Space Angel was an animated science fiction television series produced in the United States from early 1962 through 1964. It used the same Synchro-Vox lip technique as Clutch Cargo, the first cartoon produced by the same studio, Cambria Productions. Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Clutch Cargo was an animated television series produced by Cambria Productions and syndicated beginning in March 1959. ... Cambria Studios was the West Hollywood animation production studio most famous for its wide usage of the Syncro-Vox technique of animation developed by Edwin Gillette, who was a co-partner in the studio. ...

The series chronicled the adventures of three astronauts who worked for the Earth Bureau of Investigation's Interplanetary Space Force on board the spaceship Starduster: Scott McCloud, also known as "Space Angel" (voiced by Ned Lefebver), electronics expert Crystal (voiced by Margaret Kerry), and pilot/mechanic Taurus (voiced by Hal Smith). U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Margaret Kerry (born Peggy Lynch, 1930, Los Angeles) is an American actress, motivational speaker and radio host best known for her 1953 work as the model for Tinker Bell in the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature, Peter Pan. ... Harold John Hal Smith (August 24, 1916 - January 28, 1994) was an American character actor and voice-over artist. ...

Apart from the use of Synchro-Vox, animation was very limited, but the static panel art by legend Alex Toth was often well-drawn. Story lines were serialized over five (short) episodes. Cliffhangers were sometimes used, as in an episode with McCloud finding a derelict spacecraft beyond the light barrier, looking inside and exclaiming "Oh my God!" Another memorable sequence occurred with the heroes in a best two-of-three gladiator battle, using future visions of Roman combat. Space Ghost, one of Toths most famous designs. ... A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in which a movie, novel, or other work of fiction contains an abrupt ending, often leaving the main characters in a precarious or difficult situation. ... Cherenkov effect in a swimming pool nuclear reactor. ... This article is about the Roman professional fighter. ...

External links

• Space Angel at Toon Tracker
• Space Angel at Cartoon-O-Rama
• Space Angel at IMDb