SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Season 2 title card
Created byChristian Tremblay
Yvon Tremblay
Developed byGlenn Leopold
Davis Doi
Directed byRobert Alvarez
Voices ofBarry Gordon
Charlie Adler
Candi Milo
Gary Owens
Jim Cummings
Mark Hamill
Tress MacNeille
Lori Alan
ComposersMatt Muhoberac
John Zuker
Randall Crissman
Nick Brown[1]
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes25 (and 1 special) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerBuzz Potamkin
ProducerDavis Doi (1993–1994)
Running time22–26 minutes
Production companyHanna-Barbera Cartoons
Original release
NetworkTBS
ReleaseSeptember 11, 1993 (1993-09-11) –
January 6, 1995 (1995-01-06)
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SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron is a 1993–1994 American animated television series created by Christian and Yvon Tremblay and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons.[2] The series takes place in the fictional metropolis of Megakat City, which is populated by anthropomorphic felines, known as "kats".[3] The SWAT Kats of the title are two vigilante pilots who possess a state-of-the-art fighter jet with an array of weaponry. Throughout the series, they face various villains as well as competition from Megakat City's militarized police force, called the Enforcers.

The show originally premiered and ran on the syndication block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, as well as TBS Superstation (as a part of the Sunday Morning in Front of the TV block) from 1993 to 1995.[4] Every episode of the series was directed by Robert Alvarez. The bulk of the series was written by Glenn Leopold (15 episodes) or Lance Falk (9 episodes). Jim Stenstrum contributed two episodes, while David Ehrman, Von Williams, Eric Clark (with Lance Falk), Mark Saraceni and Jim Katz all contributed one episode each.

A revival series, titled SWAT Kats: Revolution, is under development, with both the Tremblay brothers and the Toonz Media Group at the helm.

  1. ^ "SWAT Kats 25 Year Music Reunion". YouTube. April 21, 2018. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Swat Kats: The Complete Series : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  3. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 620. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  4. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 816–818. ISBN 978-1476665993.