Wing Commander Academy
Wing Commander Academy is a 1996 American animated television series created and produced by Universal Cartoon Studios, along with a team led by Larry Latham. The show was based on the Wing Commander franchise and loosely served as a prequel to "Wing Commander". The show's aired from September 21 to December 21, 1996 on the USA Network's "USA Action Extreme Team" block. Spacecraft featured in the series. The series featured many spacecraft introduced in the "Wing Commander" video games. The Scimitar and Broadsword were the primary fighters and bombers flown by the main characters, with  the Dralthi and Grikath fulfilling those roles for the Kilrathi. As in Wing Commander I, the TCS "Tiger's Claw" was a "Bengal" class strike carrier. Individual episodes also featured cameo appearances from ships introduced in later games such as Arrow, Hellcat and Longbow and Avenger. None of these ships are mentioned by name. A number of new capital ships were introduced by the series including the "Achilles" class destroyer and the "Agan Ra Sivar" class dreadnaught. Home media. In March 6, 2012, Visual Entertainment released "Wing Commander Academy - The Complete Series" on DVD in Region 1 for the first  time. The series became available on the Peacock streaming service in July 15, 2020. Crossover. The episode 8, "Recreation" is the final part of a 4-episode crossover with 3 other shows that aired as part of the US "Action Extreme Team" programming block: This crossover event featured the Warrior King and the orb but the principal characters of the four series don't meet each other.