Wing Commander Academy is an American animated television series created and produced by Universal Cartoon Studios, along with a team led by Larry Latham. The show was based on the Wing Commander franchise and loosely served as a prequel to Wing Commander. The show's premiere airdate was September 21, 1996 on the USA Network's "USA Action Extreme Team" block. The series' last episode aired on December 21, 1996.
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Spacecraft featured in the series
The series featured many spacecraft introduced in the Wing Commander video games. The Scimitar and Broadsword were the primary fighters and bombers flown 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 strike carrier. Individual episodes also featured cameo appearances from ships introduced in later games such as Wing Commander III's Arrow, Hellcat and Longbow and Wing Commander IV's Avenger. None of these ships are mentioned by name. A number of new capital ships were introduced by the series including the Achilles class destroyer and the Agan Ra Sivar class dreadnaught.
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Episode list
Home video release
On March 6, 2012, Visual Entertainment released Wing Commander Academy- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the first time. In the US, the release will be distributed by Millennium Entertainment.
Crossover
The episode "Recreation" is the final part of four-part crossover with several other shows that aired as part of USA "Action Extreme Team" programming block:
- Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996, US, animated): episode 9 "Resurrection".
- Savage Dragon (1995-1996, US, animated): episode 21 (208) "Endgame".
- Street Fighter (1995-1997, US, animated): episode 22 (209) "The Warrior King".
References
External links
- Wing Commander CIC
- Wing Commander Academy on IMDb
- Wing Commander Academy at TV.com
- Wing Commander Academy at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Wing Commander Academy TV episodes
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