Rayman: The Animated Series

Rayman: The Animated Series
Rayman: The Animated Series
Published by	Ubi Soft
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Release date	Fall 2000
Genre	CGI animated series
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Rayman: The Animated Series is 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 26-episode series, with 13-minute episodes, and meant to be aired on TV worldwide the following year, the series was cancelled and only four episodes were aired in very few countries in Europe, notably France, Germany (in which it was aired on Super RTL) and the Netherlands.

The French daily newspaper Midi Libre reported in 2020 that six episodes had been produced, but it is unclear whether this is a mistake or if an additional two episodes were produced but never released. Animator Émile Ghorayeb cited high costs and "marketing reasons" for the cancellation of the series, while L'Histoire de Rayman cited a lack of audience and poor writing.

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

• Rayman
• Betina
• Cookie
• Lac-Mac
• Flips

Antagonists

• Rigatoni
• Admiral Razorbeard
• Inspector Grub

Episodes

1. Lac-Mac Napping
2. No Parking
3. High Anxiety
4. Big Date
5. Most Wanted (cancelled)
6. The Pancake Shack (cancelled)

Unknown number

• 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

VHS and DVD releases

The VHS for Rayman: The Animated Series.

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 was released in France, with the 4 episodes and a "making of" video. Although the text on the cover is in French, the show itself can be watched in French, English or German. The DVD was later included in French releases of Rayman 10th Anniversary for the PC, Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2.

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.

Ubisoft press kit (1999)

• Interview
• Timeline

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External links

• Rayman - The Animated Series on YouTube
• Rayman: The Animated Series (Full HD Remaster) on YouTube
• Ubi Shops Rayman for TV at Gamespot
• Promotional teaser for the series
• Fall 2000 trailer for the series