Invasion America | |
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Composer | Carl Johnson |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | DreamWorks Television Animation |
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Network | The WB |
Release | June 8 – July 7, 1998 |
Invasion America is a 1998 American animated science fiction television series that aired in the prime time lineup on The WB. Produced by DreamWorks Television Animation (then part of DreamWorks proper, now owned by Universal Studios), the series was created by Steven Spielberg and Harve Bennett, who also served as executive producers. [1]
The show involves an attempt by aliens from the planet Tyrus to overthrow the Earth. [2]
The story of Invasion America begins in the early 1980s, when humanoid aliens from the planet Tyrus begin to initiate their plans for making contact with Earth. Cale-Oosha, the ruler of Tyrus, looks into his uncle's project with Earth. However, his uncle, The Dragit, claims that their dying planet ought to invade Earth and take hold of its resources. Cale refuses, and a civil war breaks out.
Cale and Rafe, his bodyguard, trainer, and trusted friend, escape to Earth, disguising themselves as humans. Cale meets Rita Carter, a human woman; he falls in love with her, and they marry. After a long time of running from the Dragit's forces on Earth, Cale returns to Tyrus to help strengthen his loyalist forces, the Ooshati, leaving Rita and their young son, David, under Rafe's protection.
In the present day, when the Dragit finally finds the family, he is determined to kill them, and David Carter's teenage life is thrown into a devastating adventure of stopping the Dragit, losing and gaining friends, and finding out just who he is. [3]
Invasion America consisted of 13 half-hour episodes, and was shown as five one-hour segments and one hour-and-a-half segment for the final episode.
Nº | Individual titles | Overall title | Directed by | Written by | Air date |
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1 | "The Legend / The Son" | "The Legend" | Dan Fausett | Harve Bennett Michael Reaves | June 8, 1998 |
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3 | "Flight / Assault" | "Assault" | Dan Fausett | Ruel Fischmann (ep. 3) Wayne Lemon (ep. 4) | June 9, 1998 |
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5 | "Renewal / Home" | "Renewal" | Dan Fausett | Michael Reaves (ep. 5) Ruel Fischmann (ep. 6) | June 16, 1998 |
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7 | "Capture / The Trip" | "Capture" | Dan Fausett | Wayne Lemon | June 23, 1998 |
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9 | "Allies / Charade" | "Friendly Fire" | Dan Fausett (ep. 9) Patrick Archibald (ep. 10) | Michael Reaves (ep. 9) Ruel Fischmann (ep. 10) | June 30, 1998 |
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11 | "Rendezvous / Countdown / Dark Side" | "Final Mission" | Dan Fausett (eps 11 and 13) Patrick Archibald (ep. 12) | Wayne Lemon (ep. 11) Ruel Fischmann (ep. 12) Michael Reaves (ep. 13) | July 7, 1998 |
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The show received a mixed reception from critics. Howard Rosenberg of The Los Angeles Times gave the show a largely negative review, criticizing the writing and "thin plot". [4] Anita Gates of The New York Times noted that the animation was "impressive", but at the same time that "there's no heart in it". [5] The Sun Sentinel wrote that the cartoon leaves viewers bored, [6] while in a mostly positive review Entertainment Weekly stated "Invasion is at least as involving as any of the current variations on Star Trek, and handsomer to look at than all of them. B+". [7]
DreamWorks released two versions, one being edited for younger audiences. The edited version was aired on Kids' WB, while the uncut version was aired in the prime time lineup on The WB. In addition, the story of Invasion America was never completed, with the series ending with the words "End of Book One."
Two novels, specifically an adaptation of the series titled Invasion America and an original prequel novel titled Invasion America: On the Run, have been written in the show's setting. Both were written by Christie Golden.
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