Based on a series of science fiction novels by Tedd Anasti,
Patsy Cameron Anasti, and Stephen D. Sullivan, the 30-minute anime
series Spider Riders got under way when the hero, 13-year-old Hunter
Steele, chased a spider into a cave and emerged in the underground world
of Arachna. Here Hunter linked up with a group of fearless warriors,
all youngsters like himself, led by Prince Lumen, Arachna's rightful
ruler. It was the avowed purpose of Lumen's "Spider Riders" to do battle
with the evil insect mutants who had overrun Arachna, and it so
happened that the young warriors had been awaiting the arrival of an
"Earthian" like Hunter, who according to legend would either prove to be
the Spider Riders' salvation...or destruction. In keeping with the
time-honored anime "mech" concept, each Spider Rider was outfitted with a
personalized "battle spider" (Hunter's battle spider was named Shadow),
and each toted a specialized weapon. The villainous Invectids,
comprised of common garden-variety insects who had grown to enormous and
frightening proportions, also boasted their own personalized mechs,
bearing such names as "Smashhopper" and "Praying Mantik."
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