The Legends of Treasure Island

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The Legends Of Treasure Island is a 1993 cel animation cartoon from the UK. It had two seasons of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 30 minutes (26 X 30).

producers: FilmFair / Central Animation for Carlton UK Productions

director: Dino Athanassiou

producer: Peter Lewis

The main storyline of the series, although loyal to the main idea of the original Robert Louis Stevenson's story "Treasure Island", deviates from the original plot in the book, which gives the series a more mysterious and dark look, it also shows a lot of magic and new characters. In fact, you will not find most of the characters and stories in the original story; not to mention that those present are anthropomorphic animals plus some new characters, but it's only for the better for those who can appreciate a new angle and imagination. The first episode is the one episode that most of all, is similar to the original story.

It happens to be that as much as this cartoon was nicely done (despite the lack of care on the shows' continuity), most people did not see it, it was broadcast in the UK, Mexico, Australia, Israel and a few European and Latin American countries. The series had a few VHS tapes and one DVD released at 1997, the DVD consists of four episodes (episodes 1, 2, 3 and 13 respectively) from the series put together onto an 86 minutes animated film.

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[edit] Characters

This cartoon, unlike other Treasure Island cartoons and movies, featured the main characters as animals:

Jim Hawkins: Dog

Ben: Dog

Long John Silver: Fox

Dr. Livesey: Dog

Captain Smollett: Dog

Squire Trelawney: Pigeon

Pew: Rat

Jane One of the exclusive characters for this Treasure Island incarnation. Jane is an anthropomorphic vixen (but there are still some who consider her to be a cat) that was kidnapped by Silver and since her parents did not want her back she got stuck with him, already on the first episode she turn sides and teams up with Jim, to whom she appears to have feelings.

Subsidiary recurring characters included the pirates Morgan (a hog), Nebbich (a hyena), a weasel and Rat (who was, ostensibly enough, a rat). These characters featured mainly in the first season and only made minor appearances at the beginning of the second before disappearing altogether.

[edit] Voice Talents

Voices: Dawn French (Jim - season 1), Juliet Stevenson (Jane), Richard E Grant (Long John Silver), Robert Powell (Dr Livesey), Hugh Laurie (Squire Trelawney), Chris Barrie (Captain Smollett / Ben Gunn - season 1), John Hasler (Jim - season 2), Rob Rackstraw (Pew), Jimmy Hibbert (Ben Gunn - season 2), Gary Martin, Carla Mendonça.

[edit] Episode list

Season One:

  1. The Quest Begins - First aired: 9/10/1993
  2. Memories Are Made Of This - First aired: 9/17/1993
  3. The Watch Tower - First aired: 9/24/1993
  4. Now You See Me - First aired: 10/1/1993
  5. Flint's Return - First aired: 10/8/1993
  6. The Cave Of Babel - First aired: 10/15/1993
  7. The Labyrinth - First aired: 10/22/1993
  8. The Merman Prince - First aired: 10/29/1993
  9. The Fountain Of Truth - First aired: 11/5/1993
  10. The Pool Of Prophecy - First aired: 11/12/1993
  11. Return To Sender - First aired: 11/19/1993
  12. Tails We Win - First aired: 11/26/1993
  13. The Beginning Of The End - First aired: 12/3/1993

Season Two:

  1. Consequence - First aired: 4/4/1995
  2. Reunion - First aired: 4/11/1995
  3. Silver In The Island's Underworld - First aired: 4/18/1995
  4. Silver's Bond - First aired: 4/25/1995
  5. Emily - First aired: 5/2/1995
  6. Forest Of Darkness - First aired: 5/9/1995
  7. City In The Sky - First aired: 5/16/1995
  8. Antidote - First aired: 5/23/1995
  9. Dragon - First aired: 5/30/1995
  10. Allegiance - First aired: 6/6/1995
  11. The Oracle - First aired: 6/13/1995
  12. Double Cross - First aired: 6/20/1995
  13. One For All - First aired: 6/27/1995

[edit] Trivia

  • So far, Jane's surname remains a mystery; this and the lack of detail on her past make her such an enigmatic character, but not as much like that of the "autistic" Rei Ayanami-like type since Jane has a fiery and tomboyish behaviour.
  • Jane seems to be used to wearing male clothes.
  • Adding more onto Disney's fame of stealing ideas from less mainstream works; it is rumored that Amelia the character from their animated film "Treasure Planet" is a rip off out of Jane. They are both physically and psychologically alike.
  • Besides having a larger life span on this version, Pew seems to be a sorcerer.
  • In Australia it aired on ABC TV in the afternoons.
  • Also in Australia the complete 2 seasons were available on video from Reel Entertainment.
  • In Mexico only the first season has aired back on time period of 1994-1995, after that; reruns of the first season kept airing until around 1996 or 1997 on the back then animation cable channel ZAZ.

[edit] Credits

  • Based on the Novel by: Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Adapted by: Jimmy Hibbert
  • Music: Barrington Pheloung
  • Story Editor: Barbara Slade
  • Writers: Barbara Slade, Marty Isenberg, Robert N. Skir, Matthew Malach, Frank Kerr, Jules Dennis, Richard Mueller, Jimmy Hibbert, Chris Trengrove, Alastair Swinnerton
  • Animation Director: Carlos Alfonso
  • Storyline: Chris Randall
  • Storyboard Design: Gordon Harrison, Sheila Dixon, Ron Edwards, Wayne Thomas, Vince James, Ted Stephens, Roger Stennett, Richard Fawdry, Peter See, Harold Whitaker, Dave Elvin, Chris Randall
  • Color Models: Marty Martin, Gerald Emanuel, Valerie Solis
  • Art Director: Neil B. Mahoney
  • Backgrounds: Carol A. Hughes
  • Supervising Cleanup Artist: Jean-Louis Garcia
  • Key Layout: Chris Fenna, Sam Blakeslee, Monica Brutton, Willard Kitchen, Dave Unwin, Barry Macey, Tanya Molodova, Anne Marriott, Kenneth Hayes, Laurent Grisel, Neil Graham, John Riley-Cooper, Tom Bailey
  • Paint Supervisor: Stella Reyes
  • Director of Animation: Phil Robinson
  • Animation Checking: Zaldy Zuno, Nory Jamling, Adrian Barber
  • Animation Supervisor: Luc Chamberland
  • Layout Assistants: George Jackson, Sam Dixon, Alastair Fell, Mike Whaite
  • Animation: Rosemary Welch, Arthur Humberstone, Lizzie A. Scarborough, Anthony Iacobelli, Les Brooksbank, Art Graham, Marc Eoche-Duval, Kay Widdowson, Brad Kirkpatrick, Robert Nissan, Jodie Kellie, Edward Sasu, Alexander Acayean, Chris Wallace, Rick Corrigan
  • Key Animators: Bob Watkins, Jim Smith, Arthur Esguerra, Gilbert Estiller, Norman Baculi, Monica Herman, Lou Campbell, Stewart Selkirk, Julian Tarrago, Ken Duncan, Kathryn Buchanan, Carmel Buitrigo, Daniel Jeanette, Les Gibbard, Paul Lee, Amanda K. Williams, Maribeth Dela Cruz, Eleazar Pel, Ferdinand Capistrano, Trevor Ricketts, Greg Sullivan, Thomas Barker
  • Painting: Barbara Bago, Karen Brumell, Simon White, Frank Koller, Ron Erickson, Austin Wilson, Claire Armstrong, Ted Pettengel, Larry Schulz, Norman McCartney, Ray Werkstarke, Jennie Langley, Dave Livesey, Sue Halliwell, Chris Shout, Larry Nicholas, Andrew Peters, Clive Dawson, Rachel Smith, Richard Adams
  • Layout Director: John Stevenson
  • Layout Supervisor: Kinjo Estioko
  • Background Supervisor: Andy Roper
  • Color Stylists: Marie Turner, Candy Alejandrino Chaves
  • Head of Animation: Jocelyn Smith
  • Timing Directors: Maggie Riley, John Armstrong, Chris Cuddington, David Dela Cruz Jr., Ross De Vega
  • Key Production Staff: Oliver Cronin, Duncan Harris, Rosanne Bunang
  • Dubbing Editor: John Wood
  • Dubbing Mix: David Humphries
  • Special Effects: Mel Kutbay, Nigel Senior
  • Videotape Editors: Phil Atack, Eva Moreno, Marilyn Graf
  • In Betweening Department: Ron Crawley
  • Production Secretaries: Elizabeth Pederson, Susan Sabarra, Jeanette Watson
  • Production Assistants: Helen Stroud, Mike Tarpley, Patrick Rogers, Louie Jhocson, Scott Heasmer
  • Associate Producer: James Costello
  • Dialogue Editors: Darren Cox, Simon Hall
  • Camera: Raul Salgado, Elias Macute, Gary Knowelden
  • Post Production: FLIX
  • Production Coordinator: Barrie Edwards
  • Editing: Patrick Haggerty, Suzette Bristow, Jan Needle, Stephen Perry, Hillary Downs
  • Production Supervisor: Robert Dunbar
  • Assistant Directors: Jacqueline Wynter, Anne Moran, Nick Coleman
  • Executive Producers: James Driscoll, Graham Clutterbuck
  • For Central TV: Lewis Rudd
  • Produced by: Peter Lewis
  • Directed by: Dino Athanassiou

[edit] External links

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