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Star Trek The Animated Series - The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek

starring: William Shatner, Majel Barrett
directed by: Bill Reed

: Star Trek The Animated Series - The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097360316742
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 21, 2006
Running Time: 526 minutes
Sales Rank: 7821
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 08, 1973



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Product Description:
This animated series continues the adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise taking advantage of the visual freedom of animation to present stories with more alien elements.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 097360316742 Manufacturer No: 031674

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Star Trek: The Animated Series is often referred to as Star Trek's 'fourth season' because it was created in 1973, four years after the third and final season of the original series, and because most of the original cast provided the voices. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, and Majel Barrett reprised their characters, and some contributed other voices as well. The only major omission was Walter Koenig's Chekov, who was replaced at the navigation console by Lieutenant Arex, the three-armed alien who most prominently represented the series' freedom to create non-humanoid characters. (Koenig did write an episode.) And while the animation is crude at best, the stories are solid sci-fi (penned by some of Star Trek's veteran writers including DC Fontana and David Gerrold, all of whom received prominent opening credits), explored the Star Trek mythos, and elevated the series above typical Saturday-morning fare. For example, 'Yesteryear' goes back to Spock's early years on Vulcan, continuing some explorations from the original series' 'Journey to Babel,' and offers the familiar voice of Mark Lenard as Sarek. 'One of Our Planets Is Missing' raises some interesting philosophical questions about the value of life, and 'More Tribbles, More Troubles' and 'Mudd's Passion' revisit favorite characters. Star Trek: The Animated Series lasted just barely over one season, but it won the franchise's only Emmy (for Outstanding Entertainment Children's Series in 1975) and some of its ideas were embraced by future series. Trekkers who know it only by reputation will find it a valuable part of the Star Trek canon. In addition to the series' 22 half-hour episodes, the DVD set includes 'Drawn to the Final Frontier: The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series,' a 24-minute featurette including interviews with the producers and writers (but not actors) on how the series was created and why it still holds up; 'What's the Star Trek Connection?', a glossary of characters and themes common to the animated series and other series; a storyboard gallery; and a brief text history. Writer David Gerrold and producer David Wise contribute audio commentaries on three and one episode, respectively, and the ever-reliable Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda provide text commentary on three other episodes. --David Horiuchi



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not quite the fourth season
As a big fan of the original series I had hoped that with many of the original voices and scriptwriters, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Better than they say.
From what I had read in various places around the internet, I was hesitant to buy the Animated Series. I ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Love it!
I watched these when growing up, and wanted my 9 year old daughter to see them. They are great! Some are ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A Wonderful Achievement and a Great Addition to the Collection
I did not see "Star Trek: The Animated Series", during its original broadcast run on NBC, but I do remember ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Star Trek Mind Meld
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When I was growing up in the 1960's my mom had complete ... Read More

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