The Adventures of T-Rex (T-レックス (T-rekkusu)) is an animated TV series that aired in syndication from 1992 to 1993 in North America.[1] The show features five musical Tyrannosaurus brothers who played to sold-out crowds as a vaudeville group for the Dragon company owned by the beautiful and wealthy Myrna while also secretly fighting crime as "T-REX," masterminded by Professor Edison. The show, an American/Japanese coproduction between C&D (Créativité et Développement), Gunther-Wahl Productions and well-known anime producer Kitty Film, lasted only one season.
Plot[]
Set in a world of anthropomorphic dinosaurs, brothers Bernie (blue), Bruno (pink), Bubba (green), Buck (yellow) and Bugsy (purple) were born with special powers to help fight crime. Each brother's special power was related to a specific part of their anatomy; Bernie's legs, Bruno's arms, Bubba's tail, Buck's mouth and teeth, and Bugsy's telekinetic eyes. In the day, they make up a singing group that perform at the Dragon Company in Rep City. The group rode out on their Rexmobile to battle "Big Boss" Graves, crime kingpin of Rep City, and his evil organization The Corporation which also consists of Little Boss, Adder, Madder, Shooter, Axe, and the Doctor. Kid sister Ginger was part of the singing group, but didn't know about her brothers' secret identities.
One of the show's other noteworthy elements was giving the T-Rexes imitation celebrity voices: Jack Benny, Art Carney, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Durante.
Voice cast[]
- Kathleen Barr - Flo, Myrna, Black Widow
- Michael Beattie - Buck, Delaney
- Garry Chalk - Bruno, Madder, Mayor Maynot
- Michael Donovan - Professor Edison, Shooter, Big Dinosaur
- Ian James Corlett - Bugsy, Waldo Winch
- Phil Hayes - Little Boss, Axe
- Scott McNeil - Bubba, Adder
- Robert O. Smith - Bernie, Cuddles, Dr. Death
- Venus Terzo - Ginger, Mae
- Dale Wilson - Big Boss Graves, Bissell
Additional voices[]
- Jennifer Copping
- Brian Dobson
- Janyse Jaud
- Alessandro Juliani
- Annabel Kershaw
- Michael Dobson
Credits[]
- Created by
- Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther
- Developed by
- Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther, Jean Chalopin
- Original Character Designs by
- Satoru Tsuda
- Executive Producers
- Michael Wahl, Lee Gunther, Jean Chalopin, Hidenori Taga
- Co-Executive Producer
- Mark Taylor Zahra Dowlatabadi
- Producers
- Rudy J. Zamura, Xavier Picard, Shigekazu Ochiai
- Creative Consultant
- Takashi
- Teleplay by
- Jean Chalopin
- Story Editor
- Peter Lawrence
- Directed by
- Stephane Martinere
- Voice Direction
- Michael Donovan
- Talent Coordinator
- Gail Hackery
- Liaison to Kitty
- Gene Pelc
- Overseas Production Supervisor
- Toshiyuki Hiruma
- Art Director
- Charlie Sansonetti
- Characters and Props
- Francois Capuron, Didier Cassegrain, Laurent Duvault, Pascall Morelli, Michele Perbet
- Background Designers
- Max Braslavsky, Vincent Gassies, Bruno Julier, Florence Nizan, Luc Paulet
- Storyboards
- Remi Brenot, Boyd Kirkland Vic Dal Chele, Richard Danto, Adrian Gonzalez, Georges Grammat, Gordon Harrison Rick Hoberg Dave Jenkins Larry Latham, Philippe Landrot, Pascall Morelli, Ruben Negri, Pascal Pinon
- Storyboard Review
- Eric McConnell Saburo Hashimoto
- Color Background Artists
- Jean-Claude Bauer, Anne-Cecile de Rumine, Benedicte Fages, Genevieve, Penloup, Vincent Gassies
- Color Key Artists
- Claude Morelli, Isa Python, Genevieve Penloup, Maryann Stewart
- Associate Producers
- Karen Malach, Robert Winthrop
- Production Coordinators
- Monica Arce, Saiid Assefi, Claudia Ellis, Jill Gray, Kazumi Sawaguchi, Gaetano Vaccaro, Frank Weiss
- Production Secretary
- Samia De Jema
- Animation Production
- KK C&D Asia, AKOM Productions Company, Wang Film Productions Company Shigeru Akagawa, Hiroshi Toita, Hiroshi Saotome, Kitty Film
- Animation Supervisors
- Masanori Miura, Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Masakazu Higuchi, Eiji Okabe
- Layouts
- Group Zen, Anime-Spot Co. Ltd, AD Cosmo Inc., Teleimage Japan Inc.
- Animation Studios
- Mad House, Philippe Animation Studio Inc., Mook Company Ltd, Samile Animation Co. Ltd, Hung Long Animation Co. Ltd
- Animation Producer
- Takahiko Tsuchiya
- Editorial Services
- Broughten-Winicki Inc.
- Slugging & Sheet Direction
- Pretend Production
- Original Music by
- Robert J. Walsh
- Music Editor
- Jeffrey R. King
- Sound Effects & Mix by
- Dick and Rogers Sound Studio Ltd, Fury and Grace
- Post Production Supervisor
- Yannick Heude
- Audio Supervisor
- Jacques Siegel
- Video Supervisor
- Jean-Marc Fonseca
- Post Production Coordinators
- Aban Patel, Suzanne Remiot