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 Zegers - 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, Michael Hirsch
Co Executive Producer: Toper Taylor
Co Producer: Alex Collett
Produced by: Kate Wallis
Supervising Producer: Stephen Hodgins
Directed by: Gary Hurst, Paul Riley
Coordinating Producer: Patricia R. Burns
Associate Producers: Scott Stuber, Jennifer Gero
Production Supervisor: Steve Chadwick
Production Managers: Ruta Cube, Lauri Towata
Production Assistants: Elliott A. Norse, Caroline Simmons
Unit Director: Jocelyn Hamilton
Unit Manager: Don Lauder
Coordinators: Erin Skopitz(production), Erik Strobel (script), Fred Lucky (storyboard), Louise Roper (design), Shelley Morrow (layout)
Story Editors: J.D. Smith, Peter Sauder
Developed by: Simon Wincer
Consultants: Keith A. Walker, Corey Blechman
Additional Casting: Jessie Thomson
Casting & Voice Director: Debra Toffan
Assistant Director: Tony Egizzi
Animation Director: Tom Newman
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, Raymond Pang, Stephen Wood, Brenda Wall, Joe Gosselin, Richard Weston, Mike Nichols, Royston Robinson
Design Supervisor: Steve Fitch
Layout Artists: Frank Ramirez, Joanne Norman, Luc Latulippe, Niall Johnston, Ron Wilson, Chris Minz, Rob Sadler, Gord McBride, Dale DesRochers
Layout Supervisor: Tony Tarantini
Storyboard Artists: Dan Nosella, Lyndon Ruddy, John Flagg, Andrea Robbins, Bob Smith, Myron Born, Paul Schibli, Robert Rivard, Michael Tymochko, Mark Poulin, Alan Parker
Storyboard Consultant: Shelly Theaker
Storyboard Cleanup Supervisor: David Quesnelle
Color Stylist: Jennifer Lee, Nasrim Monem
Paint Supervisor: Mary Bertoia
Background Artists: Michael Doraty, Michael Hitchcox,Clive Powsey
Re-Recording Assistants: Joanne Boreham, Stephanie Kravos, Joanne Hallam
Re-Recording Director: Cory Mandel
Music by: Amin Bhatia
Main Title Song by: Michael Kamen
Sung by: Louis Negin
Music Editors: Peter Branton, Brian Fraser, Anthony Crea, David Shaw
Music Producers: Stephen Hudecki, David Greene
Sound Effects Editors: John Baktis, Chris Harris, Craig Marshall, Ryan Araki, Eric Mattar-Hurlbut
Dialogue Editors: Terry Carter, Ken Hurlbut, Peter Winninger, Fred Spek, Keith Traver, Chris Harris, Shelley Mills-Hughes, Michele Cook, John Dubiel, Aaron Holm, Mark Grosicki, Melody Vaughan
Supervising Editor: Rob Kirkpatrick
Supervising Sound Editor: Steve Cole
Post Production Assistants: Jason Held, Scott Cole, Blaine Benner
Post Production Supervisors: Tracy Grant, Scott McCrorie, Lan Lamon
Picture Editor: Stephanie Duncan
Assistant Editors: Brian Berger, Mhairi David Dias
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.