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— Marsala "Humans are great creators, Lieutenant, though often unaware of the consequences of their gift."

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A Western-made Humongous Mecha (well, for certain values of "humongous", anyway) series produced in 1993 by Will Meugniot and Universal Cartoon Studios for first-run syndication (with later reruns on Universal-owned USA Network).

Exo Squad takes place sometime in the 22nd century, when Humans have fully terraformed and colonized Venus and Mars. The Neosapiens, an artificially-engineered race, have Turned Against Their Masters and launched an invasion of Earth and Venus.

The story focuses on the ExoFleet, the Homeworlds' space navy, in particular, Able Squad, a group of Exo-Frame (Mini-Mecha) pilots led by Lieutenant J.T. Marsh.

Exo Squad has been commonly compared to Mobile Suit Gundam, both in quality and the maturity of the themes portrayed in the series. In addition, Will Meugniot himself made a direct comparison to the Gundam series, saying that Gundam is similar to the Pacific Theater of World War II, while Exo Squad is the European Theater. Among animation fans, it's often compared with Gargoyles, Batman: The Animated Series, and Avatar: The Last Airbender as an example of how Western animation can be every bit as mature and well-made as the best Anime. Surprising, considering what studio was behind the animation. Lastly, Exosquad has been favorably compared to Robotech and it wasn't suprising when an extension to the toyline (made by Playmates Toys) included re-issues of some of the Matchbox Robotech mecha under the Exosquad/Robotech label. During the series' second season, it was paired with another Universal action series, Monster Force.

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Legal issues (apparently) prevented Exo Squad's DVD release for quite some time—long enough that many fans thought that it would never happen. Releases finally began in April 2009, and there was much rejoicing (yay), though they still haven't gotten around to releasing season 2. While it was on Hulu for a while, it sadly left. It's now streaming once again via the NBC/Universal streaming service Peacock.

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