When a film achieves significant commercial success, it is common for producers to look for ways to prolong this success. The main strategy for this involves creating a franchise, producing more media and work-related products.
Designing cartoons as a way to expand the brand is also a possibility. In this context we present the 10 most famous cases of animated series based on successful films.
Best animated series based on films
Serving as a prequel to the film Gremlins (1984), “Mogwai” introduces a new story to Joe Dante’s series of fun and chaotic films.
The plot of the animation is set in the 1920s, in Shanghai. The boy Sam Wing and his friends must protect Gizmo and the other Mogwai from the bad guys.
Based on the independent comedy “Napoleon Dynamite” (2004), this animated series is a sitcom developed by the couple Jared and Jerusha Hess, authors of the original work.
The plot follows the adventures of the strange teenager Napoleon. The attraction, however, was not well received, being canceled after just one season of 6 episodes.
The 1993 film “Free Willy” tells the story of an orphaned boy who befriends an orca. The film was a great commercial success and became a franchise.
However, even before the film had its cinematic sequel, an animation was made that continues the adventures of the couple Jesse and Willy.
The design is well known among Brazilians. It was broadcast in the 1990s on Globo in the program Angel Mix and later on SBT on Bom Dia & Cia. and Sábado Animado.
Featuring characters from the “Police Academy” comedy film series, this animation is chronologically located between the fourth and fifth films in the series.
The cartoon has, in total, 65 episodes. It was broadcast on Globo in the early 1990s and on SBT in the mid-2000s.
Released in 1987, the film “RoboCop” brought ultraviolence and a satirical critique of capitalism, privatization and police forces. The film directed by Paul Verhoeven was successful and became a franchise, earning two more sequels, a TV series and two animated series.
Based on the original 1987 film, the first animation, “RoboCop: The Animated Series,” was produced by Marvel Productions and released in 1988. The attraction made changes to the universe presented in the film to make it more child-friendly, including the replacement of projectiles with laser weapons.
The second animation, “RoboCop: Alpha Commando”, was originally shown between 1998 and 1999. This cartoon no longer cared about faithfully following the canons of the franchise. For example, the character used several gadgets on his body that had never appeared in any film.
An animated adaptation of the 1984 hit “Ghostbusters”, this series continues the adventures of paranormal investigators and their mascot, the gelatinous ghost. On Open TV, Rede Globo showed animation in the 90s.
Furthermore, this cartoon also had a sequel: “The New Ghostbusters” (1997). The animation takes place after the end of the previous series and features a new team of young Ghostbusters. The attraction was also broadcast in Brazil in the late 1990s on Rede Record.
Based on the 1988 commercial and critical success “The Ghosts Have Fun”, this animation was also developed by the film’s director, Tim Burton. The cartoon was broadcast on SBT in the early 2000s and was a relative success among children.
The cartoon features gothic girl Lydia Deetz and her ghost friend Beetlejuice. The episodes follow the duo’s adventures in the world of the living and in “Nowhere”, a supernatural place inhabited by crazy entities.
Based on the film of the same name starring Jim Carrey in 1994, the animated “Ace Ventura” has 41 episodes. In Brazil, Rede Record aired the cartoon between 1997 and 2001, and SBT in 2004.
The animation features the eccentric animal detective completely inspired by the mannerisms and mannerisms portrayed by Carrey in the original film.
The animation is based on the classic comedy “Debi & Loide – Two idiots in trouble”, a film directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.
The attraction continues the adventures of the pair of weak friends after they recover their iconic dog-faced van. On open TV, Rede Globo broadcast the series between 1997 and 1998 on Globo and SBT in 2004.
Another cartoon based on a successful film starring Jim Carrey, “The Mask” is based on the 1994 film of the same name, which, in turn, is inspired by the comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics.
In Brazil, this project has been quite successful. In open TV was broadcast between 1997 and 2002 on Globo and for a long period in the 2000s on SBT.
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