Thursday

Well, so far this week is going splendidly. I'm really enjoying it, yesterday I went out and got a milkshake. It was awesome. Though, I'm going to be busy for the next few days. I have to finish the animation and regular school. Most importantly I have to create my portfolio since the college I'm applying to is requiring it and I have to get it in as soon as humanly possible. Pffffft.

As a Post of Interest, I'm going to do Star Trek again, if for no other reason than the fact that I cannot think of anything else at the moment.

Star Trek: The Animated Series

The animated series followed the original series in the 60's. Better known as Star Trek TAS, it aired in September of 1973 and ran until October of 1974. It had two seasons with a total of 22 episodes in a 30 minute air time. The animation was fair at best due to budget restraints and frequently used stock images. Occasionally, there would be quality animation. The voice actors did not perform together, typical for animation and recorded their parts separately to avoid clashing with other voice actor's mistakes. 

The production company's of TAS was Norway Productions & Filmation. From 1960's to the 1980's, the only real competitor of Hanna-Barbera Productions with TV cartoons was Filmation. Filmation later went on to create He-Man (1983–85), which occasionally used modified character and set designs from TAS mostly as background material. 

The characters of TAS.

TAS has had many influences on other Star Trek related works, such as the same dialogue being found in the 2009 movie as a reference and Kirk's middle name being revealed as Tiberius, answering the question of what the 'T.' in his name stood for in the original live action series. However there are many "canon" mistakes and it is unclear whether or not if if TAS is officially considered to be part of Star Trek. Star Trek: TAS was named the 96th best animated series by IGN. They declared that although the series suffered from technical limitations, it allowed the writers far greater freedom and creativity than was possible with the original live-action series (though you still gotta love the silly costumes and cardboard sets).