Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

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## Chronology

*"They are right of course, too bad no one told me that the famous super hero is all in for that. or the ones closest to me will suffer the most, some hold a crudge against me, and some will try to give me so much, just to lose everything. I don't wanna cause no more pain here, I can't live with that burden, now it's time to say "Goodbye, Spider-Man"."*
―Peter Parker[src]***Spider-Man: The New Animated Series***, also referred to as simply ***Spider-Man***, is an animated American television series based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. The series is a sequel to *Spider-Man*. It was produced by Sony Pictures Television and aired on MTV.

The first and only season consisting of thirteen episodes premiered on July 11, 2003 and concluded on September 12, 2003.

## Synopsis

### Season One

A young man with spider-like abilities fights crime as a superhero in New York City while trying to have a normal personal life.

## Cast

### Starring Cast

* Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
* Lisa Loeb as Mary Jane Watson
* Ian Ziering as Harry Osborn

### Recurring Cast

* SuChin Pak as Alison Tomita
* Angelle Brooks as Indira Daimonji
* Keith Carradine as J. Jonah Jameson
* Ed Asner as Officer Barr
* Rino Romano as Muang, Doug Reisman's friend
* Ethan Embry as Max Dillon/Electro
* Julie Nathanson as Sally Johnson
* Cree Summer as Professor Williams, Jolenna
* Virginia Madsen as Silver Sablinova/Silver Sable
* Michael Dorn as Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter
* Kathy Griffin as Roxanne Gaines
* Keith David as Agent Mosely
* Clancy Brown as Policeman, Raymond
* Gina Gershon as Shikata
* Jeffrey Combs as Dr. Zellner
* Jeremy Piven as Roland Gaines
* John C. McGinley as Richard Damien
* Xander Berkeley as Mayor
* Michael Clarke Duncan as Kingpin

## Production

*Spider-Man: The New Animated Series* was initially supposed to be a direct adaptation of the *Ultimate Spider-Man* comics by Brian Michael Bendis, who also worked on the series' production and wrote the original unused pilot for Sony Pictures Entertainment, who had purchased the film and television rights to the character. However, after the success of Sam Raimi's 2002 *Spider-Man* film, the show was reworked to follow that continuity. The series was redeveloped by Morgan Gendel, best known as writer of the "Inner Light" episode of *Star Trek: The Next Generation*. Gendel, with the team of writers he hired, was given free rein by Sony to develop several original characters who fit in with the series' more adult tone, including Indira Daimonji, Shikata and the creepily telepathic Gaines Twins. The computer-generated imagery (CGI) was produced by Mainframe Entertainment.

Peter Parker was originally supposed to wear baggier clothes to hide his superhero musculature, but cost-effective difficulties with the CG format prevented folds from being put into his everyday attire. As a result, Peter's street clothes were redesigned to be close-fitting and contemporary, while still managing to hide his physique (and the costume he wore under his clothes) as Spider-Man. The character of Aunt May was not included in the series (except for a photograph in Peter's bedroom), because MTV executives feared that the appearance of any elderly people would deter their target youth audience from watching.

The producers found that the more relaxed standards of MTV allowed them more creative freedom than usually allowed for a Saturday morning cartoon show.

## References

1. ↑ *Spider-Man: The New Animated Series* on IMDb
2. ↑ *Spider-Man: The Animated Series* on Wikipedia

## External links

* Spider-Man: The New Animated Series on IMDb
* *Spider-Man: The New Animated Series* on Wikipedia