It's Marine Boy!

Over at Booksteve's Library he has a posting on Ultraman. Now Ultraman has always been a favorite. One day I may put a posting on it here. However, it did get me to thinking about the other shows that Channel 19 WXIX in Cincinnati, Ohio ran in the late 60's. One of them was Marine Boy. Marine boy had adventures in the ocean since his Dad was Dr. Mariner he worked with a special unit of the government called the Ocean Patrol. No matter what the danger the Ocean Patrol always neede the help of Marine Boy and his friends, Clicli, Splasher, Piper, Professor Fumble, Bulton and Neptina the mermaid was also a love interest for Marine Boy. Marine Boy had gadgets that would be the envy of James Bond. He had Oxygum that allowed him to breathe underwater. A razor sharp edge on his boomerang and boots that let him speed through the water.
The show was a forerunner of Speed Racer. The art was done in Japan and the scripts were written in America to match the animation. Most of the voices were done by Corinne Orr. She did Marine Boy, Neptina and Clicli. She is also the voice of Snuggles the Bear in the commercials and did voices in Ultraman and in the movie Ace Ventura Pet Detective. Peter Fernandex was Dr. Mariner and Piper. Jack Curtis was Bulton and Jack Grimes was Professor Fumble and Splasher. Mr. Grimes was also the voice of Jimmy Olsen on the 1960's Superman/Aquaman hour. He was also an actor on many tv show of the 60's and 70's and was on 49 programs of the CBS Radio Mystery Theatre between 1974 to 1981.
I have not been a big fan of Japanese animaton lately. However, I do have to admit that Marine Boy and other favorites of mine from the 60's brought it to America. It's effects have been felt for over the last 30 years.
The above photo is from this site.