History Anime / Ulysses31

* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler:By the last episode, no one in the Odysseus has died.]]

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Considering how Ulysses' [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption every attempt to find a way back to Earth ends in disastrous failure]], you might be surprised to find out he actually does fulfill the prophecy in the last episode. He finds the Kingdom of Hades, the gods keep their promise to break the curse over his crew, and everyone gets to come back to life and return home.]]

* WingdingEyes: In "The Black Sphere", Nono's eyes turn into hearts upon gazing at Athena's beauty.

'''Characters tropes go on the [[Characters/Ulysses31 character sheet]].'''

!!''Ulysses 31'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* {{Enthralling Siren}}s

* GenreBlindness: Ulysses and everyone else haven't wised up to the fact that they are reliving Homer's epic in a SF context, despite meeting the original Ulysses at one point (near the very end of the series). 31st century Ulysses does remark the gods treating the both of them rather similarly, however since the future cast gets a reboot to the beginning of the episode, he can't remember it.

* {{Hellevator}} / SpaceElevator: There is a giant elevator in the kingdom of Hades, and it drives dead souls to his inner kingdom.

* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame / DeadlyGame:

** The episode "The Magician in Black," too. A powerful wizard breaks the gods' curse over Ulysses's crew...but as payment demands to hunt the three best among them.

* MagicMirror / TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: The Sphinx is in possession of a mirror showing the true personality of people reflected in it. He is Genre Savvy enough to keep his [[SpoiledBrat daughter]] away from it.

* {{Magitek}}

* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: The speed of The Oddyssey varies a lot, episode by episode; sometimes appearing to move at sublight speed only and taking a long time to navigate interstellar space, and at others she is leaping whole star systems in a single bound. The question of how big the realm of Olympus is is left open too; from a collection of star systems and small galaxy, all the way to a multi galactic universe. How far and how fast they travel really depends on the episode being watched.

** Add to that soldiers from the actual AncientGreece episode looking more like Roman soldiers than Greek hoplites.

* ProtagonistTitle: Ulysses is the show's protagonist. "31" means "31st century" meanwhile.
* RapidAging: Chronos' curse on Ulysses' crew, Yumi/Themis and Telemachus.

''Ulysses 31'' (French: ''Ulysse 31''; Japanese: 宇宙伝説ユリシーズ31, ''Space Legend Ulysses 31'') is a [[TheEighties 1981]] French-Japanese anime series conceptualized by Jean Chalopin (who went on to create ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' and ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' in the following years) and Nina Wolmark, and co-produced by [[Creator/TMSEntertainment Tokyo Movie Shinsha]] studios and Creator/DiCEntertainment[[note]]with further animation work outsourced to Creator/NakamuraProductions, Creator/WangFilmProductions and Creator/ArakiProductions, with backgrounds by Creator/StudioJack, all uncredited[[/note]] under the supervision of Bernard Deyriès. As the name implies, it is based on Creator/{{Homer}}'s ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' and heavily borrows plot elements from it as well as various plot elements and characters from other famous [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek myths]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right - Nono, Telemachus, Yumi and Ulysses]]

''Ulysses 31'' (French: ''Ulysse 31''; Japanese: 宇宙伝説ユリシーズ31, ''Space Legend Ulysses 31'') is a [[TheEighties 1981]] French-Japanese anime series conceptualized by Jean Chalopin (who created ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' and ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' the following years) and Nina Wolmark, and co-produced by [[Creator/TMSEntertainment Tokyo Movie Shinsha]] studios and Creator/DiCEntertainment[[note]]with further animation work outsourced to Creator/NakamuraProductions, Creator/WangFilmProductions and Creator/ArakiProductions, with backgrounds by Creator/StudioJack, all uncredited[[/note]] under the supervision of Bernard Deyriès. As the name implies, it is based on Creator/{{Homer}}'s ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' and heavily borrows plot elements from it as well as various plot elements and characters from other famous [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek myths]].

In the 31st century (hence "31" in the title), spaceship commander Ulysses flies home from a galactic conflit he helped end pacifically on the planet Troy. On the way back to Earth, he rescues his son Telemachus and two young Zotrians, Yumi and Numinor, from a HumanSacrifice and destroys the {{Cyclops}}, angering Poseidon and the other gods who rule the universe of Olympus, from which it came. Zeus curses Ulysses by dragging Ulysses' ship, the ''Odysseus'', through into Olympus, putting his crew and Numinor in suspended animation, and erasing the ship's memory files that contain Earth's location.

''Ulysses 31'' (French: ''Ulysse 31''; Japanese: 宇宙伝説ユリシーズ31, ''Space Legend Ulysses 31'') is a [[TheEighties 1981]] French-Japanese anime series conceptualized by Jean Chalopin (who created ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' and ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' the following years) and Nina Wolmark, and co-produced by [[Creator/TMSEntertainment Tokyo Movie Shinsha]] studios and Creator/DiCEntertainment[[note]]with further animation work outsourced to Creator/NakamuraProductions, Creator/WangFilmProductions and Creator/Araki productions, with backgrounds by Creator/StudioJack, all uncredited[[/note]] under the supervision of Bernard Deyriès. As the name implies, it is based on Creator/{{Homer}}'s ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' and heavily borrows plot elements from it as well as various plot elements and characters from other famous [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek myths]].

''Ulysses 31'' (French: ''Ulysse 31''; Japanese: 宇宙伝説ユリシーズ31, ''Space Legend Ulysses 31'') is a [[TheEighties 1981]] French-Japanese anime series conceptualized by Jean Chalopin (who created ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' and ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' the following years) and Nina Wolmark, and co-produced by [[Creator/TMSEntertainment Tokyo Movie Shinsha]] studios and Creator/DiCEntertainment[[note]]with further animation work outsourced to Creator/NakamuraProductions and Creator/WangFilmProductions and backgrounds by Creator/StudioJack, all uncredited[[/note]] under the supervision of Bernard Deyriès. As the name implies, it is based on Creator/{{Homer}}'s ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' and heavily borrows plot elements from it as well as various plot elements and characters from other famous [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek myths]].

* AIIsACrapshoot: The malevolent A.I. Cortex.

* MasterComputer:
** Shirka, the Odysseus' A.I.
** Cortex

* CatGirl: The Sphinx's daughter has cat ears, CuteLittleFangs and the personality of a spoiled feline.

* CosmicEntity: The gods of Olympus, of course. And some of Ulysses' enemies of the week are more or less this.

* KillerRobot: In the episode "Trapped Between Fire and Ice".

* SelfDuplication: The power of Hercrone, the Sphinx's daughter.
* SharkMan: The foot soldiers of the gods are shark-like humanoids.

* StockFootage: Those shots where Ulysses and Telemachus are reunited after winning the day and fall into each other's arms? It appeared in the first episode, and it was shamelessly reused in several others.

* TwoFaced: Chronos has a face on the back of his head.

''Ulysses 31'' (French: ''Ulysse 31''; Japanese: 宇宙伝説ユリシーズ31, ''Space Legend Ulysses 31'') is a [[TheEighties 1981]] French-Japanese anime series conceptualized by Nina Wolmark and Jean Chalopin (who created ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' and ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' the following years) and co-produced by [[Creator/TMSEntertainment Tokyo Movie Shinsha]] studios and Creator/DiCEntertainment[[note]]with further animation work outsourced to Creator/NakamuraProductions and Creator/WangFilmProductions and backgrounds by Creator/StudioJack, all uncredited[[/note]] under the supervision of Bernard Deyriès. As the name implies, it is based on Creator/{{Homer}}'s ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' and heavily borrows plot elements from it as well as various plot elements and characters from other famous [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek myths]].

''Ulysses 31'' (French: ''Ulysse 31''; Japanese: 宇宙伝説ユリシーズ31, ''Space Legend Ulysses 31'') is a [[TheEighties 1981]] French-Japanese anime series conceptualized by Nina Wolmark and Jean Chalopin (who created ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' and ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' the following years) and co-produced by [[Creator/TMSEntertainment Tokyo Movie Shinsha]] studios and Creator/DiCEntertainment[[note]]with further animation work outsourced to Creator/NakamuraProductions and Creator/WangFilmProductions and backgrounds by Creator/StudioJack, all uncredited[[/note]]. As the name implies, it is based on Creator/{{Homer}}'s ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' and heavily borrows plot elements from it as well as various plot elements and characters from other famous [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek myths]].

** Add to that soldiers from the actual AncientGreece episode looking more like Roman soldiers than hoplites.

The ''Odyssey'' was originally planned to be animated by computer, but the single wireframe model generated was still too complex to render for the machines of the times. So, the only computer animation left is the opening credits.

Ulysses will now have to wander throughout unknown worlds in the galaxy of Olympus and face various threats and dangerous traps set by the gods until he finds the Kingdom of Hades, at which point his crew will be revived and he will be allowed to travel back to Earth.

He is accompanied in his journey by the only two persons who were not put in suspended animation, his teenage son Telemachus and Yumi, a blue-skinned alien little girl with [[PsychicPowers telepathic powers]]. Nono, the small red toy robot Ulysses offered to Telemachus, also accompanies them.

He is accompanied in his quest by his teenage son Telemachus; Yumi, a blue-skinned alien little girl with [[PsychicPowers telepathic powers]]; and a small red toy robot named Nono.