BraveStarr is an American space western animated series. The show is set in the 23rd century on a multi-cultural desert planet called New Texas. The native civilization of New Texas are the Prairie People, who operate most of the Kerium mines.( Kerium is a red mineral used as a fuel source .) The main outlaw is Tex Hex. BraveStarr is the Marshall who has special gifts. He is a Native American who can call upon the power of "spirit animals", enabling him briefly to perform superhuman feats. The Eyes of the Hawk enhances his vision and can also grant him an aerial view of the adjacent area. The Ears of the Wolf gives him super-human hearing. The Strength of the Bear gives him super-human strength. The Speed of the Puma gives him super-human speed.

BraveStarr is an American space western animated series. The original episodes aired from September 1987 to February 1988 in syndication. It was created a year after a collection of action figures released in 1986 by Mattel. BraveStarr was the last animated series produced by Filmation and Group W Productions to be broadcast before Filmation shut down in 1989.

Bravo!, a spin-off series (originally called Quest of the Prairie People) was in production along with Bugzburg when the studio closed down. Reruns of the show aired on Qubo Night Owl from 2010 to 2013, and on the Retro Television Network from 2010 to 2015.

The idea for BraveStarr began with Tex Hex, his chief adversary. Tex Hex was created by Filmation's staff artists in 1984, during the development of Filmation's Ghostbusters.[5] Lou Scheimer found the character fascinating and pulled Tex Hex from the Ghostbusters cast. He asked Arthur Nadel, Filmation's Vice President for Creative Affairs, and art director John Grusd to develop a science fiction Western around the character. As the concepts took shape, staff writer Bob Forward fleshed out the writer's guide and eventually co-wrote the feature film script for BraveStarr: The Legend with writer Steve Hayes.

The setting in most episodes is New Texas: a planetary system orbiting three suns, 600 parsecs (1957 light-years) from Earth. Much of the food and water supply is imported. The majority of land is desert; but there is one wetland area, which is the home of "apecats". Water is also found in cactus-like 'Aqua-Pod' plants. The chief export is Kerium: a red mineral used as a fuel source, and often therefore the prize of conflicts among characters. Implications exist that New Texas was colonized for Kerium, but will remain inhabited even after the mines are exhausted. The native civilization of New Texas are the Prairie People, who operate most of the Kerium mines.

The following locations are on New Texas:

Fort Kerium - A mechanized town capable of armoring itself; BraveStarr's base of operation.

Starr Peak - A mountain where Shaman lives, concealing the spacecraft in which he arrived on New Texas, atop a Kerium deposit.

Stone Canyon - A large mining canyon. Also the location of some crime.

Peaceful Valley - A large agrarian land.

The Hexagon - Fortress for most of the villains.

The Badlands - The inhospitable land surrounding the Hexagon.

Two episodes are set on Earth, where the city of London resembles a modernized Victorian England, including a time-traveling Sherlock Holmes.

Apecats - Gigantic non-humanoid felines who live near the only wetlands on New Texas.

Avianoid - The two-headed criminal Two Face comes from an avianoid species, and had half of his body augmented with cybernetic replacements (for reasons unknown), making him a cyborg. Another avianoid is the 'Cygnian Ambassador', who resembles an ostrich.

Broncosaurs - A Dinosaur-like civilization of which Stampede is the last living representative.

Dingos (a.k.a. Coyotoids) - Coyote-like humanoids, who often appear as minor antagonists, amenable to a peaceful lifestyle.

Equestroids - Cyborg equines capable of assuming human attributes (bipedal stance and prehensile forelimbs especially) at will. Thirty/Thirty is the only survivor of this colony.

Fuufta - Pacifist sheep-like creatures, often targeted by enemy civilizations.

Humans - A variety of ethnic groups including Native Americans BraveStarr and Shaman, and the British Sherlock Holmes.

Krang - Cat-like humanoids; warlike and therefore opposed to BraveStarr and his ideals.

Porcinoid - Hawgtie comes from a porcine (pig-like) humanoid species.

Prairie People - Anthropoid prairie dog-like creatures and native to New Texas who take pleasure in mining and in the operation of machines.

Reptillianoid - Antagonists Vipra and Diamond Back are both reptilian and humanoid, and display behaviors of both.

Rigellian - Drink-seller Handlebar is a member of this race of green-skinned humanoids with bright orange hair and superhuman strength. Dr. Wt'sn is also of this species.

Sand Walrus - Antagonist Sand Storm comes from this red-skinned humanoid species and has a number of special powers.

Solacows - A non-sentient cattle-like species, the raising of which is one of the few major non-mining-related industries on New Texas; disputes between Solacow ranchers and Kerium miners are not uncommon and have on occasion resulted in physical altercations.