Perman: The New Adventures (1996 animated series)

Perman: The New Adventures is a 1996 Canadian/American/Japanese animated children's comedy series based on the 1966 manga series Perman by Fujiko F. Fujio. The show first aired on CBC in Canada and ran from 1996 to 1999. In North America, the show aired on BKN on November 1996 to July 1999. The show was cancelled in 1999, possibly because it, like The Adventures of Doraemon, was given negative reviews.
The show was produced by Sutherland Entertainment (now known as Sutherland Hills Studios), Astaire Television, Bohbot Communications (America only), Cinar, TMS Entertainment and DiC Entertainment.
The show, according to Motoo Abiko, is considered to be a sequel series to a 1983 Perman anime series. However, unlike the anime, the cartoon takes place in New York City and has little or no continuity with the anime. The characters themselves retain their English names in the similar fashion to the 1994 JKids dub of Perman (1983). Although there's no continuity, there are so many references to the 1967 and the 1983 Perman anime series and Kathleen Barr provided the voice of Perman in both the cartoon and the 1994 dub of the 1983 anime series. The Hero's HQ, as featured in many episodes, is inferred that some of the superhero teams wore the Sutherland Entertainment logo.
Before the TV show's airing in Canada, the teaser promos in CBC as well the advertisement in children's Felix the Cat magazine depicts Perman and friends as they appear in the 1983 anime, suggesting that the show was originally a renew of a Japanese anime series exclusive to the Canadian and the North American audiences. However, when the show first aired , it was completely dropped as producers of the show wanted to drastically redesign the characters for unknown reasons.
There are differences compared to the anime and manga. In both the anime and the manga, Marcus Stan (Mitsuo Suwa) was portrayed as clumsy and rebellious, while in the cartoon he was very upbeat, but unlucky while as Perman he was very friendly towards anyone.
Category:Animated Series
Category:American animated television series
Category:Canadian animated television series
Category:Anime
Category:1996