Black Panther | |
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Genre |
Action Adventure Science fiction Superhero |
Based on |
Black Panther by Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Developed by | Reginald Hudlin |
Written by | Reginald Hudlin |
Directed by |
Mark Brooks Jon Schnepp |
Voices of |
Djimon Hounsou Stan Lee Kerry Washington Alfre Woodard David Busch Stephen Stanton Jill Scott |
Theme music composer | Stephen James Taylor |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Stan Lee Reginald Hudlin Eric S. Rollman Aaron Parry Sidney Clifton Chris Prynoski Shannon Prynoski Jeff Fry |
Producer(s) | Cort Lane |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Marvel Knights Animation Hudlin Entertainment Titmouse,inc. BET |
Release | |
Original network |
ABC3 (Australia) BET (U.S.) |
Original release | January 16 – January 30, 2010 |
Black Panther is an American cartoon series by Marvel Knights Animation, Titmouse, inc. in partnership with Hudlin Entertainment and BET, based on the popular Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. It was the first animated television series produced by BET since Hey Monie!. Each of the six episodes of the series was 20 minutes in length.
The series was broadcast on the Australian children's channel ABC3 in January 2010 and in the United States on BET in November 2011.
Upon becoming the new Black Panther after the assassination of his father T'Chaka, T'Challa deals with the jealousy in the Wakandan royal court while looking for the man who killed his father. Unbeknownst to Black Panther, Klaw (the man who assassinated T'Chaka) has assembled a group of villains consisting of Batroc the Leaper, Juggernaut, the Vatican Black Knight, and the Russian Radioactive Man to help him take over Wakanda.
At a presentation held in New York City in April 2008, BET announced that it had signed a deal with Marvel Comics to turn Black Panther into a primetime half-hour animated series. In July 2008 at the San Diego Comic-Con International, the first footage of the series was shown publicly, indicating that the series was essentially just motion comic versions of the mini-series released by Marvel Comics.