The New Adventures of Zorro (1981)

"For the 1997 series see "The New Adventures of Zorro (1997)"

Infobox television
show_name = The New Adventures of Zorro
format = Animated series
creator = Johnston McCulley ("characters")
producer = Norm Prescott
Lou Scheimer
starring = Henry Darrow
Julio Medina
Eric Mason
Don Diamond
Christine Avila
Socorro Valdez
Carl Rivas
Ismael 'East' Carlo
country = USA
network = CBS
first_aired = September 12, 1981
num_episodes = 13
imdb_id = 149547

"The New Adventures of Zorro" is an animated television series produced by Filmation in 1981. The series, which has 13 episodes, is based on the fictional character created by Johnston McCulley. It aired as part of "The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour".

This is the only series Filmation made in which they contracted an outside, third party animation studio (although the storyboards were created by Filmation themselves). The series was outsourced to Tokyo Movie Shinsha in Japan. All other series afterwards were animated internally by Filmation themselves.

Plot

"Don Diego de la Vega" is a young man of high social position from the town of Los Angeles, who fights against tyranny under a secret identity, "Zorro". He is helped by "Tempest" (originally "Toronado"), his black horse, and "Miguel", a young swordsman (replacing Zorro's mute manservant Bernardo). Miguel wears a disguise very similar to Zorro’s (but with different colors and without a cape) and rides a Palomino. "Ramón", the captain of the garrison, is Zorro’s main foe. Captain Ramón is helped in his task of capturing Zorro by "González", a foolish sergeant who is friends with the De La Vega family.

Voice cast

* Henry Darrow as Zorro / Don Diego
* Julio Medina as Miguel
* Eric Mason as Capt. Ramon
* Don Diamond as Sgt. Gonzales
* Christine Avila as Maria
* Socorro Valdez as Gov. Gen. Garcia
* Carl Rivas as Don Alejandro de la Vega
* Ismael 'East' Carlo as Gaspar

Educational messages

Zorro showed the viewers information about California and the influence of Spanish language and Spanish culture in the region at the end of each chapter. These kinds of educational messages were common in 1980’s animated television series of Filmation. Other examples of this are the moral advice found in chapters of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

External links

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