Saturday, September 11, 2021

Tooniversary: Masked Identity (Jumanji, 1996)

 Jumanji, the animated spin-off from the original 1995 movie, in turn adapted from a 1981 novel, marks 25 years this season.

One of the better episodes in season 1 was "Masked Identity", in which Peter Shepherd (Ashley Johnson) joins the Manji mask-warriors after rescuing one from a rhino, but that causes problems when the Manji's decide to burn Judy (Debi Derryberry) & Alan (Bill Fagerbakke, Gargoyles, Coach).

Edit, 11/15/21: The video has been deleted. In its place is a sample clip:


The animated Jumanji ran for 3 seasons and a total of 40 episodes, with Everett Peck (Duckman) handling character designs. His designs were a hallmark of Sony's Adelaide Productions during the course of his time there, including Men in Black.

Rating: A-.

4 comments:

Steven Dolce said...

I own the first movie on VHS.

hobbyfan said...

Did you watch the show, too?

Steven Dolce said...

No, but I saw a teaser for it on the Jumanji VHS.

hobbyfan said...

After the reboot, maybe they'll try a new series.