6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The New Adventures of Zorro (1981)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.5
Overview
The New Adventures of Zorro is an American animated television series produced by Filmation in 1981. The series, which has 13 episodes, is based on the fictional character created by Johnston McCulley. It aired as part of The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour. This is the only series Filmation made in which they contracted an outside, third party animation studio. The series was outsourced to Tokyo Movie Shinsha in Japan. All other series afterwards were animated internally by Filmation themselves. It was producer Norm Prescott's final series with Filmation, bringing to an end the famous 'rotating producers' wheel Filmation was famous for. From Gilligan's Planet onwards, Lou Scheimer would handle production duties on his own.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Positive
Overview
The New Adventures of Zorro is an American animated television series produced by Filmation in 1981. The series, which has 13 episodes, is based on the fictional character created by Johnston McCulley. It aired as part of The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour. This is the only series Filmation made in which they contracted an outside, third party animation studio. The series was outsourced to Tokyo Movie Shinsha in Japan. All other series afterwards were animated internally by Filmation themselves. It was producer Norm Prescott's final series with Filmation, bringing to an end the famous 'rotating producers' wheel Filmation was famous for. From Gilligan's Planet onwards, Lou Scheimer would handle production duties on his own.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central conflict involves an individual hero fighting against governmental corruption and oppression, a theme universally condemned. The narrative champions individual responsibility and moral courage to restore justice, rather than promoting a specific ideological framework for systemic change, leading to a neutral rating.
The film employs traditional casting choices, aligning with the established character ethnicities and historical context of the Zorro narrative. Its storyline emphasizes themes of justice and combating corruption, reflecting a focus on equity without explicitly incorporating modern DEI critiques or negatively framing traditional identities.
Secondary
The series is set in Spanish colonial California, where Catholicism is the prevalent religion. Priests and churches are often part of the community Zorro protects, and the narrative generally portrays the faith and its good-hearted adherents positively. Villains are typically corrupt secular officials, not religious figures or institutions.
The animated series "The New Adventures of Zorro" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on traditional adventure tropes, and there is no depiction of queer identity within its storyline.
The animated series primarily focuses on Zorro's adventures and his physical confrontations with male antagonists. Female characters, such as Maria, are typically portrayed in supportive roles and do not engage in or win direct physical combat against male opponents.
The animated series features Zorro and other established characters maintaining their canonical genders. No character widely established as one gender in prior Zorro iterations is portrayed as a different gender in this adaptation.
The 1981 animated series maintains the established Spanish/Mexican heritage of its main characters, including Zorro (Don Diego de la Vega). There is no evidence of any canonically or historically established character being portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.0
6.0
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