| Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles | |
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 The DVD cover of Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Complete Campaigns | |
| Genre | Military science fiction Action Comedy drama |
| Based on | Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein |
| Developed by | Richard Raynis Duane Capizzi Jeff Kline |
| Voices of | Jamie Hanes David DeLuise James Horan Bill Fagerbakke Rino Romano E.G. Daily Tish Hicks Nicholas Guest Rider Strong Alexander Polinsky Steve Staley Thomas Wagner Irene Bedard R. Lee Ermey |
| Composer | Jim Latham |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (and 4 clip shows) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Paul Verhoeven Richard Raynis |
| Producer | Audu Paden |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Verhoeven-Marshall Flat Earth Productions Foundation Imaging Hyper Image Rainbow Studios Adelaide Productions Columbia TriStar Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication (Bohbot Kids Network) |
| Release | August 30, 1999[1] – April 3, 2000 |
| Related | |
| Starship Troopers (film) | |
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Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles is an American animated television series based on the 1959 novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein and the 1997 Starship Troopers movie adaptation. The film's director, Paul Verhoeven, served as executive producer.[2] It follows the exploits of the Mobile Infantry squad, "Razak's Roughnecks," during the SICON–Bugs War between a newly united humanity and an extraterrestrial race, known as the "Bugs," also sometimes referred to as Arachnids. The show focuses mainly on the Roughnecks' missions, rather than addressing the larger war.
The series aired for one season in the syndicated Bohbot Kids Network block beginning in August 1999 in the United States and Canada.[3] It was later picked up by the Sci-Fi Channel in the U.S. (along with the rest of the BKN block) and Teletoon in Canada. The entire series was available on Crackle in the U.S. included several Minisodes.
The show combines elements of Verhoeven's film and the original novel, such as the extraterrestrial race known as the Skinnies, powered armor suits and drop pods. The series also adds some original elements (e.g., the war starts on Pluto), while omitting the political aspects of the original work and film.
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