Rambo: The Force of Freedom
| Rambo: The Force of Freedom | |
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| Genre | Action-adventure |
| Based on | First Blood by David Morrell |
| Written by | Michael Chain |
| Directed by | John Kimball Charles A. Nichols |
| Voices of | Neil Ross Alan Oppenheimer Michael Ansara Lennie Weinrib Peter Cullen Mona Marshall James Avery Frank Welker Edmund Gilbert Robert Ito |
| Opening theme | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Ending theme | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Composers | Haim Saban Shuki Levy |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Producers | Walt Kubiak Cos Anzilotti |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production companies | Ruby-Spears Enterprises Carolco Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | First-run syndication |
| Release | September 15 – December 26, 1986 |
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Rambo: The Force of Freedom (also known simply as Rambo) is a 1986 American animated series based on the character of John Rambo from David Morrell's book First Blood and the subsequent films First Blood (1982) and Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985). Though both the book and films were targeted strictly towards adults and featured extreme violence, Rambo: The Force of Freedom was targeted towards children. It was the first animated series to be adapted from an R-rated film series. This series was adapted for television by story editor/head writer Michael Chain and also spawned a toy line.
The series ran for 65 episodes and was produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises. It debuted on April 14, 1986, as a five-part miniseries and was renewed in September as a daily cartoon.