Wing Commander Academy [Animated Series]

Overview

Wing Commander Academy is an American science fiction animated series based on the Wing Commander franchise, as you might expect.

Very engaging and with a visual style reminiscent of the excellent 90s Spider-Man cartoon (Spider-Man: The Animated Series), Wing Commander Academy loosely served as a prequel to the game series. It was produced by Universal Cartoon Studios, a division of Universal Pictures, along with a team led by Larry Latham. It originally aired from September 21 to December 21, 1996, on the USA Network’s “USA Action Extreme Team” block.

The series features many spaceships introduced in the Wing Commander games. The Scimitar and Broadsword were the main fighters and bombers piloted by the main characters, with the Dralthi and Grikath fulfilling those roles for the Kilrathi. As in Wing Commander I, the TCS Tiger’s Claw was a Bengal-class aircraft carrier. Individual episodes also featured appearances of ships introduced in later games, such as the Arrow, Hellcat, and Longbow from Wing Commander III, and the Avenger from Wing Commander IV. None of these ships, however, are mentioned by name. A number of new flagship vessels were introduced by the series, including the Achilles-class destroyer and the Agan Ra Sivar-class dreadnaught.

In March 2012, Visual Entertainment released Wing Commander Academy – The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the first time. The series was made available on the Peacock streaming service in July 2020.

Synopsis

The dramatic adventures of a group of space cadets aboard the Earth aircraft carrier Tiger’s Claw in an all-out war against a hostile, alien, lion-like warrior race, the Kilrathi.

Cast

One of the other highlights of the series is the cast, which delivered an excellent dubbing performance, at least in its original English version. There are at least four very famous names on the list below:

• Mark Hamill as Christopher ‘Maverick’ Blair;
• Thomas F. Wilson as Todd ‘Maniac’ Marshall;
• Malcolm McDowell as Commodore Geoffrey Tolwyn;
• Dana Delany as Gwen ‘Archer’ Bowman;
• Lauri Hendler as Maya McEaddens, Lindsay ‘Payback’ Price;
• Kevin Schon as Prince Thrakhath nar Kiranka, Hector ‘Grunt’ Paz;
• Pat Fraley as Dr. Guthrig Andropolos, Gharal nar Hhallas;
• Ron Perlman as Daimon Karnes;
• Jeff Bennett as Bokh nar Ragitika;
• Dorian Harewood as Jazzman;
• Jessica Walter as Admiral Rhea Bergstrom;
• Joan Van Ark as Dr. Bronwyn Sing;
• Jim Cummings as Emil ‘Easy’ Zoharian;
• Jennifer Hale as Princess Zukara nar Kiranka;
• Andrew Prine as Vidkun;
• Michael Dorn as the Warrior King.

List of Episodes

The full playlist we have here totals more than four and a half hours in length. It includes the following episodes:

• Red and Blue – September 21, 1996;
• The Last One Left – September 28, 1996;
• The Most Delicate Instrument – October 5, 1996;
• Word of Honor – October 12, 1996;
• Lords of the Sky – October 19, 1996;
• Chain of Command – November 2, 1996;
• Expendable – November 9, 1996;
• Recreation – November 16, 1996;
• Walking Wounded – November 23, 1996;
• On Both Your Houses – November 30, 1996;
• Invisible Enemy – December 7, 1996;
• Price of Victory – December 14, 1996;
• Glory of Sivar – December 21, 1996.

More info and videos

• Wing Commander Academy @ Gaming Room – Source. In Portuguese.
• Wing Commander Academy @ Wing Commander Encyclopedia – More info.
• Wing Commander Academy @ IMDb – More info and source of the small thumbnail.
• Red And Blue @ Big Cartoon DataBase – More info. Archive.
• Prepare For Academy Week @ Wing Commander Combat Information Center – More info.
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