tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473567231876929483.post6084329286983576695..comments2024-03-18T11:33:30.968+00:00Comments on Signore Studios: Ox Tales - FantazooChris Signorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308489347614565068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473567231876929483.post-36598771815398816662013-06-07T18:56:52.347+01:002013-06-07T18:56:52.347+01:00Incidentally, here's the Japanese opening to t...Incidentally, here's the Japanese opening to the show!<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97HN5fj7UKEChris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473567231876929483.post-83303923543697155742013-06-07T18:17:36.354+01:002013-06-07T18:17:36.354+01:00The series was in association with Saban Entertain...<i>The series was in association with Saban Entertainment, whose library also includes the Super Mario Bros Show, Samurai Pizza Cats and, most famous of all, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.</i><br /><br />I think the Super Mario Bros. cartoon was DiC, not Saban. Saban probably had distrubtion rights to it, but they didn't realy lay a finger on that since DiC did the heavy-lifting back in the states (and it shows, DiC did pretty bad work then).<br /><br /><i>Some English dubs worked, some didn't. Rather depends on the writer/s involved.</i><br /><br />I know a lot of these people behind the show. They all hail from the same LA pool of voice talent that went around places like Saban, Harmony Gold and Streamline Pictures. I don't think they gave them voice credit on "Ox Tales" but some of them acted as both actors, writers and/or directors I think.<br /><br /><i>Nope, none of that. Ox Tales just goes for laughs, thick and fast, just as Tex Avery would have done so way back in the Golden age.</i><br /><br />Well it was based on a Dutch comic series anyway, so I suppose there wasn't much wiggle-roomfor that, though there are still a lot of zany anime out there that usually never gets much notice in the west.<br /><br /><i>clearly, the Dutch don't have obligations to what was printed in their newspapers!</i><br /><br />Just seeing these strips, I kinda wish American cartoons were this way too (looks like a modern take on Paul Terry's Farmer Alfalfa to me).<br /><br /><i>Even if the original comic's humour sometimes came too close to the bone, it still boasts of beautiful artwork and terrific visual gags from the artists involved, which have made it a success, a "cult" even, in the European market.</i><br /><br />While we Americans just sit there scratching our heads! Really, it's funny this managed to get a VHS release over here at all.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.com