The cartoon

Who made SilverHawks

Everyone the show credited on screen, taken from the title cards and the end crawl. Twenty three writers between them account for all sixty five episodes, the animation was done in Tokyo by Pacific Animation Corporation, and two consultants were kept on the payroll, one a planetarium astronomer and the other a psychologist.

Checking our own episode data against these cards found four wrong writer credits, so the cards have already earned their place here.

56 credited

Writers

  • Beth Bornstein Writer Credited on the title cards of 2 episodes: 47, 63.
  • Jeri Craden Writer Credited on the title cards of 3 episodes: 12, 17, 44.
  • Lawrence DuKore Writer Credited on the title cards of 1 episode: 35.
  • Bob Haney Writer Credited on the title cards of 3 episodes: 32, 34, 48.
  • Alice Knox Writer Credited on the title cards of 1 episode: 54.
  • Dow Flint Kowalczyk Writer Credited on the title cards of 1 episode: 61.
  • Peter Larson Writer Credited on the title cards of 1 episode: 54.
  • Peter Lawrence Script Supervisor, Writer Script supervisor on the series and the credited writer of eight episodes, the first two among them. The end card names Lee Schneider as script editor, so the two jobs are separate and both are on the same card.
  • Matthew Malach Soundtrack Supervisor, Writer Soundtrack supervisor on the series and the credited writer of episode 64.
  • Kimberly Morris Writer Credited on the title cards of 5 episodes: 9, 24, 40, 43, 58.
  • J.V.P. Mundy Writer Credited on the title cards of 3 episodes: 22, 47, 49.
  • William Overgard Writer Credited on the title cards of 7 episodes: 3, 7, 19, 26, 50, 51, 60.
  • Danny Peary Writer Credited on the title cards of 1 episode: 37.
  • Steve Perry Writer Credited on the title cards of 4 episodes: 6, 20, 29, 45.
  • Bill Ratter Writer Credited on the title cards of 2 episodes: 31, 56.
  • Lee Schneider Script Editor, Writer Script editor on the series and the credited writer of five episodes.
  • Bruce Shlain Writer Credited on the title cards of 2 episodes: 33, 41.
  • Bruce Smith Writer Credited on the title cards of 5 episodes: 8, 11, 39, 46, 59.
  • Leonard Starr Writer Credited on the title cards of 1 episode: 25.
  • Stephanie Swafford Writer Credited on the title cards of 1 episode: 36.
  • Chris Trengove Writer Credited on the title cards of 6 episodes: 10, 16, 18, 27, 30, 62.
  • Kenneth Vose Writer Credited on the title cards of 1 episode: 38.
  • Cy Young Writer Credited on the title cards of 3 episodes: 42, 52, 53.

Production

  • Jules Bass Executive Producer The other half of Rankin/Bass. SilverHawks was his concept before Peter Lawrence fleshed it out.
  • Lee Dannacher Supervising Producer Supervising producer, credited on every episode.
  • Susan Gilman-Harts Production Staff Production staff, New York.
  • Masaki Iizuka In Charge of Production Ran production at Pacific Animation Corporation, the Tokyo studio that animated the series.
  • Constance Long Production Staff Production staff, New York.
  • Arthur Rankin, Jr. Executive Producer Half of Rankin/Bass, and executive producer on all sixty-five episodes.
  • Karen Seigel Production Staff Production staff, New York.
  • Heather Winters Production Staff Production staff, New York.

Animation

  • Shigeo Koshi Animation Staff Animation staff at Pacific Animation Corporation.
  • Tsugu Kubo Animation Staff Animation staff at Pacific Animation Corporation.
  • Minoru Nishida Animation Staff Animation staff at Pacific Animation Corporation.
  • Akihiko Takahashi Animation Staff Animation staff at Pacific Animation Corporation.
  • Yuji Yatabe Animation Staff Animation staff at Pacific Animation Corporation.

Design

  • Bob Camp Secondary Character Designs Secondary character designs, before Ren and Stimpy.
  • Michael Germakian Character Designs Designed the characters. The credit is singular and it covers the whole cast.

Voice

  • Adolph Caesar Voice Characterizations On the block voice card, and he died in March 1986, months before most of the run went out.
  • Earl Hammond Voice Characterizations One of seven names on the block voice card. No roles were assigned on screen.
  • Maggie Jokobson Voice Characterizations Credited on screen as Maggie Jokobson, usually written Maggie Jakobson and later known as Maggie Wheeler.
  • Larry Kenney Voice Characterizations One of seven names on the block voice card. No roles were assigned on screen.
  • Robert McFadden Voice Characterizations One of seven names on the block voice card. No roles were assigned on screen.
  • Peter Newman Voice Characterizations One of seven names on the block voice card. No roles were assigned on screen.
  • Doug Preis Voice Characterizations One of seven names on the block voice card. No roles were assigned on screen.

Sound and music

  • Pete Cannarozzi Recording Staff, Editorial Editorial on the recording staff, and the source of the Copper Kidd vocal effects.
  • John Curcio Recording Staff, Dialogue Dialogue on the recording staff.
  • Larry Franke Recording Staff, Editorial Editorial on the recording staff.
  • Tony Giovanniello Soundtrack Supervisor Soundtrack supervisor.
  • Tom Greto Recording Staff, Music Music on the recording staff.
  • Steve Gruskin Soundtrack Supervisor Soundtrack supervisor.
  • Bernard Hoffer Music Wrote the score, and the SilverHawks theme is the best-remembered thing about the show after the logo.
  • Tom Perkins Recording Staff, Editorial Editorial on the recording staff.
  • Michael Ungar Recording Staff, Editorial Editorial on the recording staff.

Consultants

  • Dr. William A. Gutsch, Jr. Scientific Consultant Scientific consultant for the epilogue test segments, from the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium.
  • Robert Kuisis, Ph.D. Psychological Consultant Psychological consultant.