Carter, “We had the gorilla as part of our original show. In regards to the animated series, Scheimer recalled in a 2007 interview with writer R.J. In later years, Filmation’s Lou Scheimer regretted they had not asked for the animation rights as part of the legal settlement for the use of the name.
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Columbia had licensed the name from Filmation for the movie and decided to work with DiC instead to produce their own animated show.
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A four issue comic book series and some toys were released.įilmation had attempted to work with Columbia (now Sony) to produce an animated series based on the actual movie but Columbia rejected the idea.
It ran for sixty-five episodes and featured a Ghost Buggy vehicle. The series utilized the catch phrase: “Let’s Go, Ghost Busters!” with the logo of a smiling ghost head in a circle. who were the sons of the original Ghost Busters from the live action series of the same name and were teamed with Tracy the Gorilla who had worked with their fathers. So to take advantage of the success of the film, they made their own animated series in 1986 featuring Jake Kong Jr. However, Filmation held the rights to the Ghostbusters name because of its previous 1975 Saturday Morning live-action show. It was a huge hit so naturally there were efforts to produce related items for the franchise including an animated television series. It is hard to believe that the live action Ghostbusters film premiered thirty-five years ago in 1984. Filmation’s at left the DiC version at right
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