Buffy the Animated Series is an animated television series concept based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Initially greenlit by 20th Century Fox in 2002, it went ultimately unproduced and unaired when no network was willing to buy the series. The series would have taken place in the middle of Buffy Season 1. Loeb described the continuity as "Episode 7.5", possibly indicating that the bulk of the series would have taken place between "Angel" and "I Ro...
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Buffy the Animated Series is an animated television series concept based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Initially greenlit by 20th Century Fox in 2002, it went ultimately unproduced and unaired when no network was willing to buy the series. The series would have taken place in the middle of Buffy Season 1. Loeb described the continuity as "Episode 7.5", possibly indicating that the bulk of the series would have taken place between "Angel" and "I Robot, You Jane".
Whedon and Loeb would later revisit the style of the series Season Eight story "After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back!" (2008).
Development began on the show in 2001. Whedon and Jeph Loeb were to be Executive Producers for the show, and most of the cast from Buffy would return to voice their characters. The series soon ran into problems. 20th Century Fox were going to produce the show, and it was initially planned that the show would air on Fox Kids, possibly as early as February 2002. When Fox Kids ceased operations Fox...
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