Spider Riders
Seen it?2006 | 2 seasons | 23 min | Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Animation
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh, sci-fi fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 20 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
In this Earth, there exists unknown underground world, the Inner World. In the world, there are braves who fight with large spiders, and they are called “Spider Riders”. According to his grandfather’s diary, a boy, Hunter Steel is traveling around. Meanwhile he happens to enter the Inner World from a pyramid. There, the war between the insect squad that aims at conquest of the Inner World and Spider Riders continues. Oracle, the fairly of the Inner World, summons Hunter because he thinks Hunter will be the messiah of the world. However, the powers of Oracle are sealed by Mantid who is the rule of the Insecter. For the peace of the Inner World, he has to find four sealed keys of Oracle to retrieve Oracle’s power. Hunter asks Spider Shadow, which is a big spider chosen by Oracle, to become a member of Spider Riders to fight against enemies.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 26K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Created by Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron
- Motoko KumaiHunter Steele (voice)
- Takashi KondoShadow (voice)
- Saeko ChibaCorona (voice)
- Sanae KobayashiVenus (voice)
- Takehito KoyasuIgneous (voice)
- Kumiko HigaPrince Lumen (voice)
- Kenta MiyakeEbony (voice)
- Kaori ShimizuPrincess Sparkle (voice)
- Yuu AsakawaHotarla (voice)