Fantastic_Four_(2006_TV_series)

<i>Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes</i>

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes

2006 animated series based on the Marvel characters

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes is an anime-influenced animated television series based on the Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four comic book series. This is the team's fourth foray into animation. The series is co-produced by American company Marvel Entertainment and French company MoonScoop Group, with the participation of M6 and Cartoon Network Europe, and is distributed by Taffy Entertainment.

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Airing

In the United States, the show had an erratic airing schedule on Cartoon Network, having premiered as part of Toonami on September 2, 2006. It ran for only eight of the season's 26 episodes before being pulled. It subsequently returned to the network starting June 9, 2007, shortly before the release of the film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. The second launch of the show aired only nine episodes, leaving nine installments not televised in the USA. The show aired on Boomerang for a brief time before moving to Nicktoons in 2009 for the final episodes.[1] The series was produced in 16:9 widescreen, although it was letterboxed or cropped when broadcast.

Plot

World's Greatest Heroes is not directly connected to any of the previous iterations of the Fantastic Four, telling its own version of the team's origin and their encounters with their rogues gallery. Unlike its 1994 predecessor, which consisted almost entirely of straight or modified reinterpretations of classic Fantastic Four comic book stories, World's Greatest Heroes features mostly original stories, though elements from various comic iterations of the Fantastic Four were used in the series. Most episodes finished with the 40-second "epilogue" scene.

Cast

Guest stars

Production

In October 2004, it was announced Marvel Entertainment and MoonScoop Group would be teaming up to produce an animated series based on the Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four comic book series which would be shopped to potential buyers.[2] After development began, Christopher Yost was hired to serve as story editor for the series and worked with Craig Kyle, in developing the series.[3] In March 2006, it was announced Cartoon Network had picked up the series for broadcast.[4]

Episodes

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Broadcast

During it's original run on Cartoon Network, the series was subject to an erratic airing schedule and as a result only 8 of its 26 episodes ended up being broadcast during it's initial broadcast run.[5] The series would eventually be broadcast in its entirety in 2009 when the rights to the series were acquired by Nicktoons.[5]

Home releases

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References

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    "Marvel Animation Age". Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
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    "Marvel tooning up 'Four'". Variety. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
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    "Prepare For The Fantastic! Chris Yost Talks Fantastic Four!". toonzone.net. Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
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    "Cartoon Network gets more Fantastic". animatedviews.com. March 16, 2006.
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    "The Animated Fantastic Four". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
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