Raven 

The adventures of Jonathan Raven, a ninja and ex-Special Forces soldier.

Creator:

Frank Lupo

Stars:

Jeffrey Meek, Lee Majors, Andy Bumatai

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Jeffrey Meek	...	Jonathon Raven 20 episodes, 1992-1993
Lee Majors	...	Herman 'Ski' Jablonski 20 episodes, 1992-1993
Andy Bumatai	...	Big Kahuna 12 episodes, 1992-1993

Storyline

Jonathan Raven is a ninja, former member of the Black Dragons clan and also a former Special Forces agent. Now he lives in Hawaii, helping those in trouble and searching for his long-lost son, while avoiding assassins sent to kill him by the Black Dragon clan. Herman "Ski" Jablonski, an extravagant private investigator and Jonathon's best friend, is helping him.

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Plot Keywords:

ninja | detective | ninjitsu | martial arts | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

June 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

A sárkány törvénye

Filming Locations:

Hawaii Film Studio - 18th Avenue & Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min (20 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a brief interview for a Hawaiian newspaper, Jeffrey Meek said that he fought for the development of the character to have a stronger focus on history and the mythology of the past, but felt the show lost sight of the original intent or never fully understood it.

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Quotes

Jonathon Raven: See how easy life can be?

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Connections

Followed by Raven: Return of the Black Dragons (1997)

User Reviews

Didn't hold up well for me.

I still enjoy the pilot and its a half way decent action show.But as the show went on a lot of it was very cheesy and generic.The plots for the most part were very by the number for a show like this.The writing wasn't especially creative or ground breaking.Majors seemed to be playing it a bit over the top at times.Sometimes he seemed like a competent trained side kick.Other times he came off as an eccentric old coot who i wouldn't trust anywhere near a loaded weapon.

Also found it to be a bit misogynistic.All of the women are portrayed as either weak inept villains who are easily taken out by the lead or helpless victims who need to be saved.This would feel normal for any pre-90s TV show.But here it feels a little ridiculous and out of place.