Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs

For Japanese version of Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, see Bismark (anime).

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
Screenshot of the title screen from Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
GenreSpace Western, mecha
Created byWorld Events Productions
Based onStar Musketeer Bismark
by Studio Pierrot
Directed byFranklin Cofod
Voices of
Music byDale Schacker
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Japan
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producerPeter Keefe
Producers
  • Franklin Cofod
  • Courtney Leigh
  • Kimberly Frances
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFirst-run syndication
ReleaseSeptember 14, 1987 (1987-09-14) –
September 2, 1988 (1988-09-02)
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Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs is an American-Japanese animated television space Western, similar to the series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and BraveStarr. The series premiered in the United States in 1987 and had a run of 52 episodes.[1]

The show was based on Star Musketeer Bismarck (星銃士ビスマルク, Seijūshi Bisumaruku), a Japanese anime series created by Studio Pierrot that achieved moderate success in Japan. The English language rights to the series were purchased by World Events Productions (WEP), the same company behind the English-language version of Voltron, in 1986.[2] WEP reorganized and rewrote the series, incorporating most of the original episodes with some editions and creating 6 new ones, before releasing it under the name Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs.

  1. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 701–702. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  2. ^ "Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs". Otaku USA. Retrieved August 4, 2010.