October 4, 1980 – March 28, 1981
X Bomber (Ｘボンバー, Ekkusu Bonbā) (released as Star Fleet in the UK) is a marionette tokusatsu TV series created by mangaartist Go Nagai, and produced by Cosmo Productions and Jin Productions. The show aired on Fuji TV from October 4, 1980 to March 28, 1981, with a total of 26 episodes (including the pre-series pilot episode), and was billed in Japan as being filmed in "Sūpāmariorama" (スーパーマリオラマ), a puppeteering process similar to Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation works.
Storyline[]
Sound Effects Used[]
Japanese Version[]
- Anime Explosion Sound 6
- Anime Laser Sound 7
- Anime Strong Hit Sound 1
- Audio Fidelity, Three Electronic Effects (Second effect; heard in "An Attack Beyond Tears".)
- Elektra Records, Dive Bomber
- H-B EXPLOSION - LARGE EXPLOSION 07
- Joel Valentine Huge Crash Sound
- Sound Ideas, BOAT, ALARM - NAVY BUZZER ALARM (Heard in "Scramble X-Bomber"; also sampled in the English dub.)
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - MEDIUM EXPLOSION 01 (H-B) (heard in "Scramble X-Bomber".)
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 07 (Heard in "Lamia Kidnapped".)
English Version[]
- BBC Records, Tanks, Mark V Centurion Tank - Approach And Stop, Move Off, Over Cobbles (Heard in "Farewell, the Eternal Battlefield".)
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 1
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 2 (Alternate version; Heard in Episodes 8, 11, 13, 18 and 22)
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 3
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 4 (Heard in Episodes 8, 11, 13, 18 and 22)
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 8
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 17 (Heard in Episodes 8, 11, 13, 18 and 22)
- Pro Sound Effects, Starfighter, Exterior, Passing Overhead (heard sped up in "Super Powerful Imperial Alliance Fleet"; tail used for missile fires in other episodes)
- Space Lightning 01 (Heard in "Target: The Captain".)
- Space Lightning 02 (Heard in "Target: The Captain".)