Conan the Adventurer (animated series)
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| Conan the Adventurer | |
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 The Conan logo, featuring Jezmine, Snagg, Needle, Greywolf and Zula. |
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| Format | Animated television series |
| Created by | Robert E. Howard |
| Starring | Michael Donovan Scott McNeil Janyse Jaud Gary Chalk Michael Beattie Richard Newman Doug Parker John Pyper-Ferguson Lee Tockar |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 64 aired |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes approx. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original run | October 1, 1992 – October 1, 1994 |
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| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Conan the Adventurer was the name of a popular American animated television series adaptation of the literary and comic book character, Conan the Barbarian, created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s. Produced by Jetlag Productions and Sunbow Productions, the series debuted on October 1, 1992, ran for 64 episodes and concluded exactly two years later, on October 1, 1994.
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[edit] Overview
This 64 episode cartoon series premiered October 1, 1992 and was produced by Sunbow Productions. The series was produced in association with Graz Entertainment for the first thirteen-episode season, and Jean Chalopin's Creativite et Developpement for the remaining episodes. Conan lived in the Black Sea region with his parents throughout his childhood. While out with his grandfather one day on a trek, meteors dropped from the skies. Conan collected some of these "fiery tears" and brought them back to his family.
The metal turned out to be Star Metal, the strongest metal in existence. Conan's father forged the Star Metal into various weapons and sold them. His finest work, a magnificent sword, he kept for Conan. This last weapon was laid in a crypt and covered over with a heavy stone slab. Conan's father told him that when Conan was "man enough" (i.e., strong enough) to push off the stone slab, he could own the sword.
The evil, shapeshifting, Serpent Man wizard Wrath-Amon wanted this Star Metal to release his deity Set from "the Abyss". Set had been banished from Earth long in the past by the combined powers of virtually every living wizard on Earth because he wanted to enslave the human race.
Upon hearing of this cache of Star Metal, Wrath-Amon went in search of Conan's family. He and the Snake Cult killed many people in their search for Star Metal (which occurred in the films). Conan's father had sold most of the Star Metal by this point, and told Wrath-Amon that he had sold all of the star metal (this was a lie; aside from the sword, it was revealed in a later episode that he had hidden pieces of Star Metal with other villagers). Wrath-Amon used the spell of living stone upon Conan's family.
Conan sought the Star Metal sword to attack Wrath-Amon and his followers. When the Star Metal sword got near Wrath-Amon it disrupted his magic and showed his reptilian face. To this he said "Those who see the true face of Wrath-Amon must perish!" (this scene is similar to one in the film.)
Wrath-Amon's henchmen are also shapeshifting Serpent Men. When Conan's Star Metal sword is close enough to them it broke the spell that disguised them and revealed their true form to be Serpent-Men. When Star Metal made contact with the Serpent-Men it banished them to the Abyss with Set. Spies and agents of Set and Stygia, many of them also serpent-men, were present in many cities, nations and tribes throughout the land in the age of Conan.
[edit] Conan the Barbarian vs. Conan the Adventurer
As compared with the original Conan stories and the black and white Marvel Comics such as King Conan, Conan Saga, Conan the Barbarian, and Conan the King, the cartoon Conan displays a higher degree of modern morality. While the Conan from these tales is bloody, a womanizer, thief and so on, cartoon Conan has more in common with sword-wielding cartoon characters such as He-Man.
He is a kind and caring character, albeit a little naive, who stands up for his friends and what he sees to be right and is very respectable.
It is possible that when Conan the Adventurer came out, the original planned villain was the skull-faced sorcerer Thulsa Doom[citation needed] who was the template for He-Man's archenemy Skeletor. However Wrath-Amon (who is loosely based on Thoth-Amon) came into existence as the main villain.
The series also spawned a small toyline in 1992 created by Hasbro.
Eventually the final plot where Wrath-Amon summons the evil serpent god Set was placed in the 2002 version of He-Man.[citation needed] In this storyline, King Hiss and the snakemen summon their god Serpos and He-Man fights Serpos to save Eternia.
This first incarnation of Conan in cartoon form performed much better than its sequel, Conan and the Young Warriors, which lasted only 13 episodes.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Heroes
- Conan (Michael Donovan) - The main character of the story. In this version, his parents are turned into living stone and there are few hints of his predestination of becoming a king; the references come as either a private joke to those who know the Conan mythos (one episode ended with him wearing a crown on his head, to the amusement of his allies) or as a finale note (In one episode in particular, Conan rescues a princess from a one-shot villain. Her father, a king, promised his kingdom to whomever returned her safely home and naturally, Conan succeeds in rescuing her which is a spoof of the adult Conan movie's King Osric asking Conan to rescue his daughter but Conan does not rescue her from Wrath-Amon but is thrown in prison for demanding the promised payment which is his weakness here. He is rescued then by the princess he saved who comments that Conan would always be a king in her heart as the closing line). It is stated a few times that he and his Cimmerian tribe are descended from the people of Atlantis, and Conan is a descendant of Atlantean kings. Unlike Conan the Barbarian, he is more of a kind and caring character with Jezmine as the only woman he's involved with. He shows mercy to some of his opponents and nonetheless reconciles with friends, unlike the original Conan the Barbarian. He is portrayed to be able to break metal chains, do more unusual feats of strength as well unlike the movie Conan. He eventually defeats his long-time archenemy Wrath-Amon, the leader of the Snake Cult but was forced to face the old leader of the Snake Cult Ram-Amon as well as Set (his final enemy) in the last battle. By vanquishing Set, he had somewhat permanently defeated the Snake Cult.
- Needle (Michael Beattie) - Conan's fledgling phoenix sidekick. He possessed the ability to enter flat surfaces and magically transform into a phoenix design (although he needed his magical tail feathers to accomplish this feat, and lost this power if he lost one of them). He spent most of his time inside Conan's shield. Needle speaks in the third person giving others nicknames (i.e. he calls Conan "big dumb barbarian") and loves to eat pomegranates. He eventually learns how to harness his full power and aid Conan in battle. When in public, Needle (who has the ability to speak) is often asked to impersonate a parrot in order to not arouse suspicion, an act which he greatly resents.
- Thunder - Conan's willful (but loyal) horse, eventually armed with Star Metal horse shoes. Thunder was stubborn, refusing to enter cities, and threw Conan from his back on more than one occasion rather than enter a city.
- Zula - Prince of the Wasai based from the original Conan literature, may have inspired T. J. Storm's character Bayu in the live series, who is a different but similar person. He is the first ally Conan makes in the show, when Conan is captured and enslaved, alongside Zula and other captives. He and Zula start a slave rebellion and free the other slaves. Zula makes Conan his blood brother. Zula's cousin Gora was a spy for Wrath-Amon, and secretly tricked Zula into the ambush where he was captured by Wrath-Amon's slavers so he could inherit the throne instead of Zula (ironically, by making Conan his blood brother, Zula made Gora third in the line of succession). Gora schemed against Conan and his friends, and was eventually discovered and captured. Zula was a master of the sign of Jhebbal-Sag, which allowed him to communicate with beasts and persuade them to aid him. Originally armed with Star Metal bolos, he reforged them into a boomerang because the bolos tangled. They would return on command thanks to Jezmine.
- Jezmine (Janyse Jaud) - An agile circus performer who possesses a set of Star Metal throwing stars, her character was possibly based on Valeria (she started as a thief but became an honest woman for the rest of the series but is in love with Conan nonetheless) especially where the first point is that Conan and Jezmine are seen climbing a tower where Jezmine attempts to steal some priceless treasures. Her parents are later revealed to be a nobleman and woman in the city of Tarantia. To her horror, she learns that her mother serves Wrath-Amon and her father is the serpent man Astivus, making her a half-breed. From that moment, she is terrified her Serpent-Man heritage will assert itself. When her father Astivus, who loved Jezmine's mother, sides with Jezmine and her mother against Wrath-Amon, Wrath-Amon banishes her father and mother to the Abyss. A magical potion applied to her Star Metal shuriken allow Jezmine to magically summon the throwing stars to return to her. She shared this potion with Zula. Jezmine hated Astivus, despite his love for her. She and Conan were able to free her mother during a trip to the Abyss, and later Astivus escaped when Set and the Serpent-Men banished over the years were freed from the Abyss by Wrath-Amon. Once again, Astivus chose Jezmine and her mother over serving Set, and it is implied in the final episode that Jezmine might be willing to reconcile with him. Unlike Valeria, Wrath-Amon doesn't kill her.
- Greywolf (Scott McNeil) - A wizard from the magical city of Xanthus. Originally armed with a bare staff, he was given the mystical "Claw of Heaven" made of Star Metal that was mounted atop his staff and effectively doubled his magical power (as stated on a couple occasions). His brother and sister were transformed into werewolves in a plot by the Stygian queen and sorceress, Mesmira. As a result, he consistently seeks a cure for their condition alongside of Conan. At the finale, he isn't able to turn his siblings back to normal, though he did manage to give them a small sampling of the cure that causes them to revert to human form once per month (on a full moon). The inability to completely cure his siblings remains as a plot dangler which never even happened in the sequel Conan and The Young Warriors which is somewhat similar to the events of Conan the Destroyer.
- Falkenar - Champion of the kingdom of Kusan, he the use of the "Mantle of Wind" to fly, and is armed with a Star Metal whip. He and Windfang are bitter enemies through repeated attempts by the villain to invade Kusan. He has a female falcon named Stormclaw. He is the only character who is not featured in the logo
- Sasha & Meesha - Greywolf's older brother and sister, transformed into wolves by Mesmira. During one episode a single flower was found that could transform one of the siblings back into a human. Not wanting to have to choose, the flower was split down the middle each eating half, giving them the ability to resume human form once per month, on a full moon. In only one other episode did the siblings appear as humans.
- Snagg (Gary Chalk) - A barbarian (as strong as Conan) from Vanirmen tribe, which lives at the sea shore. Snagg likes to travel by water. He often quarrels with Conan, because they grew up in neighboring countries with different culture. Once even a war happened between them. Despite it Snagg and Conan are true friends. Snagg also has Star Metal weapon - axe and grapnel. Later he gave his grapnel to make Star Metal horseshoes for Thunder, when Thunder saved his life.
- The Kari Dragon -
[edit] Villains
- Set - The evil god of the serpent men as well as the Snake Cult. He is a giant cobra with mystical powers but he only has one head unlike the usual representation from Marvel Comics. He planned to enslave the human race, deceived many into his cult and as punishment, he was locked away into the Abyss for that offense by the Elders. He gives orders to the Snake Cult's high priest to give him the Star Metal, to build seven pyramids to release him. He returns in the finale to wreak havoc only to be banished once again thanks to the combined efforts of Conan, his friends and a surprise guest who turns out to be his sworn enemy. Conan and his friends sent him off with the Star Metal weapons. He was locked away for good.
[edit] The Snake Cult
The Snake Cult is an evil religion that worships its god Set and lures away victims, even rulers who fear the wrath of Wrath-Amon (similar to the Conan movie). Wrath-Amon preaches the wicked religion of Set and so did the sorcerer Ram-Amon before him. Their quest is to set their god free from the Abyss. Unlike in the movie versions, the only brutality the Snake Cult is revealed to do are kill people and enslave them, with less violence, although it's safe to assume that they also eat human beings but isn't shown.
- Wrath-Amon (Scott McNeil) - The evil sorcerer who currently leads the Snake Cult and the archenemy of Conan. Unlike Thoth-Amon, he was once a gila monster who was changed into a serpent man who overthrew his own master Ram-Amon who suspiciously resembles Thoth-Amon and became the new leader of the Snake Cult. He currently owns the Black Ring and now has the mission to free his god Set with the help of the Star Metal. Conan's grandfather states that his evil is legendary, that he is feared by kings like the movie version of Thulsa Doom, and that he possesses so much power. But he only fears Set who is his deity. He led the attack on Conan's village (but then, Conan had grown man enough, in contrast to the movie where Conan is still a child when it happens where he is supposedly to kill Conan's parents) where he turns Conan's parents into stone instead of killing them like in the original line. At the end of the series, Conan reverts him back into a gila monster after a hot battle before his followers revealing him to be a fraud instead of beheading him, to reduce the violence. Like Thoth-Amon in Conan, he is powerless without his black ring. It was said that if his ring is destroyed, his spell of living stone on Conan's family would be undone. He obviously looks like a serpent man even without being exposed. His long life span may either be because of the Black Ring or his ability to shed his snake skin as most members of the Snake Cult are serpent men.
- Dregs (Doug Parker) - Wrath Amon's evil Naga assistant. He once became Dregs-Amon when Wrath-Amon was going to undergo hibernation. He quickly changed his loyalties when Wrath Amon was defeated, and served under Ram Amon. He was crushed by a large statue in the final episode, but it is not revealed if he survived.
- Skulkur - One of Wrath-Amon's henchmen. A powerful undead who can raise skeletons. Once a member of another Snake Cult branch in Africa, where Set is worshipped as Damballah. It is assumed that they are cannibalistic as well.
- Windfang - Windfang is a fire breathing four armed winged dragon-man enslaved by Wrath-Amon. Windfang was once a human general named Venturas from Koth that opposed Wrath-Amon 200 years before the events in the series, but was captured and mutated by Wrath-Amon. He was in love with Jezmine initially because she reminded him of his dead fiancée Lady Mirim, but although she showed him kindness she didn’t love him. Windfang also commands other creatures similar to himself. He has an eyrie high in the mountains where he keeps trophies of his long lost past and human self.
- Ram-Amon - Wrath Amon's creator and predecessor. A black sorcerer and previous leader of the Snake Cult, probably a member of a forgotten race. Whether or not he is a snakeman still remains to be seen. He bears resemblance to Thoth-Amon as well. He is a far greater sorcerer but why the producers split up both characters of Thoth-Amon into two still remains to be seen. He later replaced Wrath Amon after his defeat by Conan, and escaped following the defeat of Set.
[edit] Other villains
- Mesmira (Kathleen Barr) - Mesmira is apparently a member of the Stygian royal family, the evil queen of Stygia, and a powerful sorceress who battled Conan and company several times. She initially appeared as a visiting sorceress in Xanthus, pretending to be a friendly visitor, before revealing herself as an agent of Wrath-Amon seeking to attack Xanthus. Her further appearances on the show continued in that deceptive vein; she often appeared using her illusion magic to disguise herself, generally as an attractive, seemingly innocent young girl, and typically engaged in subterfuge and deception to further her goals. On several occasions, star metal has failed to have any harmful effect upon her, so she is almost certainly human, indicating that there are human Set worshippers in Stygia, even many who have apparently reached high positions (though it stands to reason that serpentmen and serpentwomen may have interbred with her human ancestors at some point in the past). Despite being a member of the Stygian royal family and the Queen of Stygia, she did not rule Stygia (a position she most certainly strongly desired), as the Black Ring was in Wrath-Amon's possession, and rulership of Stygia apparently depended upon possession of the Black Ring (It is possible that Wrath-Amon's seizure of the ring from Ram-Amon disrupted the process of succession, and it might have passed to her under ordinary circumstances). Although she initially served Wrath-Amon, she hated him, and tried several times to overthrow and kill him in order to seize the Black Ring and rule in his place. Mesmira turned Greywolf's siblings into werewolves; after he acquired the Claw of Heaven (a piece of star metal that greatly increased the power of a wizard who possessed it) and affixed it to his staff, she sought to take his staff to further her power. She found Conan attractive, and openly sought his affection. She hated Jezmine (possibly stemming at least partly from jealousy of her close friendship with Conan and viewing her as a rival for his affections,) and Jezmine despised her right back. Jezmine did not fully trust her even during their initial meeting, before she revealed herself as a villain, and often exhibited suspicion of her when she appeared disguised by illusion as an attractive girl. At the end of the series, after Set's reurn, she assists Conan's friends in infiltrating Stygia to launch an attack upon Wrath-Amon (as she will never rule Stygia if Set conquers the world,) and after Wrath-Amon is defeated, she escapes with the remains of the Black Ring.
[edit] Episodes
The first episode comprises the series premiere. The final three episodes comprise the series finale.
[edit] First season
| Title | Original air date | Episode # | ||
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| "The Night of Fiery Tears" | September 12, 1992 | 1 | ||
| Conan a young barbarian in Cimmeria has his family turned to stone by the cruel warlord Wrath-Amon. Now the young warrior must go on a quest to break the curse on his family and end the tyranny of Wrath-Amon. | ||||
| "Blood Brother" | September 19, 1992 | 2 | ||
| Conan is captured and enslave by spies of Wrath-Amon. Now he must face the monster that cursed his family. | ||||
| "Star of Shadizar" | September 26, 1992 | 3 | ||
| Conan and Zula journey to Shadizar to find the Star of Transmutation, a powerful magical jewel which might help Conan break the curse on his family. On the way they meet a mysterious circus performer named Jazmine who might help them on their quest. | ||||
| "Conan the Gladiator" | October 3, 1992 | 4 | ||
| When Conan and Jezmine are given the news that Zula has been captured by cannibals and is presumed dead, Conan vows to find his Blood Brother. | ||||
| "The Heart of Rakkir" | October 10, 1992 | 5 | ||
| Wrath-Amon has discovered the location of the Heart of Rakkir. Which will give him the power over a sea monster. He finds out that only a person with Atlantean blood may acquire the jewel. Luckily for Conan he is the descedent of the Atlanteans. | ||||
| "Men of Stone" | October 17, 1992 | 6 | ||
| When Wrath-Amon enslaves a village and turns their chief to stone, Conan goes to investigate the matter and learns the secret behind the curse, but will it cost him his friends? | ||||
| "The Terrible Torrinon" | October 24, 1992 | 7 | ||
| Conan, Jasmine and Snag ride into a town shunned by locals as being "cursed". There, they see a woman being carried away by an evil wizard, feared as the Terrible Torrinon. The adventuring trio mount a rescue, only to find that they have been deceived by a clever ploy of the villagers. Unfortunately, Wrath-amon too has been deceived, and he arrives to challenge Torrinon to a sorcerer's duel. | ||||
| "Greywolf of Xanthus" | October 31, 1992 | 8 | ||
| Conan,Jezmine,and Zula journey to Xanthus, the ancient city of wizards, to look for a way to break the stone curse that Wrath-Amon placed on Conan's family. | ||||
| "Shadow Walkers" | November 7, 1992 | 9 | ||
| Conan, and Greywolf are in the city of Phenion. When they are attacked by a gang of ninjas. The ninjas then explain that they are the Silent Dragons and they need his help. Conan agrees and the ninjas offer to teach him how to be a ninja. | ||||
| "The Claw of Heaven" | November 14, 1992 | 10 | ||
| Conan and Greywolf hear of a tribe of Celts (primitives) whose shaman/tribal leader wields a staff with a piece of Star Metal forged in the shape of a claw upon it (the Claw of Heaven of the title). This specially forged Star Metal amplifies magical power, so the duo must both persuade the Celts to give them the Claw and protect it from Mesmira. | ||||
| "Serpent Riders of Set" | November 21, 1992 | 11 | ||
| Conan, Jasmine and Snag are travelling through a forest when they come across a band of warriors lead by a youth, the ruler of the local land who was recently ousted by Wrath-Amon and his Serpent Men. Wrath-Amon captures castle and a mystical tomb of the Serpent Riders of Set, seven mystical 'horsemen' who served Set eons ago and who can be resurrected. Conan and the others agree to help the youth regain his castle. | ||||
| "Windfang's Eyrie" | November 28, 1992 | 12 | ||
| Windfang, under Wrath-amon's orders, kidnaps Jasmine and imprisons her in his lair. As Conan comes to her rescue the draconically deformed Windfang reveals his previous existence as a normal human to Jasmine. | ||||
| "Seven against Stygia" | December 5, 1992 | 13 | ||
| Wrath-Amon is about to complete a second pyramid and come much closer to free his master Set. Conan and Zula discover this and call on the rest of their comrades so they may prevent it from happening. | ||||
[edit] Second season
| Title | Original air date | Episode # | |||||
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| "Tribal Warfare" | September 13, 1993 | 14 | |||||
| When Snag's tribesmen, the Vanirmen, are attacked by what appears to be Cimmerians -Conan's tribe- Conan and Snag's friendship is tested. To compliment the matter further, men who appear to be Vanirmen attack the Cimmerians. This escalates to war between the two tribes and now between two friends. | |||||||
| "Curse of Axh'oon" | September 14, 1993 | 15 | |||||
| Conan and Zula must deliver the mask of Axh'oon to the Wasai, ancient enemies the Orashawa as payment from Gora so he may be made their king. Conan and Zula are skeptical but agree to the task, for it may deliver peace to the two kingdoms... or it may deliver danger. | |||||||
| "Master Thief of Shadizar" | September 15, 1993 | 16 | |||||
| Conan and Jasmine team up with an arrogant and notorious thief to plunder a wizard's tower, but trouble arises when the wizard turns out to be an old enemy of theirs. | |||||||
| "The Vengeance of Jhebbal Sag" | September 16, 1993 | 17 | |||||
| Zula performs a magical ritual that calls the spirit Jhebbel Sag, Master of Beasts, into the material world. Wrath-amon's Serpent-Men capture Jhebbel Sag and bring him to Wrath-amon, who uses his dark magics to corrupt the spirit into a being of evil. | |||||||
| "The Red Brotherhood" | September 17, 1993 | 18 | |||||
| Conan and Snagg are in Toran when a female pirate helps them escape a group of soldiers who started a fight with two of them. Her name is Valeria and she wants them to join her crew the Red Brotherhood. Conan and Snagg are hesitant, but agree to join. | |||||||
| "Thunder and Lightning" | September 20, 1993 | 19 | |||||
| Conan is becoming more frustrated with Thunder's free-willed nature. They soon reach the city of Ranoako. There they find weapons similar to what his father made and ask where the blacksmith duplicated it. He tells them he copied it from the village of Rempier from a blacksmith named Morgo. On the way there Thunder meets a female and decides to meet her. This drives Conan angry and he decides to let Thunder go luckily they meet another horse which Conan decides to become master of and names it Lightning. Has Conan found a permanent Horse? | |||||||
| "The Crevasse of Winds" | September 21, 1993 | 20 | |||||
| In search of the mystical Book of Skelos, which may hold the secret to releasing Conan's family from Wrath-amon's Spell of Living Stone, Conan and Falconar climb to the infamous Crevasse of Winds, where they discover that the Book has a guardian; a tainted adult Phoenix. Problems arise over precisely where Needle's loyalties lie; with the Phoenix, or with his friends? | |||||||
| "Hanuman the Ape God" | September 22, 1993 | 21 | |||||
| Conan and Jezmine find a magical golden city in the middle of the desert ruled by a man with a magic rod. This entire city seems to worship an ape-god (Hanuman) who crashed to the earth in a big rock, bringing the magic rod with him. When checking the rock to make sure it isn't star metal, Conan and Jezmine find that Hanuman is a prisoner, and free him, giving him back his magic rod. | |||||||
| "Isle of the Naiads" | September 23, 1993 | 22 | |||||
| Conan and Snag are in deep trouble after a visit to the mysterious "Isle of the Naiads", home to magical spirits of water, trees and stone, results in them losing their strength to the enchanted waters of weakness. Especially seeing as how Wrath-amon and Windfang are now laying siege to the island! | |||||||
| "In Days of Old" | September 24, 1993 | 23 | |||||
| Conan, and Jezmine travel to village where they are meant to rendezvous with Greywolf. When they arrive he is no where to be found. Until his siblings Sasah and Misha lead them to him. They find him apparently drained of his youth. He tells them that he journeyed to the mountains to find a Sorcerer. The Sorcerer used his magic to take his youth and left him to die. Conan and Jezmine decide to pay a visit to the Sorcerer but will they suffer the same fate as their friend? | |||||||
| "The Birth of Wrath-amon" | September 27, 1993 | 24 | |||||
| Conan, Zula, and Falconer travel to the mountains and find the Spellbinder. They ask him to break the curse on Conans family but he refuses. Through some bargaining from Conan, he provides a solution; to send Conan back in time before the spell happened. Conan agrees and is sent through a portal, but the place he arrives seems different and Wrath-Amon is no where to be found. | |||||||
| "Earthbound" | September 28, 1993 | 25 | |||||
| Windfang tired of being Wrath-Amons unwilling henchmen steals a spell that can take him to Queen Fridgia to mystic Askaloon where he can break his curse. He kidnaps Jazmine because he needs a witness and they break the curse. Wrath-Amon learns of this and decides to take vengeance against his former slave. | |||||||
| "The Treachery of Emperors" | September 29, 1993 | 26 | |||||
| The Princess of Venga has been abducted by Sarenshaw the leader of the hooded ones. The Emperor promises that whoever saves his daughter shall be made King of the western province. Fortunately, Conan is in Venga and hears the proposal and agrees to save the princess so he may become a king. | |||||||
| "The Sword of Destiny" | September 30, 1993 | 27 | |||||
| "Return to Tarantia" | October 1, 1993 | 28 | |||||
| Conan and his group go to Tarantia, there Jazmine meets her mother and father again, but the dark secrets of Jazmine's family are revealed to her and she is also ambushed by Wrath-Amon. | |||||||
| "The Book of Skelos" | October 4, 1993 | 29 | |||||
| Conan, Jasmine and Zula, in search of the second Book of Skelos (the first having been destroyed in "The Crevasse of Winds"), enter an ancient ruin that leads to a nightmarish pocket dimension controlled by a monstrous demon. | |||||||
| "Labors of Conan" | October 5, 1993 | 30 | |||||
| Conan, Jezmine, and Greywolf are traveling by the mountains when they are attacked by Serpentmen. Zulanti, a wizard, comes to their aid and helps them drive away the Serpentmen. Zulanti quickly shows his power to the group and they are quite impressed. Conan is impressed even more when Zulanti breaks the stone curse on a group of people. Conan soon believes that he may have found the answer to help his family. | |||||||
| "The Amulet of Vathelos" | October 6, 1993 | 31 | |||||
| Conan travels to Stygia where he insults some demon-worshippers in a large city. He walks away from that encounter to eventually meet a man whose friend has been turned into stone by the same demon. This man knew Conan's grandfather when he was young, and we hear the entire story of how Conan's grandfather stole the amulet of Vathelos. In the end, Conan kills the demon. | |||||||
| "Final Hours of Conan" | October 7, 1993 | 32 | |||||
| A false trail instigated by Wrath-amon leads to Conan being stung by a hideous imp created by the evil sorcerer. To the group's horror, the sting slowly starts turning Conan into a Serpent-Man; can they find a cure or will they lose their friend to Wrath-amon's control? | |||||||
| "An Evil Wind in Kusan" | October 8, 1993 | 33 | |||||
| Falconer is captured by Windfang and a native of Kusan exiled for his ties to Set, who force him to don a cursed mantle that transforms him into the demon Harock who then attacks Kusan. The only hope for Kusan's survival is a "Duel of Champions", where Harock will battle Kusan's champion, determined by the fact they must wear the Mantle of Winds.
Unfortunately, the only one with the blood able to do so is a weak scholarly lad. Can Conan teach the lad how to fight well enough to defeat a demon? And will they be able to discover Falconer's fate and save him from Harock? |
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| "Blood of my Blood" | October 11, 1993 | 34 | |||||
| "Dragon's Breath" | October 12, 1993 | 35 | |||||
| Conan returns to Phenion, when his master Dong Hee tells him that he may have foung a way to help him. He tells Conan that he may find the answer from an old friend the Kari Dragon. | |||||||
| "The Queen of Stygia" | October 13, 1993 | 36 | |||||
| "Nature of the Beast" | October 14, 1993 | 37 | |||||
| "City of the Burning Skull" | October 15, 1993 | 38 | |||||
| Conan and his friends find a mysterious city with a struggle going on between the city's last people and a diabolical sorceror who needs their bodies to continue his life | |||||||
| "Son of Atlantis" | October 18, 1993 | 39 | |||||
| Wrath-Amon finds a magical horn that controls the people of Atlantis, the Cimmerians, with the blood of Atlantis flowing through their veins, are called to Stygia by the horn's power, will Conan defeat Wrathh-Amon's plot, or are the people of Cimmeria doomed? | |||||||
| "Conn Rides Again" | October 19, 1993 | 40 | Mesmira summons Conan to her boat, claiming she will undo the spell of living stone cast on Conan's family, meanwhile, Conn and Greywolf plot to stop Mesmira. | ||||
| "Down to the Dregs" | October 20, 1993 | 41 | |||||
| Needle and Dregs are forced to team up to escape an evil collector of rare animals. | |||||||
| "Dregs-Amon the Great" | October 21, 1993 | 42 | |||||
| Chaos ensues when a new ruler takes control of Stygia. All hail ... Dregs-Amon the Great!? | |||||||
| "The Wolfmother" | October 22, 1993 | 43 | |||||
| "Conan of the Kosaki" | October 25, 1993 | 44 | |||||
| Crossing the sea to a distant kingdom whose king is enslaving his people to construct one of the stone pyramids that will release Set, Conan, Jasmine and Snag are thrown into prison for their troubles.
Escaping to join forces with the renegade Kosaki, Conan and Snag must learn to stop their "playful" fighting in order to inspire the Kosaki to cease squabbling amongst themselves. |
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| "Torrinon Returns" | October 26, 1993 | 45 | |||||
| The diminutive and incompetent magician Torrinon frantically summons Conan, Snag and Jasmine for assistance after he accidentally provokes Wrath-amon's wrath with a magical prank. | |||||||
| "The Frost Giant's Daughter" | October 27, 1993 | 46 | |||||
| "Cornucopia of Grondar" | October 28, 1993 | 47 | |||||
| "When Tolls the Bell of Night" | October 29, 1993 | 48 | |||||
| "The Last Dagger of Manir" | November 1, 1993 | 49 | |||||
| "Thorns of Midnight" | November 2, 1993 | 50 | |||||
| "The Vale of Amazons" | November 3, 1993 | 51 | |||||
| "Bones of Damballa" | November 4, 1993 | 52 | |||||
| Fearing he is to be replaced, Wrath-amon sends Skulkar to assassinate his potential replacement, a shaman named Shadizar- who happens to be an old enemy of Skulkar's. However, things go wrong and Shadizar turns Skulkar back into his original human form. With no other choice, Skulkar must team up with Conan and Zula to restore himself to his undead form. | |||||||
| "Turnabout is Foul Play" | November 5, 1993 | 53 | |||||
| "Once & Future Conan" | November 8, 1993 | 54 | |||||
| Conan goes to a mysterious garden to find a cure for the spell of living stone, the meeting is actually an ambush set by Wrath-Amon, Conan is pulled into the future right before he is slain by a giant serpent. The person who pulled him into the future turns out to be a much older Greywolf, he tells Conan of the future that will occur because Conan was killed in the garden by the giant serpent's venom, he must quest through the horrible new world to obtain the cure to the poison and save the future. | |||||||
| "Sword, Sai & Shuriken" | November 9, 1993 | 55 | |||||
| Conan is asked to return to Phenion to face an unstoppable warrior. Who has defeated every ninja in Phenion. Will Conan suffer the same fate? | |||||||
| "Full Moon Rising" | November 10, 1993 | 56 | |||||
| "The Stealer of Souls" | November 11, 1993 | 57 | |||||
| "Amra the Lion" | November 12, 1993 | 58 | |||||
| Gora uleashes his revenge against Conan, and Zula. Will the heroes escape or have they met their doom. | |||||||
| "Escape of Ram-amon" | November 15, 1993 | 59 | |||||
| On a quest to destroy Wrath-Amon, Conan finds the long-imprisoned Ram-Amon, predecessor of Wrath-Amon and sets him free, the two then team up to destroy Wrath-Amon. | |||||||
| "The Star Metal Monster" | November 16, 1993 | 60 | |||||
| In search of friendship, a young orphan girl with innate sorcerous powers breathes life into a grotesque metal statue. Dubbing the extremely protective beast "Titainus", she feels safe at last. Unfortunately for her the statue was forged entirely from star-metal, which means that her new friend has earned the attentions of Wrath-amon! | |||||||
| "Into the abyss" | November 17, 1993 | 61 | |||||
| After a tentative meeting with Ram-amon to discuss the Amulet of Vathelos, Conan discovers that the Amulet needs to be recharged with some of Set's own dark magic. The result of this is that Conan and Jasmine undertake a perilous quest into the Abyss. Surrounded by hostile Serpent-Men, against which their star-metal weapons now have no effect, can the two make it out alive? | |||||||
| "A Serpent Coils the Earth, Part I" | November 18, 1993 | 62 | |||||
| Wrath-Amon finishes the building of pyramids and opens the Gates of Eternity in order to bring evil Seth back to the Earth. After destroying the city of Shushan Seth and his army go to the north, bringing fear to everyone. The next goal of Seth is Tarantia, one of the most beautiful cities. While Conan’s friends defend Tarantia, he goes to Galamira Mountain in hopes to find Epimetrius, who can tell how to destroy Seth. | |||||||
| "A Serpent Coils the Earth, Part II" | November 19, 1993 | 63 | |||||
| "A Serpent Coils the Earth, Part III" | November 22, 1993 | 64 | |||||
[edit] Theme Song
Conan! The Adventurer! Conan! Warrior without fear! He's more powerful than any man, his legend spreads across the land and sea!
Conan! The mightiest warrior ever! His quest: To undo the spell of living stone cast upon his family, by driving the evil Serpent Men back into another dimension, and vanquishing their leader, the cruel wizard, Wrath-Amon!
Conan! The Adventurer! Conan! Man of Bravery!
With his magic sword protecting, the mightiest of warriors is he! Feel the power...(sometimes excluded) CONAN!
[edit] DVD Releases
In the UK Jetix Films has released the complete season one DVD set containing all 13 episodes in their original story order. It is unknown at this time if more sets will follow.
The complete series was released on DVD in Australia in 2004 by Force Entertainment in a series of sixteen single-disc DVD volumes, with four episodes per disc.
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