Free Willy (TV series)

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Free Willy is an animated television series, inspired by the 1993 film Free Willy. The television series was produced by Regency Enterprises and the Canadian company Nelvana for Warner Bros. Studios. This show, which aired for two seasons (1994 - 1995) on ABC, continues the adventures of Jesse and Willy, who were introduced in the film. The overarching storyline is reminiscent of Moby-Dick: an oil baron, known to the main characters only as "The Machine" until the final episode, loses his arm to Willy while committing an environmental atrocity and wants revenge upon "that rotten whale... and his boy". While the first season centered mostly around Willy and Jesse's adventures in the Misty Island Oceanic Reserve, the second season took them to the Arctic and back, with the group returning just in time for the Christmas special.

[edit] Voice actors and their characters

Zachary Bennett - Jesse
Paul Haddad - Willy
Gary Krawford - The Machine (alias Rockland Stone)
Alyson Court - Lucille (a talking seal)
Rachael Crawford - Marlene
Neil Crone - Mr. Naugle
Michael Fletcher - Randolph
James Kidnie - Amphonids (toxic waste blob servants of The Machine)
Ron Len - Glenn
Sheila McCarthy - Annie
Andrew Sabiston - P.R. Frickey
Kevin Segers - Einstein (a talking dolphin)

Additional characters, whose voice actors are unknown, include Captain Frye and other talking sea creatures.

[edit] Credits

Executive Producers: Jennie Lew Tugend, Arnon Milchan, Lauren Shuler Donner
Executive Producers for Nelvana: Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith, Michael Hirsch
Produced by: John Van Bruggen, Lawrence Jacobs, Neil Court
Supervising Producer: Stephen Hodgins
Directed by: Gary Hurst
Coordinating Producer: Patricia R. Burns
Associate Producer: Willy Ashworth
Production Supervisor: Steve Chadwick
Production Manager: Ruta Cube
Unit Director: Brad Goodchild
Unit Manager: Kokila Jeffrey
Coordinators: Jocelyn Hamilton (production), Erik Strobel (script), Fred Lucky (storyboard), Louise Roper (design), Shelley Morrow (layout)
Producers and Story Editors: Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron
Main Title: Chris Hubbell, Sam Graham
Story Editors: J.D. Smith, Peter Sauder
Developed by: Simon Wincer
Consultants: Keith A. Walker, Corey Blechman
Casting: Jessie Thomson
Voice Direction: Ron Rubin
Program Executive: Stanford Blum
Casting Consultant: Arlene Berman
Assistant Director: Paul Riley
Line Producers: Hasmi Giakoumis, Robin Budd, Jamie Whitney, Gerry Fournier
Production Administrative: Mark Kennedy
Assistant Line Producers: David Ferguson, Greg Sullivan, Sheila Murray, John Dubiel
Video Technician: James Jacobs
Designers: Cynthia Ward, Ross Campbell, Rob Clark, Michael McKay, Peter Ferk, Morgan Ginsberg, Kevin Fraser, Sean Jeffrey, Mark Koren, Steve Lynes, Todd Sullivan, Tony Tulipano
Art Director: John Halfpenny
Lip Assignment: Bill Ewing
Posers: Lynn Reist, David Boudreau, Blayne Burnside, Alan Knappett
Design Supervisors: Ted Bastien, Chris Labonte
Music Editors: Stephen Hudecki, Peter Branton
Sound Effects Editors: John Baktis, Ryan Araki, Craig Marshall, Glenn Barna
Layout Artists: Mike Halley, Ron Wilson, Chad Hicks, Gord McBride, Daniel Poitras, Chris Minz, Rob Sadler, Niall Johnston
Layout Supervisor: Tony Tarantini
Storyboard Artists: Raymond Jafelice, Vince Natali, John Flagg, Andrew Tan, Bob Smith, Frank Lintzen
Storyboard Consultant: Shelly Theaker
Storyboard Cleanup Supervisor: David Quesnelle
Color Stylits: Jennifer Lee, Nasrim Monem
Paint Supervisor: Mary Bertoia
Background Artists: Clive Powsey, Kellie Jobson
Music by: Amin Bhatia
Main Title Song Music: Larry Ketchum
Main Title Song Lyrics: Michael Kamen, John Anderson
Sung by: Louis Negin
Dialogue Editors: Terry Carter, Ken Hurlbut, Peter Winninger, Fred Spek, Keith Traver, Chris Harris, Shelley Mills-Hughes
Supervising Editors: Rob Kirkpatrick, Lan Lamon
Supervising Sound Editor: Steve Cole
Picture Editors: Richard Bond, Karen Saunders
Assistant Picture Editors: Brian Berger, David Dias
Online Editor: Ed Ham
Supervising Pre-Production Editor: Darrell MacDonald
Supervising Breakdown Editor: Rick Dubiel
Technician: Mike Reid
Re-Recording Engineer: Tony Van Den Akker
Negative Cutting Services: Catherine Rankin Productions
Post Production Services: The Hollywood Cartoon Company, Studio 306, Bardel Animation Ltd, Medallion Pea Film & Video
Mixed Media by: Calibre Digital Pictures
Sound Editing Services: Multitrack Digital Inc.
Additional Production Facilities: Wang Film Production Co. Ltd, Gord Stanfield Animation Inc., Hanho Heung Up Company Ltd, Access Post Production Audio Inc.