Starchaser: The Legend of Orin Review

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin


Release Date: 21st August 1986 - Australia


Production Companies
Young Sung Production Co.


Genre: Animation

Rating: M

Runtime: 107 minutes


Budget: $15,000,000

Box Office Gross: $3,360,800 (USA)

 
Plot Summary
Set on the subterranean
Mine-World, a band of
human workers are
treated like slaves under
the power of the evil
overlord Zygon until one,
Orin, unearths the hilt
of a mythical sword that
only he can master.
Escaping the planet, he
runs into the rogue
smuggler Dagg and a
pair of helpful droids
and the princess, who all
team up to return to the
Mine-World with a plan
to defeat Zygon and free
Orin's enslaved people.
(Source - IMDb)


Voice Cast
Joe Colligan - Orin
Carmen Argenziano - Dagg Dibrimi
Anthony De Longis - Zygon/
Nexus
Noelle North - Elan/Aviana
Les Tremayne - Arthur
Ken Sansom - Magreb
John Moschitta Jr. - Z'Gork
Daryl Bartley - Kallie
Herb Vigran - Hopps
Tyke Caravelli - Silica
Tina Romanus - Aunt Bella
Thomas H. Watkins - Boro
Mickey Morton - Minemaster
Mona Marshall - Kallie
Dennis Alwood - Shooter

Crew
Producer/Director - Steven Hahn
Writer - Jeffrey Scott
Executive Producers - Thomas Coleman & 

Michael Rosenblatt
Art Director - Lee Hyun Se
Character Designer - Louise Zingarelli
Animation Directors - Jang Gil Kim &
Mitch Rochon
Background Designer - Tim Callahan
Background Designer/Layout Supervisor -
Roy Allen Smith 
Background Supervisors - Youngku Kim
& Carol Kieffer Police
Camera Supervisor - Charles Flekal
Special Visual Effects/Effects Animator -
Michael Wolf
Computer Animation Graphics - Patricia Capozzi
& Edith Fandrey
Film Editor/Sound Designer - Donald W. Ernst
Electronic/Synthesized Sound Effects - Stan Levine
Music - Andrew Belling


Review
'STARCHASER: THE LEGEND OF ORIN' is surprisingly one of the earliest animated features to use computer animation and the first to be shown in 3D. The first half of the film and the female android character were decent, but I'm pretty disappointed that it rips off the 'Star Wars' movies. This is because 'STARCHASER' has several features seen in Lucas's trilogy such as a dark lord, a smuggler and even a princess. An unlikely hero who has to save the world.

For those who haven't seen the movie, you'd be better off watching 'Star Wars' or other animated sci-fi-efforts such as 'Titan A.E', 'Treasure Planet' and 'WALL-E'. However, if you are a fan of old animations of the 1980s, then go for it.

Star rating: (3/5) Average

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