Willy Fog 2
Willy Fog 2 | |
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Production | |
Running time | 30 mins |
Production companies | BRB Internacional Televisión Española |
Original release | |
Network | La 2 |
Release | 24 September 1994 January 1995 | –
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Willy Fog 2 is a Spanish
Background
Due to the success of Around the World with Willy Fog, BRB Internacional and Televisión Española revisited the franchise ten years later, with animation by Wang Film Productions in Taiwan, released a sequel series simply titled "Willy Fog 2". The series ran to 26 episodes, and consisted of two separate serialized stories that were based on the original novels.[4]
The first was Journey to the Center of the Earth, which played out very similarly to the first series. Again a bet was made with Sullivan – and he sent Transfer to cause havoc. This time, however, more people believed in Willy Fog, although all of them (apart from Lord Guinness) turned against him at times – when reports came back that the volcano they journeyed into was about to erupt. Romy, Tico and Rigodon went with Willy on the voyage again and were joined by Professor Lidenbrock – an expert in archeology and Hans – an Icelandic who acted as a general dogsbody. The team again made it – just in time to win the bet.[5]
The second story was adapted from
As production occurred in Taiwan and China, the Japanese studio who made the first series, Nippon Animation, was not involved in Willy Fog 2, as is clearly evidenced in its much flatter, brighter, less-nuanced animation. The series re-used the De Angelis's opening theme, with new lyrics to reflect the change of premise, and employed the lyrical version of "Romy" as a closing theme. The series was dubbed into English by the London-based company Village Productions, Ltd, which had worked on dubs of several other contemporary BRB shows, such as Sandokan. Although the voice cast was entirely new, the group clearly drew upon the Intersound dub of the original series as a source upon which to base the character voices.
Home entertainment releases
In 1995, BRB Internacional released three Willy Fog movies – Around the World in 80 Days,[6] Journey to the Center of the Earth[7] and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea[8] – each one created by heavily editing the first series from roughly 650 minutes in total down to a truncated 75 minutes apiece. All three films were dubbed by Village Productions, who had previously dubbed the second series for the United Kingdom, and later reached the United States on DVD. Notably, the Village Productions dub for the first movie was able to secure use of Intersound's English-language version of the theme tune.
Finnish
Songs in the Finnish dub were sung by the actors of YLE Import 2021 re-using the De Angelis's music but with new Finnish lyrics. In the Finnish dub some scenes are cut, which includes musical numbers in some episodes.
English
Around 2016, the English dubs of all episodes of the series was uploaded to the official channel of BRB Internacional on YouTube.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Nieto, Marta (19 October 1992). "Televisión Española and BRB co-produce 'Willy Fog' second part". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "TV guide - Willy Fog II 1st episode at La 2". ABC (in Spanish) (Madrid ed.). 24 September 1994. p. 118. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "TV guide - Willy Fog II 25th episode at La 2". ABC (in Spanish) (Madrid ed.). 8 January 1995. p. 134. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ "Willy Fog 2 official flyer" (PDF). brb.es. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ Taves, Brian. "Adapting Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth". North American Jules Verne Society, Inc. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "The Adventures of Willy Fog: Around the World In 80 Days". AllMovie. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "Willy Fog - Journey to the Centre of the Earth". AllMovie. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "The Adventures of Willy Fog: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". AllMovie. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ^ "Willy Fog 2 Complete Series at BRB Internacional official YouTube channel". YouTube. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
External links
- BRB Internacional website
- Willy Fog 2 at IMDb