Black Panther (TV series)

{{Infobox television

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| genre = Action
Adventure
Science fiction
Superhero

| based_on = {{based on|Black Panther||Stan Lee|Jack Kirby}}

| developer = Reginald Hudlin

| writer = Reginald Hudlin

| director = Mark Brooks
Jon Schnepp

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| starring =

| voices = Djimon Hounsou
Stan Lee
Kerry Washington
Alfre Woodard
David Busch
Stephen Stanton
Jill Scott

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| theme_music_composer = Stephen James Taylor

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 6

| executive_producer = Reginald Hudlin
Eric S. Rollman
Aaron Parry
Sidney Clifton

| producer = Cort Lane

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| runtime = 20 minutes

| company = Marvel Knights Animation
Hudlin Entertainment
Titmouse, Inc.
BET

| network = ABC3 (Australia)
BET (U.S.)

| first_aired = {{Start date|2010|01|16|}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2010|01|30}}

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Black Panther is an American motion comic{{cite web |author=Avila, Michael |title=Reginald Hudlin on the Trials of the Animated BLACK PANTHER |url=http://www.newsarama.com/6831-reginald-hudlin-on-the-trials-of-the-animated-black-panther.html |publisher=Newsarama|date= January 10, 2011}}{{cite web |author=Reeves, Ri |title=Sneak Peak at Marvel's 'Black Panther' Animated Comic Starring Djimon Hounsou |url=http://www.vibe.com/2010/06/sneak-peak-marvels-black-panther-animated-comic-starring-djimon-hounsou/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910040111/http://www.vibe.com/2010/06/sneak-peak-marvels-black-panther-animated-comic-starring-djimon-hounsou/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2016 |publisher=Vibe|date=June 20, 2010 }}{{cite web |author=Marshall, Rick |title=First Look at the 'Black Panther' Motion Comic! |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2596914/black-panther-animated-series-motion-comic-trailer/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409202041/http://www.mtv.com/news/2596914/black-panther-animated-series-motion-comic-trailer/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 9, 2017 |publisher=MTV|date=June 18, 2010 }}{{cite magazine |author=McMillan, Graeme |title= What Happened To Marvel's Black Panther Series?|url=https://techland.time.com/2010/07/19/what-happened-to-marvels-black-panther-series/ |magazine=Time|date= July 19, 2010}}{{cite web |author=Melrose, Kevin |title=Marvel's Black Panther Motion Comic Removed from iTunes |url=http://www.cbr.com/marvels-black-panther-motion-comic-removed-from-itunes/ |publisher=cbr.com|date=July 19, 2010 }} and television series by Marvel Knights Animation, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. It was the first animated television series produced by BET since Hey Monie!. Each of the six episodes of the series was 20 minutes in length.

The series was broadcast on the Australian children's channel ABC Me (formerly ABC3) in January 2010{{cite web |url=http://www.animatedsuperheroes.com/2009/12/black-panther-debut-set-in-australia.html |title=Black Panther Debut Set in Australia! |publisher=Animated Superheroes |date=2009-12-07 |access-date=2011-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707144227/http://www.animatedsuperheroes.com/2009/12/black-panther-debut-set-in-australia.html |archive-date=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead }} and in the United States on BET in November 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.bet.com/schedule.show2011-11-28.html |title=BET Schedule |publisher=Black Entertainment Television |date=2011-11-28 |access-date=2011-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204064522/http://www.bet.com/schedule.show2011-11-28.html |archive-date=2011-12-04 |url-status=dead }}

Plot

Upon becoming the new Black Panther after the assassination of his father T'Chaka, T'Challa deals with the jealousy in the Wakandan royal court while looking for the man who killed his father. Unbeknownst to Black Panther, Ulysses Klaue (the man who assassinated T'Chaka) has assembled a group of villains consisting of Batroc the Leaper, Juggernaut, the Vatican Black Knight, and the Russian Radioactive Man to help him take over Wakanda.

Cast

Djimon Hounsou as T'Challa / Black Panther{{cite web|url=http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=189 |title=Marvel Animation Age |publisher=Marvel.toonzone.net |date=2009-02-05 |access-date=2011-01-06}}
Stan Lee as General Wallace
Kerry Washington as Princess Shuri
Alfre Woodard as Dondi Reese, Queen Mother, Dora Milaje
Carl Lumbly as Uncle S'Yan
Jill Scott as Storm[http://www.animatedsuperheroes.com/labels/2010%20Black%20Panther.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220195359/http://www.animatedsuperheroes.com/labels/2010%20Black%20Panther.html|date=February 20, 2010}}
Stephen Stanton as Ulysses Klaue

=Additional voices=

Jonathan Adams as T'Chaka
JB Blanc as Black Knight, Male Cannibal, Batroc the Leaper
David Busch as Everett K. Ross
Taye Diggs as Historical Black Panther #2
Phil LaMarr as T'Shan
Peter Lurie as Juggernaut
Phil Morris as W'Kabi
Vanessa Marshall as Dora Milaje, Female Cannibal
Nolan North as Cyclops, Nightcrawler
Adrian Pasdar as Captain America
Kevin Michael Richardson as Wolverine, Historical Black Panther #1
Rick D. Wasserman as Radioactive Man

Production

At a presentation held in New York City in April 2008, BET announced that it had signed a deal with Marvel Comics to turn Black Panther into a primetime half-hour animated series. In July 2008 at San Diego Comic-Con, the first footage of the series was shown publicly, indicating that the series was essentially just motion comic versions of the mini-series released by Marvel Comics.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/08/02/first-look-at-bets-black-panther|title=First Look at BET's Black Panther|website=IGN |date=2008-08-01 |access-date=2020-06-07}}

The show was supervised by Reginald Hudlin (President of Entertainment at BET), Eric S. Rollman (President of Marvel Animation) and John Romita, Jr., writer and artist, respectively, of the story arc of the Black Panther comic entitled "Who is the Black Panther?", on which the first six episodes were based.{{cite web |author=Brothers, David |title='Black Panther' Finally Lands on DVD – Was It Worth the Wait? |url=http://comicsalliance.com/black-panther-dvd-animated/ |publisher=ComicsAlliance|date= January 25, 2011}}{{cite news|url= https://variety.com/2008/tv/news/bet-cages-black-panther-1117984203/| work=Variety | title=BET cages 'Black Panther' | first=John | last=Dempsey | date=2008-04-17 | access-date=2020-06-07}} Only subtle deviations from the comic exist, such as replacing Rhino with Juggernaut.

Djimon Hounsou was cast to voice T'Challa/Black Panther.{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/news/tv/5951/djimon_hounsou_roars_as_the_black_panther |title=Djimon Hounsou Roars as the Black Panther |publisher=Marvel.com |date=November 11, 2008|access-date=2011-01-06}} The series was directed by Mark Brooks and Jon Schnepp. Jon Schnepp co-directed and edited episodes 4 & 5 of the 6 episode animated motion comic series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1033955/|title=Mark Brooks|website=IMDb}} The theme song was composed by Stephen James Taylor in a dialect meant to be Wakandan (the fictional character's native language). In reality, the song employed a Bantu-based language of Taylor's creation.

Episodes

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber= 1

| Title= Pilot

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|01|16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc3/201001/programs/ZX0179A001D2010-01-16T201700.htm |title=ABC3 Television Guide |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2010-01-16 |access-date=2011-01-06}}

| AltDate = November 15, 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.bet.com/schedule.show2011-11-14.html |title=BET Schedule |publisher=Black Entertainment Television |date=2011-11-14 |access-date=2011-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902061047/http://www.bet.com/schedule.show2011-11-14.html |archive-date=2013-09-02 |url-status=dead }}

| ShortSummary= In a top-secret Washington meeting, Intelligence Agent Everett Ross briefs the government on the history of the Black Panther, the warrior king of the African nation, Wakanda. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Prince T'Challa wins an annual Wakanda tournament, and becomes the Black Panther. Meanwhile, a disastrous man/machine hybrid is built.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber= 2

| Title= Black Panther

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|01|16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc3/201001/programs/ZX0179A002D2010-01-16T203800.htm |title=ABC3 Television Guide |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2010-01-16 |access-date=2011-01-06}}

| AltDate = November 15, 2011

| ShortSummary= Having been crowned the new Black Panther, T'Challa must contend with jealousy in the royal court while searching for the man who murdered his father. Unknown to him, a deadly assassin named Klaw is assembling a team of super-villains to attack Wakanda.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber= 3

| Title= Revenge of the Evil

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|01|23}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc3/201001/programs/ZX0179A003D2010-01-23T201600.htm |title=ABC3 Television Guide |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2010-01-23 |access-date=2011-01-06}}

| AltDate = November 22, 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.bet.com/schedule.show2011-11-21.html |title=BET Schedule |publisher=Black Entertainment Television |date=2011-11-21 |access-date=2011-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123042021/http://www.bet.com/schedule.show2011-11-21.html |archive-date=2011-11-23 |url-status=dead }}

| ShortSummary= A young T'Challa travels to Egypt and encounters Storm of the X-Men. While preparing to attack Wakanda, Klaw recalls how he assassinated T'Chaka.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber= 4

| Title=Death of Father

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|01|23}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc3/201001/programs/ZX0179A004D2010-01-23T203800.htm |title=ABC3 Television Guide |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2010-01-23 |access-date=2011-01-06}}

| AltDate = November 22, 2011

| ShortSummary= Juggernaut and the Vatican Black Knight spearhead the attack on Wakanda, and the Black Panther learns the truth about his father's murder.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber= 5

| Title=Black Panther vs. Juggernaut and Black Knight

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|01|30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc3/201001/programs/ZX0179A005D2010-01-30T201600.htm |title=ABC3 Television Guide |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2010-01-30 |access-date=2011-01-06}}

| AltDate = November 29, 2011

| ShortSummary= With Wakanda under siege from Klaw's team of super-villains, the Black Panther confronts the Black Knight in aerial combat. Princess Shuri must defend herself against the deadly Radioactive Man.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber= 6

| Title=To the End

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|01|30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc3/201001/programs/ZX0179A006D2010-01-30T203800.htm |title=ABC3 Television Guide |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2010-01-30 |access-date=2011-01-06}}

| AltDate = November 29, 2011

| ShortSummary= Klaw has taken control of Wakanda and the Black Panther races against time to save his nation from destruction by an invading army of Deathloks.

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Media releases

=Australia=

Magna Pacific released the series in region 4.{{cite news |title=About Magna Home Entertainment |publisher=magnapacific.com.au |url=http://www.magnapacific.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=3 |access-date=2010-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119031452/http://www.magnapacific.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=3 |archive-date=2010-11-19 }} It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 1, 2010.

=United States=

On January 18, 2011, the series was released to Region 1 DVD by Shout! Factory. It was part of the Marvel Knights Animation line, the line reserved for Marvel's motion comics.

==Streaming==

On March 16, 2018, the entire series was released through Marvel's YouTube channel for free as Marvel Knights Animation - Black Panther.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry8e5ldzLDQ|title=Marvel Knights Animation - Black Panther - Episode 1|author=Marvel Entertainment|website=YouTube|date=March 16, 2018|access-date=March 18, 2018}}