Cartoon Resource entry #258 - Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea (1985)

SPARTAKUS AND THE SUN BENEATH THE SEA

ORIGINAL FRANCE AIRDATES: Sept 24, 1985-Mar 26, 1987 (as ‘Les Mondes Engloutis’ or ‘The Engulfed Worlds’) on Antenne 2
ORIGINAL US AIRDATES: June 30, 1986-June 29, 1990 on Nickelodeon
EPISODES: 52
PRODUCED BY: France Animation and Caesar Video Graphics
DISTRIBUTED and OWNED BY: Multidub International (now TV France International) 

SUMMARY:

This was another French production that is most remembered in the US for being on an early Nickelodeon.  Sparktakus helps Arkana and her friends in saving their world in the center of the Earth, by searching for a new source of power for their artifical sun, the Tehra.  This show was dubbed in many languages.  The English theme song was sung by Menudo!

EPISODE GUIDE (English Titles / France Airdates)

1^st Season (1985-86)

#01 The City of Arkadia (09.24.1985)
#02 Between Two Worlds (10.01.1985)
#03 Arkana and the Beast (10.08.1985)
#04 The Pirate Klub (10.15.1985)
#05 Living Crystal (10.22.1985)
#06 The Law of the Mogokhs (10.29.1985)
#07 Night of the Amazons (11.05.1985)
#08 The Capture of Demosthenes (11.12.1985)
#09 Tada and the Royal Insignia (11.19.1985)
#10 The Icy Web (11.26.1985)
#11 The Pirate Convention (12.03.1985)
#12 Out of Control (12.10.1985)
#13 Children...and Mice (12.17.1985)
#14 The Gladiators of Barkar (12.24.1985)
#15 The Emperor Quin and the Eighth Kingdom (12.31.1985)
#16 The Dark Hole (01.07.1986)
#17 The Drummer (01.14.1986)
#18 Rebecca, Pirate of the Sea (01.21.1986)
#19 Star Healer (01.28.1986)
#20 The Prisoners of Lost Time (02.04.1986)
#21 Emergency Landing (02.11.1986)
#22 The Court of Miracles (02.18.1986)
#23 Interstratas War (02.25.1986)
#24 The Defeat of Gog and Magog (03.04.1986)
#25 Dr. Test (03.11.1986)
#26 The Secret of the Auracite (03.18.1986)

2^nd Season (1986-87)

#27 Prophecy of the Auracite (10.01.1986)
#28 The Most Dangerous Game (10.08.1986)
#29 Cyrano (10.15.1986)
#30 The Tightrope (10.22.1986)
#31 The Twisted Rainbow (10.29.1986)
#32 High-Risk Highrise (11.05.1986)
#33 The Boy Pharaoh (11.12.1986)
#34 The Floating Casino (11.19.1986)
#35 Prince Matt (11.26.1986)
#36 The Land of the Chameleons (12.03.1986)
#37 The Token of the Manitou (12.10.1986)
#38 The Master of the Tongues (12.17.1986)
#39 The Land of the Great Spider (12.24.1986)
#40 The Ransom of Peace (12.31.1986)
#41 The Triangle of the Deep (01.08.1987)
#42 Uncle Albert (01.15.1987)
#43 Tehrig's Nightmare (01.22.1987)
#44 Rainbow's End (01.29.1987)
#45 Holiday Fever (02.05.1987)
#46 Dodo (02.12.1987)
#47 The Shadow of the Tehra (02.19.1987)
#48 The Temple of the Condor (02.26.1987)
#49 Mama Thot (03.05.1987)
#50 Gateway To Dawn (03.12.1987)
#51 The Path of Light (03.19.1987)
#52 The Return of the Prisoners of the Lost Time (03.26.1987) 

ENGLISH DUB VOICE ACTORS

Anick Faris as Arkana, Mahra, Massmedia and Shangora
Arthur Grosser as Sleazeappeal
A.J. Henderson as Matt and Shangor
Rebecca Forstadt (1953) as Rebecca
Amelie Morin (1956) as Myra
Rob Roy as Spartakus
Howard Ryshpan (1932) as Bac