- Actors: Claude Giraud, Fabrice Josso, Séverine Morisot, Sylvie Moreau, Jacques Ebner
- Directors: Bernard Deyriès, Kazuo Terada, Kyosuke Mikuriya, Tadao Nagahama
- Writers: Homer
- Producers: Kiyoshi Ieno, Kohshi Saskai, Motoyoshi Tokuna
- Format: Box set, PAL
- Language French
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 3
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Contender
- DVD Release Date: 11 Oct 2004
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0002FR1DC
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 34,996 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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99 of 104 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
For all UK-based Ulysses 31 fans, it has been a long, long wait. But was it worth it?
Well, about 9 months ago I bought the French 5-disc boxed set, not knowing if, or when, the English version would be released on DVD. The French packaging is lavishly designed with images taken straight from the cartoon, and there's a handful of extras on each disk. You have the option of full opening and closing credits with each episode (albeit in French), and each episode has been digitally remastered so the colours and effects can be seen in all their intended glory. It's quite simply a quality piece of work.
Truth be told, the UK release suffers badly by comparison. By cramming all 26 episodes onto 3 discs, Fox have had to truncate the opening and closing credits. This is a real pity, because every fan will tell you that the theme is one of the most memorable things about this series. The box art is shoddy (sorry 'Extremist', whoever you are), and gives the impression of one of those cheap Disney rip-offs where the characters have obviously been plagiarised, but don't look *quite* right.
As for the quality of the transfer, my initial impression is that it's just not as clean or crisp as the French release, but I might be wrong. Could it be that Fox has released an un-remastered version? I'd love to be able to find out for sure, but since www.kult-tv.co.uk (the distributor) was taken over by The Contender Group, you can't get specific product details on the website any more. Throw in a complete lack of extras, and some pointlessly re-named episodes (I'm certain that 'Trapped Between Fire And Ice' was originally called 'Scylla And Charybdis'), and you end up with something that is only so-so when it could have been GREAT, purely because someone, somewhere, decided to cut corners unnecessarily.
Shame.
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Ulysses 31 is a futuristic retelling of the ancient Greek legend of Ulysses, the man cursed to travel unknown worlds till he finds the Kingdom of Hades, as punishment for the death of the Gods' monster Cyclops, his crew turned as lifeless as stone...
This DVD features the entire series of Ulysses 31, including all the episodes featured on all 4 of the currently released DVD volumes, so if you've bought the volumes individually you might not want to bother with this unless you're a completist who must own everything.
Classic 80s animation at its best is the only other way to describe Ulysses 31, the storylines, although based on Greek mythology and legend lend themselves excellently to the modern space age theme of the show.
Overall, if you're a fan of classic animated sci-fi, you'll be well advised to snap this up.
Well worth the money in my opinion.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It's true, there are no extras, the box art isn't perfect, the opening and closing credits have been cut down - no 'Nono song' :o( and there are problems with the picture quality. Apparently the original negative wasn't stored very well and so occasional marks and scratches appear. These aren't as bad as I'd imagined though - you don't notice them unless you're looking for them - and the result is certainly better quality than the old VHS tapes we recorded in the 80's.
You could wait for a remastered version or one with extras to come out - but I doubt they'll ever be released, sadly.
Having bought this box set a few days ago I'd recommend it to - anyone. This is the best children's cartoon ever made IMO. 'Mysterious Cities of Gold' seems to be more widely remembered - the shows have a lot in common - but I'd sooner watch Ulysses any day. The music is still great, the sci-fi setting is a lot of fun, but crucially the fact that the stories are based on greek legend means the show can be serious and sometimes quite dark - something you very rarely see in kid's cartoons.
Guardian of the Cosmic Winds, Cronos - Father of time, Song of Danger and Trapped between Fire and Ice (which is the same title as we recorded for this episode in the 80's, btw) are great action episodes... And The Eternal Punishment, The Seat of Forgetfulness, Calypso and The Kingdom of Hades are great dramatic episodes. The last two are particularly good - as emotionally involving as anything you'll see on TV.
Buy this box set! You know it makes sense! :o)
You could wait for a remastered version or one with extras to come out - but I doubt they'll ever be released, sadly.
Having bought this box set a few days ago I'd recommend it to - anyone. This is the best children's cartoon ever made IMO. 'Mysterious Cities of Gold' seems to be more widely remembered - the shows have a lot in common - but I'd sooner watch Ulysses any day. The music is still great, the sci-fi setting is a lot of fun, but crucially the fact that the stories are based on greek legend means the show can be serious and sometimes quite dark - something you very rarely see in kid's cartoons.
Guardian of the Cosmic Winds, Cronos - Father of time, Song of Danger and Trapped between Fire and Ice (which is the same title as we recorded for this episode in the 80's, btw) are great action episodes... And The Eternal Punishment, The Seat of Forgetfulness, Calypso and The Kingdom of Hades are great dramatic episodes. The last two are particularly good - as emotionally involving as anything you'll see on TV.
Buy this box set! You know it makes sense! :o)
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french oldies
ULYSSES is 30 years old,but is still good animation,my kids use to love this series ,so i got it for my grandsons, and they love it,and as they repeat everything ,over and over... Read more
Published 8 months ago by sueb
Great show. Possibly wasted on kids.
While i have a great love for many animated shows from the 80s I would consider Ulysses to be my favourite.
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good times
yes it`s just as good as it was when you where young, a must buy.
Published on 9 Mar 2009 by M. Mccann
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Not the fat yellow inhabitant of Springfield, but Greek writer.
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who says modern is best.
wow! what a trip down memory lane.Even my 6year old daughter loved it, she has been singing the theme tune for weeks now. How many modern cartoon's does that happen with. Read more
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