Conan without Schwarzenegger: everyone forgot that the hero had his own cartoon in the 90s!

Let’s not argue: Conan the Barbarian is the film that introduced heroic fantasy to the general public (and even, to be more specific, the subgenre. sword and sorcery). No one but John Milius could capture Robert E. The essence and soul of the character’s universe that Howard created, even if the filmmaker largely reflected a very personal vision of the mythos of our beloved Arnie’s Superman.

After Conan the Destroyer and Kalidor, the Legend of the Talisman (although the name Conan could not be used here due to rights), the animated series Conan the Adventurer was born seven years after the last film, under the pen of screenwriter Christy Marks. Author, notably of Jem and the Holograms and episodes of GI Joe.

Airing from September 1992 to November 1993 in the United States (and from October 1993 here), this Franco-Canadian-American series featured a Cimmerian on a quest to find a cure to lift the curse that burdened his parents, turning him to stone. By the supreme sorcerer of Stygia, Iramon, is subjugated to the evil serpent god Set. A character clearly reminiscent of the villainous Thulsa Doom and his snake cult played by James Earl Jones in the Milius film.

In its French version, the credits song is signed by the stainless Bernard Minet!

Armed with his Star Metal Sword (which helps prevent bloodshed and censorship in the youth animated series), which has the ability to send Iramon’s Serpent Men into their world called the Abyss, Conan wanders this way in 25 episodes of 65 episodes. Each minute, two seasons of time.

Continuation of the so-called Conan and the Young Warriors In 1994, one season consisting of 13 episodes was created, but with less success. and remains unpublished in France.