Red Planet (Complete - Versions 1 & 2 Combined)

[@chrisj2991]

"He was my best friend" In the 90s, if you just happened to catch this- damn dude, what a heart tugger!

[@rtattles]

I've never seen or heard of this before, but got here because I saw the Lens Men, and what a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing!

[@r.babylon2885]

When this show first aired, it was tragic for me. Not because of the content, but because of circumstance. My family has a terrible record of telling me "Come do this, it'll be on again" and always being wrong. Red Planet was such an incident. So now, around, what, 20 years later? I finally get to finish it. Gods bless the internet!

[@88amona]

That is a common story. Happened to me to lol

[@stevehann7655]

Boy did they screw this up! I grew up on Heinlein's juveniles

[@billhenry7213]

Have you considered treatment for PTSD?

[@CowToes]

Same

[@TheYgds]

Similar situation for me. Saw the first 10 minutes and the last 10 minutes as a kid. Had no idea what happened in between. My parents always assumed cartoons never advanced beyond Scooby Doo in terms of complexity and theme. I remember having to explain the racial undertones and exploration of severe mental illness in the old X-men series. My Dad was shocked, as he was seeking justification for why we wanted to watch Saturday morning cartoons. 25 years later and my Dad is a huge MCU fan.

[@JosephDillman]

Still one of my favorites. A blast from the past that will likely never get a better re-release than its archival here. Thank you!

[@jakobus6581]

Wooow! I can't believe this. I barely remember a couple of scenes from this as a child. Originally thought it was a full blown series but after randomly coming across it on KZbin, I finely get to understand what I saw as a child. Concepts in here I wouldn't have gotten as a 7 year old that I now understand. Awesome. Thanks for bringing this putting this together for us on KZbin, Heartfelt thanks.

[@Murdercide626]

This is one of those things that I only vaguely remembered from my early childhood. Thank you so much for going through the trouble of putting this together so I can rediscover it and watch it in full! :D

[@johnkean5848]

Oh tearful now 😥 such a good story for this time of year and no CGI!

[@alecaquino4306]

We're all here for the same reason. We remember.

[@MaiAriSquee]

I remember seeing two episodes and not catching the final one, although I'm totally misremembering the story. This HAS to be what I saw. I remember being enthralled, and very sad I didn't see it finish. Then, suddenly, I look it up on a whim. And here we all are.

[@emfs9522]

Member

[@benspencer5744]

Im a 40 year old man and i cry when i watch this

[@larryjake7783]

We Remember. What I remember is a water seekers some red long sharp head creature chasing a car...and I wanted to find that show and could never remember it's name Now ...now my job is complete

[@lighthousegravyP51]

I am actually new here.

[@ThomasHardmanJr]

Thanks so much for preserving, restoring, and sharing this with us. The animation reminds me a lot of the Star Trek: the Animated Series episodes, done by Filmation. The animation technique used was very common at the time of production. This is based on the quite excellent and rightly famous "juvenile" novel by Robert A Heinlein, aimed at readers from about 5th grade and up, where the story line took place on Mars as it was thought to be back before real space probes ever got near that planet. As time and science moved forward, you couldn't set a story there. But before we knew better, Heinlein wrote his classic and influential "Stranger in a Strange Land", in which the first human ship to Mars seems to have been destroyed right after landing, but the second expedition finds one survivor, a boy born even as the ship landed... raised by the Martians. Or, as in this adaptation, "the Locals". I recommend reading both books, "Red Planet" first, although in Heinlein's vast fictional universe, this happens a little later. Again, thanks for sharing this.

[@MortalsAreFools]

I purchased the novel after watching this a lot as a kid. We taped it and I wore out the cassette 😂. I've missed it.

[@jameslong9921]

Yes but can you 'Grok' it ?

[@Warp_Speed_Hippo]

Loved this when it aired. Watching it with my daughter now. Lots of fun. Thank you for uploading.

[@stevenweaver3386]

Wow! Just came across this. Red Planet was the very first library book I signed out after I got my first library card, over 50 years ago.

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

I hope you enjoyed the book.

[@bensam4518]

finally closure after 20+ years!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

[@jaredjameson407]

Great nostalgic moment and honestly a good story. Thank you!

[@siphons92]

Maaaaan, it wouldn't be a 90's kids cartoon if it wasn't trying to also spoon feed a "save the environment" message in there somewhere XD Man, had some good memories of Saturday mornings watching this show then going outside to pretend I was riding Jim's hoverbike. Was so sad that one Saturday where it didn't come on. I didn't realize the show had ended and kept expecting reruns to happen. What sucked the worst was none of the kids in my class knew what I was talking about when I described it. Thx man for putting this together!

[@twitchcoe]

Oh my god. Thank you for this. I saw this once when I was a kid and I've always wanted to watch this again.

[@RadReptile615]

I actually thought I imagine this whole movie. I thought I dreamed it or something I could remember bits and pieces, but never could find anything. I didn’t even know what it was called Thank you so much for uploading this.

[@TheHelghast1138]

Thank you so very much for posting this video!!! Ah the memories... :)

[@BoshiYoshi]

I've always had vivid memories of seeing this as a young kid and being terrified of the water seekers and sand beast. The scene where the water seekers are chasing the transport vehicle and ramming into it was one of the few scenes that stuck out in my memory. I used to constantly search the internet for any evidence that this actually existed and wasn't some weird fever dream I had but nothing ever came up. I had no idea what it was called, where I saw it, WHEN I saw it, so I'd just run searches for "Mars cartoon water seekers". Finally managed to find an upload here on youtube after so long. There's one scene in particular though that wasn't in this upload. One of the few scenes that stuck in my very vague memory of this cartoon. It was a scene showing the outer fence perimeter of the colony at dusk. Some kind of floating octopus-like creature (I think it was purple with one eye) tried to fly over the fence and an automatic gun swiveled around and blasted it into nothing. Not sure if that was from a different version of this cartoon, if it was left out of this upload for some reason or if it was from a completely different cartoon and I'm just mixing them together because they featured a very similar alien planet setting??

[@MaiAriSquee]

For some reason in my memory the story was about these kids being adopted by a big queen water seeker, or something. LIke, they were psychic and just misunderstood. Memory is crazy, my man...

[@sonuva2003]

How very beautiful. Thank you for sharing this story.

[@jamesblinzler7421]

I absolutely love this thank you!!!

[@Chop2009]

This takes me back...Wish they'd release this on Dvd. Becuase this is one of those shows that will and has transcended time amongst our generation

[@Collageman90]

That and maybe on Disney+ or Hulu seeing how Disney now owns this wonderful treasure of a mini series.

[@Cahuitl]

Thanks for uploading this.

[@jamesdiaz5975]

I remember watching this on fox kids back in the 90s, thanks for upload

[@ingwersengrady]

This is a really cool thing you've put together. I really appreciate it.

[@hnsmith79]

This is a great piece of my childhood. Thank you for posting.

[@MATABEI]

"They polluted themselves out of existence" This has turned into Captain Red Planet

[@grailw9221]

it really feels like that scene was written and haphazardly added by studio excecs who thought it would make the miniseries more successful

[@julianpompey3966]

Thx for holding on to a piece of our childhood

[@TheMockAgenda]

Thanks, was looking for a copy of this. Damn Water Seekers!

[@cocomaan]

You just made my freaking year, thank you.

[@KrozBonz]

OMG!! thank you so much for finding this and combine them, I knew I saw this years ago, and I spent years looking for this show never knew what the show was called, well I always wanted to see the ending, now can add this to my retro collection of movies, you are amazing!!

[@GladDestronger]

i have to admit the ending where willis calls jim the best man he ever knew... even years later it still kinda tugs on my heart strings. two societies radically different inntellgant beings have learned to live in harmony together at a table of brotherhood. i hope someday in the future after humans have made contact... both races great great descendants have the same attitude as willas did.

[@queenyokoofkei3257]

Hay there! I'm reading the book thins Miniseries is based on right now. It's a really good. If you r really enjoy the mini series the book is even better.

[@eurapeon]

If was the very last scene of this show that kept it in my memory since I was a kid. And I wasn't disappointed watching it now as an adult

[@tylersoto7465]

I loved how Willis and the colony revitalized the planet to life lol

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

@@eurapeonsame. “He was my best friend” still makes me cry.

[@mikewalsh7183]

DON'T FORGET THAT HEINLEIN WROTE THIS BOOK, IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM, WE WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN IT ON TV!!!

[@boskonian]

Doesn't really follow what I remember of the book. Except maybe levels of Martians.

[@fly_speck_cafe]

And a damn fine book it is.

[@RedPlanetAnimated]

The first version begins with Jim and Willis heading back into the colony just as the storm arrives. The second version contained some new animation at the beginning, which depicts life in the colony, how Jim met Willis, and the side effects that the miners were suffering from. In the second version, the rest of the story remains the same after Jim and Willis get back to the colony. However, to keep the miniseries the same length, some scenes were removed, while others were shortened.

[@HIPOCRUPTUS]

I see. Thanks for posting it. In the 90's I watch the first version on TV and i really like it. Years later I tried to find a copy of this film, but I couln't remember the name. Now after 2+ decades I am geting my fix, Thank you.

[@dDbalL-to7rt]

I thought the begining was a little different than how i remembered it... thanks.

[@bjdehut]

thanks for editing this and posting

[@shawnm8371]

Cinemassacre starship troopers rental review

[@HIPOCRUPTUS]

SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

[@matt12a]

We’re nerds

[@henryshoots]

Hell yeah brother.

[@Frellyouall]

yep. Me too.

[@mikeworkman3593]

SAME!!!!!!!! LOL

[@rickdelvecchio]

I caught the first 15 minutes of this as a kid and it left quite an impression on my imagination. I don't think I ever saw the end, but I still felt like I could fill the void with my own creativity, because the aesthetic was enough to be excited about.

[@kmac892]

Love the VHS flaring reminds me of being a kid

[@lucianoguerra9013]

Thank You Loader. It's a good show.

[@marshafields1337]

This was an excellent story on how we have to save o ur planet. Thank you.

[@Collageman90]

Disney really needs to have this on DVD really bad cause this is one of the best animated mini series I have ever seen.

[@ExtremeWreck]

Does Disney really own the rights to this? Unless it's from Saban, then most likely they don't.

[@RedPlanetAnimated]

Based on the credits, it was either produced by Fox Children's Productions, or Gunther-Wahl Productions.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@RedPlanetAnimated So yeah, Disney doesn't own this I think. Look, I know some Fox Kids material is owned by them, but that doesn't mean they own ALL of it(Animaniacs, & Tiny Toon Adventures are owned by Warner Bros., & Zazoo U might still be owned by its creator).

[@Collageman90]

@@ExtremeWreck I thought Disney owns Saban (except for Power Rangers and Digimon).

[@Collageman90]

@@ExtremeWreck This show is one of the things Disney owns of the Fox Kids library!

[@TheLastSamoan]

I remember being heartbroken when Willis said Jim wouldn't be alive when Willis came out of hibernation...😢

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

Me too. I still cry.

[@jamesmullen3068]

I hunted down the book after this. It was my first exposure to the genre

[@freez1ngsapper]

I remembered this being so much longer. Guess having to wait for each episode to air stretches it out though.

[@NathanTarantlawriter]

Plus commercial breaks.

[@naruto73syfy]

I remember watching this when I was younger👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@NathanTarantlawriter]

Anyone else notice the "evil corporate boss" in the red suit looks almost exactly like the evil guy at the end of the first Heavy Metal movie??

[@CarlosGarcia-xh2nt]

Fox 6 in Baja California, Mexico. When I didn't had no cable TV. Good job :)

[@andrewsmithphoto]

I remember this series from my childhood. Even as an adult that last scene 70 years later envokes a melonchally feeling. It is sad my generation grew up with series like this and Captan Planet, but see to have learned nothing from them.

[@bitfreakazoid]

Oh man! I can't believe I found it! I remember seeing part of this way back when. Only thing I could remember was that creature the kid found.

[@timothyjoachim1422]

Great story, thanks for posting it.

[@sdfghrdnhjt]

The life cycle of the locals and the sad goodbye between the round head and his human friend were all quite philosophical and ironic what with how things usually go with our own cute furry companions. Overall a great story with some good info for kids about photosynthesis among other things. Oh yeah, back to the locals: that is really profound with the implication of the "animal" phase of life being like the "larval" phase for these more advanced life forms that transcend into a higher being in 3D reality. Really makes you think.

[@arthanza112]

That scene always hurted.

[@justindemartra1398]

wow, this was amazing. Old school anime is Great.

[@YourJellyFishAteMyTV]

This is really good, I can see this being further adapted into standalone tv series, thinking the guys who developed Lovecraft Country could give this something!

[@bryanchannell7715]

While the last time I watched this was about 2 and 1/2 years ago and it's actually for the first time popped up in my feed

[@LordSesshomaru86]

This was awesome. Thank you!

[@waffle98501]

one of my favorites, Fantastik Planet is up there too

[@malakzero5175]

Bless you for this.

[@ShanerTheGrey]

I actually saw this air for the first time on fox kids in 1994. I was so interested in this back then. Then at the end the kid dies and the pet grows to be hundreds of years old and extremely intelligent. Turns out this whole story is being told by the pet. It really made me sad as an 9 year old and stuck with me my whole life. I’m gonna sit and watch this whole thing. Wow.

[@engelbrecht777]

Why spoil the story? you just want to show people that you have a memory?

[@ShanerTheGrey]

@@engelbrecht777 lol sorry John didn’t think about that. I was just so happy to see this again after 29 years.

[@engelbrecht777]

@@ShanerTheGrey Fine then. Ofcause you can edit your post and ad "Spoiler alert" at the beginning 👍🥂

[@stockmarketsavant7634]

This must have. been a lot of work to put together thanks.....I just kept hearing in my mind "Waterseeker".

[@charlessaint7926]

I remember watching the first episode when it came out in the 90s and never knew there was a second part.

[@dingvr330]

Good movie, good story. Loved it! Thanks.

[@victormeyer4116]

Hard to believe this is a kids show when it has Dead Space and Heavy Metal vibe.

[@screwthenet]

Wow I have not seen this in over 25 years.

[@deant6361]

Cool thanks for sharing

[@rudolphmcneill515]

Wow. I'd never seen this. Didn't expect Jim and Willis to have to say goodbye. 😢

[@88amona]

Thank u thank u thank u. Never got to finish this when i was a kid lol

[@DominoDaddy]

Does KZbin have tracking knobs? 😢 Thank you for uploading this! The 9 year old in me is loving this.

[@Morboeatspeople]

15:12 He totally just said, "hangry." LOL! No food, no pay, make Homer something, something...

[@eurapeon]

...Go crazy? Don't mind if it do!

[@bobbyphillips1077]

In my humble opinion, as someone who treasures Starship Troopers the novel, this cartoon is still THE best adaptation of any Heinlein story. Yes, there are big departures from the book, but many of them needed to be made because Heinlein wrote the original story back when it was still plausible that there was life on Mars. What I mean is, among film adaptations The Puppet Masters lacked quality, Starship Troopers' philosophy was butchered by the movie, the ST series looks horribly dated today, and Joss Whedon still hasn't gotten off his butt to do The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. This 'toon was high quality and captured the basic ingredients that made the book enjoyable as a piece of juvenile fiction. I used to reenact this cartoon with my Jurassic Park toys using the Rex in place of the water-seekers. I LOVED the design of the colony buildings and daydreamed in school about living in one.

[@Garryck-1]

So ummm.. I'm guessing you haven't seen "Predestination" (2014) which is a very well done adaptation of Heinlein's "All You Zombies"?

[@forddon]

There is a Japanese version of The Door into Summer made in 2021 that comes close to following the novel

[@JackOusley]

I've been trying to find this for a decade

[@HIPOCRUPTUS]

2 decades here

[@jonnydarkfang2816]

Listening to the audio book that this story is based on. Will be interesting to see how they differ, as I had never heard of this animation...

[@jonnydarkfang2816]

Okay I havent watched the full thing yet but this seems different...

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

I think they only things they have in common are some of the characters and the setting.

[@Beanmachine91]

this shows that you have to care for workers in order to get maximum capitol

[@NathanTarantlawriter]

Indeed. Seems to be a lesson that companies have been allowed to forget.

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

Now that prof pic is a throwback. Takes me back to my middle school years...

[@tylersoto7465]

True indeed 😑

[@Beanmachine91]

@@thehowlinggamer5784 i love bean soldier lol and the jerry beansman card

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

@@Beanmachine91 personally, I've always loved the artwork for flame swordsman.

[@REDGOATcomicbooks.13]

I love this show and I enjoy the books too.I wish there was cartoon like this now.

[@RedPlanetAnimated]

I'm pretty sure that it didn't, which is part of my reason for posting it.

[@sethraelthebard5459]

Fun fact: A lot of the noises used for the roars and growls of the Water Seekers were also used for the Pink Daemons in the original Doom Trilogy. Wonder who the sound engineer was...?

[@dwaynecedillos5139]

I remember this cartoon when I was little boy in mid 90's on Fox Kids. I kinda forgot what is story about in this cartoon, just remember little bit the characters and aliens. I haven't for many years ago. The only Red Planet I remember more is the movie 1999, when I was 14 in 2000 at the movie theater. My best days from my past.

[@lifeisoverated81]

@15:12. I think the main boss dude says 'hangry'. Also @47:21 why are the robots wearing space suits ?

[@ladwigs]

Since it was a 70 year hibernation, it's possible Jim might have still, been alive

[@frenchfriar]

Except that if that were the case, Willis wouldn't have spoken about him in the past tense. When Heinlein first wrote this, life expectancy was probably only about 70 years, and since 70 years later Jim would have been 86, that's a bit much to expect.

[@robertkenny1201]

When I watched this as a child I fought the General resembled the Kingpin from Spider-Man the Animated series.

[@cosmoloveswanda69]

My dad was a pirate. He recorded this and many others on VHS. He would hook two VCRs together and would rent and copy movies from blockbuster. He had stacks and stacks of movies, TV shows and concerts. I didn't appreciate it then but now it's one of my fondest memories.

[@juanfco76]

Somebody knows about a dvd edition of this? Grettings from Chile.

[@MrJonnyPepper]

What you talking about Willis

[@SprinklesSand]

Best Friend T_T

[@suggiethames9870]

Any body got a time stamp for the Cerberus ? I love that sound it made

[@PontiacSunfire04]

My name is Willis irl. Goes to show the first person named Willis I’ve seen in media that isn’t that “what you talkin bout” kid is a alien. Again. Proves how alien my name is!

[@michaelpowell5266]

Red Planet, produced by Gunther-Wahl Productions, enlisting many production staff from both Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears. Of course, Lee Gunther and Michael Wahl actually took over for Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, producing Alvin & The Chipmunks and handled the 1st season of Camp Candy, before Hanna-Barbera took over. Michael Wahl can still work with Craig Ruby and Kevin Spears in TV animation, nowadays- we'll see what happens from there!!!

[@NostraDavid2]

Seeing such a villainous General makes me all giddy!

[@robinfrederick3020]

My introduction to Heinlein, wish they'd done a Rocket Ship Galileo miniseries too.

[@jamesraykenney]

There was a live action movie based on that book... Destination Moon (1950) produced by non other than George Pal! Relatively big budget for the time. One of the first serious SF movies. Plot deviates from the book quite a bit, but it is still good, and Robert A. Heinlein even contributed to the script.

[@robinfrederick3020]

@@jamesraykenney Cool dude, I'm going to check it out thanks.

[@brighteyes6585]

Willis was my favorite character in all this.

[@glenmassey3746]

One of the better anime miniseries.

[@r.babylon2885]

Is the father voiced by Mark Hammill???

[@RedPlanetAnimated]

Yes, he provided the voice of voice James Marlowe Sr.

[@billrich9722]

I did not know this was a Heinline thing. I was a child when this came out. Like... tiny child. I found this fascinating but never could finish the series.

[@ShroomKeppie]

Well... it's not a Heinlein thing, really. It uses the title and some of the character names, but that's it.

[@TYRANNOSAURUSKING]

What are the differences between the two versions?

[@dwaynecedillos5139]

I wonder when Cinemassacre, Teddy Rubskin, Jon Tron, Nostalgia Critic or Nostalgia Chick, Phelan Portous, EyeofSol, PushingUpRoses, maybe PeanutButterGamer, brutal moose or Minty Comedic Arts will review this cartoon on KZbin someday. What fan ask for soon or later. And the different of Red Planet cartoon and movie.

[@jamesraykenney]

Red Planet the movie was NOT based on the Novel that this show was based on. The Novel is very good... Go find it and read it.

Who's the dude who's playing the head honcho his voice acting skills he sounds like Lance hershkin or somebody

[@HonestObserver]

What’s the difference between the two versions?

[@boskonian]

To bad it doesn't follow the novel. Robert Heinlein's The Red Planet. The audiobook is available on YT.

[@Irodeapentaceratopstoragnorok]

Which studio worked on this? The animation reminds me a little of a more realistically designed Magic School Bus

[@AnyDudeUSA]

Is it me or does the design of Jim borrow from Mace in The Ewok Adventure? He even had a younger sister as well.

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

I love and hated that movie. Especially the sequel.

[@Antaeus847]

Wasn't prepared for usage of the word 'hangry' at ~15:12.