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About the Series: Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
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By Elizabeth "fatima" Bales


"In 2086, two peaceful aliens journeyed to Earth, seeking our  
* '''Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers'''
help. In return, they gave us the plans for our first hyperdrive,  
* [[About the Series:Staying Power|Staying Power]]
allowing mankind to open the doors to the stars. We have assembled a  
* [[About the Series:Atypical Writers Characters Stories|Atypical Writers, Characters, Stories]]
team of unique individuals to protect Earth and our allies.  
* [[About the Series:The Animated TV Series As Financial Disaster|The Animated TV Series As Financial Disaster]]
Courageous pioneers committed to the highest ideals of justice and  
 
dedicated to preserving law and order across the new frontier. These  
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are the Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers."
 
<center>'''<big>About the Series:</big>'''</center>
<center><big>Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers</big></center>
 
<center>'''by Elizabeth 'fatima' Bales'''</center>
 
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{{NewsBlank|'''''"We have assembled a team of unique individuals to protect Earth and our allies. Courageous pioneers committed to the highest ideals of justice and dedicated to preserving law and order across the new frontier.'''''}}
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{{EpGuideLeft|About-Beg badge.jpg|Combining elements of Westerns, space opera, and even a touch of sword-and sorcery-style fantasy, Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers brought to television a unique and often tongue-in-cheek spin on the space Western sub-genre. Aired in 1986, the half-hour cartoon lasted only one season. Its 65 episodes, which ran five days a week, starred four unusual law enforcement officers (their slogan: "No guts, no glory") working to bring law and order to the new frontier of space. Although the animation was done in Japan by Tokyo Movie Shinsa, Galaxy Rangers was one of the first anime-style shows to be created, scripted, story-boarded, voiced, and produced in the United States.}}
 
{{EpGuideRight|About-Horses.jpg|Galaxy Rangers, produced and created by Robert Mandell, offers a well-developed universe, strong characters, and stories that push the boundaries of children's programming. The team makeup was diverse for the day. Captain Zachary Foxx (voiced by Jerry Orbach) is a by-the-book cop with extensive bionics. Walter "Doc" Hartford (Hubert Kelly), a computer genius and hacker, has a wisecracking sense of humor with a penchant for outmoded slang.  Niko (Laura Dean) is a mysterious psychic archaeologist who's also an expert in tae kwon do and a crack shot with a shotgun. Shane "Goose" Gooseman (Doug Preis) is the shape-changing final product of a government supersoldier program. Together these four Galaxy Rangers form the Series Five team, named for experimental brain implants that enhance the rangers' special powers and abilities. As members of the law enforcement arm of the Bureau of Extraterrestrial Affairs (BETA), the Series Five rangers face situations as diverse as [[Progress|environmental disasters]] on low-tech planets, [[Boomtown|outlaw incursions]] on mining towns, and invasions—of [[Armada|one sort]] or [[Invasion|another]].}}
 
<center>[[File:About-Walsh office.jpg|upright=.5]]</center>
 
{{EpGuideLeft|About-Intro.jpg|Series writers have referred to the cast of thousands of supporting characters. First among these is Waldo Zeptic of Andor and Zozo of Kirwin, the "two peaceful aliens" of the show's introduction. Others include Princess Maya of the tech-shunning world Tarkon; the rangers' commanding officer, the gruff and forgiving Joseph Walsh; and the robotic ranger Buzzwang, who holds the dubious distinction of being the most disliked character on the entire show.}}
{{EpGuideRight|About-Eliza.jpg|The Series Five team faces a number of enemies. Perhaps chief among them is the Queen of the Crown, the evil ruler of a galaxy-spanning empire. To keep her empire from crumbling, the Queen has developed a technology based around crystals called "psychocrystals" that allow her to use the psychic essence of captive beings to create slaver lords, ghostlike spies through which she can see and hear. In the pilot episode, the Queen captures Zachary's wife Eliza and uses her to create a slaver lord. Although the Series Five team rescues Eliza's body from the Queen's Psychocrypt, the Queen still holds Eliza's essence. Zachary's quest to rescue his wife forms one of the central threads of the series.}}
{{EpGuideLeft|About-Blackhole.jpg|Other notable enemies reflect the wide variety of genres chosen by the writers. Perhaps most typically Western is the outlaw Black Hole Gang, led alternately by Macross, a piscine, yellow-skinned alien, and red-haired Irish gunslinger Daisy O'Mega. Lazarus Slade, a "Southern gentleman" mad scientist bent on world domination, plays like a villain from a melodrama and has the musical theme to match. The sword and sorcery episodes feature Mogul, a four-armed sorcerer whose schemes frequently fail courtesy of his bumbling demon assistant Larry. More classic science fiction stories featured Ryker Killbane, an insane, embittered survivor of the Supertrooper Project that also produced Shane Gooseman. Hands down, though, the scariest villain was the Scarecrow, a horrific and powerful being left over from devastating wars of millennia past.}}
 
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'''Next:''' ''[[About the Series:Staying Power|Staying Power]]''
 
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Combining elements of Westerns, space opera, and even a touch
of sword-and sorcery-style fantasy, "Adventures of the Galaxy
Rangers"  brought to television a unique and often tongue-in-cheek
spin on the space Western subgenre. Aired in 1986, the half-hour
cartoon lasted only one season. Its 65 episodes, which ran five days
a week, starred four unusual law enforcement officers (their slogan:
"No guts, no glory") working to bring law and order to the new
frontier of space. Although the animation was done in Japan by Tokyo
Movie Shinsa, "Galaxy Rangers" was one of the first anime-style shows
to be created, scripted, storyboarded, voiced, and produced in the
United States.
"Galaxy Rangers," produced and created by Robert Mandell,
director of <i>F/X</i> (1986) and the pilot episode of "The X-Files"
(1993),  offers a well-developed universe, strong characters, and
stories that push the boundaries of children's programming. The show
follows the exploits of Zachary Foxx, a by-the-book cop with
extensive bionics; Walter "Doc" Hartford, a computer genius and
hacker with a penchant for outmoded slang; Niko, a mysterious psychic
archaeologist who's also an expert in tae kwon do and a crack shot
with her energy shotgun; and Shane "Goose" Gooseman, the
shape-changing final product of a government supersoldier program.
Together these four Galaxy Rangers form the Series Five team, named
for the experimental brain implants that enhance the rangers' special
powers and abilities. As members of the law enforcement arm of the
Bureau of Extraterrestrial Affairs (BETA), the Series Five rangers
face situations as diverse as
Progress]>environmental disasters on low-tech planets,
href=[link to Boomtown]>outlaw incursions on mining towns, and
invasions--of one sort or
to Invasion]>another.
Supporting characters include Waldo Zeptic of Andor and Zozo
of Kirwin, the "two peaceful aliens" of the show's introduction;
Princess Maya of the tech-shunning world Tarkon; the rangers'
commanding officer, the gruff and forgiving Joseph Walsh; and the
robotic ranger Buzzwang, who holds the dubious distinction of being
the most disliked character on the entire show.
The Series Five team faces a number of enemies. Perhaps chief
among them is the Queen of the Crown, the evil ruler of a
galaxy-spanning empire. To keep her empire from crumbling, the Queen
has developed a technology based around psycho-crystals that allows
her to use the psychic essence of captive beings to create slaver
lords, ghostlike spies through which she can see and hear. In the
pilot episode, the Queen captures Zachary's wife Eliza and uses her
to create a slaver lord. Although the Series Five team rescues
Eliza's body from the Queen's Psychocrypt, the Queen still holds
Eliza's essence. Zachary's quest to rescue his wife forms one of the
central threads of the series.
Other notable enemies include Mogul, a four-armed sorcerer
whose schemes frequently fail courtesy of his bumbling demon
assistant Larry; Ryker Killbane, an insane, embittered survivor of
the Supertrooper Project that also produced Shane Gooseman; the
outlaw Black Hole Gang, led alternately by Macross, a swarthy alien,
and red-haired Irish gunslinger Daisy O'Mega; the Scarecrow, a
horrific being left over from wars of millennia past; and Lazarus
Slade, a "Southern gentleman" mad scientist bent on world domination.


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About the Series:
Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
by Elizabeth 'fatima' Bales


"In 2086, two peaceful aliens journeyed to Earth, seeking our help. In return, they gave us the plans for our first hyperdrive, allowing mankind to open the doors to the stars.
"We have assembled a team of unique individuals to protect Earth and our allies. Courageous pioneers committed to the highest ideals of justice and dedicated to preserving law and order across the new frontier.
"These are the Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers."
About-Beg badge.jpg

Combining elements of Westerns, space opera, and even a touch of sword-and sorcery-style fantasy, Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers brought to television a unique and often tongue-in-cheek spin on the space Western sub-genre. Aired in 1986, the half-hour cartoon lasted only one season. Its 65 episodes, which ran five days a week, starred four unusual law enforcement officers (their slogan: "No guts, no glory") working to bring law and order to the new frontier of space. Although the animation was done in Japan by Tokyo Movie Shinsa, Galaxy Rangers was one of the first anime-style shows to be created, scripted, story-boarded, voiced, and produced in the United States.


Galaxy Rangers, produced and created by Robert Mandell, offers a well-developed universe, strong characters, and stories that push the boundaries of children's programming. The team makeup was diverse for the day. Captain Zachary Foxx (voiced by Jerry Orbach) is a by-the-book cop with extensive bionics. Walter "Doc" Hartford (Hubert Kelly), a computer genius and hacker, has a wisecracking sense of humor with a penchant for outmoded slang. Niko (Laura Dean) is a mysterious psychic archaeologist who's also an expert in tae kwon do and a crack shot with a shotgun. Shane "Goose" Gooseman (Doug Preis) is the shape-changing final product of a government supersoldier program. Together these four Galaxy Rangers form the Series Five team, named for experimental brain implants that enhance the rangers' special powers and abilities. As members of the law enforcement arm of the Bureau of Extraterrestrial Affairs (BETA), the Series Five rangers face situations as diverse as environmental disasters on low-tech planets, outlaw incursions on mining towns, and invasions—of one sort or another.

About-Horses.jpg


About-Walsh office.jpg
About-Intro.jpg

Series writers have referred to the cast of thousands of supporting characters. First among these is Waldo Zeptic of Andor and Zozo of Kirwin, the "two peaceful aliens" of the show's introduction. Others include Princess Maya of the tech-shunning world Tarkon; the rangers' commanding officer, the gruff and forgiving Joseph Walsh; and the robotic ranger Buzzwang, who holds the dubious distinction of being the most disliked character on the entire show.

The Series Five team faces a number of enemies. Perhaps chief among them is the Queen of the Crown, the evil ruler of a galaxy-spanning empire. To keep her empire from crumbling, the Queen has developed a technology based around crystals called "psychocrystals" that allow her to use the psychic essence of captive beings to create slaver lords, ghostlike spies through which she can see and hear. In the pilot episode, the Queen captures Zachary's wife Eliza and uses her to create a slaver lord. Although the Series Five team rescues Eliza's body from the Queen's Psychocrypt, the Queen still holds Eliza's essence. Zachary's quest to rescue his wife forms one of the central threads of the series.

About-Eliza.jpg
About-Blackhole.jpg

Other notable enemies reflect the wide variety of genres chosen by the writers. Perhaps most typically Western is the outlaw Black Hole Gang, led alternately by Macross, a piscine, yellow-skinned alien, and red-haired Irish gunslinger Daisy O'Mega. Lazarus Slade, a "Southern gentleman" mad scientist bent on world domination, plays like a villain from a melodrama and has the musical theme to match. The sword and sorcery episodes feature Mogul, a four-armed sorcerer whose schemes frequently fail courtesy of his bumbling demon assistant Larry. More classic science fiction stories featured Ryker Killbane, an insane, embittered survivor of the Supertrooper Project that also produced Shane Gooseman. Hands down, though, the scariest villain was the Scarecrow, a horrific and powerful being left over from devastating wars of millennia past.



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