Rayman: The Animated Series
Rayman: The Animated Series | ||
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Published by | Ubi Soft | |
Developed by | Ubi Soft | |
Release date | 1999 | |
Genre | CGI animated series | |
Platforms | DVD, VHS, televised broadcast |
Rayman: The Animated Series was a computer-animated TV programme based on the Rayman video games series. It was produced in 1999 as an accompaniment to the release of Rayman 2 in the same year. Although it was planned to be a full 13-episode series that was meant to be aired on TV worldwide the following year, the series was cancelled and only four episodes were produced, presumably due to poor writing and lack of funds, despite being funded by the government of Quebec, Canada, and they were aired in very few countries in Europe, notably France, Germany (in which it was aired on Super RTL) and the Netherlands.
Plot
Rayman had already been captured by Admiral Razorbeard and is being held at Rigatoni's circus - a giant tent which floats from one location to another, where he is forced to do circus tricks. After being thrown in the dungeons, he soon meets four other prisoners, Betina, Cookie, Flips and Lac-Mac, who is the star of the circus show and therefore Rigatoni's favorite prisoner, and plans their escape. When they do escape, they end up on the run in the vast forest city of Aeropolis, where Inspector Grub is pursuing them under the orders of Rigatoni.
Characters
Protagonists
Antagonists
Episodes
- Lac-Mac Napping
- No Parking
- High Anxiety
- Big Date
- My Fair Lac-Mac (cancelled)
Voice cast
English version
- Billy West – Rayman
- Carlos Alazraqui – Admiral Razorbeard, Cookie
- Danny Mann – Rigatoni, Lac-Mac, Inspector Grub
- Carolyn Lawrence – Betina (Lac-Mac Napping and No Parking)
- Lacey Chabert – Betina (High Anxiety)
- Kath Soucie – Betina (Big Date)
- Candi Millo – Additional Voices
- Kate Donahue – Additional Voices
- Brian Stepanek – Additional Voices
French version
- Patrice Baudrier – Lac-Mac
- Philippe Bozo – Razorbeard
- Michel Elias – Inspector Grub
- Emmanuel Fouquet – Cookie
- Emmanuel Garijo – Rayman
- Catherine Hamilty – Additional Voices
- Olivier Hémon – Rigatoni
- Patricia Legrand – Betina
- Marie Vincent – Additional Voices
Equivalents
Most of the characters who appear in Rayman: The Animated Series are rough equivalents of characters from Rayman 2.
- Rayman – Himself
- Betina – Ly the Fairy
- Cookie – Grand Minimus
- Lac-Mac – Globox
- Flips – Murfy
- Rigatoni – Admiral Razorbeard
- Admiral Razorbeard – Spyglass Pirate
- Inspector Grub – Henchman 800
VHS and DVD releases
Although very rare, the Rayman: The Animated Series is available on VHS and DVD. An English VHS was released in the United States and Australia, a French one can be found in France and Belgium, and a German one was bundled alongside some copies of Rayman. A DVD is also available, but only in France. Though the text on the cover is in French, the English and German versions are included as well as the French version. Some French copies of Rayman 2: The Great Escape on PC also contain the series on the same disc. An Australian release of Rayman 2 also claims to include the series on the disc, but this is not the case.