Set the Way-Back machine to 1959 when Ken Murray obtained the 28 horror and 8 children's films from Mexico that became the core material of his suceessful film carrer. Around the same time he also invented/refined the "looping" process of dubbing. It was really quite simple but ingenious! Instead of dubbing long stretches of dialogue at one time inviting fatigue and error, working prints were made & cut into segments and spliced into a loop. You could do this with any standard 16mm projector by retrofitting it with a variable-length roller assembly that would handle the different length film-loops by keeping the film at the proper tension without excessive slack. The voice-talent then would watch the film-loop over and over, and get the feel of the scene. After a little practice the vocals were actually recorded to mag tape and then transferred to optical sound track on the 16mm internegative. Murray rented a tiny office in nearby Coral Gables, and "dubbed" it "Soundlab, Inc." Although the results of these endeavors did not produce very lasting works of great interest, great care was taken to be honest to the original script while at the same time matching the on-screen actors' mouths as much as possible! These same attributes were applied by Guberman in all his Japanese-English works. His experience with foreign film dubbing made Rebuen Guberman the perfect choice to bring an American flavor to 8th Man!

For whatever reason, maybe its location -- Miami was the hub of activity for foreign film dubbing...just up the road from Coral Gabels and Soundlab was Gene Prinz's Copri International just outside downtown Miami at the corner of W. Flagler and 10th Ave. This is where the English-version of 8th Man came to be. Another of Murray's cohorts behind the conversion of foreign films is Paul Nagel. Mr. Paul Nagel, who taught acting and drama for many years at the nearby University of Miami, was very instrumental in the English-production of this early anime. In fact if it had not been for him the voices we all enjoy in 8th Man might have been completely different! For as well as performing as voice actor along with his wife Marge, Paul employed the talent of many of his young drama students! Aspiring actors and actresses of "Miami's Little Theater" haunted the dark halls of Copri International at long and tedious night sessions doing their "homework" applying their best efforts to make 8th Man, Amazing Three, and Prince Planet a marketable product for American TV palates.

Bobbie Byers (voice of Capt. Bonnie Bunny/Bobby/Prince Planet) Neil Patrick (voice of Col. Ronnie Pony) Paul Brown (voice of Zero the Duck) Kurt Nagel (voice of Kenny Carter/Ajababa) Jerry Burke (voice of Tobor/8th Man/various voices/narration) Mark Harris (voice of Dan Dynamo)

Arnie Warren (voice of Warlock ) Frank Schuller (voice Of Krag) Sandy Warshaw (voice of Jenny Hartsweet/Skip Pepper/Diana Worthy) Jeff Gillen (voice of Pop Worthy) Bob Gaynor (voice of Chief Fumblethumbs) Jack Metger (voice of Dr Spectra)