Free Willy

Sep 24, 1994 30m CA

4.3

8 votes

Animation
Kids
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Seasons and episodes

Season 1 : Season 1

Sep 24, 1994

Synopsis

Free Willy is an animated television series, inspired by the 1993 film of the same name. This television series was produced by Warner Bros. Television, Regency Enterprises and the Canadian company Nelvana for Warner Bros. Studios. The show, which aired for one season on American Broadcasting Company, continues the adventures of the orca Willy and Jesse, the boy who freed him from captivity as shown in the film. In retrospect, the series also anticipates multiple plot elements of the film sequel, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, released the following summer. The overarching conflict is reminiscent of Moby-Dick: a powerful oil baron, known to the main characters only as a cyborg called "The Machine" until the final episodes, loses his arm and part of his face to Willy while committing an environmental atrocity and wants revenge upon "that rotten whale... and his boy".

Title	Free Willy
First Air Date	Sep 24, 1994
Last Air Date	Sep 24, 1994
Episodes	21
Seasons	1
Companies	Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Television, Le Studio Canal+, Nelvana
Keywords	fish, based on movie, oceanography, free diving, sea creature, eco-horror