music did provide the voice of Garfield until his death. Bill Murray later supplied the voice for Garfield in Garfield (2004).

Quotes:

Egon Spengler: You know, we're all descendants from fish. It would be no trouble at all to flip back in time, find the fish you descended from, and stuff it into a Cuisinart.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Who You Gonna Call? The Heroes of 'The Real Ghostbusters' (2008) (V)

Soundtrack:

Charge You Up

A Childhood Pleasure!

The Real Ghostbusters is the animated spin off to 1984's kick-ass classic movie "Ghostbusters" which deals with four ghost eliminators (Peter, Egon, Winston and Ray) catching all sorts of poltergeists and saving New York from destruction while at the same time not losing it's nerve to be a comedy. What's different about The Real Ghostbusters after the first movie's release was how they make the character of Janine Melnitz more developed and making her not afraid while adding the character of Slimer as the group's mascot. The highlights of the show were things that people of today wouldn't handle from spooky music; bringing in mythical creatures, classic fairy tales and spirits in the cartoons such as The Bogeyman, The Sandman, even a revised version of The Headless Horseman on a motorcycle was awesome. Even though the series doesn't come on cable anymore, The Real Ghostbusters was a real guilty pleasure in my childhood where every Saturday morning i would wake up to see the cartoons along with having my action figures to recreate the scenes.

That's a memory.