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Filmations 1979 Flash Gordon Animated Series. This well-crafted cartoon series from 1970s animation powerhouse Filmation was a reworking of the original Flash Gordon serial. Art design reflected the earlier era with a combination of Art Deco, Gothic Revival, Victorian an other styles.The New Adventures of Flash Gordon was an animated television series. In 1979 through the efforts of Filmation, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon appeared, partly as a reaction to the mammoth success of Star Wars in 1977. The series was a homage to the original Flash Gordon comic strip and featured most of the original characters, including Flash's girlfriend Dale Arden, and the scientist Hans Zarkov. Flash and company had traveled to Mongo, where they were forced into battle by its ruler, Ming the Merciless, his daughter Princess Aura, and his army of Metal Men. To help their cause the heroes lead the formation of an alliance beginning with King Thun, leader of the Lion People; Prince Barin, leader of Arboria; and King Vultan, ruler of the Hawkmen. The original project was produced as a made-for-television feature film. When NBC saw the finished work, it was decided to turn the work into an episodal Saturday morning series. The change in format resulted in the the story being significantly expanded with a sub-plot of Ming secretly giving military technology to Hitler being dropped. When a second season of episodes was ordered two years after the original, NBC insisted that the episodal format be dropped and that the stories be written for a more juvenile level. This resulted in the addition of the pet dragon Gremlin, an artist in nose-blown smoke. This second season of episodes was not well received and the program was canceled after completion of the second season run. The entire series has recently been released on DVD.

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Three concepts that ... ( 7 months ago by IG2HI)

Three concepts that I wish Filmation had produced in the 1980s: Magnus Robot Fighter Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents The world and fandom will never know.

The only thing I ... ( 7 months ago by 2199)

The only thing I didnt like about Filmation was the GAWD AWFUL Kids Super Power Hour with SHAZAM. The graphics really sucked. They made Tarzan look tight...why couldnt they do that to SHAZAM.

ohh man clasic :) ( 6 months ago by 201040506030)

ohh man clasic :)

Buen recuerdo, ... ( 6 months ago by abogadomanzano)

Buen recuerdo, Flash es garndioso en cuanto las aventuras en Mongo, los 16 capitulos son geniales, gracias!

Magnus, yes! My ... ( 5 months ago by Jazzstanton)

Magnus, yes! My kids are Halo fans, but still love to sit with me when I pull out and read to them the few Magnus comics I still have.

wow i forgot about ... ( 5 months ago by vuxfeon)

wow i forgot about those horny reptile looking women at 0.51. they always disturbed me a little as a kid, now I know why :D

Ah! Flash Gordon! ... ( 5 months ago by Anardiel)

Ah! Flash Gordon! Probably the first successful space-hero of all time, by which all other series from Buck Rogers to Star Wars are measured. This is a really creative character very ahead of his time (late 1930's). He is the coolest King Features comic I know of.

Did anybody know ... ( 5 months ago by alfredofroylan)

Did anybody know where can I get the intro music alone? (Without the voices)

pretty ahead of his ... ( 5 months ago by netoger77)

pretty ahead of his time

Same company and ... ( 4 months ago by OUmillenium)

Same company and voice as the old Tarzan cartoon. Flash Gordon is my all time favorite cartoon. You can by the DVD set at Best Buy!

hell yeah!!! ( 4 months ago by devenai)

hell yeah!!!

Yay! Lizard women ... ( 4 months ago by GodzillaGeek)

Yay! Lizard women at 0:50! I had an action figure of one when I was a kid. Great show.

wow this is what ... ( 3 months ago by ryder19)

wow this is what flash gordon looked like in the 1980's, damn to me it looks like it can rival all the cartoons of today. cool intro of flash

Why couldnt ... ( 3 months ago by 2199)

Why couldnt Filmation make Kids Super Power Hour have graphics like this?

I love this cartoon ... ( 3 months ago by unfrancese)

I love this cartoon and i have Flash Gordon t-shirt too. I bought on MerchandisingPlaza.

I love this cartoon ... ( 3 months ago by swinebread)

I love this cartoon esp. the 1st season

haha i loooove it! ... ( 2 months ago by kentucky0rose)

haha i loooove it!:))

Yes, Ming's ... ( 2 months ago by keithsmove)

Yes, Ming's daughter was hot.... is it wrong to fantasize about cartoon characters? lol this show was the BEST EVER~

Oh wow. This is so ... ( 2 months ago by KaiserFate)

Oh wow. This is so deleciously dated.

This was some of ... ( 1 month ago by justin811j)

This was some of the best animation ever done. It was so incredibly life like. Nothing today can really match it.

Well, I dunno about ... ( 1 month ago by typondis)

Well, I dunno about that, but it was great. The same folks who did Tarzan, the new Batman, Star Trek, and He-man (and all that other stuff - the super 7, etc), though Flash and Tarzan I think were the best of the lot. People even died in this one.

Oh, and killer ... ( 1 month ago by typondis)

Oh, and killer orchestral score. Much of mid-80s cartoons blew for music.

why couldn't they ... ( 3 weeks ago by PeaksBob)

why couldn't they have shown re-runs of this when i was a child? sure would've beat seaseme street *shudders*

I loved this ... ( 3 days ago by MashinGar)

I loved this version of FLASH GORDON--it looked futuristic, yet retro in the classic Alex Raymond style. Great artwork and cool theme song. They need to put this on DVD fast.