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This list of black animated characters lists fictional characters found on animated television series and in motion pictures, from 1990 to 1999.The Black people in this list include African American animated characters and other characters of Sub-Saharan African descent or populations characterized by dark skin color (a definition that also includes certain populations in Oceania, the southern ...
Cast Country Notes Ref. Alien 3: David Fincher: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance: United States United Kingdom [1] All Night Long: Katsuya Matsumura: Ryôsuke Suzuki, Yôji Ietomi, Ryōka Yuzuki: Japan Amityville 1992: It's About Time: Tony Randel: Stephen Macht, Nita Talbot: United States Army of Darkness: Sam Raimi
Numerous Casper cartoons were released on home video by Universal Studios (via MCA Inc.). In 2011, Shout!Factory released a DVD set titled Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection - 1945-1963 which contains The Friendly Ghost, There's Good Boos To-Night, A Haunting We Will Go, all 55 theatrical cartoons, and all 26 episodes of The New Casper Cartoon Show.
The screenplay gave a backstory of Casper being the ghost of Casper McFadden, a boy who died of pneumonia at 12, though some of the comics, particularly in the 1960s, portrayed him as born a ghost to ghost parents. [8] The film was shot in Camden, Maine. Principal photography began on January 27 and ended on June 8, 1994.
Jasper and the Haunted House is a 1942 American animated short film in the Madcap Model series by George Pal. [1] It is an early entry that features the popular yet controversial Paramount Puppetoons characters Jasper and his friend/nemesis Professor Scarecrow and Blackbird.
The show used old Casper supporting characters such as Casper's cousin Spooky, Spooky's "ghoulfriend" Pearl (or "Poil" as rendered by Spooky's Brooklyn accent), and Nightmare the Ghost Horse who, unlike in the original cartoons and comics, does not talk. The show also introduced new characters, including Casper's super-loud teacher Ms. Banshee.
The Friendly Ghost is a Famous Studios cartoon released on 16 November 1945 as part of its Noveltoons series of animated short films. It is the first cartoon to feature the character Casper the Friendly Ghost .
The Jasper series of shorts relied on a small, consistent cast. The titular character was a playful pickaninny, his mother a protective mammy, Professor Scarecrow being a black scam artist, and the Blackbird serving as his fast-talking partner-in-crime. [4] Pal described his protagonist as a Huckleberry Finn influenced by African-American ...