Godzilla: The Series
| Godzilla: The Series | |
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Opening Title
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| Genre |
Action Science fiction |
| Based on |
Godzilla by Toho |
| Developed by |
Jeff Kline Richard Raynis |
| Written by | Jeff Kline Richard Raynis Steven Melching Marty Isenberg Robert N. Skir Steve Perry Neil Ruttenberg Len Wein Marv Wolfman Baz Hawkins Harry 'Doc' Kloor Scott Lobdell Gregory K. Pincus Brooks Wachtel Steve Cuden Carl Ellsworth Janna King William Stout Jeffrey Wynne Angel Dean Lopez Craig Miller |
| Directed by | David Hartman Sam Liu Frank Squillace Audu Paden Alan Caldwell Nathan Chew Brad Rader Christopher Berkeley Sean Song |
| Voices of |
Ian Ziering Brigitte Bako Rino Romano Charity James Malcolm Danare Tom Kenny Frank Welker |
| Theme music composer | Jim Latham |
| Opening theme | Godzilla: The Series theme song |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich Richard Raynis Jeff Kline |
| Producer(s) | Audu Paden |
| Editor(s) | C.K. Horness Adam Weiss Richard C. Allen |
| Camera setup | Myung Soo Song |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Adelaide Productions Centropolis Television Columbia TriStar Television |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Fox Kids (USA) Direct TV (Japan) Network Ten (Australia) Filmax (Pakistan) Aruj TV (Pakistan) |
| Original release | September 12, 1998 – April 22, 2000 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Godzilla (1998 film) |
Godzilla: The Series is an American animated television series which originally aired on Fox Kids in the United States. The show premiered on September 12, 1998, and is a direct follow-up to the 1998 American Godzilla film.Malcolm Danare, Kevin Dunn and Michael Lerner reprise their roles from the film.
Using an art style similar to that of Adelaide's previous productions Men in Black: The Series and Extreme Ghostbusters, the series follows the Humanitarian Environmental (or Ecological, in "Area 51") Analysis Team (H.E.A.T.), a research team led by Dr. Nick Tatopoulos (voiced by Ian Ziering) as they battle giant monsters which frequently appear in the wake of the events depicted in the 1998 film Godzilla. Godzilla, the only hatchling of its species to survive in the movie, imprints on Nick and becomes the chief weapon summoned against the other monsters encountered by the human characters. The series also introduces two new characters: Monique Dupre, a French secret agent assigned by Philippe Roache to keep an eye on Godzilla and H.E.A.T., and Randy Hernandez, an intern of Nick's who specializes in computer hacking.
The series did well during Fox Kids' Saturday morning line-up. Ultimately, however, it was overshadowed by the late 1990s Pokémon/Digimon war between Kids WB and Fox Kids during the 1999-2000 season. As a result, Godzilla: The Series was placed in different timeslots on Saturdays to accommodate many of the Digimon marathons and back-to-back episodes (this would also affect other Fox Kids shows as well). For a brief period of time, episodes of Godzilla: The Series were either never repeated, or skipped over and rescheduled. There was a brief period where the show was taken off the schedule to accommodate new shows for mid-season, resulting in two episodes that were never broadcast in the US. The overall reception from the Godzilla fans was more positively received than its film it was based on, bearing more resemblance to the original Godzilla fans were familiar with.
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