MARINE BOY
CURRENTLY(2010) AIRING ON GO 99 TV IN AUSTRALIA
Marine Boy was known as Kaitei Shonen Marien (Marine The Sea
Bottom Boy) in Japan. It was
produced in 1966
- 1967 in Japan by Minoru Adachi through K Fujita Associates Inc
and released by Japan Tele Cartoons and Seven Arts Television
world wide. It first appeared on Melbourne television in March
1968 at 4pm on Channel 9 and was described by TV guides as
"The story of Marine Boy's underwater heroics."
It was a very popular sereies and was last seen Melbourne TV as
late as 1988. Stanley Jaffe was the producer of the English
version. The voice of Marine Boy, Neptina and Cli Cli was that of
Corinne Orr (female) who was also the voice of Trixie in Speed
Racer. Jack Grimes was the voice of Professor Fumble and Splasher
and Peter Fernandez (other work includes The Space
Giants, Ultraman, and Star Blazers-aka Space Battleship Yamoto
and 
most of the Godzilla films) was the voice of
Piper and Dr Mariner and later went on to be Speed from Speed
Racer. Jack Curtis was the voice of Bulton.
Warner Brothers bought out Seven Arts and its library and holds
all the Marine Boy masters. They have no plans to do anything
with them (production info and voice credits from Andy Shepherd).
JAPANESE BROADCAST INFORMATION (Kelly Lannan)
This series as we know it consists of 78 episodes dubbed into
English from the Japanese series 
Submarine Boy Marine? Well,
yes and no. It would seem that in Japan, Marine Boy was seen as
*3* distinct series', and the first series of just 3 episodes was
produced in B/W !!!! Broadcast information and records tend to
indicate that 130 episodes were produced, although this may
simply be an indication of the number of episodes broadcast; the
major problem with the information about the series is that the
main title of the series changed 3 times; what *isn't known is
whether episodes were simply lifted out of one series and
re-imported into another for 'repeat'.
Dolphin Prince (Series 1) consisted of 3 (BW episodes):
#1-3 broadcast 4/4/1965-18/4/1965 (at 7.30pm)
Hang In There! Marine Kid (Series 2) consisted of 13 episodes:
#1-13 broadcast 6/10/1965-29/12/1966 (at 7.00pm)
Submarine Boy Marine (Series 3) consisted of:
Season 1 (36 episodes)
#1-36 broadcast 13/1/1969-22/9/1969 (at 6.00pm)
Season 2 (78 episodes)
#1-78 broadcast 11/5/1971-2/9/1971 (at 5.00pm)
It would seem that
'our' version of Marine Boy comes from this last 'season' of 78
episodes; more intriguingly, it would seem that Marine Boy (being
produced by 7 Arts in the West) is yet another example of those
'cross-over hybrid' series; perhaps the Western producers saw the
original series, thought it had merit, and decided to bankroll
further episodes. Obviously, these were translated and aired in
the West before their Japanese counterparts even went to air
(note the 1971 date on that batch of episodes!) (Kelly Lannan)
The whole series was set around Ocean Patrol Headquarters under
the sea, responsible for making
the oceans of the
world safe. The main patrol boat was the P1, led by Marine Boy
and his 2 crew members Piper (the skinny one) and Bolton (fatter
with a deeper voice). The sub fired torpedoes and had a chute
underneath where Marine Boy would swim in and out. Like all ocean
patrol recruits, they wore red berets as part of their uniform.
The entire operation was run by Dr Mariner who was Marine
Boy’s father, with the help of Professor Fumble (has a huge
nose) who comes up with fabulous inventions to help Marine Boy
defeat his foes.
Marine
Boy doesn’t seem to have a normal name. His father refers to
him as Son or Marine Boy. He has red hair with an orange suit
made out of a special material to give him protection. His main
weapon is a sonic boomerang that he keeps in a pouch on his left
arm, and he moves through the water as fast as the marine life,
powered by propeller shoes. He can stay underwater for great
lengths of time through chewing ‘oxygum’. Splasher, a
white dolphin, and Neptina a mermaid are
two of his underwater
friends that help him in his adventures. Neptina wears a huge
pearl around her neck that has special powers, including seeing
into the future to warn Marine Boy of danger. Cli Cli, a small
boy often tries to help Marine Boy but usually causes more
trouble. (Thanks to Kelly Lannan for the Marine Boy frame grabs)
Marine Boy was also shown in Mexico under the title
“Marino y
la Patrulla Oceanica” (From Mauricio
Korbmanmauricio@korbman.com)
Marine Boy theme song
Marine Boy theme music (on some
episodes)
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