Filmation would later develop the idea into its own original live action program, Space Academy, in 1977.

Filmation also recycled some of the background music for Star Trek: The Animated Series in their later shows Shazam !, Tarzan and the Super 7 and Sport Billy.

The character went through two later revivals, once by Filmation Studios in 1979, and again in 1987 at the hands of animation director Ralph Bakshi, who had worked at the Terrytoons studio during his early career.

A trademark of the company's productions, beginning in 1969, was a rotating " Produced by " ( and on some shows, " Executive Producers ") credit seen in the end credits ( and in later productions, the opening sequences ) of Filmation programs, as a device that was supposedly created to allow Prescott and Scheimer to share equal billing.

However, the later Filmation productions credited only Scheimer, in the form of his signature (" Lou Scheimer, ( Executive ) Producer "), starting with 1982's Gilligan's Planet.

He had already been working on the animated feature Pinocchio in Outer Space which was primarily produced by Belvision Studios, and also brought in the Journey Back to Oz project, which would be released over ten years later by Filmation.

Filmation also pioneered other animation technologies, particularly in Flash Gordon, which included backlighting effects for the first time in American animation ( they were already in use in Japan ), including moire effects to represent energy fields ( a technique that was later used in He-Man and later in She-Ra ).

From 1979 to the mid 1980s, Kricfalusi worked for Filmation and later Hanna-Barbera on various shows which he once described as " the worst animation of all time.

The first minicomics that accompanied the 1981 – 1983 line of Masters of the Universe toys presented the earliest version of continuity, and showed many differences from the more widely known continuity of the later cartoon made by Filmation, and the later minicomics which complemented it.

The cat and mouse stars later resurfaced in television cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Filmation Studios during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s ; a feature film, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, in 1992 ( released domestically in 1993 ); and in 2001, their first made-for TV short, Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat for Boomerang.

The episodes from this series were later aired along with other Filmation shows — such as Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle ( 1976, CBS ) — as part of: The Batman / Tarzan Adventure Hour ( 1977 – 1978 CBS ), Tarzan and the Super 7 ( 1978 – 1980 CBS ), and Batman and the Super 7 ( 1980 – 1981 NBC ).

However, Westinghouse would leave the cable TV system business in 1986, and would later sell Filmation to L ' Oréal in 1988.

His later credits include animatian on Pink Panther shorts, Bakshi ’ s Heavy Traffic and Coonskin, Chuck Jones TV Specials, numerous Filmation and Hanna Barbera series, Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs.

In the Filmation series and later comics derived from its continuity, Horde Prime is the only being with authority over Hordak as well as his Horde inspectors, for he is the intergalactic ruler of the Horde Empire, with control over all Horde regimes.

In early material, the character is called King Miro, this was later given in the Filmation cartoon series as King Randor's long-lost father's name.

( Marc would later become a composer in his own right, assisting his father without credit on later Filmation scores, and even receiving onscreen credit for co-composing the theme music to the 1979 Flash Gordon cartoon.

The series was produced by Filmation in association with Paramount Television and ran for two seasons from 1973 to 1974 on NBC, airing a total of twenty-two half-hour episodes.

During this time he became friends with Larry DiTillio, and when Filmation produced the He-Man spinoff, She-Ra: Princess of Power, they both worked as story editors on the show.

However, Filmation refused to give them credit on-screen and Straczynski and DiTillio both left and found work with DIC on Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors.

Filmation used this strategy for much of its productions, and Hanna-Barbera often used it when necessary ( most notably on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You ?.

( SIB Productions, whose logo bore a resemblance to the original Filmation logo, would soon go on to become " Sib-Tower 12 Productions " and produce the first few of Chuck Jones ' Tom and Jerry films for MGM, until becoming MGM Animation / Visual Arts for the remainder of the films ).

Filmation did, however, rely on outsourcing once, when the company created its animated Zorro series.

Filmation capitalized on the popularity of the film by producing a new cartoon based on their earlier series.

As a dig on the Filmation series, an episode was written about a group of fraudulent ghost fighters, trying to steal the " Real " Ghostbusters ' business and thunder.

Following the success and critical acclaim for this set, BCI Eclipse on January 16, 2006, struck a long-term exclusive deal with Entertainment Rights for distribution rights to its entire Filmation catalog ( with the exception of the Archie series which was acquired by Genius Products ).

A number of other studios produced TV cartoons, such as Filmation ( Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, The Archies ) and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises ( The Pink Panther ), but Hanna-Barbera had developed a virtual lock on Saturday morning cartoons by the 1970s.

Knight Lore, and some of its Filmation follow-up Alien 8, was actually completed before Sabre Wulf but Ultimate decided that it could have a potentially negative effect on sales of the comparatively primitive Sabre Wulf, so it was postponed until late 1984 for a simultaneous release with Underwurlde.

Ultimate ran into some criticism in the gaming media for their repeated use of the Filmation technique in subsequent games Alien 8, Nightshade, Gunfright and Pentagram, though Nightshade and Gunfright used Filmation II, a variation on the engine, resulting in a similar visual style, but significantly different gameplay, with scrolling around a large world and arcade-like play, rather than the room-based puzzles of the earlier Filmation titles.

Examples of companies that have either folded or been subsumed into larger companies include Filmation ( folded 1989 ), Hanna-Barbera ( still active on paper, although its operations absorbed into Warner Bros.

In a 2007 DVD interview, Filmation producer / founder Lou Scheimer praised the laugh track for its usage on The Archie Show.

Superman, Batman and Robin and Aquaman had each previously appeared in their own animated series produced by Filmation, and voice talent from these prior programs was brought in to work on the new show.

* The Riddler made his first appearance in animated form in the Filmation Batman installments first seen on CBS Saturday Morning in 1968 as part of The Batman / Superman Hour with Ted Knight providing his voice.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's successful toy line Masters of the Universe.

However, given that the He-Man series had been ceased to allow Filmation to concentrate on She-Ra, Filmation decided to reassign Hordak and the Evil Horde as the main villains of the She-Ra series to give the characters exposure.

As with other producers of Saturday morning cartoons, Filmation was more concerned with quantity rather than quality ; however, it did make a number of attempts to rise above the standard animated fare and produce reasonably well-written cartoons.

Filmation had a reputation for exploiting the technique of limited animation to produce a number of animated series with a distinct look.

Furthermore, limited animation, such as that produced by such studios as Filmation Associates, Jay Ward Productions and Hanna-Barbera Productions, was economical enough to produce in sufficient quantity to fill the four hour time slot, as compared to live-action programming.

The Archie Show, produced by Filmation Studios, was not only a hit on TV, but spun off a radio hit as well.

After The Archies, produced by Filmation, became a huge pop hit, Hanna-Barbera started releasing several cartoon TV shows with the adventures of rock bands, such as Josie and the Pussycats, The Cattanooga Cats, The Impossibles, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, Jabberjaw, and others.

Filmation is also noteworthy for its lavish background paintings under the direction of longtime department head Erv Kaplan such as the purple-colored " night sky " backgrounds used in He-Man and She-Ra.

In its final years, Filmation produced feature film versions of its He-Man and She-Ra franchises, as well as unofficial cult animated sequels to other established films, such as Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night and Happily Ever After.

While rotoscoping is generally known to bring a sense of realism to larger budget animated films, the American animation company Filmation, known for its budget-cutting limited TV animation, was also notable for its heavy usage of rotoscope to good effect in series such as Flash Gordon, Blackstar, and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

The Mattel company developed the original He-Man action figure in 1981 ; the franchise backstory was conceived by the Filmation animation studio.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is considered the most successful Animated series ever made by Filmation.

The animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was produced by Filmation and made its television debut in 1983.

She voiced several films for Filmation such as He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword, He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special and Happily Ever After as Critterina and Marina.

* The Filmation catalog ( He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Ghostbusters, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, etc.

Orko appears in the 1980s Filmation series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and in the 2002 remake of the series.

Erwin was the voice of He-Man in the Filmation production He-Man and the Masters of the Universe that ran from 1983 to 1985.

In the Filmation animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Teela is the biological daughter of the Sorceress.

In the series The New Adventures of He-Man, which ran from 1990-1991, Teela makes one appearance in the episode Once Upon a Time, a rare reference to the vintage Filmation series.

Dini wrote a number of episodes of the 1983-85 animated TV series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe that became favorites amongst the show's fans over the Internet, as well as contributing to interviews on the released box sets of the series, though Dini has made no secret of his distaste for Filmation and the He-Man concept.

Lou Scheimer voiced characters for other Filmation cartoons besides He-Man.

In He-Man and the Masters of the Universe by Filmation, Zodac appears in three episodes of the show's first season: " Quest for He-Man ", " The Search " and " Golden Disks of Knowledge ".