Ulysses 31
Format	Science fiction Fantasy Animation
Created by	Jean Chalopin Nina Wolmark inspired by Homer's Odysseus
Voices of	Matt Berman Adrian Knight Anick Faris Kelly Ricard Howard Ryshpan
Country of origin	France, Japan
No. of episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Syndication
Original run	October 10, 1981 – April 3, 1982

Ulysses 31 (Japanese: 宇宙伝説ユリシーズ31, uchuu densetsu yurishiizzu sātī wan , French: Ulysse 31) is a Franco-Japanese anime series (1981) which updates the Greek and Roman mythology of Odysseus (known as "Ulysses" in Roman Mythology and "Ulysse" in French, hence the name) to the 31st century. The show comprises 26 half-hour episodes and is produced by DiC Entertainment. Image File history File links Ulysses_31_logo. ... 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. ... For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... Jean Chalopin (born 1950) is a French producer and writer. ... For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... For other meanings, see Odysseus crater, 1143 Odysseus “Ulysses” redirects here. ... Adrian Knight is a Canadian actor who was the voice actor for the character Tao in the English version of the animated series The Mysterious Cities of Gold. ... This is an episode guide for the Japanese-French anime science fiction television series Ulysses 31 produced by DiC Entertainment. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the country. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... A head of Minerva found in the ruins of the Roman baths in Bath Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythología, from mythologein to relate myths, from mythos, meaning a narrative, and logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and... For other meanings, see Odysseus crater, 1143 Odysseus “Ulysses” redirects here. ... The DIC Incredible World logo used from the late 2001-present. ...

The Gods of Olympus are angered when Ulysses, commander of the giant spaceship Odyssey, kills the giant Cyclops to save a group of enslaved children including his son. Zeus sentences Ulysses to travel the universe with his crew frozen until he finds the Kingdom of Hades, at which point his crew will be revived and he will be able to return to Earth. Along the way they encounter numerous other famous figures from Greek mythology given a futuristic twist. The twelve gods of Olympus. ... One of the fictional ships called the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek, one of the most famous fictional starships. ... This article is about the poem by Homer. ... Polyphemus the Cyclops. ... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ... Hermes Psykhopompos: sitting on a rock, the god is preparing to lead a dead soul to the Underworld, Attic white-ground lekythos, ca. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ...

The entire series is available in English in a complete DVD boxset in the UK released by Contender Entertainment. In the US, one DVD entitled Ulysses 31: The Mysteries of Time was released, containing only 4 selected episodes.

Main characters

Nono, Telemachus, Ulysses and Yumi on the bridge of the Odyssey

• Ulysses (fr: Ulysse, es: Ulises) – main character and Captain of the Odyssey. He achieved the Solar Peace before being the subject of the Olympian gods' revenge. He is brave, determined and will stop at nothing to defeat the Gods and the conditions imposed upon himself and his companions.
• Telemachus (fr: Télémaque, es: Telémaco) – son of Ulysses and second in command for most of the voyage; Yumi's friend and protector. Very beautiful, as described by Yumi in their first encounter.
• Yumi (fr: Thémis, es: Thais) – a blue-skinned humanoid from the White Planet Zotra, younger sister of Noumaïos, with telepathic powers. She also exhibits telekinesis to some extent, as in "At the heart of the universe" episode. Zotrians are considered extremely beautiful.
• Nono (fr: Nono, es: Nonó) – small robot companion of Telemachus, fond of eating nails. He is rather timid but can be relied on in a crisis. He possesses tremendous physical strength and is skilled at machinery repair.
• Shirka – the Odyssey's main computer. Speaks with a deep female voice.
• Noumaïos (en: Numanor , es: Noumaïos) – older brother of Yumi. He is in suspended animation along with the rest of the crew, for most of the series. Like his sister, he is considered extremely beautiful. He has a sweet and very gentle personality. He awoke three times, the first time in "The Lost Planet" where the Odyssey came across a white Zotrian moon. Second in "Mutiny On Board" where the crew are subjected to possession by an alien essence. The third time, was in "The Magician in Black", along with the entire crew, they were awakened by a powerful spell by the mysterious Magician in Black.
• Zeus – The god of gods, Ulysses's persecutor.
• Poseidon- God of the Seas, he is enraged by Ulysses's killing of his creature, the Cyclops. He wields a trident, symbol of his power, and his servants pilot ships shaped as a trident.
• Hades - Ruler god of the Underworld, Ulysses must find his realm to be able to find the way back to Earth.

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Support characters

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• Nestor - Ulysses's best friend and second commander of the Odyssey.

• Euryclea- Ulysses's trusted friend and third commander of the Odyssey

• The Cyclops- Poseidon's creature, who fed on young boys and girls, and was worshipped as a deity. Killed by Ulysses.

• The worshippers of the Cyclops- A strange pagan cult formed by humanoid creatures who worshipped Poseidon's Cyclops, and fed him with young boys and girls. They kidnapped Noumaïos, Yumi and Telemachus to sacrifice them, in the first episode of the series and in the japanese pilot episode.

• Odissey Crew- They accompany Ulysses during his space travels, and are condemned by Zeus and Poseidon to remain lifeless until Ulysses can find the realm of Hades. They awake on several occassions before Ulysses finally finds the way back to Earth.

• Penelope- Wife of Ulysse and mother of Telemachus.

• Odysseus Robot crew- Robots skilled in many fields who took care of the Odyssey.

• The witch - A powerful witch that lived in a Zotrian moon, who loved children. She hated adults because she thought they had taken the children away from her.

• Heratos and Athina - A scholar from Earth who found a Zotrian girl in a ship, and named her Athina. They become friends of Ulysses.

• Aeolus and Aiolia - The king of winds, and his daughter. He liked cruel sport games and forced Ulysses to take part in them, until Aiolia nearly died, making him realize his wrong deeds.

• Sisyphus - A king condemned to fill a crater for wanting the secret to immortality. He tried to force Ulysse to replace him.

• The Sphinx - A half-human, half-lion winged creature who asked travelers a riddle. He had an evil daughter.

• Chronos- The god of time and father of Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. He tried to return to the Olympus by giving them Ulysse.

• Ariadne - A young princess, very much in love with the hero Thesseus. He asked Ulysse to help Thesseus kill the dreadful Minotaur.

• The Magician in Black - A mysterious sorcerer who is able to revert the gods curse on Ulysse's crew, later asking him to hunt them in return for his help.

• Hypsipyle - A young woman from planet Lemnos, where the females were enslaved by the Shark Men, and sought to achieve their freedom.

• Nanette- A female robot who befriends Nono, and pays with her life for betraying her master Cortex.

• Calypso- A queen from a dying planet who falls in love with Ulysse.

• Atlas- The god who supports the universe, he helped Ulysses in one occassion and stopped the destruction of the universe.

• Hermes- Messenger of the gods and servant of Poseidon

• Circé- A powerful sorceress who wanted to own the knowledge of the universe

• Orpheus and Eurydice- A young musician who was searching for his lover Eurydice in the realm of Hades. He was helped by Ulysse to find her in the final episode of the series.

Episodes

Main article: List of Ulysses 31 episodes

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Pilot

Just as in the first episode of the series, Ulysses celebrates his son Telemachus' birthday in the japanese pilot episode.

In 1980, Telecom Animation, TMS Entertainment, and DiC Entertainment produced a pilot for the series, simply titled Ulysses 31.^[1] The pilot was released on VHS in Japan along with a couple of episodes by King Records in 1986. The pilot appears to have been only recorded in Japanese. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co. ... The DIC Incredible World logo used from the late 2001-present. ... A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. ...

The story is virtually identical to episode 1 of the series, however the story is the only thing that was kept. Although all the characters were kept, some underwent major redesign from a typical anime design to the one seen in the finished series, which is a mix of japanese anime style and european art based on the appearance of classical greek sculpture.^[1]. Renowned japanese illustrators and animators Shingo Araki and Michi Himeno, who have worked in anime adaptations of famous manga, (Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya, Riyoko Ikeda's Versailles no Bara, UFO Grendizer OVA, to name a few) were responsible for the finished series character designs, animation routines and visual style.

Yumi and Nono in the japanese pilot episode.

Out of all the characters, Telemachus received a major redesign.^[1] Nono was kept identical to the anime design of the pilot, without changes. In the series, Noumaïos and Yumi were identical to their design in the pilot, only the color of their clothes was changed from purple and dark blue to lilac, and their hair was slightly longer. Also, in the pilot episode, their boots length was up the knees. In the final series, they became normal length boots. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Also, most of the animation sequences from the pilot were not used again, although some scenes were reused in the final version of the first episode.

Theme Songs

Japan

DVD cover featuring Ulysses, Telemachus, Yumi, Nono, Zeus and the Odyssey.

• Opening

"Ginga Densetsu Odyssey" (銀河伝説オデッセイ"Universe Legend Odyssey") by Tomoaki Taka Image File history File links Download high resolution version (560x800, 206 KB) Summary Scan of the front cover of volume one of the UK DVD release of Ulysses 31 by Contender, artwork by Eamon The Extremist ODonoghue. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (560x800, 206 KB) Summary Scan of the front cover of volume one of the UK DVD release of Ulysses 31 by Contender, artwork by Eamon The Extremist ODonoghue. ...

• Ending

"Ai, Toki no Kanata ni" (愛･時の彼方に"Love, Over the Other Side of Time ") by Tomoaki Taka

North America

Front cover of the Ulysses 31 illustrated novel.

• Lyrics

Ulysses, Ulysses, soaring through all the galaxies; Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x647, 194 KB) Summary Scanned from the front cover of the Ulysses 31 illustrated novel published in the UK by Ward Lock Licensing This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x647, 194 KB) Summary Scanned from the front cover of the Ulysses 31 illustrated novel published in the UK by Ward Lock Licensing This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by...

We search for Earth, flying into the night!

Ulysses, no one else can do the things you do;

Ulysses, always fighting off the evil forces, bringing peace and justice to all!

Staff

Credits

• Original Idea: Nina Wolmark, Jean Chalopin
• Directors: René Borg (pilot), Shigetsugu Yoshida (pilot), Tadao Nagahama (pilot)
• Chief Directors: Tadao Nagahama (Episode 1) , Bernard Deyriès
• Assistant Directors: Pierre Jodon (pilot), Michel Boulé (pilot)
• Producer: Tatsuo Ikuechi
• Art Director: Morishige Suzuki, Shinji Itoh
• Chief Animation Director: Shingo Araki
• Mecha Designs: Studio NUE, Riyuki Motono
• Music Production: TMS Ongakushuppan (Japanese Version)
• Music: Kei Wakakusa (Japanese Version), Shuki Levy & Haim Saban (International Version)

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Voice Cast

• Japan (Original Cast)
  • Ulysses: Osamu Kobayashi
  • Telemachus: Yuu Mizushima
  • Yumi: Sumi Shimamoto
  • Nono: Mayumi Tanaka
  • Zeus: Shouzou Hirabayashi

• Japan (1992 NHK BS-2 Cast)
  • Ulysses: Masane Tsukayama
  • Telemachus: Nobuo Tobita
  • Yumi: Akiko Yajima
  • Nono: Miki Narahashi
  • Zeus: Shouzou Hirabayashi

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TV Brodacast aired history

USA

• Syndication (1981–1982)
• Nickelodeon (1984)
• CBS (1985–1989)
• ABC (1993–1994)
• Cartoon Network (1996–2000)
• Kids' WB
• Fox Kids (1999)
• Toon Disney (2004–2005)

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• BBC (1985–1986)[1]
• The Children's Channel (1994–1995)
• Disney Channel (1998–1999)
• Jetix (2005–)
• Toon Disney (2005–)

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• Network Ten (1989–2000)
• Nickelodeon (1996–1998)

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Trivia

• The series aired in Japan in 1988 as Space Legend Ulysses 31, but was cancelled after only twelve episodes. NHK later broadcast all 26 episodes on their BS-2 satellite channel.

• When the series was originally dubbed into English, the lengthy opening and ending credits (which remained written in French) featured newly-recorded English-language versions of the show's theme. This version of the series was shown on the BBC in the UK twice. When the series was syndicated in the U.S., the opening and ending credits were shortened, and the French text credits were replaced with newly-generated English-language credits. This version is now the only English version available, and is the one released on the complete DVD boxset in the UK.

• The designs of the various spaceships and other technology seen in the show often borrowed heavily from various science-fiction films of the day. For example, Ulysses's ship took several design cues from spacecraft featured in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. A very curious example is the leader of the Shark Men in the episode "Rebellion in Lemnos", whose design is clearly inspired by that of George Lucas' Darth Vader, without his helmet, as he appeared in Star Wars Episode VI : Return of the Jedi, but the episode was aired more than a year before the movie was released.

• A number of musical cues from the series were altered but clearly taken from science fiction films, such as Flash Gordon and Star Wars, from where sound effects were also taken.^{[citation needed]}

• Shingo Araki, who was an animator and character designer of the show, with Michi Himeno, also a character designer and illustrator, worked five years later in another series based on Greek Mythology: They adapted the characters and visual style from Masami Kurumada's manga, Saint Seiya, which is based on greek myths, in the anime adaptation of that manga.

• In this show Ulysses used a lightsaber and a round energy shield as weapons. In Marvel comics there was a group called the Pantheon who had a member, Ulysses, with a noticeably similar choice of weapons.

• The series bore a similarity to the anime/manga Captain Harlock. Both protagonists are hounded in their travels by ancient mythological gods: Ulysses by Zeus, and Captain Harlock by Wotan, a Norse god (see Harlock Saga: Great Harlock Gotterdamerung manga). Each is on a quest: Ulysses to free his ship's companions from Zeus' spell, and Harlock to fulfil his prophecy by starting the 'Twilight Of The Gods'. Both men endure hardships, overcoming traps, agents/servants working for the Gods, being forced to journey to far-away places in space, and surviving many dangers created by the vengeful gods out to destroy them on their quest.

• For the first repeat run of the series in France on the FR3 channel in 1983, a short one-and-a-half minute clip featuring Nono called "I Make Noise" was made to commemorate the series' return to the air. The title comes from a French novelty record featuring Nono, which is featured as the background music of the clip.

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Ulysses 31 series pilot. Stage 6. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.

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External links

• The Ulysses 31 Information Resource Centre
• The Kingdom of Hades
• Intro (YouTube link)
• Ulysses 31 at the Internet Movie Database
• Ulysses 31 at TV.com