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Ulysses 31 (French TV)

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Alternative title:
Odysseus 31 (German)
Uchū Densetsu Ulysses 31 (Japanese)
Ulises 31 (Spanish)
Ulisse 31 (Italian)
Ulisses 31 (Polish)
Ulysse 31 (French)
ユリシーズ31 (Japanese)
宇宙伝説ユリシーズ31 (Japanese)
우주선장 율리시스 (Korean)
Themes: space
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: The 31st century. Ulysses is the Captain of the spaceship Odysseus, directed by the central computer Shyrka. As a a gift for his son's Telemaque's 12th birthday, Ulysses takes him on a space journey for the first time. Telemaque is kidnapped by aliens who need a child sacrifice to their god - a giant cyclope, who is discovered to be a machine, of which the aliens, of course, are not aware. Ulysses saves his son, along with a little girl, Themis, and her older brother. As a punishment for such an intervention, the Great Gods of the mysterious Olympus punish him, freezing all Ulysses's staff, leaving him alone on the ship with Telemaque and Themis. The way back to Earth is erased from Shyrka's memory. Now Ulysses has to find the Kingdom of Hades in order to discover the way home. Ulysses's journey and adventures are parallelled to those of his ancestor, the Ancient Greek Ulysses, though "translated" into the Outer Space. The question of who actually the Olympus Gods are is raised.
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
1981-10-03 (France Air Date)
1987 (Colombia - Cadena 2)
1988-02-06 to 1988-04-23
1991-08-27 to 1991-10-02 (NHK BS2)
2005-11-07 (Spain, Cuatroº)
Opening Theme:
"Ginga Densetsu Odyssey" (銀河伝説オデッセイ; Galactic Legend Odyssey) by Neverland
"Ulysses" by Lionel Leroy
Ending Theme:
"Ai. Toki no Kanata ni" (愛・時の彼方に; Love, Over the other side of time) by Neverland
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
A Franco-Japanese co-production, Ulysses 31 is a space opera adaptation of the Odyssey, the 8th century Greek poem by Homer about the mythology of Odysseus (known as Ulysses in the Latin version). It was first aired in France in 1981. King Record sold it in OAV format in 1986, before Nagoya Broadcasting Network brought it on air in 1988. The rerun of NHK BS2 in 1991 was re-dubbed with a completely different cast.
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DVD (Region 1)
    Ulysses 31 - The Mysteries of Time (Dub.DVD) 2003-00-00 (from $10.45)
    Ulysses 31 - The Mysteries of Time (Dub.DVD) 2008-04-01
DVD (Region 2)
    Ulysses 31 (Dub.DVD 1) 2005-06-27 (from $69.99)
    Ulysses 31 (Dub.DVD 2) 2006-06-26 (from $53.97)
    Ulysses 31 (Dub.DVD 3) 2007-01-15 (from $56.96)
    Ulysses 31 - the Complete Series (Dub.DVD 1-3) 2004-10-11 (from $169.88)
DVD (Region 4)
    Ulysses 31 - Complete Collection (Dub.DVD) 2006-11-08

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Music: Kei Wakakusa
Character Design: Shingo Araki
Animation Director:
Shingo Araki
Toyoo Ashida
Director of Photography: Hajime Hasegawa
Executive producer: Tatsuo Ikeuchi
Animation: Bunis Yang (uncredited)
Collaboration: Yoshitake Suzuki
Key Animation: Hiroyuki Kitakubo (uncredited)
Literature Manager: Keishi Yamazaki
Sound Adjustment: Hideyasu Iizuka
Theme Song Performance: Neverland
Voice Direction: Tetsuo Mizutori (NHK)
Akiko Yajima as Yumi (NHK)
Mari Yokoo as Shyrka (Nagoya TV)
Mayumi Tanaka as Nono (Nagoya TV)
Miki Narahashi as Nono (NHK Version)
Nobuo Tobita as Telemachus (NHK)
Sumi Shimamoto as Yumi (Nagoya TV)
Yū Mizushima as Telemachus (Nagoya TV)

Kan Tokumaru as Zeus (NHK)
Masane Tsukayama as Ulysses (Nagoya TV)
Osamu Kobayashi as Ulysses (NHK)
Shōzō Hirabayashi as Zeus (Nagoya TV)
Takashi Taniguchi as Eumaeus (Nagoya TV)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Eumaeus (NHK)

Akiko Yajima as Themis (NHK Version)
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Orpheus (NHK; ep 26)
Ken Yamaguchi as Nestor (Nagoya TV)
Sumi Shimamoto as Themis
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Hades (NHK; ep 26)

Japanese companies
Animation:
Nakamura Production (uncredited)
Wang Film Productions (uncredited)
Backgrounds: Studio Jack
Design Assistance: Studio Nue
Photography: Tokyo Movie
Production: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Recording Studio: Glovision
English companies
English staff
Cover Design: Eamon O'Donoghue (UK DVD)
English cast
Adrian Knight as Telemechus
Anick Faris as Yumi
Howard Ryshpan as Nono
Kelly Ricard as Shyrka

Matt Berman as Ulysses
French staff
French cast
Director: Bernard Deyries
Executive producer:
Max Saldinger
Thierry P. Laurin
Producer: Jean Chalopin

Artistic Advisor: Rene Borg
Production Assistant: Suzanne Remiot
Theme Song Performance:
Apollo (1983)
Lionel Leroy (1981)
Béatrice Delfe as Shyrka (2nd voice)
Claude Giraud as Ulysse
Evelyne Selena as Shyrka (1st voice)
Fabrice Josso as Télémaque (1st voice)
Jackie Berger as Télémaque (2nd voice)
Jacques Ebner as Nono

Gilles Laurent as Noumaïos (1st voice)
Jean Topart as Zeus
Séverine Morisot as Thémis
Thierry Bourdon as Noumaïos (2nd voice)

Amélie Morin as Atila
André Valmy as Thoas
Annie Balestra as Ariane
Annie Sinigalia as Calypso
Arlette Thomas as Sorcière de Zotra
Catherine Lafond as
Eolia
Lestremer
Lestronia
Denis Savignat as
Atlas
l'Oracle
Triplos
Evelyne Selena as
Eurycle
L'ordinateur du vaisseau
La sirene 1
Francine Laine as Sauria
Françoise Fleury as Meropée
Jackie Berger as Triton
Jean Barney as Nestor
Jean Michaud as Eole
Jean Violette as Minos
Jean-Claude Balard as
Atlas
Magicien Noir
Oracle
Priam
Jean-Pierre Leroux as
Anipates
Antipathès
Nerus
Louis Arbessier as Sysiphe
Marie Francey as Euryclée
Marie Martine as
Galatée
La sirene 2
Sirène
Marion Loran as Circé
Martine Messager as Hypsie
Michel Bardinet as
Antinos
Chef des hommes-requins de Squalopolis
Hermès
Michel Vocoret as Chef Cyclope
Nelly Vignon as Penelope
Pierre Garin as
Le pirate borgne
Melantos
Pierre Hatet as Cronos
Raymond Loyer as Sphinx
René Bériard as
Hératos
Hologramme de la planète-hôpital
Roger Crouzet as Chef des hommes-requins de Lemnos
Roger Lumont as le Doge
Serge Lhorca as
Cronos (second visage)
Le pecheur
Le robot
un lestrygon
Serge Sauvion as Le chef des pirates
Séverine Morissot as Thémis
Sylvie Feit as
Herocrone
La servante
Sylvie Moreau as Shyrka (4 episodes
eps 17, 22, 24, 26
)
Teddy Billis as Egée
Thierry Bourdon as Lota
William Sabatier as
Hades
Nerée
Yves Marie Maurin as Orphéé
Yves-Marie Maurin as
Orphée
Thésée
French companies
Broadcaster:
AB 1 (from 2009)
FR3 (from 3 October 1981)
France 2 (from 11 September 1999)
France 3 (from 1992)
France 5 (from 13 February 2004)
Mangas (from 16 September 2000)
NRJ12 (from 2008)
NT1 (from 2006)
Radio-Canada
Teletoon (from 2001)
Dubbing Studio: S.T.A.R.T.
Producer: DiC [France]
Soundtrack: Saban Records
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Salvador Vidal (Spain dub)
Translation: Guillermo Ramos (Spain dub)

Adaptation: Guillermo Ramos (Spain dub)
Theme Song Performance: Guillermo Aguirre (a.k.a. Santiago)
Araceli de Leon as Nono
Joan Pau Piqué as Ulisses (Catalan Dub)
José Maria Torruella as Nono (Spain dub)
Julia Gallego as Telémaco (Spain dub)
Maria Luisa Sola as Shyrka (Spain dub)
Marta Barbará as Yumi (Catalan Dub)
Raul Aldana as Telemachos
Salvador Vidal as Ulises (Spain dub)

Antonio Lara as Numaios (Spain dub)
Constantino Romero as Zeus (Spain dub)
Eduardo Muntada as Hades (Catalan dub)
Hernán Fernández as Nono (Catalan dub) 
José Antequera as Zeus (Catalan Dub)
Luis Puente as Zeus
Marc Zanni as Nono (Catalan dub)
Marco Joannucci as Numaios
Mercè Segarra as Shirka (Catalan dub)
Raul De La Fuente as Ulysses
Victor Mares as Cronos

Alberto Trifol as
Adorador de Poseidon (Spain dub)
Comandante (Spain dub)
Antoni Forteza as Orfeu (Catalan Dub)
Carmen Elias as
Lotta (Spain dub)
Sauria (Spain dub)
Dionisio Macias as
Antinos (Spain dub)
El Mago Negro (Spain dub)
Enric Arredondo as Nestor (Spain dub)
Federic Menescal as Jutge de l'infern (Catalan dub)
Félix Benito as Nestor (Catalan Dub)
Fernando Ulloa as
Cronos (Spain dub ; sustitucion)
Hermes (Spain dub)
Ferran Llavina as Hades (Catalan dub)
Glòria Roig as
Ipsy (Spain dub)
Lestonia (Spain dub)
Nina (Spain dub)
Jesus Ferrer as
Nereo (Spain dub)
Sisifo (Spain dub)
Joan Borras as
Cronos (Spain dub)
Minos (Spain dub)
Joan Velilla as Jutge de l'infern (Catalan dub)
José Maria Alarcon as Poseidon (Spain dub)
José Maria Angelat as Eolo (Spain dub)
Juan Manuel Soriano as Hératos (Spain dub)
Manolo García as Atlas (Spain dub)
Manuel Lázaro as Esfinge (Spain dub)
Maria Dolores Gispert as Hercon (Spain dub)
Marta Martorell as Bruja de Zotra (Spain dub)
Miguel Angel Valdivieso as Antipates (Spain dub)
Miquel Cors as Lider Pirata (Spain dub)
Nuria Doménech as Eolia (Spain dub)
Nuria Mediavilla as Thais (Spain dub)
Pep Torrents as Priamo (Spain dub)
Pepe Mediavilla as Hades (Spain dub)
Pilar Rubiella as Euryclea (Spain dub)
Ricard Solans as El Custodiador (Spain dub)
Rosa Guinon as
Ariadna (Spain dub)
Calypso (Spain dub)
Meropea (Spain dub)
Roser Cavallé as Circe (Spain dub)
Salvador Vives as
Orfeo (Spain dub)
Teseo (Spain dub)
Toni Sevilla as Narrador (Catalan dub)
Vicens Manuel Doménech as Todas (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Cable Kin (Mexico)
Cadena 2 (Colombia)
Canal 6 Cubavision (Cuba)
FOX Kids Espana
Telecaribe (Colombia)
TVE (Spain)
Dubbing: CARBONELL (Barcelona - Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Elisabetta Bucciarelli

Marco Baroni as Telemaco
Paolo Ferrari as Ulisse

Giuseppe Fortis as Zeus
Marco Joannucci as Numayos

Alessandra Korompay as Temis (2nd voice)
Angelina Contaldi as Athina (ep 3)
Carlo Cosolo as Orfeo (ep 26)
Daniela Caroli as Temis (1st voice)
Diego Michelotti as Heratos (ep 3)
Giancarlo Padoan as
Poseidone (ep 3)
Sisifo (ep 5)
Ilaria Stagni as Zolia (ep 4)
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Fox Kids Italia (from July 2004)
RaiUno (from November 1982) 
Super 3
Telestudio
German staff
German cast
(none)
German companies
Broadcaster: Tele 5
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: ABS-CBN
Tagalog cast
(none)
Polish cast
Polish staff
Dubbing Director: Andrzej Kowal

Dialogues:
Elżbieta Kowalska (ep 1)
Joanna Klimkiewicz (ep 5)
Organization Of Production: Ewa Borek
Song Lyrics: Dorota Gellner
Theme Song Performance: Mieczysław Szcześniak
Andrzej Ferenc as Ulisses
Cezary Kwiecinski as Telemach
Dorota Kawęcka as Shyrka
Halina Chrobak as Yumi

Andrzej Bogusz as Zeus
Krzysztof Ibisz as Numaios
Włodzimierz Bednarski as Zeus (opening)

Andrzej Bogusz as Priam
Ewa Serwa as Eurykleja
Grzegorz Wons as Theseus (Tezeusz) (ep 17)
Jacek Dzisiewicz as Sisyphus (Syzyf) (ep 5)
Jacek Jarosz as Chronos (ep 9)
Jan Kulczycki as leader of priests
Leopold Matuszczak as Heratos
Maciej Gudowski as Narrator (opening; ep 1)
Małgorzata Drozd as Ariadne (Ariadna) (ep 17)
Stanisław Brudny as Minos (ep 17)
Polish companies
Broadcaster:
Fox Kids Poland
TV 4
TVP2 (from 4 September 1991)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: RTP (Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Swedish staff
Swedish cast
(none)
Håkan MOHEDE as Nono
Thomas Antoni as Telemachos
Tova Granditsky as Yumi

Kåre SIGYSDSON as Zeus
Lars PASSÅNI as Ulysses

Kåre SIGYSDSON as Poseidon
Peter Palmer as Chronus
Swedish companies
(none)

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