Sky Commanders
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- This article is about the TV series. For the team itself, see Sky Commanders (team).
| Sky Commanders | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Toei Animation |
| Distributor | Worldvision Enterprises |
| Original release | July 5—September 27, 1987 |
| Run time | 21 minutes |
| Starring | Bob Ridgely Bernard Erhard William Windom Soon-Tek Oh Tristan Rogers Richard Doyle Dorian Harewood Lauren Tewes Darryl Hickman B.J. Ward Charlie Adler Paul Eiding Dick Gautier |
| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | Kay Wright |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | Jeff Segal Kelly Ward Eric Lewald |
| Director(s) | Oscar Dufau John Kimball Don Lusk Charles A. Nichols Gordon Hunt (voices) |
Sky Commanders is an American animated action/adventure television series produced by Hanna-Barbera, in association with Toei Animation, for syndication on stations that took part in The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming block. It ran in 1987, airing 13 episodes that spanned one season. It was based on the Kenner toy line of the same name.
The entire series has been released on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin, with musical coordination from Joanne Miller.
Episodes
| Episode | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | July 5, 1987 |
| 1x02 | July 12, 1987 |
| 1x03 | July 19, 1987 |
1x04
|
July 26, 1987 |
| 1x05 | August 2, 1987 |
| 1x06 | August 9, 1987 |
| 1x07 | August 16, 1987 |
| 1x08 | August 23, 1987 |
1x09
|
August 30, 1987 |
1x10
|
September 6, 1987 |
| 1x11 | September 13, 1987 |
| 1x12 | September 20, 1987 |
| 1x13 | September 27, 1987 |
Cast
- Bob Ridgely as General Mike Summit
- Bernard Erhard as General Lucas Plague
- William Windom as Cutter Cling
- Soon-Tek Oh as Kodiak Crane
- Tristan Rogers as Spider Reilly
- Richard Doyle as Books Baxter
- Dorian Harewood as Jim Stryker
- Lauren Tewes as Red McCollough
- Darryl Hickman as R.J. Scott
- TBA as Major Yuri Androv
- B.J. Ward as Doctor Erica Slade
- Charlie Adler as Kreeg
- Paul Eiding as Raider Rath
- Dick Gautier as Mordax
In popular culture
- Summit and King are featured in the sketch "Sky Commander," of the Robot Chicken episode "Catdog on a Stick."
Merchandise
Home media
On August 28, 2012, the Warner Archive Collection released the series on a two-disc DVD set called Sky Commanders: The Complete Series.
Toys
Kenner released several action figures and vehicle playsets.
