SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron | |
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Created by | Christian Tremblay Yvon Tremblay |
Developed by | Glenn Leopold Davis Doi |
Directed by | Robert Alvarez |
Voices of | Barry Gordon Charlie Adler Candi Milo Gary Owens Jim Cummings Mark Hamill Tress MacNeille Lori Alan |
Composers | Matt Muhoberac John Zuker Randall Crissman Nick Brown[1] |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 25 (and 1 special) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Buzz Potamkin |
Producer | Davis Doi (1993–1994) |
Running time | 22–26 minutes |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera Cartoons |
Original release | |
Network | TBS |
Release | September 11, 1993 January 6, 1995 | –
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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.