Captain of Cosmos, also known as Johnny Destiny: Space Ranger, and originally known as Space Black Knight (우주 흑기사 Uju Heukgisa) is a 1979 South Korean animated film. The film is infamous for featuring knockoffs of character designs and iconography from anime such as Mobile Suit Gundam and Zambot 3.
Dubbing History[]
The film was originally dubbed in 1983 as Johnny Destiny: Space Ranger by United World Films. This version featured a new music score by Douglas Lackey (also the music composer for Tranzor Z) and produced by Henry Park. This version was released on VHS in the United Kingdom in 1984.[1]
In 1989, the film would be acquired and dubbed by Joseph Lai's Adda Audio Visual Ltd. in Hong Kong. This version featured much stiffer voice acting as well as music plagiarised from Kentaro Haneda’s score to Space Warrior Baldios. The opening credits replace the names of the Korean creators and animators with American names. This version was released to DVD by Digiview Entertainment in 2006.
Cast[]
- Mark Beraru
- John Blaze
- Steve Brodie
- Robert Christopher
- Anna Felice
- John Koresko
- Gary Laine
- Ilene Latter
- Sarah Lawrence
- Mickie McGowan
- Frank Rada
- Robert Sheckler
- Mark Slate
- Paul Smith
- John Stone
- George Vieira
- Joey D. Vieira
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Dub | Region | Country | |
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| MIA Video | 1984 | 
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PAL | United Kingdom | 
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| Digiview Entertainment | 2006 | 
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1 NTSC |
United States |
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References[]
- ↑ Johnny Destiny Space Ranger (1983). British Film Institute. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
External Links[]
- Captain of Cosmos at the Internet Movie Database