Spider-Man | |
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Genre |
Superhero fiction Action/Adventure Drama |
Created by |
Stan Lee Steve Ditko (characters) |
Based on | Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko |
Voices of |
Neil Patrick Harris Lisa Loeb Ian Ziering Angelle Brooks Keith Carradine |
Narrated by | Neil Patrick Harris |
Composer(s) |
John Digweed Nick Muir William Kevin Anderson |
Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Mainframe Entertainment Marvel Entertainment Adelaide Productions Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | MTV |
Original release | July 11 – September 12, 2003 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Spider-Man Unlimited |
Followed by | The Spectacular Spider-Man |
External links | |
Website |
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (also known as MTV Spider-Man) is an American-Canadian animated television series based on the Marvel comic book superhero character Spider-Man. It ran for only one season of 13 episodes, starting on July 11, 2003. It is a loose continuation of 2002's Spider-Man film directed by Sam Raimi, completely ignoring the events of Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3. The show was made using computer generated imagery (CGI) rendered in cel shading and was broadcast on MTV, and YTV. Eight months later after the series finale, episodes aired in reruns on ABC Family as part of the Jetix television programming block.
The story follows the events of the first Spider-Man film.Norman Osborn is dead. Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, and Harry Osborn attend Empire State University. Peter and Mary Jane try to establish a relationship without success. Peter's superhero duties, and later his involvement with Indira Daimonji, interfere with his romance with Mary Jane. Harry craves revenge on Spider-Man, whom he blames for the death of his father. Peter faces an assortment of other villains including the Lizard, Kraven the Hunter and Electro while trying to maintain a job and his studies. He faces two psychic twins that ruin everything in the wallcrawler's life, causing Peter to give up being Spider-Man and try to live a normal life.