7.4 /10 1 Votes
7.2/10 TV Music by Don Felder Original language(s) English First episode date 13 September 1986 Language English Number of episodes 13 | 7.5/10 IMDb Created by Chris Columbus Country of origin United States
Japan No. of episodes 13 (list of episodes) Final episode date 6 December 1986 Network CBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Voices of Pat Carroll
Susan Blu
Nancy Cartwright
Guy Christopher
Gino Conforti
Jennifer Darling
Pat Fraley
Henry Gibson
David L. Lander
Danny Mann
Howard Morris
Hal Rayle
Neil Ross
John Stephenson Cast Nancy Cartwright, Susan Blu, Howard Morris, Pat Carroll, Hal Rayle Similar Team Galaxy, The Biskitts, The Kwicky Koala Show, Kidd Video, Gravedale High | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galaxy High (ギャラクシー・ハイスクール) is an American-Japanese science fiction animated series that premiered on September 13, 1986 on CBS and ran for 13 episodes until December 6, 1986. The series was created by Chris Columbus and featured music and a theme song composed by Don Felder.
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Synopsis
Two earth teenagers are accepted into the InterGalactic high school, Galaxy High School on the asteroid Flutor. The teenage boy, Doyle, was a skilled athlete and popular, while the teenage girl Aimee was shy and as the theme song states, "the smartest girl in school, not very popular, not very cool." But once in space their roles are somewhat reversed. The alien teenagers seem to accept the not so popular Aimee, while Doyle tends to rub the aliens the wrong way. Although Doyle finds himself an outcast and having difficulties adjusting, Aimee does not abandon him, and suggests he can make friends and bring glory to Galaxy High through his excellent sporting abilities, which he does by winning a championship in "psych-hockey", which Galaxy High always lost. The show drops many hints of a budding romance between Doyle and Aimee but was never given time to grow due to the show not being renewed for a second season.
The aliens in the school included Gilda Gossip, the girl with the big mouth or mouths, Booey Bubblehead, who has a bubble for a head and is absent-minded, Milo De Venus, the six armed class president, Beef and the Bonk Bunch who bully Doyle (and just about every student at Galaxy High), and The Creep, a small alien who resembled something between a very fat cherub and a marshmallow and had a huge crush on Aimee which would often reveal itself as he serenaded like a Las Vegas lounge singer. The teachers are even more unusual than the students: Ms. Biddy McBrain has a light bulb attached to her head while Coach Frogface eats flies and Professor Icenstein has to keep his classroom cold or he will melt.
Brief description of the show from the video box:
"Blast off to the outer space high school where the students come in all shapes, sizes and every color of the rainbow! At Galaxy High, the junior class president has six hands. The local pizza parlor is as close as the nearest satellite and when the science teacher gets mad he melts! Join two earthling exchange students as they encounter a crazy collection of cosmic kids from all over the universe."
Cast
Crew
Awards
The show was nominated for a Humanitas Prize for its anti-drug episode, The Brain Blaster.
Legacy
Despite its short run, Galaxy High has become a cult favorite among fans and viewers alike for years.
DVD and Video-On-Demand releases
Due to the program being both animated and owned by TMS Entertainment, the program is generally licensed as if it were an anime. Galaxy High has been released in full on DVD. All 13 episodes are available uncut and as they were originally aired, across two volumes, produced and distributed by Media Blasters through their AnimeWorks division (the same company previously responsible for the release of Invader Zim).
Volume 1 was released June 27, 2006, containing episodes 1-7. Volume 2 was released July 25, 2006, containing episodes 8-13.
On the volume 1 DVD, the original episode 2, "Pizza's Honor" and episode 3, "The Beef Who Would Be King" are swapped around. This actually makes more sense chronologically as the rivalry between Doyle and Beef develops more in "The Beef Who Would Be King" better explaining Beef's strong negative actions towards Doyle in "Pizza's Honor".
The complete Galaxy High School series is also currently available through video-on-demand services including Amazon Video and Crunchyroll.