Van-pires Van-pires season 1 Episode 2 Unleaded Zeppelin 1997
Van-Pires is a computer animated children's television series that originally aired in the USA between 1997 and 1998 in syndication mostly on Fox and WB affiliates. It was produced by Abrahams/Gentile, with CGI animation being produced under MSH. The series was rated #1 in its time slot during several broadcasts in various United States and International markets. Van-Pires was the first children's CGI-animated television series to be produced using the 3D modeling and animation software 3D Studio MAX. It was only the third CGI-animated television series of its kind to use 3D animation in every episode, and ultimately received a Sci-Fi Award. Van-Pires also had portions of its soundtrack written and performed by John Entwistle of the band The Who and Steve Luongo Entwistle's long-time friend, producer and drummer in The John Entwistle Band. A range of other talented voices and animators were involved in production of the series. The Van-Pires synopsis and its stories center on a group of human teenagers who protect and defend the world from evil anthropomorphized junkyard vans and vehicles known as the "Van-Pires" by transforming into robotic anthropomorphized cars, calling themselves the "Motor-Vators".
- Released: 1997-09-21
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- Genre: Animation
- Stars: Garikayi Mutambirwa, Jason Hayes, Melissa Marsala
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1. Those Who Have the Fuel Shall Rule! 1997-09-14
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2. Unleaded Zeppelin 1997-09-21
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3. A Few Good Cars 1997-09-28
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5. Bride of Tracula 1997-10-12
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7. Bad to the Cone 1997-10-26
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8. Nukenstein 1997-11-02
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9. A Car Is Born 1997-11-09
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10. The Swarm Storm 1997-11-16
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11. Rebel Without a Car 1997-11-23
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12. Uncool Fuel 1997-11-30
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13. One Million Miles B.C. 1997-12-07
