Battle of the Planets.(What was the name of the villain??)
Zoltar. In the Japanese original he/she was a hermaphrodite, handwaved as Zoltar’s sister in the sanitised UK outing.
it was only a few years ago that I found out that Battle of the Planets was actually hyperviolent Japanese Manga, and they just cut all the violence out which is why the plotlines never made much sense.
I wouldn’t say it was “hyper violent,” but the original Anime dealt with some dark themes. 7-Zark-7 was added to paper over the cracks (which is why the animation is clearly different and ropey as hell). Like, Jason was quietly dying from a brain aneurism and increasingly losing the plot, then it’d cut to Centre Neptune and Poundland R2D2 would go “but it’s OK kids, he took a couple of paracetamol and everything was fine.”
Fun fact, Mark was voiced by Casey Kasem, the same chap who voiced Shaggy and presented America’s Top 40 on Saturdays. Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars.
I remember that there was a cartoon series called Ulysses but not what it was about.
You’re both thinking of Ulysses 31.
