Yasuo Hasegawa
Director
Thunderbirds 2086 (1982)
Season 1
Thunderbirds 2086 is a Japanese anime series loosely inspired by the original Gerry Anderson Supermarionation series Thunderbirds. The series was dubbed in English by ITC Entertainment, the original company who produced Thunderbirds, but is not officially recognised as part of Thunderbirds canon, due to the non-involvement of either Gerry or Sylvia Anderson. Despite this the English dub of the series contains music and sound effects from Anderson's series Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90, UFO and Space:1999. A total of 24 episodes were produced, but only 18 were shown on Fuji TV in 1982.
Released April 16, 1982
Episode 25 min
None+
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Anime, Anime: Mecha, Anime: Space, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Keywords: imdb.psychotronic-series, imdb.superhero, tmdb.anime, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.thunderbirds, imdb.year-2086, imdb.2080s + 3 more, imdb.rescue-organization, imdb.21st-century, mdblist.anime-dub
Production Companies: Toei Animation
Network: Fuji TV
S1E1 - Firefall
The Thunderbirds disobey orders and head out into space to aid a close friend who's trapped aboard the space station Rosinante with a critical reactor.
April 17, 1982, midnight
S1E2 - Computer Madness
The lunar colony Moonbase Omega is in peril when its computer goes berserk and imprisons all the residents.
April 24, 1982, midnight
S1E3 - One Of A Kind
A fire breaks out in the Rocky Mountains, endangering all wildlife there. To make matters worse, one of the Thunderbirds is having a breakdown from family troubles.
May 1, 1982, midnight
S1E4 - Snowbound
In the Alps, a monorail is trapped under an avalanche on the eve of a severe storm, and with air running out for the passengers the Thunderbirds must work fast.
May 8, 1982, midnight
S1E5 - Space Warriors
The Thunderbirds take on a riot of criminals who broke out of a penitentiary.
May 15, 1982, midnight
S1E6 - Sunburn
A research spacecraft sent to analyze the Sun starts to malfunction from prolonged exposure to solar radiation, endangering its crew.
May 29, 1982, midnight
S1E7 - Fear Factor
A new member of the Thunderbirds must overcome his fear of failure and agoraphobia when his father is trapped aboard a drifting space station.
June 5, 1982, midnight
S1E8 - Fault Line
The first commercial underwater thermoelectric plant is built on a source of intense geothermal energy... which turns out to be a fault line.
June 12, 1982, midnight
S1E9 - Shadow Axis
The Thunderbirds celebrate their first year as a team, but also have their first encounter with the entity known as Star Crusher.
June 19, 1982, midnight
S1E10 - Star Crusher
The Thunderbirds face off with the Shadow Axis over the testing of a newly-designed ion engine, which the Shadow Axis plots to steal.
July 3, 1982, midnight
S1E11 - Shockwave
The Thunderbirds must cope with a double crisis: they must disable a malfunctioning missile system, and rescue a spacecraft that is drifting into space.
July 10, 1982, midnight
S1E12 - Guardian
The Thunderbirds investigate the reappearance of the Guardian, an exploratory spacecraft that disappeared ninety years ago.
July 17, 1982, midnight
S1E13 - Metal Head
A computer goes rogue and takes over its Vancouver complex. The Thunderbirds must stop it as well as save the lives of the complex's residents.
July 24, 1982, midnight
S1E14 - Cloudburst
When massive hurricanes and typhoons break out in the South Pacific islands, the Thunderbirds race to evacuate its residents.
July 31, 1982, midnight
S1E15 - Kudzilla
The Thunderbirds head to a space station near Mars, where an experiment gone haywire has created a giant monster plant.
Aug. 14, 1982, midnight
S1E16 - Mind Meld
Moonbase Omega must be evacuated due to toxic alien vapors. But a resident goes wild when she discovers a crystal that grants psychic powers.
Aug. 28, 1982, midnight
S1E17 - Thunderbolt
A jumbo aircraft liner, the Thunderbolt, is suddenly disabled and the Thunderbirds must race against time to land it safely.
Sept. 4, 1982, midnight
S1E18 - Big Deal
The solar system's largest company, Asteroid Mines Inc., has suffered a series of sabotages on its mining ships carrying the rare material cryolite. The Thunderbirds are sent to investigate and uncover a plot to take over the company itself.
Sept. 11, 1982, midnight
S1E19 - Nightmare
The Thunderbirds must stop Star Crusher from taking over the Nitroid Space Colony and transforming its residents into cyborgs.
Sept. 10, 2008, midnight
S1E20 - Crusader
The Thunderbirds clear up a toxic spill near a wildlife marina, with the help of an intelligent dolphin named Crusader.
Sept. 17, 2008, midnight
S1E21 - Stardive
The Thunderbirds must race to save the occupants of an experimental out-of-control spacecraft which is speeding towards Jupiter.
Sept. 24, 2008, midnight
S1E22 - Trial
The Thunderbirds encounter an alien monolith near Neptune, who subjects them to a trial to determine the worth of the human race.
Oct. 1, 2008, midnight
S1E23 - Child's Play
Two boys, enthralled by the Thunderbirds, sneak away from a school trip to International Rescue and try to pilot TB-1. It doesn't take long before things go wrong.
Oct. 8, 2008, midnight
S1E24 - U.F.O.
A alien ship is sighted approaching the sun, creating massive climate changes across the Earth. The Thunderbirds prepare to intercept the UFO, and face the ultimate challenge: the unknown.
Oct. 15, 2008, midnight
Network: Fuji TV
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 25 min.
Released: April 16, 1982
Last Air Date: Oct. 15, 2008, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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