The Flying House (1982–1983) User Reviews (5)

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[gcd134 · 7/10 · 21 June 2006]

The premise: The Flying House features characters of the late 20th century who travel back in time and witness some of the events described in the Christian Bible. The feat is accomplished by an proud, absent-minded professor who had built his house into a flying time machine. Unfortunately, the mechanical components of the machine prove to be difficult, and the professor has trouble getting his house and passengers back to the 20th century.

"The Flying House" was meant to educate, to teach children values as conveyed in the New Testament. I found it entertaining that stories of the Bible, which many believe to be true, were supplemented by a science-fiction element. I'm not sure if the stories were altered in any way (aside from the flying house interventions), but if they were, it was an attempt to present the Bible to children in a way they could understand. Humor and the antics of the young characters also gave the show a nice touch.

And the dinosaur that the other writer referred to? It was a monster in a nightmarish scenario.

For some strange reason, I used to not like this series...

[JerRocksday · 7/10 · 5 July 2010]

I say that because I've used to consider it a Superbook-ripoff XD. But after looking at back in November, my opinions really change. Being a fan of Superbook and Flying House, I have to admit FH kinda did go more in-depth on Jesus of the NT than Superbook, no offense. One of my favorite characters is Corkey and his catchphrase, 'Wait for Corkey.' After hearing that CBN is redoing Superbook, let's pray that FH doesn't suffer the same fate as Superbook. It's one of the reasons why I started developing Trouble Shooters, crossover between Superbook and Flying House. Again, PM/email me on that one.

Overall, this is a really enjoyable series.

A nice and enjoyable Christian anime

[q_leo_rahman · 7/10 · 17 January 2016]

In the 1980s, the Christian Broadcasting Network produced two anime shows, SUPERBOOK and THE FLYING HOUSE, as part of a campaign to spread Christianity in Japan. The shows both centered on a group of children, who were taken through fantasy means straight into the midst of the Bible's fables, where they (and the viewer) would experience these tales in person and gain an understanding of their morals.

Both shows stand in the vein of "religious sci-fi" and are equally enjoyable, but personally I would say this show had the better format of the two: one show was getting sucked into an enchanted Bible in search of a missing friend, while this show was actual time- traveling to the times of the Bible; thus the travelers have a little more involvement and impact on the tale (carefully done so that it doesn't really change the original Bible tale). The animation and voice acting are fairly above average for a 1980s show, and is nice enough to support the stories and make them a worthwhile watch.

Speaking for myself, I grew up in a home that respected all religions, and so I was able to enjoy this show and found it neither offensive, nor over-preachy or self-glorifying (which admittedly a lot of religions tend to be). The stories in this series are presented as fairly simple tales of hope, faith, kindness and grace, qualities we could all do with in the world. On the negative side, a show like this may only be enjoyable if you're a Christian or a relatively religious person.

If you're prepared to give a chance for God and morals, then you can take a look at this show. I can promise that you won't be disappointed.

Every Child Needs To Watch This!

[kindheart_88 · 10/10 · 30 September 2007]

Flying House stands out as being the greatest animated series, or possibly series period, to ever touch my life. I grew up watching this at first thinking it was just a nice cartoon. God and Jesus were often mentioned in my house but not in the way that it actually stuck to me so the Flying House adventures really were how I was introduced to Christ.

When Jesus was to be executed I just knew Justin, Angie, and Corky would find a way to save Him but when He was killed I was crushed right along with the trio. I didn't understand why they would want to kill Jesus and people tried to explain to me that He died to save the world but defeated death by rising again. I was too young to understand that then but now when I look back on Flying House I discover things I'd never understood before, most notably when Justin, Angie, and Corky weren't able to see Jesus again after He returned from the dead. It was because they weren't supposed to see Him again in "this" life. That was never directly said on the show but now I know that's what they meant.

If not for Flying House, I probably would not have the close relationship with Christ that I do now so I just really want to thank this show, the writers, the voice cast, everyone, for introducing me to the Bible.