King Arthur & the Knights of Justice

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice
Cover of the Image Entertainment DVD release
Also known as	'King Arthur & the Knights of Justice'
Genre	Action/Adventure Fantasy
Created by	Jean Chalopin
Written by	Jean Chalopin
Directed by	Stephan Martinière Charlie Sansonetti Xavier Picard Shigeru Koshi (production) Kazasuke Doshihara (art) Michael Donovan (voice)
Creative director(s)	Stephan Martinière Charlie Sansonetti
Voices of	Andrew Kavadas Scott McNeil Michael Donovan Kathleen Barr Garry Chalk Jim Byrnes
Composer(s)	Shuki Levy
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Diane Eskenazi Allen Bohbot Jean Chalopin Avi Arad
Producer(s)	Allen Bohbot Diane Eskenazi Mark Taylor Shigeru Akagawa (animation) Hiroshi Saotome (animation) Suzanne Remiot
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	C&D (Créativité et Développement) Golden Films
Distributor	Bohbot Entertainment Golden Films
Release
Original network	first-run syndication (1992-1993) SyncTV Kids (2009-present)
Original release	September 13, 1992 – December 12, 1993

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice is an American cartoon series produced by Golden Films, C&D (Créativité et Développement) and Bohbot Entertainment. The series was created by Diane Eskenazi (Golden Films) and Avi Arad (Toy Biz chairman, CEO and the founder of Marvel Studios) who were also executive producers of the series, which lasted for two seasons of 13 episodes each. Its first episode aired on September 13, 1992, and the last episode was on December 12, 1993.

The show's premise had King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table trapped in the Cave of Glass by the evil enchantress Queen Morgana. The wizard Merlin, unable to free King Arthur and the Knights himself, searches the timeline for replacement Knights. Merlin finds the quarterback of the New York Knights football team, Arthur King, as a suitable replacement. Merlin transports Arthur King and his teammates to Camelot after one of their football games and appoints Arthur King as their leader, with his teammates as the new Knights of the Round Table, and assigns them the task of freeing the true King and Knights. To do so, they must find the 12 Keys of Truth, one for each knight that only the knight in question can initially touch. Once all the keys are found, the real knights will be free and the team will return home. In the meantime, they pledge "....fairness to all, to protect the weak and vanquish the evil". The Knights are armed with special armor and are able to summon their respective creatures at any time when in battle armor. These animals, such as King Arthur's dragon, are emblazoned on their shields.

The series had a progressive story with both sides making progress towards their goals. Continuity was also established in the episodes which would be brought up in later episodes, along with some repeat minor characters, character relationships, and previously overcome weaknesses of the Knights. Despite the continual movement towards a resolution, the series is incomplete and ended abruptly during the second season.