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• Video: Final episode of 'Dungeons and Dragons' animated show

  Michael > April 22nd, 2023, 02:12 PM

  In the 1980s, when role-playing games were still being smeared by fire-and-brimstone preachers who hadn't read their Bibles, a short-lived animated show based on the game hit American airwaves. I know I watched most of it when I had spare time because I was into gaming then. But I don't recall if it was a syndicated show or broadcast on network television.
  
  The premise of the show is that a group of young kids (mostly teens) are "kidnapped" from our world and taken to the Realm (of Dungeons and Dragons) by the powerful Dungeon Master. He transforms the kids into representatives of the basic D&D character classes and sends them on adventures. They're threatened by a powerful being named Venger.
  
  Voices were provided by Willie Aames, Adam Rich, Don Most, Peter Cullen, and others.
  
  And though it was popular with gamers it wasn't (apparently) popular enough with everyone else for it to continue. In fact, that happened with a lot of great animated shows back in the 1960s through 1980s, from Space Ghost and The Herculoids up through Dark Water and Dungeons and Dragons. But this show was special because it was based on a popular game world that was familiar to hundreds of thousands (and now millions) of players. And I think it was the first serious attempt to portray an adventure-gaming world in any kind of extended production, even if only an animated television show.
  
  What was disappointing for fans was that the kids' journey was cut short. They were trying to go home.
  
  But it turns out that a final episode, "Requiem", was written by Michael Reaves. It was just never produced for the original run. It was performed as a radio play for the DvD release. But I've only just learned that in 2020 a fan production (based on Reaves' script) was uploaded to YouTube.
  
  Here is the (unofficial) final episode and the end of the story arc.
  
  Watch Dungeons & Dragons Animated Series: Requiem The Final Episode (A fan made production) Revised from YouTube
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  It became necessary to change some music in the original video in order to avoid 3rd party monitization and ads ruining the viewing experience.  
  
  
  The Final episode of the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon Dungeons and Dragons.  From a script written by series writer Michael Reaves.  Fully animated by using original footage from the series.  Dialog from the DVD radio show released in 2006 by BCI eclipse.   With original cast member Katie Leigh graciously reprising her role of Shelia.   Music reconstructed from the original series (with varying degrees of success)  The creators of this episode are fans first, amateur animators second.   There are many things I wish could have done differently in this presentation, but I am very proud of what we have accomplished and it is my hope that those who love this cartoon as much as we do will be pleased with what we have put together.    Ryan Nead- September 28, 2020
  
  Official legal disclaimer:
  Neither Ryan Nead nor I, Marshall Hubbard, own the rights to Dungeons and Dragons. The rights belong to Hasbro-Wizards of The Coast. Original cast voices appear in the episode, as well as a role reprisal from Katie Leigh to which she gave her legal assent. The radio production voiceovers used are owned by its respective corporation. This animation was made for the purpose of fan enjoyment is not owned by us in a way for commercial purposes.
  
  
  Professional Disclaimer: We have attempted to follow Michael Reaves' amazing script to the closest letter, except places that were beyond our abilities to create.   His script ends at 28 minutes on an "open ending" that he was instructed to write by the producers, should the series continue to a 4th season.  The extra events that occur after that are strictly my ideas (discussed with my co-creator Marshall Hubbard) on how to close out the series. With concepts and events stemming from previous stories, and in an attempt to bring a definitive closure to the story of the search for a way home.   
  

  
  
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