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The Return of Dogtanian
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Genre Animation, action, comedy-drama, fantasy
Based on The classic story of d'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Developed by Claudio Biern Boyd
Directed by Wang Yaquan
Narrated by Michael McConnohie
Theme music composer Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Ending theme Michael McConnohie
Country of origin
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
No. of episodes 26
Production
Producer(s) Wang Yaquan
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s)
  • BRB Internacional
  • Televisión Española
  • Thames Television
Distributor BRB Internacional
Release
Audio format Mono
Original release 1989 (1989)
Chronology
Preceded by Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

The Return of Dogtanian (which means El retorno de D'Artacán in Spanish) is an animated TV show from 1989. It was made in Spain and the United Kingdom. This series is a follow-up to the popular 1981 show, Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds.

The story continues the famous tale of d'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. It was created by Spanish company BRB Internacional, Televisión Española, and Thames Television. The animation was done by Wang Film Productions and Morning Sun Animation. In 1995, a movie called Dogtanian: One For All and All For One was made from the series.

Making the Show: The Return of Dogtanian

In 1989, The Return of Dogtanian was produced by BRB Internacional, Televisión Española, and Thames Television. Wang Film Productions and Morning Sun Animation handled the animation. Just like the first series, 26 episodes were made. The show cost about 650 million Spanish pesetas to create.

Storyline: Ten Years Later

The story in this series takes place ten years after the first one ended. It is loosely based on another book by Alexandre Dumas called The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. This book also includes the mystery of The Man in the Iron Mask.

In the show, Dogtanian and Juliette are now married. They live with their two children, Philippe and Fleur, near Paris. The Queen, Anne, brings the Muskehounds back together. This happens because her husband, the King, starts acting strangely. The main villain, Cardinal Richelieu, is still around. Milady and Widimer are also still loyal to him.

Voice Actors and Animation

Dave Mallow and Doug Stone helped adapt the scripts into English and directed the voice acting. They also became the new voices for Dogtanian and Porthos. The first series was made by a Japanese studio called Nippon Animation. However, this second series was produced in Taiwan by Wang Film Productions and Morning Sun Animation, so Nippon Animation was not involved this time.

Meet the Characters: Voice Cast

  • Aramis – Eddie Frierson
  • Juliette – Rebecca Forstadt
  • Pip – Steve Kramer
  • Widimer – Mike Reynolds
  • Cardinal Richelieu – Kerrigan Mahan
  • Queen Anne – Robin Levenson
  • King Louis – Simon Prescott
  • Narrator – Michael McConnohie
  • Dogtanian – Dave Mallow
  • Porthos – Doug Stone
  • Anthos – Michael Sorich
  • Beajeaux – Steve Bulen
  • Elexy – Robert Axelrod
  • Philippe – Brianne Siddall

Episode Guide

  • "At France's Service"
  • "Again in Paris"
  • "Bad News"
  • "The Gold Muzzle"
  • "The Rescue"
  • "A Secret Forever"
  • "In the Wizard's Cave"
  • "The King, Poisoned"
  • "A Special Visit"
  • "Change of Plans"
  • "The Impostor"
  • "One More in the Group"
  • "Trapped by Blanbec"
  • "A Surprise for Richelieu"
  • "Pedrigreen Hood"
  • "Widimer Complicates Things"
  • "The Best Archer"
  • "Rescuing Dogtanian"
  • "The King's Cousin"
  • "A Robbery in the Dance"
  • "The Black Rose"
  • "A Terrific Surprise"
  • "Fleur's Kidnapping"
  • "Where is Fleur?"
  • "Fleur's Rescue"
  • "Treville's Successor"

Music in the Show

The music for The Return of Dogtanian was composed by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis.

Finnish Version Music

In the Finnish version of the show, the songs used the same music by De Angelis. However, new Finnish lyrics were written and sung by the voice actors from YLE Import. Some scenes, including musical parts, were cut from the Finnish dub.

Dogtanian: The Movie

In 1995, BRB Internacional released a TV movie. It was called Dogtanian: One For All and All For One. This movie was made by editing scenes from the series. It had different voice actors and some character names were changed from the original show.

Watching at Home: Home Media

DVD Releases

This series was released on DVD as a complete box-set, not as separate discs. The set has 4 DVDs. The first Dogtanian series was made for all DVD regions (Region 0). But this second series was released for Region 2, which is mainly for Europe, Japan, and South Africa. The TV movie DVD was also released for all regions (Region 0).

  • The TV movies Dogtanian: Special and Dogtanian: One For All And All For One came out on July 26, 2004.
  • The complete second series boxset was released on July 4, 2005.

In November 2010, a special version was released only for HMV stores. This version included both the first and second series, plus both TV movies. Later, this complete boxset became available at other stores too.

Watching Online

Today, you can still watch The Return of Dogtanian on different online platforms. These include YouTube and Netflix.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: El retorno de D'Artacán para niños

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