The Neverending Story is an animated television series, produced by CineVox Entertainment and animated by Ellipse Animation and Canada's Nelvana Limited. It aired for one season (1995–1996) on HBO, and ran for 26 episodes. The series is loosely based on Michael Ende's book, The Neverending Story (1979).
A young boy named Bastian helps yet again the Childlike Empress and her people of Fantasia, an imagination land that can be accessed and influenced through a magic neverending book called The Neverending Story, because the horrifying Nothing and other villains like the evil sorceress Xayide still threaten it. In the process, Bastian learns valuable lessons and gains many magical friends like the wooden Bark Troll, the luckdragon Falkor and many others.
In the animated series, the Nothing is a recurring villain. The Nothing is portrayed as a hole with evil red eyes, which belongs to that of a white wolf, and is the television version of Gmork. The evil sorceress Xayide, unlike in the first sequel film, wears green robes with an eye mask with yellow slits. In the original film, her face is created by a special magical cream. The Rockbiter, in the latter two sequel films (including the third film), actually has a wife and a son, Junior. His wife and son appear in the series as well.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Can | Fra | Mex | Ita | Spa |
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Bastian | Christopher Bell | Donald Reignoux | Isabel Martiñón | Paola Majano | Ana María Camps |
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Falkor | Howard Jerome | José Lavat | Alessandro Rossi | ||
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Barney | Geoffrey Bowes | Roberto Mendiola | |||
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Childlike Empress | Lisa Yamanaka | Patricia Legrand | Gaby Ugarte | Roser Aldabó | |
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Bark Troll | Richard Binsley | Patrick Préjean | Luis Alfonso Mendoza | ||
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Large Head | Colin Fox | Jesús Colín | |||
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Xayide | Janet-Laine Green | Maïk Darah | Rocío Garcel | ||
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Mr. Correander | Chris Wiggins | Alejandro Villeli | Félix Benito | ||
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Engywook | Wayne Robson | Henri Labussière | Esteban Siller |