Ulysse 31

1981 - 1982

Vengeance of the Gods

3rd October 1981

Episode 1

On his trip back to Earth, Ulysses' son is carried off by the Cyclops to give sight to his followers with Telemachus' life force. Ulysses destroys the Cyclops and saves Telemachus, Yumi and Numinor. In retaliation the ancient Gods then send his ship, the Odyssey, into an unknown part of space with the bulk of its crew cursed to remain lifeless, floating in mid-air until Ulysses finds the Kingdom of Hades.

The Black Sphere

10th October 1981

Episode 2

On an isolated asteroid Ulysses meets an old, blind, scholar called Heratos and his assistant, a young Zotrian woman named Atena. Heratos gives Ulysses a map that will lead him beyond the galactic glaciers - or so he claims.

Flowers of Fear

17th October 1981

Episode 3

The Odyssey comes across a lifeless city world. On hearing that its people had the technology to bring the dead back to life, Yumi takes Numinor to the planet to revive him. However, she learns why there is no life in the city.

Cronus, Father of Time

24th October 1981

Episode 4

Ulysses is saved from a Trident attack by Chronos, the god of time, who wants to use him as leverage to be allowed to reenter the home of the gods.

The Lost Planet

31st October 1981

Episode 5

Numinor is awaken when The Odyssey chances upon a satellite world that has strayed far from it's orbit around he and Yumi's home world. Ulysses, Telemachus, Nono, Numinor and Yumi head down to the planet and make the startling discovery that the entire population has been turned to stone by an evil Witch.

Guardian of the Cosmic Winds

7th November 1981

Episode 6

Aeolus, King of the winds, kidnaps Ulysses to provide entertainment for his daughter's birthday party. Unable to watch her father's cruel sport, she frees the captives and helps them escape.

The Eternal Punishment

14th November 1981

Episode 7

Ulysses encounters Sisyphus, a king condemned to fill a crater with boulders for all eternity for having dared to want the secret of immortality. Zeus has promised Sisyphus he can leave if he makes Ulysses take his place.

Mutiny on Board

21st November 1981

Episode 8

A space storm revives the companions as crazed automatons who take over the ship and try to crash it into space glaciers.

Secret of the Sphinx

28th November 1981

Episode 9

Passing through the domain of the great Sphinx, Ulysses must answer his riddle to leave safely. His treacherous daughter kidnaps the children and plots to make Ulysses her slave.

Temple of the Lestrigones

5th December 1981

Episode 10

The Odyssey arrives on a tropical planet, where the ruling tyrant uses a magic prism to shrink them.

Trapped Between Fire And Ice

13th December 1981

Episode 11

Trying to help a stranded astronaut, Ulysses tries to find a hidden base on one of the deadly twin planets Scylla or Charybdis.

The Seat of Forgetfulness

19th December 1981

Episode 12

Ulysses follows a Trident carrier in hopes of learning more about the way out of Olympus, and finds himself trapped in bizarre worlds. To save the children, he will have to give up his memories.

Song of Danger

26th December 1981

Episode 13

Pirates kidnap the children to force Ulysses and No-No to brave the danger of the Sirens, said to guard a map of the Olympus universe.

Phantoms from the Swamp

2nd January 1982

Episode 14

Coming across a piece of Zotra that could bring Numinor back to life, Ulysses and Yumi pursue it to a swamp planet where they are ambushed by monsters who can copy their forms

Before the Flood

9th January 1982

Episode 15

Ulysses and the crew land on a planet similar to prehistoric earth. They encounter a winged female named Sauria, whose people are under attack from mutant vultures called Keconopters.

The Magic Spells of Circe

16th January 1982

Episode 16

The crew of the Odyssey are enslaved by the magic of the enchantress Circe and turned into pig-people to build a tower that will house all the knowledge of the universe.

The Hidden Truth

23rd January 1982

Episode 17

The shapechanger Nereus calls Ulysses for help when Shark Men, servants of the gods, take over his planet.

Lost in the Labyrinth

30th January 1982

Episode 18

Princess Ariadne comes upon the Odyssey, and asks for Ulysses' help in saving her lover Theseus, who has been exiled to her father's labyrinth to be killed by the fearsome Minotaur.

At the Heart of the Universe

6th February 1982

Episode 19

Mercurius, the bubble-dwelling "grandson of the gods," enlists Ulysses' help in taking a jewel from the brow of the giant Atlas under the promise that it will give him the power to send Ulysses home.

The Magician in Black

13th February 1982

Episode 20

Ulysses is saved from an attack by the most powerful magician in the universe who breaks the gods' curse on his crew; however, as payment for his services, demands to hunt Ulysses's best men.

Rebellion on Lemnos

20th February 1982

Episode 21

Princess Hypsipyle of the planet Lemnos is found by Ulysses; she tells them that the women of her planet are being forced by the Shark Men to build ships for the gods.

The City of Cortex

27th February 1982

Episode 22

The Odyssey is dragged to a planet populated by machines, and governed by the tyrannical computer Cortex. One of its inhabitants, a "female" robot named Nanette, falls in love with No-No.

Strange Meeting

6th March 1982

Episode 23

Ulysses and the children are sent back in time and meet the original Ulysses, Telemachus and Penelope of Homer's epic.

The Lotus Eaters

13th March 1982

Episode 24

Needing raw materials to repair the Odyssey, Ulysses travels to a world where the inhabitants are addicted to eating seeds which induce amnesia.

Calypso

20th March 1982

Episode 25

The Odyssey responds to a distress call from Queen Calypso, who tells him that if he saves her planet she will tell him the way back to earth. Calypso has been ordered by Zeus to betray Ulysses, but she falls in love with him and cannot carry out the gods' orders.

The Kingdom of Hades

27th March 1982

Episode 26

In the final episode, Ulysses and his companions reach the Kingdom of Hades. They meet Orpheus, who seeks Ulysses' help to find his love, Eurydice, who has been taken to the Kingdom of Hades by Charon. Hades, the god of death, tells Ulysses that he must leave his companions behind if he wishes to return to Earth. He rejects the offer, which was a final test, and they all return home.

Top Cast

Claude Giraud•Jacques Ebner•Amélie Morin

Director

Kazuo Terada

Writer

Yoshitake Suzuki

Kids Animation Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Ulysses and his crew struggle against the divine entities that rule the universe, the ancient gods from Greek mythology.

Watch Providers 🇬🇧

Currently no watch providers

Production Companies

+4 more

Full Crew

Shuki Levy

Original Music Composer

Haim Saban

Original Music Composer

No Image

Ike Egan

Original Music Composer

No Image

Denny Crockett

Original Music Composer

Homer

Poem

Yutaka Fujioka

Producer

Jean Chalopin

Producer

No Image

Hajime Hasegawa

Director of Photography

No Image

Yoshitake Suzuki

Writer

No Image

Nina Wolmark

Original Concept

No Image

Nina Wolmark

Author

Jean Chalopin

Author

Jean Chalopin

Writer

No Image

Kazuo Terada

Director

Tadao Nagahama

Director

No Image

Kyosuke Mikuriya

Director

No Image

Bernard Deyriès

Director

showData

Ulysse 31

1981 - 1982

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Episode 22

Episode 23

Episode 24

Episode 25

Episode 26

Top Cast

Director

Kazuo Terada

Writer

Yoshitake Suzuki

Watch Providers 🇬🇧

Currently no watch providers

Production Companies

Full Cast

Full Crew