Spiral Zone (1987)
Spiral Zone is a 1987 American science-fiction animated series produced by Atlantic-Kushner-Locke. Based in part from a toy line made by Japanese company Bandai, the series focused on an international group of soldiers fighting to free the world from a scientist who controls much of the Earth's surface. It only ran for one season, with a total count of 65 episodes. Tonka acquired the license from Bandai and created a different treatment to the series, plus a short-lived toy line. Spiral Zone is known among fans as a series that stood out from other contemporary cartoons of the 80s because of its dark story. The series has not been officially released on DVD by Hasbro, who had acquired Tonka in the 90s, including all the copyrights to their properties.
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Episode 1 - Holographic Zone Battle
Release Date: 1987-09-21While the Riders prepare to take out a zone generator that is blocking San Francisco harbor, Bandit infiltrates their base and tricks Hiro into accepting a hypnotic device disguised as a holographic computer game.
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Episode 2 - King of the Skies
Release Date: 1987-09-22The Zone Riders rescue King Donovan, a retired military pilot and Dirk's former CO, as he is being pursued out of the zone. He has details on an Overlord plot to increase the size of the zone by hooking a generator up to the Hoover Dam, and a plan to stop it. But instead of allowing them to sneak up on the generator, the suggested rout leads the Raiders into an ambush, and King ends up suspected of treason.
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Episode 3 - Errand of Mercy
Release Date: 1987-09-23 -
Episode 4 - Mission Into Evil
Release Date: 1987-09-24 -
Episode 5 - Back to the Stone Age
Release Date: 1987-09-25 -
Episode 6 - Small Packages
Release Date: 1987-09-28The Black Widows slips a miniature zone pod into McFarlands clothes, activating it inside the MCC while the Zone Riders are on a mission. Forced to go up against their own defenses and Overlord at the same time, the Riders have one hour to take out the pod before a UN ordered air strike reduces the place to rubble.
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Episode 7 - Zone of Darkness
Release Date: 1987-09-29The Zone Riders bring a scientist to Miami, looking for a possible cure to the zone bacteria in the form of a local plant. Dirk also hopes to find an old friend who was in the area during the zone attack.
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Episode 8 - Gauntlet
Release Date: 1987-09-30 -
Episode 9 - Ride the Whirlwind
Release Date: 1987-10-01The extreme weather is slowly flooding San Juan, while making airborne evacuation impossible. The only route of escape is through the zone, but can the Riders take out the generator in time?
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Episode 10 - The Unexploded Pod
Release Date: 1987-10-02An unactivated zone generator, found in Katerina's hometown, could provide the first and only opportunity to study the zone release mechanism. Well aware of this, Overlord is determined to keep it out of the Riders hands.
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Episode 11 - Duel in Paradise
Release Date: 1987-10-05 -
Episode 12 - The Imposter
Release Date: 1987-10-06 -
Episode 13 - The Hacker
Release Date: 1987-10-07 -
Episode 14 - Overlord's Mystery Woman
Release Date: 1987-10-08In this episode we discover Overlord's romantic side. The Zone Raides find the woman he was in love before he entered the take-over-the-world business. Using her as bait the riders set a trap to capture the leader of the Black Widows. Dashing out of the Zone in shining armour Overlord goes to rescue his love, but he doen't have only romance in mind.
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Episode 15 - The Sands of Amaran
Release Date: 1987-10-09 -
Episode 16 - Zone Train
Release Date: 1987-10-12A train carrying scientists reseaching the Spiral Zone to a conference is routed by the Black Widows into the Zone. The Zone Riders are dispatched to stop the train from reaching a power plant within the zone; however things go from bad to worse when Tank's suit fails and he becomes a Zoner and is ordered by Dutchess Dire to stop his colleagues.
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Episode 17 - Breakout
Release Date: 1987-10-13 -
Episode 18 - When the Cat's Away
Release Date: 1987-10-14 -
Episode 19 - Island in the Zone
Release Date: 1987-10-15 -
Episode 20 - The Shuttle Engine
Release Date: 1987-10-16 -
Episode 21 - The Mind of Gideon Rorshak
Release Date: 1987-10-19 -
Episode 22 - Canal Zone
Release Date: 1987-10-20 -
Episode 23 - The Lair of the Jade Scorpion
Release Date: 1987-10-21 -
Episode 24 - The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
Release Date: 1987-10-22 -
Episode 25 - The Way of the Samurai
Release Date: 1987-10-23 -
Episode 26 - The Best Fighting Men in the World
Release Date: 1987-10-26 -
Episode 27 - The Ultimate Solution
Release Date: 1987-10-27 -
Episode 28 - Hometown Hero
Release Date: 1987-10-28 -
Episode 29 - In the Belly of the Beast
Release Date: 1987-10-29 -
Episode 30 - The Last One Picked
Release Date: 1987-10-30 -
Episode 31 - So Shall You Reaper
Release Date: 1987-11-02 -
Episode 32 - The Secret of Shadow House
Release Date: 1987-11-03 -
Episode 33 - Zone of Fear
Release Date: 1987-11-04 -
Episode 34 - Bandit and the Smokies
Release Date: 1987-11-05 -
Episode 35 - Heroes in the Dark
Release Date: 1987-11-06 -
Episode 36 - Zone with Big Shoulders
Release Date: 1987-11-09 -
Episode 37 - Behemoth
Release Date: 1987-11-10 -
Episode 38 - The Power of the Press
Release Date: 1987-11-11 -
Episode 39 - Starship Doom
Release Date: 1987-11-12 -
Episode 40 - The Electric Zone Rider
Release Date: 1987-11-13 -
Episode 41 - Australian in Paris
Release Date: 1987-11-16 -
Episode 42 - The Enemy Within
Release Date: 1987-11-17 -
Episode 43 - Anti-Matter
Release Date: 1987-11-18 -
Episode 44 - The Siege
Release Date: 1987-11-19 -
Episode 45 - A Little Zone Music
Release Date: 1987-11-20 -
Episode 46 - Element of Surprise
Release Date: 1987-11-23 -
Episode 47 - Seachase
Release Date: 1987-11-24 -
Episode 48 - The Right Man for the Job
Release Date: 1987-11-25 -
Episode 49 - High and Low
Release Date: 1987-11-26 -
Episode 50 - Profiles in Courage
Release Date: 1987-11-27 -
Episode 51 - The Darkness Within
Release Date: 1987-11-30 -
Episode 52 - Power Play
Release Date: 1987-12-01 -
Episode 53 - Duchess Treat
Release Date: 1987-12-02 -
Episode 54 - Oversight
Release Date: 1987-12-03 -
Episode 55 - Assault on the Rock
Release Date: 1987-12-04 -
Episode 56 - They Zone by Night
Release Date: 1987-12-07 -
Episode 57 - Conflict of Duty
Release Date: 1987-12-08 -
Episode 58 - The Final Weapon
Release Date: 1987-12-09 -
Episode 59 - The Face of the Enemy
Release Date: 1987-12-10 -
Episode 60 - Brother's Keeper
Release Date: 1987-12-11 -
Episode 61 - Little Darlings
Release Date: 1987-12-14 -
Episode 62 - Nightmare in Ice
Release Date: 1987-12-15 -
Episode 63 - Evil Transmissions
Release Date: 1987-12-16 -
Episode 64 - Zone Trap
Release Date: 1987-12-17 -
Episode 65 - Countdown
Release Date: 1987-12-18