Spiral Zone
1987 · 1 season · 65 episodes · Ended
Animation, Action & Adventure
TMDB 7.7 · 10 votes
Spiral Zone is a 1987 American science-fiction animated series produced by Atlantic-Kushner-Locke. Based in part from a toy line made by Japanese company Bandai, the series focused on an international group of soldiers fighting to free the world from a scientist who controls much of the Earth's surface. It only ran for one season, with a total count of 65 episodes. Tonka acquired the license from Bandai and created a different treatment to the series, plus a short-lived toy line. Spiral Zone is known among fans as a series that stood out from other contemporary cartoons of the 80s because of its dark story. The series has not been officially released on DVD by Hasbro, who had acquired Tonka in the 90s, including all the copyrights to their properties.
Episodes
- S01E01Holographic Zone Battle1987-09-21
While the Riders prepare to take out a zone generator that is blocking San Francisco harbor, Bandit infiltrates their base and tricks Hiro into accepting a hypnotic device disguised as a holographic computer game.
- S01E02King of the Skies1987-09-22
The Zone Riders rescue King Donovan, a retired military pilot and Dirk's former CO, as he is being pursued out of the zone. He has details on an Overlord plot to increase the size of the zone by hooking a generator up to the Hoover Dam, and a plan to stop it. But instead of allowing them to sneak up on the generator, the suggested rout leads the Raiders into an ambush, and King ends up suspected of treason.
- S01E03Errand of Mercy1987-09-23
- S01E04Mission Into Evil1987-09-24
- S01E05Back to the Stone Age1987-09-25
- S01E06Small Packages1987-09-28
The Black Widows slips a miniature zone pod into McFarlands clothes, activating it inside the MCC while the Zone Riders are on a mission. Forced to go up against their own defenses and Overlord at the same time, the Riders have one hour to take out the pod before a UN ordered air strike reduces the place to rubble.
- S01E07Zone of Darkness1987-09-29
The Zone Riders bring a scientist to Miami, looking for a possible cure to the zone bacteria in the form of a local plant. Dirk also hopes to find an old friend who was in the area during the zone attack.
- S01E08The Gauntlet1987-09-30
- S01E09Ride the Whirlwind1987-10-01
The extreme weather is slowly flooding San Juan, while making airborne evacuation impossible. The only route of escape is through the zone, but can the Riders take out the generator in time?
- S01E10The Unexploded Pod1987-10-02
An unactivated zone generator, found in Katerina's hometown, could provide the first and only opportunity to study the zone release mechanism. Well aware of this, Overlord is determined to keep it out of the Riders hands.
- S01E11Duel in Paradise1987-10-05
- S01E12The Imposter1987-10-06
- S01E13The Hacker1987-10-07
- S01E14Overlord's Mystery Woman1987-10-08
In this episode we discover Overlord's romantic side. The Zone Raides find the woman he was in love before he entered the take-over-the-world business. Using her as bait the riders set a trap to capture the leader of the Black Widows. Dashing out of the Zone in shining armour Overlord goes to rescue his love, but he doen't have only romance in mind.
- S01E15The Sands of Amaran1987-10-09
- S01E16Zone Train1987-10-12
A train carrying scientists reseaching the Spiral Zone to a conference is routed by the Black Widows into the Zone. The Zone Riders are dispatched to stop the train from reaching a power plant within the zone; however things go from bad to worse when Tank's suit fails and he becomes a Zoner and is ordered by Dutchess Dire to stop his colleagues.
- S01E17Breakout1987-10-13
- S01E18When the Cat's Away1987-10-14
- S01E19Island in the Zone1987-10-15
- S01E20The Shuttle Engine1987-10-16
- S01E21The Mind of Gideon Rorshak1987-10-19
- S01E22Canal Zone1987-10-20
- S01E23The Lair of the Jade Scorpion1987-10-21
- S01E24The Man Who Wouldn't Be King1987-10-22
- S01E25The Way of the Samurai1987-10-23
- S01E26The Best Fighting Men in the World1987-10-26
- S01E27The Ultimate Solution1987-10-27
- S01E28Hometown Hero1987-10-28
- S01E29In the Belly of the Beast1987-10-29
- S01E30The Last One Picked1987-10-30
- S01E31So Shall You Reaper1987-11-02
- S01E32The Secret of Shadow House1987-11-03
- S01E33Zone of Fear1987-11-04
- S01E34Bandit and the Smokies1987-11-05
- S01E35Heroes in the Dark1987-11-06
- S01E36Zone with Big Shoulders1987-11-09
- S01E37Behemoth1987-11-10
- S01E38The Power of the Press1987-11-11
- S01E39Starship Doom1987-11-12
- S01E40The Electric Zone Rider1987-11-13
- S01E41An Australian in Paris1987-11-16
- S01E42The Enemy Within1987-11-17
- S01E43Anti-Matter1987-11-18
- S01E44The Siege1987-11-19
- S01E45A Little Zone Music1987-11-20
- S01E46The Element of Surprise1987-11-23
- S01E47Seachase1987-11-24
- S01E48The Right Man for the Job1987-11-25
- S01E49High and Low1987-11-26
- S01E50Profiles in Courage1987-11-27
- S01E51The Darkness Within1987-11-30
- S01E52Power Play1987-12-01
- S01E53Duchess Treat1987-12-02
- S01E54Oversight1987-12-03
- S01E55Assault on the Rock1987-12-04
- S01E56They Zone by Night1987-12-07
- S01E57Conflict of Duty1987-12-08
- S01E58The Final Weapon1987-12-09
- S01E59The Face of the Enemy1987-12-10
- S01E60Brother's Keeper1987-12-11
- S01E61Little Darlings1987-12-14
- S01E62Nightmare in Ice1987-12-15
- S01E63Evil Transmissions1987-12-16
- S01E64Zone Trap1987-12-17
- S01E65Countdown1987-12-18
