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Space Ace宇宙エースUchū Ēsu | |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Anime series: Space Ace | |
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May 1965 — April 1966 |
| No. of episodes |
52 |
Space Ace (宇宙エース, Uchū Ēsu) was produced and shown in Japan between 1965 and 1966, and it aired in Melbourne, Australia in February 1968 on channel 9 at 5pm. The last time it appeared on TV was on Daryl Somers' Cartoon Corner in August 1972, at 4pm. It was created and produced by Tatsuo Yoshida (Speed Racer) and his brother Kenji, through their newly established company Tatsunoko Productions.
SPACE ACE was a young boy. Only his face was visible when he was in his uniform. He had ear-caps and an asymmetrical ‘v’ perched on his forehead like a sort of lightning-bolt emblem. He was of course an alien, and like Prince Planet before him was given to homesick stargazing with the faces of his loved ones ghosted across the heavens.
Chubby Ace’s tool of preference was the Galaxy Ring, a flat white hoop that he could produce from his fingers to be thrown (á la Oddjob’s bowler hat) or ridden on (á la Monkey’s cloud). He was also very strong and a very good fighter as well.
The supporting cast included a fatherly professor who was typical of the "fatherly professors" often seen in anime produced at the time (examples include Gigantor, Astro Boy and the aforementioned Prince Planet) with every outlandish combination of mis-shapen heads, hair, noses, and eyes. His hair has two huge buns atop his head like Mickey Mouse ears. He also had a moustache and smoked a pipe. He often referred to the character as "little Ace" in a gravelly, fatherly tone.
His daughter, Ginger, was Ace’s love interest. She wore a trendy beret and ponytail.
Providing the show's comedy relief was crusading investigative reporter Flash Scoop, who usually burst in on the scene riding his jet skycycle at the worst possible moment of the battle, screaming for Ace to give him interviews and so on. Flash wore a cheesemaker cap, squawked raucously, and most notably, had the face of a chimpanzee. Flash’s arrival was always accompanied by his own crazy-guy, wacko-the-did musical theme.
One of the show's most important characters, however, was Ebo, Ace’s imagined projection into the night sky, depicted as a humanoid robot. He eventually arrived on earth to visit Ace. However, Ebo went bad and Ace was forced to destroy him. Fortunately, Ebo was rebuilt as a loyal, Snoopy-like brown dog robot who had the ability to fly, which was handy when in battle. When Ace began to lose his strength, Ebo carried in his flip-top nose a supply of Ace’s space food, which he would shoot into the boy’s mouth from the air, eliciting a Popeye/spinach-like recovery and enabling Ace to win the day.
[edit] Episodes
- 1. Birth Of Ace
- 2. Revenge Robot
- 3. Earth Exile
- 4. Atomic Robot
- 5. Secret Society
- 6. Space Jellyfish
- 7. The return of Genghis Khan
- 8. Space Cocoons
- 9. Cave Men
- 10. The Space Pirates
- 11. Space Flower
- 12. Space Clown
- 13. Invisible Monster Star
- 14. Song Of The Mermaid
- 15. Ace Imposter
- 16. Spaceman Who Likes Fighting
- 17. The Space Blob
- 18. Lost World
- 19. Fish People
- 20. The Time Capsule
- 21. Human Bomb
- 22. Forbidden Treasure
- 23. Stolen Face
- 24. Moon Rocket
- 25. Ion Drive Ring
- 26. Orion Raiders
- 27. Galaxy Conference
- 28. The Robot
- 29. The X Bomb
- 30. Cyborg from Orion
- 31. Ultra Men Pt 1
- 32. Ultra Men Pt 2
- 33. Youth Machine
- 34. Miracle Planet
- 35. Magic Land
- 36. Space Race Pt 1
- 37. Space Race Pt 2
- 38. The Dictator
- 39. Haunted Space Ship
- 40. Mars S.O.S.
- 41. Time Machine
- 42. Robot Revolt
- 43. Orion Invasion
- 44. Space Microbes
- 45. Space Radio
- 46. Exile to Orion
- 47. Space Prison
- 48. The Space Killer
- 49. Telepaths
- 50. Space Fortress
- 51. Brain Missiles
- 52. Space War
