Young Robin Hood


Young Robin Hood is an American/Canadian/French animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and CINAR and France Animation and aired on syndication from 1991 to 1992. It ran for two seasons as part of the Sunday-morning programming block, The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. The show takes place when Robin is a teenager, Richard the Lion Heart is on his "first crusade" and Robin Hood's father, the Earl of Huntington, joins him.

Synopsis

Robin Hood quickly finds himself at odds with the establishment; the Sheriff of Nottingham and Prince John, and creates a camp in Sherwood forest with other youngsters, the only girl, Marian, is a ward of the sheriff and spy for Robin. The main thing about Robin's youth in this case, is that his plans do not always work and he is occasionally questioned because of his youth, the fact that he is a known criminal and has no legal guardian to vouch for him.

Characters

The series was jointly produced for Hanna-Barbera by CINAR, France Animation and Antenne-2 in partnership with the Global Television Network, the Family Channel, Centre National De La Cinématographie and Sofica Cofimage 3. The animation is produced by France Animation and Crayon Animation, while the overseas production services were handled by the Philippines' Fil-Cartoons and South Korea's Sae Rom Productions and Big Star Enterprises.

Broadcast

aired the series in Canada in 1998.