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

User Rating:

7.7/10   

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
Will Meugniot		(2 episodes, 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
Michael C. Gross	....	executive producer (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Andy Heyward	....	producer / supervising producer (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Joe Medjuck	....	executive producer (4 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)
Will Meugniot	....	producer (2 episodes, 1989)
John O'Sullivan Francis Jr.	....	supervising associate producer (2 episodes, 1989)
Richard Raynis	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Art Vitello	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Shuki Levy		(2 episodes, 1989)
Haim Saban		(2 episodes, 1989)

Series Art Direction by
Patricia Wong		(2 episodes, 1989)

Series Production Management
Winnie Chaffee	....	executive in charge of production / production supervisor (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Thierry P. Laurin	....	executive in charge of post-production (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Shigeru Akagawa	....	production manager (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Mark Galvin	....	executive in charge of post-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 / storyboard cleanup (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Pat Agnasin	....	storyboard cleanup (2 episodes, 1989)
Bill Barry	....	prop designer (2 episodes, 1989)
Kelly James	....	storyboard cleanup (2 episodes, 1989)
Don Manuel	....	assistant storyboard supervisor (2 episodes, 1989)
Frank Paur	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1989)
Stan Phillips	....	storyboard supervisor (2 episodes, 1989)
Vincenzo Trippetti	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1989)
Dan St. Pierre	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
John Wong	....	designer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Gregory K. Bowron	....	dialogue editor / track reader (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Michael J. Cowan	....	sound engineer / supervising sound engineer (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Richard S. Gannon	....	dialogue editor / sound effects editor (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Michelle Rochester	....	dialogue editor / track reader (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Theresa Gilroy-Nielsen	....	dialogue editor / track supervisor (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Jim Hodson	....	sound re-recording mixer (3 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)
Elvida Abella	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1989)
Madeleine Bascom	....	recording assistant / sound recording assistant (2 episodes, 1989)
Heather Elliott	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1989)
Richard Bruce Elliott	....	supervising sound editor (2 episodes, 1989)
Ron Fedele	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1989)
Robert T. Gillis	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 1989)
Anna Granfors	....	track reader (2 episodes, 1989)
Robert Schooley	....	recording assistant / sound recording assistant (2 episodes, 1989)
John Tirpak	....	recording assistant / sound recording assistant (2 episodes, 1989)
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 background painter / ... (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 / ... (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Kazuo Terada	....	animation director / animation supervisor (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Paul Torres	....	key character designer / character designer (3 episodes, 1987-1989)
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)
Enzo Baldi	....	background painter / color background painter (2 episodes, 1989)
Kathi Castillo	....	additional character designer (2 episodes, 1989)
Eufronio R. Cruz	....	background designer (2 episodes, 1989)
Michael Diederich	....	additional character designer (2 episodes, 1989)
Gerald Forton	....	additional character designer (2 episodes, 1989)
Ann Guenther	....	background painter / color background painter (2 episodes, 1989)
Tim Gula	....	additional character designer (2 episodes, 1989)
Dale Hendrickson	....	additional character designer (2 episodes, 1989)
Kent Holaday	....	animator: lip assignment / animator: lip-synch (2 episodes, 1989)
Carlos Huante	....	key character designer (2 episodes, 1989)
Bill Knoll	....	animator: lip assignment / animator: lip-synch (2 episodes, 1989)
Paula Lafond	....	additional character designer (2 episodes, 1989)
Abel Laxamana	....	background painter / color background painter (2 episodes, 1989)
Hector Martinez	....	background painter / color background painter (2 episodes, 1989)
Robert Schaefer	....	background painter / color background painter (2 episodes, 1989)
Richard Ziehler-Martin	....	background painter / color background painter (2 episodes, 1989)
Vladimir Spasojevic	....	background designer (1 episode, 1989)
Atsushi Aono	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Jim McDermott	....	character designer (unknown episodes)
Rie Nishiyama	....	animator (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)
Firooz Adelamini	....	post-production assistant (2 episodes, 1989)
Kimberly Cronin	....	assistant executive in charge of post-production (2 episodes, 1989)
Nye Tucker	....	post-production assistant (2 episodes, 1989)

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)
Stuart Goetz	....	music editor / supervising music editor (2 episodes, 1989)

Series Other crew
J. Michael Straczynski	....	story editor (15 episodes, 1986-1990)
Lori Crawford	....	script coordinator (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Phil R. Defibaugh	....	videotape supervisor (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Lars Floden	....	format editor (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Marsha Goodman	....	voice director (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
William A. Ruiz	....	production assistant / assistant script coordinator (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Minoru Terao	....	translator (4 episodes, 1986-1989)
Bernie Brillstein	....	executive consultant (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Rick Dempsey	....	talent coordinator (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Ivan Reitman	....	executive consultant (3 episodes, 1986-1989)
Kazuko Yamamoto	....	translator / production assistant (3 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)
Elvida Abella	....	videotape supervisor (2 episodes, 1989)
Lynn Helsel	....	assistant script coordinator / production assistant (2 episodes, 1989)
William P. Magee	....	format editor (2 episodes, 1989)
Mark McCorkle	....	talent coordinator (2 episodes, 1989)
Noriko Norvell	....	translator (2 episodes, 1989)
Michael Pole	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 1989)
George Robinson	....	assistant script coordinator / production assistant (2 episodes, 1989)
Michelle Russo	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 1989)
Rumio Satoh	....	translator (2 episodes, 1989)
Chris Takami	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 1989)
Kurt Weldon	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 1989)

Production Companies

• DiC Enterprises
• Columbia Pictures Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1986) (USA) (TV)
• Coca-Cola Telecommunications (1987) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1987) (USA) (video)
• AVRO Television (1987-1990) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Cinema Club (2000) (UK) (video)
• 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:

According to a 2006 interview with Maurice LaMarche, Ernie Hudson, who played Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters films, auditioned to voice the character on the cartoon, but the role instead went to Arsenio Hall.

Quotes:

Egon Spengler: [referring to the writing on a stone tablet] It's Sumerian.
Winston Zeddemore (I): Can you read Sumerian?
Egon Spengler: In my sleep. Underwater with the lights off. Of course I can read Sumerian.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Mighty Mouse, the New Adventures: Snow White and the Motor City Dwarfs/Don't Touch That Dial (#2.4)" (1988)

Soundtrack:

Boogaloo's Back In Town

One of the coolest shows of the 1980s!

I grew up watching the Real Ghostbusters, and I gotta tell ya, it blew my mind. The voice acting was great, the stories were very original and the effects were incredible. What made the stories great was that the writers didn't insult the intelligence of the audience and presented it like the movie did when dealing with scientific problems. But what interested me were the episodes written by Michael Reaves, the man responsible for the two Bogeyman episodes. What I still don't know is what gave him the idea to not only reveal the reason why Egon wanted to be a Ghostbuster and why he didn't make the Bogeyman a ghost. Pure genius. Too bad he didn't write a Bogeyman episode for the Extreme Ghostbusters, but I guess that's my job. Well, till next time.