| G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero | |
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| Also known as | Action Force (UK version) |
| Genre | Action-adventure Military science fiction |
| Created by | Hasbro |
| Based on | G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero by Hasbro |
| Developed by | Ron Friedman (miniseries 1–2) Steve Gerber (season 1) Buzz Dixon (season 2) |
| Directed by | Dan Thompson (miniseries 1–2) John Gibbs (season 1) Terry Lennon (season 1) Ray Lee (season 2) |
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| Narrated by | Jackson Beck |
| Composers | Johnny Douglas Robert J. Walsh |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 95 (list of episodes) |
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| Producers | Don Jurwich Jim Duffy |
| Animator | Toei Animation[1][2] |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Sunbow Productions Marvel Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | First-run syndication[3] |
| Release | September 12, 1983 – November 20, 1986 |
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| G.I. Joe: Renegades | |
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero[4] (retitled Action Force in the United Kingdom) is a half-hour American animated television series created by Ron Friedman.[5] Based on the toyline from Hasbro, the cartoon ran in syndication from 1983 to 1986.[6] 95 episodes were produced.[7]
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- ^ "List of foreign co-productions (1985-1989)". Toei Animation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 6, 2003.
- ^ Sobel, Robert (August 4, 1986). "Kids syndication marketplace moving at frenzied pace" (PDF). Television/Radio Age. XXXIV (1). Television Editorial Corp.: 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
- ^ G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Intros 1983-1987, 20 August 2008, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-02-21
- ^ "G.I. Joe-The Original Mini-Series". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 243–245. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 74–75. ISBN 9781476672939.