Flash Gordon 

The adventures of the comic strip space hero and his friends as they battle the tyranny of Ming the Merciless on the planet Mongo.

Stars:

Robert Ridgely, Alan Oppenheimer, Diane Pershing

Cast

Series cast summary:
Robert Ridgely	...	Flash Gordon / ... 24 episodes, 1979-1982
Alan Oppenheimer	...	Ming the Merciless / ... 24 episodes, 1979-1982
Diane Pershing	...	Dale Arden / ... 24 episodes, 1979-1982
Allan Melvin	...	Thun / ... 24 episodes, 1979-1982
Melendy Britt	...	Princess Aura / ... 24 episodes, 1979-1982

Storyline

Flash Gordon blasts off to the planet Mongo with girlfriend Dale Arden and scientist Hans Zarkov to prevent evil dictator Ming the Merciless from dominating the universe. In attempting to put an end to Ming's villainy, Flash receives the aid (and often the hindrance) of Prince Barin of Arboria, the Hawk Men led by King Vultan, Queen Fria of the ice-covered land of Frigia, Thun the Lion Man and Ming's sexy, scantily-clad daughter Aura, who has a powerful attraction for Flash.

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Plot Keywords:

anthropomorphic animal | animal that acts human | anthropomorphism | anthropomorphic lion | girl from outer space | 

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Taglines:

Saving the universe, one planet at a time!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Did You Know?

Trivia

The fluent movements of the human characters were achieved by filming extensive live-action footage of human actors for rotoscoping. Filmation's effects department built models of the spaceships for the same purpose, painting them white and covering them in thin black lines. Using a computerized camera, the film negatives were printed as cels, creating "positive" versions of the ships for the animators to use in rotoscoping.

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Quotes

Flash Gordon: Blasting off on a desperate mission to save Earth from the evil plottings of the tyrannical space lord Ming the Merciless, Dr. Hans Zarkov and Dale Arden have joined me, Flash Gordon, on a fantastic journey into worlds where peril and adventure await us.

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Connections

Spoofed in Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders (1990)

User Reviews

One of the best cartoons of all-time

The 16 episodes are without doubt one of best cartoons of the late 1970's. The graphics sometimes repeated themselves as you saw the same ship getting hit over and over again during some of the battle scenes. But, they had other scenes that were great and the overall story line was great. I only found out later that some of the great facial expressions were the actual actors who did the voices. It should have run more then just one season and the movie they made later. I don't count the 2nd season run later in 1980's as the new episodes were not as good as the ones from 1979. Being a Flash Gordon buff like I was. I loved this cartoon and wish it was available on DVD. I have videos of the originals from the 1930's and Movie made in 1980. I wish I had a copy of this. This was true to comic and the original story and deserves the 10 stars I gave it and two thumbs up.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 September 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

The New Adventures of Flash Gordon

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmation Associates, King Features Syndicate

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1