Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)
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| Genre |
Animated television series Action/Adventure Comedy-drama Superhero fiction Sci-fi/Fantasy Martial arts |
| Based on |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Kevin Eastman Peter Laird |
| Developed by | Lloyd Goldfine |
| Voices of |
Michael Sinterniklaas Wayne Grayson Sam Riegel Greg Abbey Darren Dunstan Veronica Taylor Marc Thompson Scottie Ray Scott Williams Karen Neil Greg Carey David Zen Mansley |
| Theme music composer | Norman J. Grossfeld Russell Velazquez |
| Composer(s) |
Ralph Schuckett Rusty Andrews John Angier Mark Breeding Louis Cortelezzi Joel Douek John Petersen Pete Scaturro John Siegler John Van Tongeren Russel Velazquez |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 156 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Gary Richardson Frederick U. Fierst Alfred R. Khan Norman F. Grossfeld Tom Kenney |
| Producer(s) | JoEllyn Marlow |
| Running time | 21–23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Mirage Studios 4Kids Entertainment Dong Woo Animation |
| Distributor | Viacom Media Networks |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Fox Box/4Kids TV (season 1–6) The CW4Kids (season 7) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | February 8, 2003 – July 11, 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) |
| Followed by | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) |
| Website | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series, based on the comic book characters of the same name. The series is mainly set in New York City. It first aired on February 8, 2003 and ended on March 27, 2010 in the UK, Ireland, and Australia and August 2, 2015 in the US and Canada. The series marked the revival of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a Saturday-morning cartoon on Fox's Fox Box programming block (later known as 4Kids TV).
The 2003 TMNT TV series was produced by 4Kids Entertainment, and Mirage Studios, which co-owned rights to the show, and animated by Dong Woo Animation. The series migrated to The CW4Kids in its final season after 4Kids's contract with Fox ended. Nickelodeon now owns the rights to this and any future Turtles series. Nickelodeon broadcast the series occasionally on their channel and Nicktoons normally during marathons for the TMNT series.
In May 2002, it was announced that 4Kids Entertainment would produce a new animated TMNT-TV-series for Foxbox to air on Saturday mornings.
In the 2003 TV series, the four Turtles' personalities are in some ways different from the 1987 TV series in an attempt to follow the Mirage Comics versions of the characters more closely. All the characters are more complex individuals, and the Turtles have a stronger family bond. The tone is also somewhat more serious with a greater emphasis on action. The show does not feature nearly as much slapstick comedy or heavy puns as its animated predecessor, and the only turtle to use surfer slang is Michelangelo. The 2003 series also features magical powers absent from the earlier incarnation. Leonardo and Raphael often pick fights with each other, Michelangelo is now very obsessed with being cool and famous, and Donatello seems to take his inventions more seriously.
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