{"id":26113,"date":"2017-08-14T21:26:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T01:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=26113"},"modified":"2017-08-14T21:26:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T01:26:37","slug":"jumanji-the-complete-animated-series-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/14\/jumanji-the-complete-animated-series-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Jumanji &#8211; The Complete Animated Series (DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/JumanjiDVD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/JumanjiDVD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/JumanjiDVD.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/JumanjiDVD-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/JumanjiDVD-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>In 1995, \u201cJumanji\u201d was the big blockbuster that managed to take America by storm for just a little while. Like everything in the nineties, that meant it deserved an animated series, prompting an unusual but pretty okay series in 1996. Originally premiering on the American channel UPN, I really don\u2019t recall ever seeing this series. I never cared for \u201cJumanji\u201d honestly (I prefer \u201cZathura,\u201d personally), but the animated series does a good job capturing the spirit of the movie and even garners some unique animation style.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mill Creek offers up all forty episodes finally on DVD, \u201cJumanji\u201d comes uncut and all the episodes in order. With animation designed by Everett Peck, the creator of Duck Man, \u201cJumanji\u201d is basically a spin off of the movie that finds Alan, Judy, and Peter going on various adventures around the Jumanji board. While it doesn\u2019t have the touching moments from the movie, it keeps the wild adventures and action and surprisingly maintains a lot of the menace we saw in the original film.<\/p>\n<p>One scene even finds villain Van Pelt chasing the kids with every intention of killing them with a shotgun and almost shoots them until Alan saves the day. There are some good performances and voice work from the bang up cast, including Sherman Howard as Van Pelt, and Bill Faggerbakke who plays Alan. There\u2019s also Tim Curry, and Ashley Johnson. The odd animation style suits the unusual premise, and despite some changes from the movie, it\u2019s an okay series. It\u2019s certainly a lot better than the animated take off from \u201cThe Mummy.\u201d The DVD comes with zero extras and mainly just a menu for the ability to play every episode or individual episodes.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thebalconymov-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B072MPK89J&amp;asins=B072MPK89J&amp;linkId=4e9c7e97b15d9dbeac02b44582305f74&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=ba7900&amp;title_color=00549f&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1995, \u201cJumanji\u201d was the big blockbuster that managed to take America by storm for just a little while. Like everything in the nineties, that meant it deserved an animated series, prompting an unusual but pretty okay series in 1996. Originally premiering on the American channel UPN, I really don\u2019t recall ever seeing this series. 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