Bionic Six
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Bionic Six (バイオニックシックス, Baionikku Shikkusu) is a 1987[1] animated television series. It was produced by Universal Television and animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha (now TMS Entertainment) and distributed, through first-run syndication, by MCA TV, years before the latter company became NBCUniversal Television Distribution.[2] Renowned Japanese animation director Osamu Dezaki was involved as chief supervising director, and his distinctive style (as seen in Golgo 13 and Cobra) is evident throughout all its episodes. Character designs were by Nobuteru Yūki.[3]
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Genre | Superhero |
Created by | Ron Friedman |
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Creative director | Bob Dranko |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | Yutaka Fujioka Eiji Katayama |
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Editor | Sam Horta |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production companies | MCA TV Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
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Network | Syndication |
Release | April 19 (1987-04-19) – November 12, 1987 (1987-11-12) |
The title characters of the series are a family of machine-enhanced human beings each possessing unique powers after being augmented with bionic technology. Each family member is given specific bionic powers, and thus they form a superhero team called the Bionic Six.[4]