X-Bomber | |
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Also known as | Star Fleet Bomber X Bombardero X Vegskip X Sternenflotte Zero Zero One |
Genre | Tokusatsu, Science fiction, Fantasy |
Created by | Go Nagai |
Developed by | Keisuke Fujikawa |
Written by | Keisuke Fujikawa (eps 1-25) |
Directed by | Michio Mikami |
Voices of | Toshio Furukawa Shigeru Chiba Mami Koyama Banjo Ginga Hidekatsu Shibata Mikio Terashima Naoki Tatsuta Norio Wakamoto Reizo Nomoto Rihoko Yoshida Katsuji Mori Yūji Mitsuya |
Narrated by | Yuzuru Fujimoto |
Theme music composer | Kyoji Yamamoto |
Opening theme | Soldier in the Space |
Ending theme | The Drifting Galaxy |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 25 (24 in UK version) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Kimio Ikeda Keisuke Fujikawa |
Producer | Kimio Ikeda |
Camera setup | Ryuji Kawasaki |
Running time | 22–26 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Fuji TV (Japan) ITV (UK) Syndication (United States) |
Release | 4 October 1980 28 March 1981 | –
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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 to March 28, 1981 , 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.