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No. of seasons
  
2

First episode date
  
30 September 1985

Number of seasons
  
2

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Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
75 (list of episodes)

Final episode date
  
26 November 1986

Number of episodes
  
75

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Genre
  
Animated television series

Voices of
  
Brendan McKaneMark HalloranGraeme McKennaDoug StoneSharon NobleBrennan ThickeBrian George

Country of origin
  
FranceUnited StatesCanada

Networks
  
CBS, USA Network, Broadcast syndication

Cast
  
Brennan Thicke, Doug Stone, Brian George

Similar
  
SilverHawks, Jayce and the Wheeled, Inspector Gadget, The Centurions, He‑Man and the Masters o

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M.A.S.K. (short for Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) is an animated television series produced by the French-American DIC Enterprises, Inc and Kenner. The series was based on the M.A.S.K. action figures. It was animated in Asia by studios; KK DIC Asia (later known as KK C&D Asia), Studio Juno, Studio World, and Ashi Production.

Contents

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History

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A total of 75 syndicated episodes of M.A.S.K. were broadcast from 1985 to 1986. One of many cartoons produced during the 1980s as a vehicle for toy merchandising, M.A.S.K., was a hybrid of popular era cartoons G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and The Transformers.

When originally broadcast, M.A.S.K. was the first closed-captioned series to air in first-run syndication.

M.A.S.K. and V.E.N.O.M.

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M.A.S.K. (an acronym for Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) is a special task force featuring an array of characters, led by Matt Trakker, with transforming vehicles engaged in an ongoing battle against the criminal organization V.E.N.O.M. (an acronym for Vicious Evil Network Of Mayhem), with an emphasis on super-powered masks worn by the characters on the show.

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It is never made clear what sort of criminal organization V.E.N.O.M. is, exactly. They were not the typical world-conquering villains and their schemes mostly revolve around profiting from illegal activities and doing mercenary services.

Cast

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  • Doug Stone - Matt Trakker, Hondo MacLean, Dusty Hayes, Bruce Sato, Nash Gorey, Bruno Shepherd, Boris Bushkin, Maximus Mayhem
  • Brendan McKane - Miles Mayhem, Alex Sector, Floyd Malloy, Jacques Lefleur, Nevada Rushmore
  • Brennan Thicke - Scott Trakker
  • Graeme McKenna - T-Bob, Brad Turner, Julio Lopez, Calhoun Burns
  • Mark Halloran - Sly Rax, Buddie Hawks, Cliff Dagger, Duane Kennedy, Ace Riker
  • Sharon Noble - M.A.S.K. Computer, Gloria Baker, Vanessa Warfield
  • Brian George - Lester Sludge, Ali Bombay

    • Crew

  • Marsha Goodman - Voice Director
  • Stu Rosen - Voice Director

    • Reception

    M.A.S.K. was named the 99th best animated series by IGN. They called it one of the most popular cartoon/toy marketing franchises of the 1980s, and that it took many of the strengths of G.I. Joe and Transformers while taking few of their flaws.

    Video releases

    Several episodes of the series were released under Karl-Lorimar's "Kideo Video" branding on VHS in the 1980s, with two episodes per tape. The "racing season" of the series would be distributed by Tempest Video. Several episodes were also released under the label M.A.S.K.The Movie, and M.A.S.K.The Movie II. No true direct-to-video or theatrical M.A.S.K movie was ever made.

    M.A.S.K. episodes have been released on DVD in three languages.

  • English (U.S.): Shout! Factory acquired the Region 1 DVD rights and released a "Complete Series" set on August 9, 2011 containing only the episodes from the first season of the original series (65 episodes), as well as a separate 2-Disc collection of the first 11 episodes. The second season, which consists of 10 episodes, are owned by Cookie Jar Entertainment and are not part of the acquisition.
  • English (UK): Collection 1 was released in the UK in November 2007 by Jetix Films - Maximum Entertainment, containing the same amount of episodes as the Australian set. Collection 1 was re-released on 31 August 2009, and Collection 2 was finally released on 28 September 2009. Both sets (The re-issue Collection 1 and Collection 2) are distributed through Lace DVD, replacing Maximum Entertainment, and both sets are in Region 2 PAL format. All 75 episodes were released across both sets.
  • English (Australia/New Zealand): Madman Entertainment released the complete series over two DVD collections for the first time in Australia and New Zealand. Collection 1 was released in November 2006 and contains episodes 1 - 38, Collection 2 was released in March 2007 and contains episodes 39 - 75 which includes the season 2 episodes.

    • In other media

    The character of Matt Trakker was rumored to make an appearance in the third G. I. Joe film.

    References

    M.A.S.K. (TV series) Wikipedia
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