No. of episodes 92 First episode date 7 April 1963 | No. of series 2 Original network NHK Final episode date 1 April 1965 Number of episodes 92 | |
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Cast Ichirō Nagai, Genzō Wakayama, Fusako Amachi, Satoshi Andou, Teizou Muta Similar Bagi - the Monster of Mighty N, In the Beginning: The Bible, Leo the Lion, The New Adventures of Kimba, Microsuperman | ||
Galaxy Boy Troop was a children's TV series created by Osamu Tezuka that combined marionettes with traditional animation. It ran for two seasons from April 7, 1963 to April 1, 1965, for a total of 92 episodes. The series also aired in France as "Le Commando De La Voie Lactee".
In the first season, the eponymous Galaxy Boy Troop, headed by a boy named Rob, travels across the galaxy to find a material that can restart Earth's dying Sun. In the second season, the Troop fights off an alien invasion of Earth. Along the way, they meet and interact with the elegant Amia people of Venus, and the oafish Poipoi people of Mars.
Characters
Although the show is primarily puppetry, it still manages to include many characters from Osamu Tezuka's Star System in marionette form.