Flash Gordon

TV Series
1979–1982
TV-Y7
30m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

1.1K

YOUR RATING

Superhero Action Adventure Animation Fantasy Sci-Fi

The adventures of the comic strip space hero and his friends as they battle the tyranny of Ming the Merciless on the planet Mongo.The adventures of the comic strip space hero and his friends as they battle the tyranny of Ming the Merciless on the planet Mongo.The adventures of the comic strip space hero and his friends as they battle the tyranny of Ming the Merciless on the planet Mongo.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

1.1K

YOUR RATING

Stars

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Trivia
Dino De Laurentiis became a "ghost" producer on the series when Filmation developed monetary problems completing the animation involving the use of computers to create the spaceship animation, one of the first uses of computers in traditional animation. Since DeLaurentis was seeking the rights for the use of the Flash Gordon property for a live action film, and Filmation held the rights for all filmed media for the Flash Gordon characters, Filmation and DeLaurentis came to a deal. In exchange for the funding to complete the animation on the series, DeLaurentis would get the live action film rights to Flash Gordon while Filmation would retain the rights to animated projects featuring Flash Gordon.

Quotes
Flash Gordon: Blasting off on a desperate mission to save Earth from the evil plottings of the tyrannical space lord Ming the Merciless, Dr. Hans Zarkov and Dale Arden have joined me, Flash Gordon, on a fantastic journey into worlds where peril and adventure await us.

Connections
Edited into Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982)

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Review

Featured review

9/10

A Forgotten Classic

I only discovered this cartoon in 2021 during the Covid lockdown, and it was a very pleasant surprise for several reasons: it was presented as one long serial broken up into 16 chapters (at least for season 1), it features often gorgeous painted backdrops and solid animation, and had some pulpy adult themes. Pretty well every episode involves Flash, Dale and Zarkov visiting some new kingdom or meeting a new species, usually with a too-literal name like "Arboria" or "Frigia" . There's Hawkmen, Lionmen, Arborians (tree dwellers), giants, dinosaurs, etc. Ming is indeed merciless, Princess Aura a femme fatale, while all the local queens fall in love with Flash as Dale frets in the background. Well deserving of a DVD re-release.