Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
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Jayce et les Conquérants de la Lumière (Jayce and the Conquerors of Light)
GenreSci-fi/Animation
Developed byJ. Michael Straczynski
Voices ofDarrin Baker
Len Carlson
Luba Goy
Charles Jolliffe
Valerie Politis
Dan Hennessey
Guilio Kukurugya
Narrated byErnie Anderson
Opening theme"Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors Opening Theme"
performed by Shuki Levy
Ending theme"Keep on Rolling"
performed by Shuki Levy
ComposersShuki Levy
Haim Saban
Country of originFrance
Canada
Original languagesFrench
English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes65
Production
Executive producersJean Chalopin
John Kemeny
Running time22 min.
Production companiesDIC Audiovisuel
ICC TV Productions, Ltd.
Original release
NetworkTF1 (France)
Syndication (United States)
ReleaseSeptember 9 (1985-09-09) –
December 16, 1985 (1985-12-16)
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Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors (French: Jayce et les Conquérants de la Lumière) is an animated show which was first broadcast on TF1 on September 9, 1985,[1] on the block Salut les p'tits loups !, and eventually on September 16 in the United States in syndication. It was produced by DIC Audiovisuel (originally distributed for syndication by SFM Entertainment) and animated by the Japanese animation studios Sunrise, Shaft, Studio Giants, Studio Look and Swan Production.[1] The show, which ran for 65 thirty-minute episodes, was created to support Mattel's Wheeled Warriors toyline.[2] The show had an ongoing plot which was left unresolved, with no series finale.

The show featured two duelling forces. The heroes are humans called the Lightning League who drive white and silver vehicles with assorted weaponry led by a teenager named Jayce. The villains are organic plant-based creatures called the Monster Minds who travel via large green organic vines, which can grow in and across interstellar space, and sprout seeds that grow rapidly into further Monster Minds. They are led by the very first of the Monster Minds, Saw Boss.[3]

  1. ^ a b Eluasti, Maroin; Zemrak, Nordine (2012). Les séries de notre enfance: "Ulysse 31", "Les cités d'or", "Inspecteur Gadget". Wambrechies: Pollux. p. 171. ISBN 9782954336305.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 443. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. ^ "Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Vol. 1: DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved 2015-07-28.