Prince Planet (1965–1966) User Reviews

Fond Memories

[esg266 · 8/10 · 12 February 2008]

I remember watching this show after school in Hollywood, Florida back in the early 1970s. Along with Kimba (which I recently saw on DVD at Walmart) and Speed Racer, Prince Planet was one of my favorites. I remember making a medallion like his with a big "P" on it. It was two-sided with a full power "P" on one side and a lowered powered "P" on the other. I used a marker to color in the power levels. I would run around pretending to fight villains and getting weaker as my power level dropped. The show was cute, innocent, but had a great message about faith in others, acceptance, and friendship. These things are severely lacking in today's cartoons.

My First Favorite Show Ever

[joave · 9/10 · 28 February 2021]

Just before Batman, Thunderbirds, and Gentle Ben in the 60's there was a Japanese show called Prince Planet (in English).

I loved this show as a boy because it was about a boy super hero that could do all kinds of wonderful things to help save his friends.

It was a rather violent show at the time and many of PP's "enemies" ended up dead. Because of this, allegedly it didn't gain mass popularity.

But I loved the show anyway. It had a kookie theme song with a xylophone as a primary lead instrument but that's okay because Prince Planet's "P" pendant was usually charged up enough to save the world from destruction!

If you're a sci-fi and Japanese anime fan you owe it to yourself to check this one out.

Prince Planet - Domo Arigato to the producers and animators

[peter-280 · 1 November 2001]

As a boy growing up in Melbourne, Australia in the 60's / 70's, probably the best shows on TV I remember were Prince Planet, Astro boy and Marine Boy. Nothing comes even close to it these days ( except for the digitised Starship Troopers chronicles. When I was in Japan in '97, I came across a T-shirt store in Tokyo that had a picture of Prince Planet on its T-shirts. I'm kicking myself that I didn't buy a half dozen or so to bring back to good old Oz. Japanese animation has always facinated me. Prince Planet was one of the best in those early days. The theme song is still in my mind, as well as the lyrics. One of the local video stores here has some early Japanese animation. Prince Planet and Astro Boy are part of their collection.The good old days....................

Favourite Cartoon

[harlow28 · 10/10 · 3 June 2013]

When I was a kid back in 1960's. This was and still is my favourite cartoon..

Since the first time I saw show have never forgotten the song!!!

Same as I can never forget Marine Boy as well...

Recently I purchased complete series. By memory 51 episodes(don't quote me on that)

WOW!!! as an adult watching it now, I don't understand why this was! My favourite. BUT!!the kid in me,says 'shut-up' IT'S GREAT!!!

Apparently the word 'favourite' isn't spelt correctly!!!! When ever I submit this review... favourite is high lighted... Sorry to say IMDb.com, but 'favourite' is the CORRECT SPELLING........ cheers favourably to all

27 Episodes?? Really??? Not So!

[brown-ronaldjr · 10/10 · 5 August 2022]

There's 52 episodes of Prince Planet. I used to watch it religiously at 12:00 noon on Channel 44. WSNS CHICAGO. MGM held the rights to the show but was mysteriously removed out of circulation and I guess shelved to the archives. I'd like to see a Blu-Ray version with all episodes remastered and black & white and with vivid colorization. 'Nuff said. :-)

Anyone remember this show?

[Capuchin · 8 June 1999]

I used to watch this show on channel 44 in Chicago, first at noon right after Kimba in '72, and then around 4pm. I loved this show and would really like to have it on video. If someone knows of a source, please post it.

My first taste of Japanimation

[whiskeyhill · 22 February 2001]

Yes, WSNS TV-44, Chicago used to air this show (they also aired Speed Racer)in the early 70s. I was about six years old and can only liken the impression it had on me to the Power Rangers or Pokemon infatuation of today. The plot basically surrounded a young boy, Bobby, who (somehow) possessed a medallion through which he became the title hero. Of course his identity was secret and each week he would face his arch enemy. I do recall the very catchy theme song containing lyrics "...he fights bad guys, Prince Planet he's the best... Here comes Prince Planet! Yeah!" Really would like to see it again.

Prince Planet Rules

[scarroll-2 · 24 August 2001]

Can anybody remember the way that Prince Planet's medallion would be so low on energy and that his ultimate destruction by his enemies was always narrowly avoided be the professor in some laboratory managing to re-energise his medallion and thus saving the day. I can also vaguely remember lightening,laser type bolts coming from the medallion. I'm not really sure if his opponents were killed or temporarily paralyzed. Could somebody please help me with this?

I thought I was alone....

[diva4jesus · 21 June 2005]

I remember Prince Planet on TV in Chicago in the mid-70s. My best friends and I were all in love with the main character. I have never met another person who remembers this show, so I'm glad to have found this information! I'd started thinking I was losing it!! :) I used to watch this along with Battle of the Planets and Speed Racer. I wish they would make some comebacks on Boomerang! these were great shows with good characters and usually some morally uplifting message. The Banana Splits were on around the same time, and those have started showing up on cable - Boomerang. I love to see those now and sort of relive the halcyon days of my childhood!

Prince Planet was my Favorite all time cartoon.

[mortonja1 · 23 January 2010]

My Favorite all time cartoon was Prince Planet, with Astroboy a close second, then Marine Boy, 8th man. What I loved the most was that Prince Planet was innocent... Pure virtue and everything good. When a moral conflict arose where all options were less than perfect, he always chose the closest to perfection. Totally brave and sincere and only used his powers when needed even though in his heart he didn't want to use his powers, but instead he just wanted to be a boy. Now tell me, can you get anymore wholesome than that... Oh BTW! when he wanted to kick Butt, no one could stand in his way. He was awesome in battle. For those who don't know, Prince Planet is now playing online. I don't know if it's against the rules to post the site that plays movies online or not, but the site has been advertised on TV for awhile and is legit.

FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF IMPORTED ANIME

[kumanoken · 31 March 2004]

Unlike most of the anime that made its way to the states back in the 1960's, I never saw this one as a kid. I first saw it via a terrible quality VHS tape obtained at a convention in the 1990's and finally saw decent prints of it recently since a couple of episodes are included on the Something Weird Video STARMAN discs. Basically the adventures of a benevolent teen alien hero who has come to Earth to pretty much save us from ourselves, this series has a real charm which is sorely lacking in most cartoons produced nowadays. However, I have found that most of the old anime shows that we used to watch back in the days are simply too primitive to hold the interest of most contemporary children. Oh well, it's fun stuff, and now you know where to find a couple of episodes.

Vague Memories

[edsan6 · 25 June 2004]

I used to watch Prince Planet in Miami around '70 or '71. My friends and I were obsessed with it. I have asked many people around my age if they ever watched the series, and get a lot of puzzled looks. I don't really remember too many details about the pendant itself, but I do remember he encircled it with his index fingers and thumbs to activate his powers. His worst foes were the Warlock whom I recall as kind of resembling the Joker from Batman, and Quagmire who was a huge man in a black suit that would fling a saw blade at our hero. One time the blade boomeranged and sawed Quagmire's head off, and he regenerated a new head. Does any of that ring a bell with anyone?

need remastered on DVD

[gkjjehunter · 29 April 2006]

If someone knows a producer or someone who can find the original film negs for 'Prince Planet', I would love to buy it if no one is going to put it on DVD. Please someone find the original and put it on DVD! I loved that show. watched when i was 5 in coco beach, Florida. the song, the stupid little flying kid with the medallion that needed recharged. silly, but good memories along with speed racer, i dream of Jeannie, batman, get smart, mission impossible, and Kimba the white lion. they may not seem important now, and maybe too few people care now, but if marketed as vintage rare and coveted cartoons of childhood long forgotten, i think people would grab them like ice cream from an ice cream truck on a hot Saturday afternoon.