Manimal is a short-lived American action/adventure/fantasy television series that ran from September 30 to December 17, 1983 on NBC. It was repeated on British television throughout 1984.
For every episode except the pilot, actor William Conrad recites the opening narration that tells of Chase's wealthy present life and his early days in Africa with his missionary father.
Manimal premiered as a 90 minute pilot that aired on September 30, 1983. Th...
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Manimal is a short-lived American action/adventure/fantasy television series that ran from September 30 to December 17, 1983 on NBC. It was repeated on British television throughout 1984.
For every episode except the pilot, actor William Conrad recites the opening narration that tells of Chase's wealthy present life and his early days in Africa with his missionary father.
Manimal premiered as a 90 minute pilot that aired on September 30, 1983. The series featured the story of Jonathan Chase (Simon MacCorkindale), a shape-shifting man who can turn himself into a snake, a hawk, or a black panther, and uses this ability to fight crime.
By modern standards its special effects, though plentiful, are relatively low-quality, not surprising given the time period and other constraints. While Dr. Chase was meant to have the ability to change himself into any animal, in practice his onscreen transformations were almost always into a hawk or black panther, with the exact same backdrops each time,...
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