Each had a cast and premise of their own: Shorts were generally self-contained, though they frequently crossed over with each other without much warning. The animation was done by 8 studios: Wang from Taiwan (35 half-hours), Akom from South-Korea (24,5 half-hours), TMS from Japan (22 half-hours), Star Toons from Chicago (10,5 half-hours), Freelance from New-Zeeland (4,5 half-hours), Koko from South-Korea (2 half-hours), Philippine from Philippines (1 segment) and Varga from Hungary (1 segment). The whole series is now available on DVD and digital streaming. On January 7, 2013, the show began airing on The Hub. It originally aired on Fox Kids (on the Fox television network), and later Kids' WB!, both of which were programming blocks on broadcast network stations, making Animaniacs a godsend to kids without cable. This approach was unique in the 1990s, since goofball/ slapstick-type shows (think Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies) were being systematically driven out by Moral Guardians who thought that slapstick was too violent for children's TV (something that was frequently a target of the show's humor).

Rather than recycling or remaking old theatrical shorts, Animaniacs relied on original stories featuring original characters (though it did indulge in a bit of self-referential cliché-riding at times). Produced by Steven Spielberg, Animaniacs was a revival of an old show concept: a collection of cartoon shorts in a half-hour kids' show. Newsreel of the Stars opening cutaway, extended versionĪnimaniacs, also known as Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, is an American animated comedic musical Variety Show that ran for 99 episodes (consisting of 274 segments) over five seasons from 1993 to 1998.

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