The Neverending Story (TV series)
| The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation, Fantasy |
| Written by |
Erika Strobel Michael Ende Rolf Giesen Bruce Robb |
| Directed by |
Marc Boreal Mike Fallows |
| Voices of |
Janet-Laine Green Dominic Zamprogna Chris Wiggins Christopher Bell Neil Groan Marilyn Lightstone Benedict Campbell John McGrath Lisa Yamanaka Richard Binsley James Rankin John Stocker Colin Fox Dan Hennessey Gary Krawford Howard Jerome Don Francks Wayne Robson Len Carlson Ellen Ray Hennessey Geoffrey Bowes Harvey Atkin Jayne Eastwood |
| Theme music composer | Milan Kymlicka |
| Country of origin |
Canada France Germany |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production company(s) |
Cinevox Filmproduktion GmbH Ellipse Programmé Nelvana |
| Release | |
| Original network |
HBO (United States) Family Channel (Canada) |
| Original release | December 2, 1995 – April 6, 1996 |
The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux is an animated television series, produced by CineVox (Germany), Ellipse (France), and Nelvana (Canada), aired for one season (1995–1996) on HBO, ran for 26 episodes, and loosely based on Michael Ende's book, The Neverending Story (1979).
Differences between the TV series and the film
In the animated series, the Nothing is a recurring villain. The Nothing is portrayed as a hole with evil red eyes, which belongs to that of a white wolf, and is the television version of Gmork. The evil sorceress Xayide, unlike in the first sequel film, wears green robes with an eyemask with yellow slits. In the original movie, her face is created by a special magical cream. The Rockbiter, in the latter two sequel films (including the third film), actually has a wife and a son, Junior, in the series. In 2005, the first three episodes were eventually released on DVD in a compilation entitled "Bastian Saves the Day".
Episode list
- The Tears of Sadness -
- The Meek and the Mighty -
- The Purple Buffalo -
- Morla's Wish -
- Spook City -
- To Save Falkor -
- Missing Memories -
- Perilin -
- The Sea of Mist -
- Promises -
- Through the Misty Mountains -
- A Friendship That Flames -
- The Three Feeling Stones -
- The Belt of Invisibility - Shadow Goblin and Vermin find a Belt of Invisibility and they use it to commit various thefts. To combat this, Bastian ends up having to turn to Xayide for help.
- Good Deeds -
- Barktroll's Blame -
- The Searcher -
- End of Time -
- Thunder and Lightning -
- The Everlasting Night -
- After the Falls -
- Mirror, Mirror - Xayide uses a special mirror that creates an evil version of Bastian and a good version of herself.
- The Dreaming Fields - Xayide has placed Nightmare Weeds into the Dreaming Fields which causes everyone's dreams to come true until it goes horribly awry.
- The Atonal Trolls -
- The Race for the Ivory Tower -
- The Perfect Gift -
Cast
- Janet-Laine Green - Xayide
- Dominic Zamprogna - Atreyu
- Chris Wiggins - Mr. Correander
- Christopher Bell - Bastian Balthazar Bux
- Neil Crone - Nimbly
- Marilyn Lightstone - Ygramul
- Benedict Campbell - Shadow Goblin
- John McGrath - Blubb
- Lisa Yamanaka - The Childlike Empress, Junior Rockbiter
- Richard Binsley - Barktroll
- James Rankin - Three Head
- John Stocker - Gluckuk, Gluckuk's racing snail
- Colin Fox - Large Head
- Pam Hyatt - Morla
- Ellen Ray Hennessy - Southern Oracle
- Dan Hennessey - South Wind Giant
- Gary Krawford - Graograman the Fire Lion
- Howard Jerome - Falkor the Luckdragon
- Don Francks - Gmork
- Wayne Robson - Engywook
- Len Carlson - Vermin
- Geoffrey Bowes - Barney Bux
- Harvey Atkin - Mr. Rockbiter
- Jayne Eastwood - Mrs. Rockbiter