The Legend of Calamity Jane

The Legend of Calamity Jane
Genre
Written byMark Zaslove
Directed byPascal Morelli
Starring
ComposerLa Belle Equipe
Country of origin
  • France
  • United States
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
  • Michel P. Pinard
  • Jean-Paul Gaspari
ProducerThierry Rivard
Running time22–23 minutes
Production companies
  • Gangster Production
  • Contre Allée
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 13, 1997 (1997-09-13) –
June 26, 1998 (1998-06-26)
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The Legend of Calamity Jane is a 1997–98 American-French animated television series. The series followed the adventures of a fictionalized Calamity Jane in Deadwood, South Dakota.[1] The episode "I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia" takes place during the opening of the Centennial Exposition, establishing the timeline setting in 1876. The series had "fuller and richer animation than was customary on Saturday-morning TV."[2]

It aired in France and Canada from 1997–98, in Portugal in 2002, and in the United Kingdom via the POP TV channel from 2003–04. Despite its short run, the series developed a cult following.[3]

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 353. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 490–491. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. ^ "The Legend of Calamity Jane (found English dub of animated series; 1997-1998)". Lost Media Wiki. Retrieved February 12, 2024.