"Wing Commander Academy" (1996)TV series

Director:

Susan Blu

Writer:

Chris Roberts (characters and story) (videogame)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

21 September 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The adventures of a group of space cadets on the Terran carrier Tiger's Claw in the war against the Kilrathi.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Video Game

Cast

Thomas F. Wilson	...	Todd 'Maniac' Marshall (13 episodes, 1996)
Malcolm McDowell	...	Commodore Geoffrey Tolwyn (13 episodes, 1996)
Dana Delany	...	Gwen 'Archer' Bowman (13 episodes, 1996)
Mark Hamill	...	Christopher 'Maverick' Blair (13 episodes, 1996)

Runtime:

22 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Origin Systems Inc.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994) (VG)

Wasn't given a chance.

I love Wing Commander and was very excited when the cartoon made its debut. Not only did you have the big name characters from the game, but you also had the voices of the actors who played them! Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson AND Malcom McDowell who make a great cast once again. The animation was crisp and held true to many aspects of the Wing Commander universe which was great to see. For WC fans, it enhances a lot of the game plots instead of ruining them plus there are some new characters and completely new stories. Unfortunately, they only got to make thirteen episodes. It was a high quality cartoon that really had the potential to be a great series. Hopefully it'll get picked up again because it deserves to be worked with.