Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders
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Cover of the 2005 Digiview DVD release Wizard's Peak
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| Also known as | 'Starla & the Jewel Riders |
| Genre |
Adventure Comic fantasy Musical |
| Created by | Robert Mandell |
| Written by | Robert Mandell Christopher Rowley Robin Young James Luceno Katherine Lawrence Linda Shayne Mary Stanton |
| Directed by | Robert Mandell Peter Fernandez (recording) James Tang (animation) |
| Voices of |
Kerry Butler Jean Louisa Kelly Corinne Orr Deborah Allison Laura Dean John Beach Voiceguy Bob Kaliban Peter Fernandez Henry Mandell |
| Theme music composer | Jeff Pescetto |
| Composer(s) | Jeff Pescetto (songs) Louis Fagenson (score) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Allen J. Bohbot Joseph Cohen Robert Mandell Ralph Sorrentino |
| Producer(s) | Winnie Chaffee Eleanor Kearney Raissa Roque |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | New Frontier Entertainment Enchanted Camelot Productions Golden Films |
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| Original network | Syndication |
| Original release | September 9, 1995 – December 12, 1996 |
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Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders (PGJR, also known outside of North America as Starla & the Jewel Riders, and sometimes misspelled as "Princess Guinevere") is a 1995 American comic fantasy-themed animated children's television series produced by Bohbot Productions and Hasbro in association with Hong Ying Animation. It was internationally syndicated by Bohbot Entertainment in the version where the title character renamed to Starla. The series was primarily aimed for girls and had two seasons of thirteen episodes each in 1995–1996; a third season was reportedly planned in fall 1998, but then it was apparently cancelled.
The plot follows the quest of a young princess of Avalon, Gwenevere (Starla), and her friends, Fallon and Tamara, to find and secure the scattered enchanted jewels to stop the evil sorceress Lady Kale from taking over the kingdom, restore harmony in magic, and bring the banished Merlin home. In the second season, the Jewel Riders receive more powers and new costumes to battle the returning Kale and the mighty Morgana for more magical jewels that also need to be kept out the grasp of dark forces.
Jewel Riders is in many ways similar to The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and both series had the same creator and director, Robert Mandell, as well as some of its writers, notably Christopher Rowley. The series was initially planned as an adaptation of Dragonriders of Pern, came in the wake of Bohbot's earlier take on the Arthurian legend, King Arthur and the Knights of Justice, and shares similarities with the magical girl subgenre of anime and to some American cartoons. Althrough writers were divided on the show, it was a hit in France and later became the basis for the novel series and upcoming film Avalon: Web of Magic.
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