Vytor: The Starfire Champion
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| writer = Marc Handler
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| voices = Allison Argo
Peter Cullen
Pat Fraley
Liz Georges
Michael Horton
Neil Ross
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| runtime = 22.5 min. per episode; 90 min. in total
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Vytor: The Starfire Champion ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|aɪ|t|ɔr}}) is a 1989 American animated television miniseries produced by World Events Productions.{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |pages=676–677}} The show aired four episodes.{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |page=890}}
Plot
Vytor is armed with the magic shield. Along with the beautiful Skyla and his other friends, the hero battles Myzor Sarcophogus for the Starfire Ring and tries to recover the Saturn Orb.
Cast
- Allison Argo as Baboose
- Peter Cullen as Myzor / Chief Eldor
- Pat Fraley as Windchaser / Air Mutoid Warrior / Land Mutoid Warrior
- Liz Georges as Skyla / Lyria
- Michael Horton as Vytor
- Neil Ross as Targil
Production
Due to the amount of money used to make the episodes, which were a combination of computer graphics and normal cell animation, and since Vytor did not have a toy deal, only a few episodes were made. The series was only seen in a few select markets.
Episode list
- The Starfire Legacy: written by Doug Lefler
- Aerion: written by Doug Lefler
- The Spirit Tree: written by Ben Masselink and Michael Dale Brown
- Wilderland: written by Marc Handler
DVD
World Events Productions released all the episodes in a 2 disc DVD in 2006 with the individual episodes and a version of them edited together into a feature.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Voltron-Defender-Universe/5132 |title=Voltron: Defender of the Universe DVD news: No Date Yet Due To Legal Issues |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=2013-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914095744/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Voltron-Defender-Universe/5132 |archive-date=2011-09-14 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vytor-Starfire-Champion-Peter-Cullen/dp/B000FA5EVU |title=Vytor: The Starfire Champion: Peter Cullen, Neil Ross, Allison Argo, Michael Horton, Tom Burton: Movies & TV |date= |access-date=2013-10-19}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0220147|title= Vytor: The Starfire Champion: The Starfire Champion}}
- [http://www.wep.com/Vytor.htm World Events Productions]
Category:1989 American animated television series debuts
Category:1989 American television series endings
Category:1980s American animated television series
Category:1980s American television miniseries
Category:American children's animated science fiction television series