When the series continued in the second season, comic artist Jack Mendelsohn joined the show as the executive story editor. The two media would correspond in marketing style and popularity for many years to come.ĭavid Wise and Patti Howeth wrote the screenplay for the first five-part miniseries. They requested that a television deal be acquired first, and after the initial five-episode series debuted, the California toy company released their first series of Ninja Turtles action figures in the summer of 1988. The initial motivation behind the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series was that, upon being approached to create a toy line, Playmates Toys was uneasy with the comic book characters' small cult following. The series featured the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created in comic book form by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, the property was changed considerably from the darker-toned comic in order to make it more suitable for children so they wouldnt be scared. It was animated overseas in Japan by Toei Animation. which premiered in December 14, 1987, first as a 5-part mini-series. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Germany, and Sweden) is an American animated television series, produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, Inc.

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