RoboCop: Alpha Commando

RoboCop: Alpha Commando
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Genre	Action/Adventure Science fiction
Created by	Michael Miner Edward Neumeier
Developed by	Eric Lewald Julia Lewald
Written by	Michael Edens Brooks Wachtel Cary Bates Larry Braman Carter Crocker Mark Edward Edens Adam Gilad Sam Graham Chris Hubbel Peter Hunziker Gary Stewart Kaplan Ann Knapp Eric Lewald Julia Lewald Steven Melching Martha Moran Richard Mueller Cynthia Riddle Erica Rothschild Bruce Reid Schaefer Douglas Sloan Richard Stanley Jan Strnand Larry Swerdlove Bruce Talkington Len Uhley Len Wein Russ Wiederspann Steve Cuden
Directed by	Victor Dal Chele Tom Tataranowicz Doug Parker (voice)
Voices of	David Sobolov
Theme music composer	Carl Johnson
Composer(s)	Carl Johnson
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	40
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jonathan Dern Jay Firestone Paul Sabella
Producer(s)	Victor Dal Chele Robert Winthrop(co-producer)
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation MGM Television Orion Television
Distributor	The Summit Media Group
Release
Original network	Syndication
Original release	September 7, 1998 – February 3, 1999

RoboCop: Alpha Commando was a short-lived animated series based on the Orion Pictures film RoboCop and the series/films that followed in the 1980s-1990s. It was the second animated version of the character, following on from RoboCop: The Animated Series. The series premiered in first-run syndication on September 7, 1998, and ran until February 3, 1999. It was also presented by The Summit Media Group.

As of 2013, none of the show's 40 episodes have been released onto DVD. The series is currently streaming on Hulu.

Synopsis

The series is set in the year 2030, and deals with RoboCop being reactivated after five years offline to assist a federal high-tech group, "Alpha Division" in their vigilance and struggle against DARC (Directorate for Anarchy, Revenge, and Chaos), a highly advanced terrorist organization and other forces of evil whenever that may be, globally or nationally.

The series shared many of the same writers who had contributed to the 1980s animated series, but had even less in common with the movies or television canon that it was based on. RoboCop has numerous gadgets in his body that were never in the film, such as roller skates and a parachute. The show also suffers from major continuity errors. In the first episodes we see RoboCop's son in his memories flashback and he appears to be around 10. We later see his son in the series, to be exactly the same age and even wearing the same clothing, as his memories. The names of Robocop´s wife and son were also changed to Susan and Richie.

The absence of Anne Lewis was never explained. Besides RoboCop himself, Sgt. Reed and Alex J. Murphy are the only characters from the movies in the series. Unlike the movies, and previous TV incarnations, RoboCop never takes off his helmet in Alpha Commando.

Voice cast

• David Sobolov as RoboCop
• Akiko Morison as Agent Nancy Miner
• Dean Haglund as Dr. Cornelius Neumeier
• Blu Mankuma as Sgt. Reed - Blu Mankuma, the voice actor for Sgt. Reed, was also in RoboCop: The Series where he played Sgt. Parks, the show's version of Reed.
• Campbell Lane as the voice of Alpha Prime

The name change for RoboCop's wife and son is explained in episode 10. After Alex Murphy becomes RoboCop, his family was forced to change their identity to keep RoboCop's enemies from locating them.

Episodes

3

External links

• RoboCop: Alpha Commando at IMDb
• RoboCop: Alpha Commando at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• RoboCop: Alpha Commando at TV.com