| Free Willy | |
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| Genre | Animation |
| Created by | Patrick Loubert |
| Based on | Free Willy by Keith A. Walker Corey Blechman |
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| Directed by | Gary Hurst |
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| Original languages | English French |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
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| Cinematography | Le Studio Canal+ |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
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| Release | September 24, 1994 – December 16, 1995 |
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Free Willy is an animated television series, inspired by the 1993 film of the same name.[1] The television show was produced by Warner Bros. Television, Regency Enterprises, Canadian company Nelvana and French company Le Studio Canal+ for Warner Bros. Studios.
The show continues the adventures of the killer whale Willy and Jesse, the boy who freed him from captivity as shown in the film.[2] In retrospect, the series also anticipates multiple plot elements of the film sequel, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, released the following summer. The overarching conflict is reminiscent of Moby-Dick: a powerful oil baron, known to the main characters only as a cyborg called "The Machine" until the final episodes, loses his arm and part of his face to Willy while committing an environmental atrocity and wants revenge upon "that rotten whale... and his boy". The show aired on ABC.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 351. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 222. ISBN 978-1538103739.