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Bci/Eclipse and Filmation Studios presents "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF THE LONE RANGER & ZORRO - VOL. ONE" (1980-1981-Animated) (375 mins/Color) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- This collection featuring the two most famous masked heroes of all time contains over four hours of animated episodes --- From the Lone Ranger's call of "Hi ho Silver" to Zorro cutting his trademark Z into the earth, these films are a nostalgic trip back to when the good guys rode horses and had big hats.
Classic crime-fighters Zorro and the Lone Ranger are the focus of this collection that features episodes from each of their animated series. Zorro, a masked nobleman, fights villains in California, while the Lone Ranger battles criminals in Texas --- Their fight for justice in the Old West is aided by their faithful sidekicks: Zorro's horse, Toronado, and the Lone Ranger's Indian sidekick, Tonto, and his horse, Silver.
Under the production staff of:
Bob Kline - Art Director (1980)
Don Christensen - Producer (1980)
Norm Prescott - Producer (1980)
Lou Scheimer - Producer (1980)
Ray Ellis - Original Music
Norm Prescott - Original Music
R.W. Pope - Cinematographer
Ron Fedele - Film Editor
Joe Gall- Film Editor
Hector C. Gika- Film Editor
Tom Gleason- Film Editor
Jim Puente- Film Editor
Robert Waxman- Film Editor
Story line & plot, Two of pop culture's greatest heroes return in these episodes of their thrilling animated series from famed Filmation Studios --- The Lone Ranger (voiced by William Conrad), aided by sidekick Tonto (Ivan Naranjo) and his faithful steed, Silver, fights for justice in the Old West in 11 adventures --- Sword-wielding Zorro (voiced by Henry Darrow, the first Hispanic actor to portray the hero), swings into action and leaves his trademark "Z" in seven episodes.
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF THE LONE RANGER:
the cast includes
William Conrad ... The Lone Ranger (voice)
Ivan Naranjo ... Tonto
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF ZORRO:
the cast includes:
Henry Darrow ... Zorro (Don Diego) (voice)
Julio Medina ... Miguel (voice)
Eric Mason ... Capt. Ramon (voice)
Don Diamond ... Sgt. Gonzalez (voice)
Socorro Valdez ... Gov. Gen. Garcia (voice)
Christine Avila ... Maria (voice) (uncredited)
SPECIAL BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE:
1. Spotlight interviews with Lou Scheimer (producer) and Robbie London (writer)
Hats off to Bci / Eclipse and their staff --- order your copy now from Amazon or Bci Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on DVD, stay tuned once again for top notch releases --- Bci/Eclipse are experts in releasing long forgotten films and animated classics to the collector -- looking forward to more Nostalgic Collections.
Total Time: 375 mins on DVD ~ Bci / Eclipse ~ (12/18/2007)
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According to the articles I've read online,
If you buy Volume 1 & 2, you'll get:
18 of the 28 Lone Ranger stories
All 13 of the Zorro stories.
The way I see it, this leaves them with 10 Lone Rangers and no Zorro stories for a potential Volume 3.
14 Lone Ranger stories per volume would have wrapped things up nicely for both shows.
I can only hope they still put out a 3rd volume anyway, to give us the remaining Lone Ranger stories.
Failing that, I'll feel rather disgruntled about having spent my money on the first two volumes, but it's too early to complain yet.
A similar project is possibly in the pipeline combining Waldo Kitty with Fraidy Cat. Hopefully, they'll cover all the episodes.
To me, it would have seemed more apt to put the 28 Lone Ranger stories out as one DVD set, and the 13 Zorro stories out as another.
And who knows what it will take to motivate the Edgar Rice Burroughs legacy holders to put out the Tarzan cartoons.
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As a kid, I can remember loving this cartoon. It came on as the Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zoro adventure hour. What I don't remember is the Lone Ranger stories being as hokey as they are. Some of them are so corny, they make me laugh. Nor do I remember the Zorro animation being anime. Still overall, it's a nice collection. I wish there were more Zorro stories and that Tarzan had been included. Regardless, the animation is still pretty sharp and would hold its own against any of its modern contemporaries.
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this is a great dvd because i grew up watching the lone ranger and zorro.hurry and make the next vol.
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In the late 1970's and early 1980's, Filmation so busy with animation shows like Superman, the Archies, Flash Gordon, Fat Albert, Aquaman (all on DVD), Batman, Tarzan (not on DVD), The Secret of Isis, Jason of Star Command, Ark II (all of DVD) and many others.
I enjoy watching the Lone Ranger and Zorro hour when I was in college, it ran in 1980-1981. Now these episodes are on DVD, bring me back to the glory days of Saturday animation. The animation was better than most today.
From the moment you hear the William Tell overture, you are transported to a bygone era. The dialog of this cartoon is played out more like a old fashion old time radio show. William Conrad (credited as J. Darnoc), the voice of Radio's Matt Dillion on Gunsmoke, did the voice of the Lone Ranger. His booming voice had a character and a power. he vocally created the voice of the masked man and you will believe it.
The episodes of the Lone Ranger is part historic and part western lore. At emd of each episode of Ranger and Zorro is a 30 historical insight.
Zorro was the only time Filmation relied on outsourcing on a cartoon.The company created its animated Zorro series. It was animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha of Japan. The storyboards and graphics however, were made by Filmation themselves.However other than a few gaffs, you will never notice.
Note this is not Disney's version of Zorro. This cartoon had a mostly latina cast for Zorro, first time in TV history even for a cartoon. Henry Darrow did the vocals for Zorro/Don Diego. Don Diamond , who was Reyes from the original Disney versonof Zorro, voices Sergeant Gonzales.
This is also told in a radio show like style
Note this is the first volume of Lone Ranger/zorro, the final volume is expected later in 2008. The original run of the series had 28 Ranger and 13 Zorro episode. On this collection, it has 11 episodes of the Ranger, 6 Episodes of Zorro
If you are a fan of great animation and good storytelling, this is the best seven hours you will enjoy
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
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