Ulysses 31

1981
Ulysses 31

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EP1 Vengeance of the Gods Oct 03, 1981

On his trip back to Earth, Ulysses' son is carried off by the Cyclops to give sight to his followers with Telemachus' life force. Ulysses destroys the Cyclops and saves Telemachus, Yumi and Numinor. In retaliation the ancient Gods then send his ship, the Odyssey, into an unknown part of space with the bulk of its crew cursed to remain lifeless, floating in mid-air until Ulysses finds the Kingdom of Hades.

EP2 The Black Sphere Oct 10, 1981

On an isolated asteroid Ulysses meets an old, blind, scholar called Heratos and his assistant, a young Zotrian woman named Atena. Heratos gives Ulysses a map that will lead him beyond the galactic glaciers - or so he claims.

EP3 Flowers of Fear Oct 17, 1981

The Odyssey comes across a lifeless city world. On hearing that its people had the technology to bring the dead back to life, Yumi takes Numinor to the planet to revive him. However, she learns why there is no life in the city.

EP4 Cronus, Father of Time Oct 24, 1981

Ulysses is saved from a Trident attack by Chronos, the god of time, who wants to use him as leverage to be allowed to reenter the home of the gods.

EP5 The Lost Planet Oct 31, 1981

Numinor is awaken when The Odyssey chances upon a satellite world that has strayed far from it's orbit around he and Yumi's home world. Ulysses, Telemachus, Nono, Numinor and Yumi head down to the planet and make the startling discovery that the entire population has been turned to stone by an evil Witch.

EP6 Guardian of the Cosmic Winds Nov 07, 1981

Aeolus, King of the winds, kidnaps Ulysses to provide entertainment for his daughter's birthday party. Unable to watch her father's cruel sport, she frees the captives and helps them escape.

EP7 The Eternal Punishment Nov 14, 1981

Ulysses encounters Sisyphus, a king condemned to fill a crater with boulders for all eternity for having dared to want the secret of immortality. Zeus has promised Sisyphus he can leave if he makes Ulysses take his place.

EP8 Mutiny on Board Nov 21, 1981

A space storm revives the companions as crazed automatons who take over the ship and try to crash it into space glaciers.

EP9 Secret of the Sphinx Nov 28, 1981

Passing through the domain of the great Sphinx, Ulysses must answer his riddle to leave safely. His treacherous daughter kidnaps the children and plots to make Ulysses her slave.

EP10 Temple of the Lestrigones Dec 05, 1981

The Odyssey arrives on a tropical planet, where the ruling tyrant uses a magic prism to shrink them.

EP11 Trapped Between Fire And Ice Dec 13, 1981

Trying to help a stranded astronaut, Ulysses tries to find a hidden base on one of the deadly twin planets Scylla or Charybdis.

EP12 The Seat of Forgetfulness Dec 19, 1981

Ulysses follows a Trident carrier in hopes of learning more about the way out of Olympus, and finds himself trapped in bizarre worlds. To save the children, he will have to give up his memories.

EP13 Song of Danger Dec 26, 1981

Pirates kidnap the children to force Ulysses and No-No to brave the danger of the Sirens, said to guard a map of the Olympus universe.

EP14 Phantoms from the Swamp Jan 02, 1982

Coming across a piece of Zotra that could bring Numinor back to life, Ulysses and Yumi pursue it to a swamp planet where they are ambushed by monsters who can copy their forms

EP15 Before the Flood Jan 09, 1982

Ulysses and the crew land on a planet similar to prehistoric earth. They encounter a winged female named Sauria, whose people are under attack from mutant vultures called Keconopters.

EP16 The Magic Spells of Circe Jan 16, 1982

The crew of the Odyssey are enslaved by the magic of the enchantress Circe and turned into pig-people to build a tower that will house all the knowledge of the universe.

EP17 The Hidden Truth Jan 23, 1982

The shapechanger Nereus calls Ulysses for help when Shark Men, servants of the gods, take over his planet.

EP18 Lost in the Labyrinth Jan 30, 1982

Princess Ariadne comes upon the Odyssey, and asks for Ulysses' help in saving her lover Theseus, who has been exiled to her father's labyrinth to be killed by the fearsome Minotaur.

EP19 At the Heart of the Universe Feb 06, 1982

Mercurius, the bubble-dwelling "grandson of the gods," enlists Ulysses' help in taking a jewel from the brow of the giant Atlas under the promise that it will give him the power to send Ulysses home.

EP20 The Magician in Black Feb 13, 1982

Ulysses is saved from an attack by the most powerful magician in the universe who breaks the gods' curse on his crew; however, as payment for his services, demands to hunt Ulysses's best men.

EP21 Rebellion on Lemnos Feb 20, 1982

Princess Hypsipyle of the planet Lemnos is found by Ulysses; she tells them that the women of her planet are being forced by the Shark Men to build ships for the gods.

EP22 The City of Cortex Feb 27, 1982

The Odyssey is dragged to a planet populated by machines, and governed by the tyrannical computer Cortex. One of its inhabitants, a "female" robot named Nanette, falls in love with No-No.

EP23 Strange Meeting Mar 06, 1982

Ulysses and the children are sent back in time and meet the original Ulysses, Telemachus and Penelope of Homer's epic.

EP24 The Lotus Eaters Mar 13, 1982

Needing raw materials to repair the Odyssey, Ulysses travels to a world where the inhabitants are addicted to eating seeds which induce amnesia.

EP25 Calypso Mar 20, 1982

The Odyssey responds to a distress call from Queen Calypso, who tells him that if he saves her planet she will tell him the way back to earth. Calypso has been ordered by Zeus to betray Ulysses, but she falls in love with him and cannot carry out the gods' orders.

EP26 The Kingdom of Hades Mar 27, 1982

In the final episode, Ulysses and his companions reach the Kingdom of Hades. They meet Orpheus, who seeks Ulysses' help to find his love, Eurydice, who has been taken to the Kingdom of Hades by Charon. Hades, the god of death, tells Ulysses that he must leave his companions behind if he wishes to return to Earth. He rejects the offer, which was a final test, and they all return home.
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Released: 03 October 1981 Ended
Producted By: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Country: Japan
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Ulysses and his crew struggle against the divine entities that rule the universe, the ancient gods from Greek mythology.

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tankace Ulysses 31 is a lose adaptation of Homer's Odyssey and to be honest has copied many things from Star Wars like some of the weapons used in to a point that I was wandering if George Lucas had give them any lawsuit for plagiarism and when I check he surely did it.In any cases the series is decent and it has good animation, though a bit cheap and dated for today and at times you feel that the plot is on repeat "Ulysses go to some adventure ,tries to win ,but the Gods do their thing and mess the whole effort". In any case as a kid series go is it good and it will make your children indirectly learn some ancient Greek myths.And that is the best part of the series ,it very nicely fuses the sci-fi of the series with many of the most famous legends of the myths and I can't say that it was sloppily made for it seems the block of the work in the series was in that part and it was fine.As for the music is cheesy as any eighties cartoon ,yet still is enjoyable and fits the tone of the series.Over all it was an interesting experience and I want it to watch it because I wanted to see a different take to a familiar story and the final product wasn't bad at all.
fibreoptic Ulysses 31, ahh yes, fantastic! Takes me back to when i was about 6 and remembering how it scared me in places because it really is dark in places and it is also rewarding as they all get home in the end. A nice little slice of nostagia for one of the first cartoons i got hooked on. Awesome!
haoumaru A fantastic series. A japanese-french production, one of the best anime I have seen. I have been an anime fan since i was 3, and this is one of the best. Yeah, the art style is not anime,but everything in it and the fact that it was produced mostly by japanese people, (even the character designer is japanese), it can count as an anime. One of the best series you will ever see.
elp_gr But, well, France is known for its interesting artistic production. Ulysse 31 offered a very interesting futuristic take on Homer's Odyssey and was immensely successful and utterly enjoyable.They did some excellent work.