Todd McFarlane's Spawn
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Todd McFarlane |
| Based on | Spawn by Todd McFarlane |
| Developed by | Alan B. McElroy |
| Voices of | Keith David Michael Nicolosi James Hanes Dominique Jennings James Keane John Rafter Lee Victor Love Michael McShane Kath Soucie |
| Narrated by | Richard Dysart |
| Theme music composer | Shirley Walker |
| Composers | Shirley Walker J. Peter Robinson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Todd McFarlane |
| Producers | Catherine Winder John Kafka |
| Running time | 30 minutes (episodes) 180 minutes (films) |
| Production companies | HBO Animation Todd McFarlane Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO[1] |
| Release | May 16, 1997 – May 28, 1999 |
Todd McFarlane's Spawn, also known as Spawn: The Animated Series, is an American noir adult animated television series which aired on HBO from 1997 through 1999.[2] It has also been released on DVD as a movie series. The show is based on the Spawn character from Image Comics, and won an Emmy in 1999 for Outstanding Animation Program (longer than one hour).[1]
Voice cast
[change | change source]- Keith David – Al Simmons / Spawn
- Richard Dysart – Cogliostro
- Dominique Jennings – Wanda Blake
- John Rafter Lee – Jason Wynn
- Michael Nicolosi – Clown (human form)
- James Hanes – Violator (demoniac form), Overt-Kill
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – Lilly
- Victor Love – Terry Fitzgerald (episodes 1–12), Bobby (episodes 1–12)
- Michael Beach – Terry Fitzgerald (episodes 15–17), Bobby (episodes 15–17), and additional voices
- Kath Soucie – Cyan Fitzgerald and additional voices
- James Keane – Tony Twist, Sam Burke
- Michael McShane – Maximilian "Twitch" Williams, Gareb
- Denise Poirier – Merrick, Bounty Hunter, Angela
- Ronny Cox – Billy Kincaid, Senator Scott McMillan
- Victor Brandt – Chief Banks
- Ming-Na Wen – Jade (Lisa Wu)
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Jess Chapel
- Robert Forster – Major Forseberg
- James Hong – Gen Soon/Zhang Lao
- Debbi Morgan – Granny Blake
Legacy
[change | change source]Todd McFarlane's Spawn was ranked 5th on IGN's list of "The Greatest Comic Book Cartoons of All Time",[3] and 23rd on IGN's list of "Top 25 Primetime Animated Series of All Time".[4]
Series producer Eric Radomski reflected in an interview that "Spawn TAS was a personal success for me. Very rarely do artists get the opportunity to have as much uncensored creative freedom as I did at HBO on Spawn."[5]
Music
[change | change source]The score and opening theme was made by Shirley Walker, who also composed music for Batman: The Animated Series. While Batman: The Animated Series featured traditional orchestra music, the producers of Todd McFarlane's Spawn requested that Walker give the series a more organic and subtle electronic soundtrack, with only minimal usage of orchestral sounds.[5]
Home video
[change | change source]On July 24, 2007, HBO Video released a 4-disc 10th-anniversary signature collector's edition on DVD with all 18 episodes and multiple bonus features.[6]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "HBO and David Kelley Win Top Early Emmys". The New York Times. August 30, 1999. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 857–858. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ↑ "The Greatest Comic Book Cartoons of All Time - IGN". IGN. Ziff Davis. 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ↑ "Top 25 Primetime Animated Series of All Time". IGN. Ziff Davis. 2006-09-28. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Toon Zone Presents: Todd McFarlane's Spawn (HBO)".
- ↑ "Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Animated Collection (10th Anniversary Signature Edition)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Todd McFarlane's Spawn on IMDb
- Todd McFarlane's Spawn at TV.com
- Todd McFarlane's Spawn Archived 2017-06-07 at the Wayback Machine at Toon Zone