Battletech

Battletech cartoon. Dana C. Booton, executive in charge of production. "Based on the Battletech games and books created by Jordan Weisman and L. Ross Babcock, III[,] and published by FASA Corporation." Prod. in association with Worldwide Sports and Entertainment / Saban Entertainment.

Utilizes computer graphics for battle sequences by FASA Corporation Computer Graphics Unit, which feature Battletech™ fighting machines: various ones like the small Imperial walkers in RETURN OF THE JEDI, the infantile enforcer droid in ROBOCOP (1987), and the fighting machines in ROBOT JOX. Other technological allusions include the round spacecraft from 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (film), helmets from Battlestar Galactica. Note that such war-machines are neutral, utilized by villains and heroes, and humans inside humanoid-shaped machines.

(RDE, 04/08/95. 27Dec14)