The Adventures of Tintin (TV series)
| The Adventures of Tintin | |
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| Genre |
Adventure Mystery Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Hergé (characters) |
| Voices of |
(English version) Colin O'Meara David Fox Wayne Robson Dan Hennessey Susan Roman |
| Opening theme | "The Adventures of Tintin Theme" |
| Composer(s) | Ray Parker Jim Morgan Tom Szczesniak |
| Country of origin |
France Canada |
| Original language(s) | English French |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes (approx. per episode) |
| Production company(s) |
Ellipse Programmé Nelvana Limited |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO (United States) Family (Canada) NHK (Japan) Channel 4 (UK) |
| Original release | 1991 – 1992 |
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The Adventures of Tintin was a French-Canadian animated television series based on The Adventures of Tintin (a series of books by Hergé). It debuted in 1991 and 39 half-hour episodes were produced over the course of its three seasons.
The television series was directed by Stephen Bernasconi (with Peter Hudecki as the Canadian unit director), and produced by Ellipse (France) and Nelvana (Canada) on behalf of the Hergé Foundation. It was the first television adaptation of Hergé's books in over 20 years since the Belgian animation company Belvision was responsible for Hergé's Adventures of Tintin. Philippe Goddin, an expert in Hergé and Tintin, acted as a consultant to the producers. The writers for the series included Toby Mullally, Eric Rondeaux, Martin Brossolet, Amelie Aubert, Dennise Fordham, and Alex Boon.
The series used traditional animation techniques and adhered closely to the original books, going so far as transposing some frames from the original albums directly to screen. In the episodes "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon", 3D animation was used for the Moon rocket—an unusual step in 1989. Each frame of the animation was then printed and recopied onto celluloid, hand painted in gouache, and then laid onto a painted background. The rocket seen in the title sequence is animated using the same 3D techniques.
Artistically, the series chose a constant style, unlike in the books. In literature, the imagery had been drawn over the course of 47 years, during which Hergé's style developed considerably. However, later televised episodes such as the "Moon Story" and "Tintin in America" clearly demonstrated the artists' development during the course of the series. The series was filmed with English voice acting, but all visuals (road signs, posters, and settings) remained in French.
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