In animation historian Jerry Beck's 1994 poll of animators, film historians, and directors, this cartoon was rated the fourth greatest cartoon of all time.
When this cartoon was released, it received the admiration of many notable science fiction directors, including Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. When Star Wars: Episódio IV - Uma Nova Esperança (1977) was re-released in theaters, the cartoon was run preceding the feature at Lucas' request.
The cartoon's title is a parody of Philip Francis Nowlan's novella "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1933).
The evaporators in this cartoon work like the transporters on Jornada nas Estrelas (1966) yet predate that series by more than a dozen years.
Apparently, products from Acme Corporation are still being sold in the distant future.