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Kyōryū Tankentai Born Free (TV)

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Alternative title:
Born Free - Il risveglio dei dinosauri (Italian)
Dinosaur Expedition Born Free
Dinosaur Exploration Team Born Free
Return of the Dinosaurs
وُلِد حرًّا (Arabic)
恐竜探検隊ボーンフリー (Japanese)
恐龍探險隊 (Chinese (Taiwan))
공룡수색대 (Korean)
Themes: dinosaurs
Objectionable content: Mild
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage:
1976-10-01 to 1977-03-25
1977-06-14 to 1977-12-20 (South Korea, MBC)
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Comment:
The series was unique for having the main characters in anime form while the vehicles, dinosaurs, and backgrounds were shot as live-action miniatures.
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VHS
    Return of the Dinosaurs (Dub.VHS) 1998-10-20 (from $3.48)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Jun Oki (eps 9-10)
Kiyoshi Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 14-15, 20-21
)

Koichi Takano (18 episodes
eps 1-8, 11-13, 16-18, 22-25
)

Script:
Bunzo Wakatsuki (ep 15)
Keiichii Abe (13 episodes
eps 1-7, 13-14, 17-18, 23-24
)

Keiji Kubota (ep 21)
Shigemitsu Taguchi (eps 16, 19)
Tadaaki Yamazaki (eps 11-12)
Toyohiro Andō (5 episodes
eps 8-10, 20, 22
)

Music: Tōru Fuyuki
Producer: Akira Tsuburaya

Live-action Designer: Osamu Yamaguchi
Sound Effects: Katsumi Itō
Katsuji Mori as Jōji Kitayama
Kazue Takahashi as Masao Masaki
Kyonosuke Kami as Saburō Koyama
Shingo Kanemoto as Akira Gonda
Yōko Kuri as Reiko Maki

Akira Murayama as Sammy
Hiroshi Ikaida as
Glen
Guren
Junpei Takiguchi as King Battler
Sakiko Kato as Hisako Kimura
Shinji Nakae as Doctor Masaki (2nd)
Tetsuo Mizutori as Rick
Wakako Ikeda as Lady Battler
Yoshiaki Nemoto as Doctor Masaki (1st voice)

Eiko Yamada as Haruko (ep 25)
Fumio Matsuoka as Smith (ep 7)
Hiroshi Ikaida as
Oda (ep 24)
Oliver (ep 23)
Jun Hazumi as Ōyama (ep 24)
Katsutoshi Funaba as Duke (ep 23)
Keiko Yokozawa as Ann (ep 7)
Kyouko Koguma as Chichi (ep 16)
Minoru Yada as Yagen (ep 22)
Shigeyuki Hosoi as Sam (ep 23)
Shinji Nakae as
Computer
Narration
Self-Running Control System
Sumiko Shirakawa as
Cassava (ep 15)
Ichirō (ep 25)
Tesshō Genda as Ryan (ep 21)
Tetsuo Mizutori as Grandpa Erik (ep 5)
Tomoko Watanabe as Bero (ep 22)
Yasuo Muramatsu as Teotevi (ep 15)
Youko Asagami as Tommy (ep 21)
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Larry Smith
ADR Script: Gail March
Executive producer: Mark Cohen
Producer: Sidney L. Caplan

Editing: Gail March
English companies
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Broadcaster: MBC TV (from 14 June 1977)
Korean cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Víctor Agramunt as George Collins (Jouji Kitayama) (Spain dub)

Amelia Jara as Joe Michaels (Masao Masaki) (Spain dub)
Delia Luna as Pat Gremey (Hisako Kimura) (Spain dub)
Jose Moratalla as Chuck Olsen (Saburou Koyama) (Spain dub)
Jose Maria Cordero as Alan Gunser (Akira Gondou) (Spain dub)
Rafael Taibo as Professor Michaels (Masaki) (Spain dub)
Rosa María Belda as Reggie Sandford (Reiko Maki) (Spain dub)

Teófilo Martínez as Narrator (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Antonia Forlani
Giancarlo Padoan as
Akira
Gon
Laura Lenghi as Masao
Mauro Bosco as Dottor Masaki
Sandro Pellegrini as Taburo
Susanna Fassetta as Isako
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Man-Ga
Rete 4 (from June 1985)
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Engineering & Video Montage: Ismail Al-Dawsari
Engineering Supervision: Muhammad Hasan
Language Supervision: Hussein Salman Hussein
Production manager: Zuhair Al-Dujaili
Supervision: D.Faiq Al-Hakim
Theme Song Composed & Arranged: Hussein Qadduri
Theme Song Lyrics: Zuhair Al-Dujaili
Video & Telecinema:
Farouq Awad
Habib Al-Sharrah
Arabic companies
Broadcaster:
Abu Dhabi TV (1983)
Dubai TV (1983)
Qatar TV (June 1983)
Saudi TV (1985)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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