Biker Mice from Mars

Biker Mice from Mars is an American animated series, a revival of the show with the same name which aired from 1993 to 1996. One season of 28 episodes was produced.[4] It is a continuation of the 1993–1996 series.

Jim Ward won a 2009 voice-actor Daytime Emmy for his performance as Eyemore in the episode "Manchurian Charley" and as the Crusher in the episode "Here Come The Judge". The series aired on the 4Kids TV block on FOX in the fall of 2008.[5] In the UK, the series was picked up for a second window by CSC Media Group, who scheduled it to air on April 2, 2010 on the Kix channel.

Taking place a few years after the events of the original series, the Biker Mice return to Earth. In this series, the lead antagonists are the evil Catatonians, a race of cat-like creatures who desire the greatest prize on Mars and the Regenerator while also having been rivals of the Plutarkians. In the process of obtaining it, they destroy it leaving the Biker Mice (including Stoker – see below) to flee to Earth to build a new one.

Pre-production was started in May 2005 with United Kingdom broadcaster GMTV signed on.[2]

Biker Mice from Mars aired in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and Finland, in 2006. It aired in the United States on Fox 4Kids TV block, beginning on August 9, 2008. Italia 1 began broadcasting the show in late 2008 with Mediaset doing a large merchandising campaign to support the show.[3]

As of 2011, four volumes of Biker Mice from Mars DVDs are available in the UK through Abbey Home Media.[6] Two volumes were released in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.[7] Volume one was released in Bulgaria on October 17, 2008. Eight volumes have been released, but some have repeated episodes.

Giochi Preziosi (GP) was selected as worldwide toy licensee. GP retained Pangea as developers of the toy line. Home entertainment, merchandise, publishing and promotions agency for the series was Sharpe Company.[2]

In 2006, a Biker Mice From Mars video game, based on the 2006 revival, was released in Finland, Australia and the United Kingdom, for the Nintendo DS and Sony PS2 consoles. While the game itself did not receive major positive ratings, it sold successfully throughout Scandinavia, where game performed well, placing number 2 in Finland and in the top 10 in other Scandinavian, Northern European, and African territories.