Dragon's Lair (TV series)
| Dragon's Lair | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Fantasy Animation Action Adventure Sword and sorcery |
| Based on | Dragon's Lair by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth |
| Developed by | Ruby-Spears Productions |
| Written by | Michael Charles Hill |
| Voices of |
Bob Sarlatte Ellen Gerstell Fred Travalena Michael Mish Arthur Burghardt Peter Cullen |
| Narrated by | Clive Revill |
| Composer(s) | John Debney |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company(s) | Ruby-Spears Productions |
| Distributor |
Worldvision Enterprises (original) Warner Bros. Television Distribution (current) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 8, 1984 – April 27, 1985 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Dragon's Lair |
| Followed by | Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp |
Dragon's Lair is a television cartoon series by Ruby-Spears Productions based on the 1983 video game of the same name. Thirteen half-hour episodes were produced from 1984 to 1985, airing on ABC. Between the late 1980s and the early 1990s, the show was rerun on the USA Cartoon Express, and has also aired on Toonami and Boomerang.
The series chronicles the adventures of Dirk the Daring, who is best knight in the kingdom of King Ethelred. Dirk performs all sorts of great deeds while protecting the kingdom and his love Princess Daphne from the forces of the evil dragon Singe. In his adventures there are several original characters like his stallion Bertram, his squire Timothy, and arrogant knight Sir Hubert Blunt who is Dirk the Daring's rival.
Before each commercial break, Dirk the Daring faces a cliffhanger, and, in keeping with the spirit of the game, the storyteller narrates Dirk's options and asks the viewer "What would you do?". After the commercial break, the outcomes of the various choices were shown before Dirk acts on the correct idea (with the occasional exception) to advance the story.
Several enemies from the original game also make their appearance as adversaries: the Lizard King, the Phantom Knight, the Giddy Goons, and the Mudmen. In the episode "The Legend of the Giant's Name", an Ardu giant awakened by Singe forces Dirk to find his way out of an enchanted cave, which gradually transforms him into a skeleton, much like the death animations of the game.
On September 20, 2011, Warner Bros. released Dragon's Lair: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.
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