Sabrina: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the Archie Comics character Sabrina the Teenage Witch. It is manufactured by Savage Studios Ltd. and Hartbreak Films in collaboration with DIC Entertainment, owned by Disney at the time.
Although advertised as a spin-off of the live-action series and borrowing certain elements from it, the cartoons were not regulated in the original Archie Comics cannon, as opposed to Sabrina's live-action show premise that did not know about magic before its sixth birthday mercy.
The series runs on ABC (also owned by Disney) and UPN. Following the series, the film, Sabrina: Friends Forever (2002) and the spin-off series, Sabrina's Secret Life (2003-2004), produced by DiC, this time without Disney ownership.
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Premise
Unlike previous incarnations, Sabrina Spellman in this series is described as a 12-year-old student studying in high school. As in the original comic series, Sabrina lives with her two aunts, Hilda and Zelda Spellman, and her loud-mouthed cat, Salem Saberhagen, all of whom advise Sabrina to use magic.
Sabrina has previously appeared in animated format on The Archie Show (animation by Filmation), but the popularity of the sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch is part of the basis for the spin-off series this.
The series was developed by Savage Steve Holland and Kat Likkel, and Holland served as showrunner and executive producer of this series. Thus, this series reflects some of the disrespectful styles of humor seen at Eek! The Cat . The sound acting celebrities in this series include Mr. T, Long John Baldry, and "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Melissa Joan Hart, who plays Sabrina in the live-action sitcom, acts as the producer of this series, but her sister Emily Hart (who plays Amanda's recurring character on the sitcom) voiced Sabrina. Melissa even voiced the two aunts Sabrina, Hilda and Zelda, originally played by Beth Broderick and Caroline Rhea. Salem is voiced by Nick Bakay, who also voiced Salem in both live action films and series. The theme song is sung by B * Witched.
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Episode
Broadcast
The series first runs in syndication on UPN (on Disney's One Too daylight daylight blocks) and ABC (on Disney One Saturday Morning block) for one season, with 65 episodes produced.
The series was played back on both Disney Channels from September 3, 2002 to September 2, 2004 and Toon Disney from September 3, 2002 to September 5, 2004.
During the 2006-2007 television season, the series was reunited as part of the new CBS Secret Billing Secret Party on CBS and briefly became part of the KEWLopolis cartoon. On September 19, 2009, the series returned to CBS as part of the Cookie Jar TV cartoon.
The re-release of this series is shown on the "This Is For Kids" block on this TV channel from the Fall of 2012 to October 2013.
Starting 2017, reruns of this series began airing on Starz channels, Starz Kids & amp; Family, and this series is also available for streaming Starz streaming service.
DVD release
On August 28, 2001, Trimark Home Video, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment and DIC Home Entertainment released "Sabrina's World", a DVD containing 4 episodes of this series.
In 2007, NCircle Entertainment released two DVD series, "Witch in Training" and "A Witchmas Carol".
On October 17th, 2006, Shout! The factory released The Best Best of Sabrina: Animated Series on DVD in Region 1. This 2-disc set has fourteen episodes of the series. This release has been discontinued and is not printed as Shout! The factory no longer has distribution rights to the series.
On January 3, 2011, it was announced that Mill Creek Entertainment has obtained the rights to the series, under license from Cookie Jar Entertainment. They then released the Sabrina the Animated Series - Volume 1 (containing 32 episodes of the series) and the Sabrina the Animated Series - A Touch of Magic (10 best episodes of the collection) on DVD in Region 1 on February 15, 2011. This release has been discontinued and is now out of print.
In the Philippines, Viva Video and Cookie Jar Entertainment released Sabrina the Animated Series - Volume 1 (which contains the first 32 episodes of the series) and Sabrina the Animated Series - A Touch of Magic (best collection of 10 episodes) on DVD for Philippine market. Sabrina the Animated Series DVD collection episodes include: "Trippin Field", "Picture Perfect", "Shrink To Fit", "Importance of Being Norm", "This Is Your Nine Lives", "Witch Switch "," Boogie Shoes "," Boy Meets Bike "and" Most Dangerous Wizard ".
Merchandise
An 11-inch Sabrina fashion doll was released by the Bambola company. Some other small plastic toys, including some Sabrina Polly Pocket-esque statues and dolls, are sold in stores while the series is produced.
Video game
On August 17, 2000, Simon & amp; Schuster Interactive and Havas Interactive Knowledge Adventures officially announced the video game version of Sabrina The Animated Series: Zapped! for the Game Boy Color system. The album was released on November 22, 2000, and was followed by Sabrina The Animated Series: Magical Adventure for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh computer systems, released in October 2000.
On September 4, 2001, it was announced that Simon & amp; Schuster Interactive has acquired rights to the series, under license from Archie Comics based on a video game license. They then released Sabrina's The Animated Series: Spooked! (which contains the first level for the Game Boy Color platform). It was released on November 6, 2001.
Comic book
While Sabrina: The Animated Series is being aired, Archie Comics scored a comic spinoff for the show. The first problem was the date of January 2000 (meaning it was sold in late 1999), and it went on for 37 problems. To bind the plot to their series of Sabrina, it is explained in the first edition that the Repulsa the Goblin Gueen had sent Sabrina back in time to revive the preteens, so that she would be out of the way while Repulsa tried to conquer the Enchantra. In the 38th edition, the Repulsa plot has been completed, and the comic book goes back to Teen Sabrina's youth in the next edition.
See also
- Sabrina the Witch of Youth
- Sabrina: Friends Forever
- Sabrina's Secret Life
- List of spin-off animations from prime time show
References
External links
- About Sabrina Animated Series at DHX Media
- Sabrina: The Animated Series on IMDb
- Sabrina: The Animated Series on TV.com
- Fan sites
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