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Super Friends: Season One, Volume One
…still remembered the overwhelming ratings success that Filmation had had with The Adventures Of Superman (beginning in 1966), and so they looked at doing their own adaptation of DC’s heroes…. |
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Animated Star Trek teleporting to DVD
TV Shows on DVD, via Toon Zone, reveals that Filmation’s Star Trek: The Animated Series, the first Star Trek spin-off, could be released on DVD in 2005. “Plans are…underway for… |
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Entertainment Rights receives rights for He-Man
…which they obtained the Filmation library of cartoons from Hallmark. The new deal also gives Entertainment control of She-Ra, Ghostbusters, and The Lone Ranger, among other characters. Since 1999, Entertainment… |
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RIP, Bob Denver
…the 60’s series Gilligan’s Island, Denver vocally reprised his role in two Filmation Associates animated shows: The New Adventures of Gilligan, from 1974 to 1975, and Gilligan’s Planet, which aired… |
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RIP, Norm McCabe
…McCabe worked at Schlesinger’s, Warner Bros., US Army Air Corps Training Film Unit, MGM, Swift Productions, Five Star Productions, Telemation, Pacific Title, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, DePatie-Freleng, Ruby-Spears, Filmfair, Marvel and Universal.”… |
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TV to DVD: Batman, Superman, Birdman, Space Ghost, Mario Bros.
…17. Likewise, Filmation’s New Adventures for Superman (1966) and Batman (1977) will hit stores June 26. Meanwhile, specs and cover artwork for The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 –… |
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TV on DVD: Batman, Superman, Pussycats
In an update to a story reported last Friday, March 16, TV Shows on DVD presents the press release for both New Adventures of Superman and Batman. The Filmation titles… |
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Sabrina, The Animated Series: Witch In Training
…cartoon on CBS in 1969. This led to her being spun off onto her own 1970 Filmation-produced television show (sharing billing with her monstrously fun cousins in the hour-long Sabrina… |
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TV to DVD: Ghostbusters, Legion Of SuperHeroes, Ben 10
TV Shows on DVD premieres the cover artwork for the second volume of Filmation’s Ghostbusters, as well as the first volume of The Legion Of SuperHeroes. The site also releases… |
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Animated Views reviews: Hero High, Tex Avery’s Droopy
…Meanwhile, Randall Cyrenne inspects Hero High, commenting, “This one may be for the nostalgic only. Filmation put out some fine shows, but I would say that Hero High would be… |
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Bravestarr comes to two-disc DVD from BCI
…origin of television’s most popular animated science fiction western, including interviews with producers, writers, animators, and other Filmation personnel. •Feature-Length Audio Commentary Track for Bravestarr: The Legend with Producer Lou… |
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Secrets Of Isis DVD announcement, YouTube clips
BCI has sent us the press release for their upcoming Secrets Of Isis DVD set, due on July 24. The set will contain every episode of the landmark Filmation Saturday… |
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Nightmare's here! Plus the Lone Ranger, Zorro…and Wart!
…are still entertaining adventure stories, presented in classy fashion by Filmation”. I also promised a review for Disney’s recent re-issue of their 1963 animated feature. Is The Sword In The… |
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Confirmation on this year's Walt Disney Treasures, and Real Ghostbusters!
…earlier this year, with producer Andy Mangels jumping from his usual Filmation presentations to put together what sounds like an awesome achievement. The catch? At the moment the set is… |
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Veteran Animator Ken Southworth dies
Animation Magazine reports that Ken Southworth, a veteran animator who worked for Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Walter Lantz, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Clokey Prods. and Filmation, has died after suffering several… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Six
…is 1968s Norman Normal, a very irregular cartoon (indeed, it’s billed as a Warner Bros. Seven Arts Special) which, given its obvious theme song and limited Filmation style, might well… |
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Super Friends: The Lost Episodes
…Show in 1984. The entirety of the 1983 shows would not see American broadcast until the USA Network showed a conglomeration of DC Comics cartoons (including Filmation ones) in a… |
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales (with Bonus Disc)
…the substandard, workmanlike storytelling along the way, the Princesses both pop up for a confirmation at the end of their segments, just like those Filmation cartoons used to do on… |
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Pinocchio In Outer Space
…Pinocchio In Outer Space. Joining him in this venture was Norm Prescott, well known for being a producer at Filmation. The general story was Prescott’s, and he served as co-producer… |
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?: The Complete First and Second Seasons
…a product of its time, having been no doubt influenced by the musical numbers in Filmation’s terrifically successful The Archie Show, and that the use of music in Scooby further… |
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume One
…NBC Saturday morning cartoon called Birdman And The Galaxy Trio. This was the year after Space Ghost And Dino Boy became a Hanna-Barbera hit for ABC (along with Filmation’s New… |
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Spider-Man: The ’67 Collection
…by Filmation, not to mention the syndicated Marvel Super Heroes Show. Spider-Man was originally produced in Toronto by Grantray-Lawrence Animation for ABC. Grantray-Lawrence was the same outfit that handled the… |
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Superman: Brainiac Attacks
…Super Powers tape of Filmation New Adventures Of Superman shows, as well as the Superboy tape. And lying around somewhere are a few taped episodes of the 1980s Ruby-Spears version…. |
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The Dick Tracy Show: The Complete Animated Crime Series
…five minutes, that opening (as nice as it is) could otherwise wear out its welcome. Incidentally, Dick Tracy would return to television with animated segments on Filmation’s 1971 series Archie’s… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents The Hardy Boys
…by Filmation into a Saturday morning cartoon in 1969.) Careful negotiations were made, resulting in a list of instructions for the Disney people, concerning how the boys were to be… |
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New interview, Robinsons promising for Disney, more Treasures, Popeye is coming
…new DVD announcements. The past few weeks have been more exciting than I have seen in a long time. In addition to the recent announcements for classic Filmation and Hanna-Barbera… |
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Ratatouille arrives, and Jason review lands
…sequences done for the show concerning alien monsters. Besides, this is a classic Saturday morning series from Filmation that we are sure will be of interest to our readers, many… |
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Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series
…the landmark The New Adventures Of Superman, courtesy of Filmation Studios, as well as the topic of this review— Hanna-Barbera’s Space Ghost & Dino Boy. Space Ghost was an original… |
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Reviews return, with the final season of The Batman
…hunkering down now to get caught up, and you can enjoy the results over the next while. And speaking of DC Super Heroes, remember that the latest Filmation volume is… |
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Wizards
…the late 1970s – being only a notch or two up from the Filmation Studio output of around the same time. Most distracting is the disguised, not-even-rotoscoped footage, culled from… |
