Diabolik

Name: Diabolik
Genre: Animation
Cast: Pierre-François Pistorio, Blanche Ravalec, Albert Augier, Bernard Woringer, Maik Darah

TV series
2000
1 season
M6
Animation

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7.5 TMDB worldwide · 11 ratings

Diabolik is an internationally co-produced animated television series, based on the Italian comic book series of the same name created by Angela and Luciana Giussani. The series features master thief Diabolik and his companion Eva, as they fight and gradually expos criminal organization known as the Brotherhood and his leader Dane, while evading Inspector Ginko.

About the show

Diabolik (also known as Saban's Diabolik and Diabolik: Track of the Panther; French: Diabolik: Sur les Traces de la Panthère, lit. "Diabolik: In the Footsteps of the Panther") is an animated television series based on the Italian comic book series of the same name by Angela and Luciana Giussani. Developed by Charles Corton and written by Jean Cheville and Florence Sandis, the series was an international co-production between Saban Entertainment, Saban International Paris, M6 Métropole Télévision and Mediaset, with Asiatic animation services by Ashi Productions and Saerom Animation.

Production on the show began in 1997. It premiered in France on M6 on May 5, 1999, and was broadcast on Fox Kids across Europe, Latin America, and in Australia, running for 40 episodes. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when the company acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Saban Entertainment. Although it was co-produced in the United States, it never aired in that country.

The series focuses on master thief Diabolik and his woman companion Eva, as they fight the criminal organisation Brotherhood and its leader Dane, while evading Inspector Ginko. The series differs considerably from the darker-toned comic, making it more suitable for a young audience; the main differences include the rejuvenation of Diabolik and Eva Kant, the introduction of new characters (such as the main antagonist Dane), the replacement of Diabolik's Jaguar E-Type with a fictional modern car, the absence of murders by the title character, and the setting in the real world rather than fictional locations.

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