Teen Titans' director + Power Rangers + actual monkeys = unhinged Saturday morning perfection
30 minSeason 4 • Episode 13
LatestThe Hyperforce are racing against time as Mandarin and Valeena and a newly turned evil Sparx try to retrieve the Soul of Evil, which will help to bring back Skeleton King. Will they succeed and stop them? Will they save Sparx from the darkness? Or is all lost for Shuggazoom and the universe?
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! is an American/Japanese animated television series, and was created by Ciro Nieli, one of the directors of Teen Titans, with animation being done by a Japanese studio known as The Answer Studio. Set mainly on the fictional planet of Shuggazoom, the series follows the adventures of five cyborg monkeys and a human boy named Chiro as they struggle to protect their planet - and the rest of the universe - from the forces of evil. As is obvious from the visual appearance of the show, there is a significant anime influence present, despite being produced for American television. It was also influenced by Star Trek, Super Sentai, Voltron, and Star Wars. The show also contains various references to pop culture, a notable example being the episode "Season of the Skull", which is a parody of the 1970s thriller The Wicker Man.
Direction
Ciro Nieli's kinetic action staging from Teen Titans
Production
Rare US-Japan collab that actually looks expensive
Acting
Mark Hamill villain voicing because of course
Creator
Ciro Nieli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jetix's flagship original—Disney's attempt to capture the Toonami audience with actual anime production pipelines.
The show ends on a massive cliffhanger because Disney cancelled it mid-season-4-production; the creator has since teased revival talks.
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