TigerSharks | |
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Genre | |
Developed by | Jules Bass Arthur Rankin, Jr. |
Voices of | Peter Newman Earl Hammond Larry Kenney Camille Bonora Jim Meskimen |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production companies | Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment Pacific Animation Corporation |
Original release | |
Network | first-run syndication |
Release | 1987 |
TigerSharks is an American animated children's television series developed by Rankin/Bass and distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1987. The series involved a team of heroes that could transform into amalgams of human and marine animals and resembled the series ThunderCats and SilverHawks , also developed by Rankin/Bass.
The series lasted one season with 26 episodes and was part of the show The Comic Strip , which consisted of four animated shorts: TigerSharks, Street Frogs, The Mini-Monsters, and Karate Kat. [1]
The animation was provided by Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation. Warner Bros. Animation currently owns the series, as they own the 1974–89 Rankin/Bass library, which was incorporated into the merger of Lorimar-Telepictures and Warner Bros. However, no DVD or streaming release of the series has been available worldwide as of today.
Rankin/Bass followed up their successful ThunderCats and SilverHawks series with this series about a team of powered up man/marine form hybrids called the "TigerSharks". This third series also featured many of the same voice actors who had worked on ThunderCats and SilverHawks including Larry Kenney, Peter Newman, Earl Hammond, Doug Preis and Bob McFadden.
In a futuristic time, the TigerShark team were humans and unidentified aliens who had to use a device called the Fish Tank in order to transform between their humanoid forms and their powered-up marine forms. The TigerSharks' base was a spaceship that could also function underwater. The ship was called the SARK and contained the Fish Tank, its own A.I., and other research facilities.
The action took place on the fictional world of Water-O (pronounced Wah-tare-oh), which was almost completely covered by water. The planet was inhabited by a race of fish-men called the Waterians. The TigerSharks arrived there on a research mission and ended up serving as the protectors of the planet against the evil Mantannas led by T-Ray who had arrived there beforehand. To make matters worse, T-Ray ended up freeing Captain Bizzarly and his pirate crew from their icy imprisonment..
Protectors of Water-O, the team members are:
The show featured two major antagonists, both with teams of followers. Both are in alliance to conquer Water-O and destroy the TigerSharks, but plan to betray each other once these goals are met. They are:
The TigerSharks made a cameo in an episode of the 2011 ThunderCats remake called "Legacy." [2] They are among the animals that were forced to work under Mumm-Ra.
A TigerSharks action figure line was made by LJN, which also made toys for ThunderCats .
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