StarFox: The Animated Series

StarFox: the animated series is an animated series co-produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, Mook Productions, Lafig S.A. and Nintendo of America. The series originally ran from 1994-1996, and on reruns up until 2000. The series's first episode itself was a remake of a live-action puppet pilot made at ITC Entertainment Studios in The UK, which never aired. Upon its premiere, the series was well-received by both critics and viewers alike. The series focuses on Fox McCloud and his team of Mercanairies known simply as The "StarFox" team, fighting against Andross and other villains throughout the Lylat System. It was also the first series fully utilize a New Digital Ink and Paint process and was actually meant to be a Direct competition to DiC's Sonic the Hedgehog-series, but it never lived up to its expectations. However, the series did gain a cult following, especially in Germany and the United Kingdom. It has also even been aired in Scandinavia for over 20 years. The show is rarely seen nowadays, but the series has aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, briefly in 2003. However, the series has been widely aired on Fox in Eastern Europe and on Toon Disney in the Nordic Countries as Well as CITV and CBBC in the UK. Although Time Warner owns the right to the Hanna-Barbera-Library, the series has been sold to UA Television, which had been claimed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(which also holds the right to Sinbad Jr., another Hanna-Barbera series owned by MGM).

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