Gargoyles (TV series)

This article is about the series. For the video game, see Gargoyles (video game).

Gargoyles
Also known asGargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (season 3)
GenreAction-adventure
[1][2]
Written by
Directed by
  • (5 or more episodes)
  • Dennis Woodyard
  • Frank Paur
  • Kazuo Terada (season 1 head director)
  • Saburo Hashimoto
  • Bob Kline
  • Charles E. Bastien (season 3)
Voices of
ComposerCarl Johnson
Country of originUnited States
Canada (season 3)
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes78 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers
  • Frank Paur
  • Greg Weisman
  • Dennis Woodyard
  • Vince Commisso (season 3)
EditorSusan Edmunson
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesWalt Disney Television Animation[a]
Walt Disney Animation Japan[3] (seasons 1–2)
Nelvana[b] (season 3)
Buena Vista Television
Original release
NetworkSyndicated
ReleaseOctober 24, 1994 (1994-10-24) –
May 15, 1996 (1996-05-15)
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 7, 1996 (1996-09-07) –
February 15, 1997 (1997-02-15)
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Gargoyles (also known as Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles for season 3) is an animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, in collaboration with Walt Disney Animation Japan for its first two seasons and Nelvana for its final, and originally aired from October 24, 1994, to February 15, 1997. The series features a species of nocturnal creatures known as gargoyles that turn to stone during the day.[5] After spending a thousand years in an enchanted petrified state, the gargoyles (who have been transported from medieval Scotland) are reawakened in modern-day New York City, and take on roles as the city's secret night-time protectors.[6]

Gargoyles was noted for its relatively dark tone, complex story arcs, and melodrama; character arcs were heavily employed throughout the series, as were Shakespearean themes. The series also received favorable comparisons to Cybersix, Batman: The Animated Series, and X-Men. A video game adaptation and a spin-off comic series were released in 1995. The show's storyline continued from 2006 to 2009 in a comic book series of the same title, produced by Slave Labor Graphics, and was again revived by Dynamite Entertainment in 2022. In 2023, a live-action reboot for Disney+ was announced, to be produced by Atomic Monster.[7]

  1. ^ "How Gargoyles Redefined Cartoon Villainy". September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "10 Best Super Hero Cartoons on Disney Plus, Ranked". Screen Rant. March 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Search Ask Greg : Gargoyles : Station Eight".
  4. ^ Greene, Jamie (November 7, 2018). "An oral history of Gargoyles, Disney's groundbreaking animated series". SYFY WIRE. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  5. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 230–233. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  6. ^ O'Connor, John (September 7, 1995). "TELEVISION REVIEW; Nocturnal and Excited About Books". The New York Times. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  7. ^ Kit, Borys (October 16, 2023). "Gary Dauberman, James Wan's Atomic Monster Tackling Live-Action 'Gargoyles' For Disney+ (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.


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