Darkstalkers (TV series) facts for kids
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| Based on | Darkstalkers by Capcom |
| Developed by | Richard Mueller |
| Written by | Richard Mueller Christy Marx Douglas Booth Kat Likkel Brooks Wachtel Katherine Lawrence |
| Directed by | Dora Case J.K. Kim Sue Peters |
| Starring | Lisa Ann Beley Kyle Labine Saffron Henderson Michael Donovan |
| Ending theme | "Trouble Man" by Eikichi Yazawa |
| Composer(s) | William Kevin Anderson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Kenzo Tsujimoto Stephanie Graziano Jun Aida Daniel S. Kletzky |
| Producer(s) | Victor Dal Chele Gwen Wetzler Akio Sakai Takeshi Sekiguchi Kenzo Tsujimoto |
| Running time | 20 mins |
| Production company(s) | Graz Entertainment Capcom |
| Distributor | The Summit Media Group |
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| Original network | Syndication |
| Original release | September 30 – December 30, 1995 |
Darkstalkers (also known as Darkstalkers: The Animated Series) is an exciting American cartoon show. It was made by Graz Entertainment and first aired from September to December 1995. This animated series is inspired by the popular Capcom fighting video game Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors. The show ran for one season with thirteen episodes.
What's the Story About?
The Darkstalkers cartoon tells a classic tale of good versus evil. It doesn't follow the complicated stories from the video games exactly. Instead, it creates its own adventure.
Some characters from the game are changed for the show. For example, Morrigan Aensland becomes a bad guy. She is a descendant of the famous Morgan le Fay. Morrigan works with Demitri Maximoff, even though they were rivals in the games. Both serve under the powerful villain Pyron.
The main hero of the show is a normal human boy named Harry Grimoire. He was created just for this cartoon. Harry is a descendant of the legendary wizard Merlin. He teams up with Felicia, a friendly cat-like character, to fight against the forces of evil.
Meet the Voice Actors
Many talented actors lent their voices to the characters in Darkstalkers. Here are some of them:
- Kyle Labine as Harry Grimoire
- Lisa Ann Beley as Felicia and Hsien-Ko
- Saffron Henderson as Morrigan Aensland and Morgan le Fay
- Michael Donovan as Demitri Maximoff
- Garry Chalk as Donovan Baine
- Ian James Corlett as Victor von Gerdenheim, Huitzil, and Pyron's ship computer
- Scott McNeil as Lord Raptor, Rikuo, and Anakaris
- Colin Murdock as Bishamon
- Richard Newman as Pyron, Merlin, and Terramon
- Lee Tockar as Jon Talbain
- Dale Wilson as Bigfoot
- Kathleen Barr as Harry's mother
- Laura Harris as Hairball
- Gerard Plunkett as Klaus Schmendrick
- Venus Terzo as Quan Yin and Orin
- Zoltan Buday as Anakaris (in "Out of the Dark" and "The Game")
Behind the Scenes
The voice director for the show was Susan Blu. She helped guide the actors to bring the characters to life.
All the Episodes
The Darkstalkers series had 13 episodes in total. Here is a list of them:
- "Out of the Dark" (written by Richard Mueller)
- "Donovan's Bane" (written by Christy Marx)
- "The Game" (written by Kat Likkel)
- "Pyramid Power" (written by Douglas Booth)
- "And the Walls Come Tumblin' Down" (written by Brooks Wachtel)
- "Ghost Hunter" (written by Katherine Lawrence)
- "Little Bigfoot's Last Stand" (written by Kat Likkel)
- "My Harry's in the Highlands" (written by Richard Mueller)
- "Aliens Keep Out" (written by Katherine Lawrence)
- "Samurai's Honor" (written by Christy Marx)
- "There's no Business Like Dragon Business" (written by Brooks Wachtel)
- "Darkest Before the Dawn" (written by Richard Mueller)
- "Everyone's a Critic" (written by Richard Mueller)
