The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux | |
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Genre | Animation, Fantasy |
Written by | Erika Strobel Michael Ende Rolf Giesen Bruce Robb |
Directed by | Marc Boreal Mike Fallows |
Voices of |
Janet-Laine Green Dominic Zamprogna Chris Wiggins Christopher Bell Neil Groan Marilyn Lightstone Benedict Campbell John McGrath Lisa Yamanaka Richard Binsley James Rankin Colin Fox Dan Hennessey Gary Krawford Howard Jerome Don Francks Wayne Robson Len Carlson Ellen Ray Hennessey Geoffrey Bowes Harvey Atkin Jayne Eastwood |
Theme music composer | Milan Kymlicka |
Country of origin | Canada France Germany |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production company(s) | Cinevox Filmproduktion GmbH Ellipse Programmé Nelvana |
Release | |
Original network |
HBO (United States) Family Channel (Canada) |
Original release | December 2, 1995 – April 6, 1996 |
The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux is an animated television series, produced by CineVox (Germany), Ellipse (France), and Nelvana (Canada), aired for one season (1995–1996) on HBO, ran for 26 episodes, and loosely based on Michael Ende's book, The Neverending Story (1979).
In the animated series, the Nothing is a recurring villain. The Nothing is portrayed as a hole with evil red eyes, which belongs to that of a white wolf, and is the television version of Gmork. The evil sorceress Xayide, unlike in the first sequel film, wears green robes with an eyemask with yellow slits. In the original movie, her face is created by a special magical cream. The Rockbiter, in the latter two sequel films (including the third film), actually has a wife and a son, Junior, in the series. In 2005, the first three episodes were eventually released on DVD in a compilation entitled "Bastian to the Rescue".