The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
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Jonny Quest was the first TV series I directed. My primary role was to report to Producer Davis Doi and handle the animation direction. Incidentally you can buy episodes of Jonny Quest via my store.
Here’s a bit about the show via Wikipedia:
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is an animated action-adventure television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and broadcast on Cartoon Network from August 26, 1996 to April 16, 1997. A revival of the Jonny Quest franchise, it featured Jonny and Hadji as teenage protagonists with a new character, Race Bannon’s daughter, Jessie.[1] Creators staged the show around Dr. Quest’s investigations of “existing, real phenomena” and mysteries in exotic locales, which brought him into conflict with ethically-differing villains.[2][3] Action also took place in the virtual realm of QuestWorld, a 3D cyberspace domain rendered with computer animation.[4]
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Cool! I Always watch this on Saturday Morning. I really though this was a good series.
Thanks Starr!
why wasnt a cool anime like jonny quest continued??? i mis dis like hell! i really love to see a jonny quest movie… just imagine the scene in which a 17year old boy…opening shot of the movie is saying… hai……. i am jonny quest…son of doctor quest… we already had enough of crap hollywood movies…now lets add some quality stories…jq is a worthwhile stuff! it surely deserves a relook!
watched this when it was first on so glad to see it was revived and updated!
again,top effort Mike!!
ps
what is your view on Japanese animation?
It’s okay I guess… I like Akira and Red Pig and some of the One Piece stuff. Of course Howl’s Moving Castle and Totoro too. I wish they’d learn how to do more than one style as I I get tired of the same designs over and over. The Japanese are such incredible draftsmen I’d like to see them innovate a bit. I directed a show called Xiaolin Showdown which I really liked the design of. It was sort of anime meets John K.
While i will agree that the style wise Japanese animation can be a little repetitive but the story lines often go where American animation won’t as evidenced by Akira which dealt with adult themes and concepts not seen in the usual Saturday kids fare.
The Japanese see animation as a medium to convey concepts and story’s that adults will
watch while the west still view animation as mainly children’s entertainment.
To me one of the best animations from the west is Spawn. It doesn’t pull any punches
deals with varied adult themes/concepts and is well written and interestingly animated.