X-Bomber

X-Bomber
Cover for the Remastered DVD-Box set
Also known asStar Fleet
Bomber X
Bombardero X
Vegskip X
Sternenflotte
Zero Zero One
GenreTokusatsu, Science fiction, Fantasy
Created byGo Nagai
Developed byKeisuke Fujikawa
Written byKeisuke Fujikawa (eps 1-25)
Directed byMichio Mikami
Voices ofToshio Furukawa
Shigeru Chiba
Mami Koyama
Banjo Ginga
Hidekatsu Shibata
Mikio Terashima
Naoki Tatsuta
Norio Wakamoto
Reizo Nomoto
Rihoko Yoshida
Katsuji Mori
Yūji Mitsuya
Narrated byYuzuru Fujimoto
Theme music composerKyoji Yamamoto
Opening themeSoldier in the Space
Ending themeThe Drifting Galaxy
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes25 (24 in UK version)
Production
Executive producersKimio Ikeda
Keisuke Fujikawa
ProducerKimio Ikeda
Camera setupRyuji Kawasaki
Running time22–26 minutes
Original release
NetworkFuji TV (Japan)
ITV (UK)
Syndication (United States)
Release4 October 1980 (1980-10-04) –
28 March 1981 (1981-03-28)
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X Bomber (Xボンバー, Ekkusu Bonbā) (released as Star Fleet in the UK) is a Japanese marionette tokusatsu TV series created by manga artist Go Nagai, and produced by Cosmo Productions and Jin Productions. The show aired on Fuji TV from October 4, 1980 (1980-10-04) to March 28, 1981 (1981-03-28), with a total of 25 episodes (including the pre-series pilot episode),[1][2][3] and was billed in Japan as being filmed in "Sūpāmariorama" (スーパーマリオラマ), a puppeteering process similar to Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation works.

  1. ^ Xボンバー [X bomber] (in Japanese). Japan: The world of Go Nagai. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
  2. ^ "TV Xボンバー - allcinema" [TV X Bomber - allcinema] (in Japanese). Japan: allcinema. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
  3. ^ "TV list" (in Japanese). Japan: The world of Go Nagai. Retrieved December 21, 2009.