Season 2 • Episode 22
LatestThe title characters of the series are a family of machine-enhanced human beings possessing unique powers after being augmented with bionic technology, much like The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. Each family member is given specific bionic powers, and thus they form a superhero team named Bionic Six.
Direction
Osamu Dezaki brings actual anime artistry to American toyetic nonsense.
Production
That theme song lives rent-free in forgotten corners of your brain.
Practical Effects
Character designs so toy-ready they probably sketched themselves.
John Stephenson
Jack Bennett 'Bionic-1' / Klunk (voices)
Jim MacGeorge
Dr. Wilmer Sharp Ph.D. 'Dr. Scarab' (voice)
Carol Bilger
Helen Bennett 'Mother-1' (voice)
Hal Rayle
Eric Bennett 'Sport-1' (voice)
Brian Tochi
Bunjiro "Bunji" Tsukahara 'Karate-1' (voice)
Neil Ross
F.L.U.F.F.I. (voice)
Frank Welker
Mechanic / Glove / Chopper (voices)
Alan Oppenheimer
Prof. Amadeus Sharp (voice)
Arthur Burghardt
Edward Tully (voice)
Howard Morris
Dr. Hugo Fish (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bionic Six arrived at the exact moment when Reagan-era family values collided with Japanese animation influence entering American TV—a cultural Frankenstein that could only exist in 1987.
The show was co-produced by TMS Entertainment and MCA, making it one of the rare instances where top-tier anime studio talent animated a Western toy-driven series.
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