Netflix has released its longanticipated miniseries of watership down, a coproduction with the bbc. Watch watership down 1999 series full episodes online free kisscartoon. The adventures of a warren of rabbits as they struggle to develop their new home and protect it from the various threats they face. Then we listen in as dandelion, the rabbits master storyteller, relates the thrilling. Although the rabbit characters have a language and a culture, and they converse and interact just as humans do, these are not capandwaistcoat picturebook bunnies, but fully realized characters whose conflicts and triumphs keep readers engrossed. Its the second animated rendition of the beloved 1972 richard adams adventure novel. It gives many facets of what an adult, nature fiction bookgone cartoon movie should be. Watership down was one of this centurys bestloved works of imaginative literature. Watership down is a 1978 british animated adventuredrama film, written, produced and directed by martin rosen and based on the 1972 novel by richard adams. Watership down adaptation only suffers from shoddy animation. Watch watership down 1999 series full free online kisscartoon. A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home. The new watership down trailer is here to lay waste to. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams.
We crunched the numbers the bbcs new adaptation of richard adams watership down is far less bloody than the. With john hurt, richard briers, ralph richardson, michael graham cox. He and the watership down rabbits set off and finding a van on route filled with food, stop for a feed. It was released on 22 december 2018 in the united kingdom and internationally on netflix the next day. The novel was adapted into an animated feature film in 1978, and later, a television series, which ran from. It was produced with the participation of the canadian television. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams. Watership down tv series watership down wiki fandom. Watch watership down online full episodes of season 1. It looks like shit, the voice actors are so flat and the changes made to the story and characters is just atrocious.
I saw an episode of the cartoon series once and it mentioned it was from a book, and at that point i was bored and looking for something new to read, so i researched it. Heeding the warning of a vision of their old homes destruction, a warren of rabbits led by hazel, his brother fiver the visionary, the ever inventive doe, blackberry, and bigwig, a former member of their old homes military class, go in search of a new home. Tales from watership down begins with some of the great folk stories well known to all rabbits. The narrator compares elahrairah to other folklore figures like brer rabbit, john henry, and robin hood 5.
Id love to make the rest of the screenshots for the series, if thats alright. Released on 19 october 1978, the film was an immediate success and it became the sixthmost. Limited series trailer 3 in the beginning watership down. The rabbits are driven by a vision of a promised land. Watership down is an adventure fantasy miniseries directed by noam murro. Matthew tobey, rovi from the back cover based on the beloved bestseller by richard adams, this stunning animated series reunites composer mike batt bright eyes and the voice talents of john hurt and richard briers from the. The rest of the voice cast was announced in november 2018. Watership down is known to many children of the 70s and 80s as a harrowing, shockingly violent cartoon about rabbits fighting to the death, but the original richard adams novel doesnt. In 1999, an animated cartoon series of watership down premiered, lasting three seasons. Netflix makes a stunning, scarring story a hare too ugly. Netflixs watership down miniseries is worth watching. Tvy7 44min animation, adventure, family tv series 1999.
Watership down tv series journey to watership down. Compared to other adaptations, this is the most familyfriendly. Watership down comparison by mercermz on deviantart. A warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the. The author richard adams took his title from an actual nearby hill in the south of england, but he could hardly have chosen a more evocative one than watership down for his epic 1972 tale of. The rabbits arrive at the seaside, lost and unable to find kehaar. Watership down episode guide funbag animation 1999. Unique in the annals of animated films, watership down is a serious, even grim tale that many will find relentless and depressing and others will find poetic and moving.
It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the united kingdom and decode entertainment of canada, 1 and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series. A warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of. To be able to post a message site, you must be connected. See more ideas about watership down, rabbit art and art. Dystopian rabbit masterpiece watership down returns. The 1970s cartoon traumatised generations of children, but the new version is tame, drab and. Alltime decode nepenthe canal famile funbag helix ytv animation. Comparison there are several differences between the book,film,and tv series, lets find out what they are. The weasel made his debut in the second episode, home on the down, when the protagonists, hazel and his rabbit companions, first settle in on watership down. It was rejected by several publishers before collings accepted the manuscript. As a word of caution, you are definitely going to want to invest in a 3pack of kleenex before settling in to watch watership down, the upcoming. The weasel is the secondary antagonist to the watership down saga, who appeared only in the first season of watership down animated tv series. Watership down isnt folklore, but the stories about elahrairah definitely are.
Watership down tv series wikimili, the best wikipedia. John hurt, richard briers and ralph richardson watership down 1978 official trailer john hurt movie a group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and. Watership down was written for adults, but adolescents often find it more irresistible than their elders do. The adventures of a warren of rabbits as they struggle to develop their new home.
Some episodes contain elements from the original novel, as well as introducing new elements including hazel having a love interest and the introduction of other warrens like redstone and darkhaven. Their search for him leads them to the beach and a whole new set of dangers and adventures. The bbc broadcast comprised two backtoback episodes per day. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted. I think what made it work was the decision to shift focus from the rabbits at watership down to the efrafrans, the redstone rabbits, and even darkhaven, cause that was the more interesting story. The shortlived 1999 tv series skewed back toward the authors. It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams and adapted by tom bidwell. Watership down 2018 miniseries compared sidebyside. Watership down is a remarkable tale about the friendship, survival and heroism of a group of rabbits who leave their endangered warren in search of a new home. In july 2014, it was announced that bbc would be airing a new animated miniseries of watership down based on the 1972 novel and the 1978 film. He tracks down the rabbits who leave the warren and settles. Brave yet under control, campion helps set up the new warren in between the down and efrafa. Season 3 was actually what i was hoping to see in the tv series. With andrew falvey, stephen mangan, lee ross, sue elliottnichols.
In this animated series, a foulmouthed high school basketball coach is sure he. Moviea doe from sandleford named violet is killed on the way to watership down,no one died getting to watership down and there were no does with them in the book. Journey to watership down centers on a group of rabbits and their adventures as they search for a new place to call home. Fleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home. Plus many of the stories contain familiar folklore eventslike when elahrairah tries to make a deal with death which is a common folklore plot. Told in four ferocious parts, netflixs magnificent watership down adaptation only suffers from shoddy animation.
It was financed by a consortium of british financial institutions and was distributed by cinema international corporation in the united kingdom. Sure, the series looks like its about sweet little bunnies, but if youve seen the 1978. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the united kingdom and decode entertainment of canada, and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. I have read and reread watership down at least a dozen times and i have seen the 78 film countless times. This site is a wiki which is a web page that can be edited by anyone with surfing the web. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the. As the animated classic turns 40, ed power speaks to director martin rosen and explores the films legacy. In april 2016, it was announced that the series would be a coproduction between bbc and netflix, and would consist of four one hour episodes. Now richard adams returns, to tell us what happened to the rabbits after their defeat of general woundwort. Original release, september 28, 1999 december 4, 2001. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard. It was produced with the participation of the canadian television fund. The series lays out their creation myth in a prologue whose silhouette art is its one creative stroke of animation.
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