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Superman: The Animated Series (STAS) is an American animated televisionbased on the DC Comics flagship charer, Superman. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and originally aired on The WB Television Network from September 6, 1996 to February 12, 2000. Thewas the first of several spin-offs of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series, and was equally praised for its thematic complexity, quality animation, maturity and modernization of its title charer. Re-runs of thecurrently air on Hub Network.\r
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Premiering ten years after the 1986 reboot of the Superman comic-book charer, the animatedpaid tribute to both the classic Superman of old and the newer modern Superman. For instance, the depiction of Krypton reflects the older idealized version in the Silver Age of Comic Books while the scope of Supermans powers reflect the more restrained contemporary concept as developed by John Byrne in that the superhero has to struggle to perform spectacular feats, while Clark Kent is shown to be openly, if quietly, self-confident (similar to the depiction of Batmans alter-ego, Bruce Wayne, in Batman: The Animated Series).\r
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Midway through therun, it was combined with The New Batman Adventures to become The New Batman/Superman Adventures. The charers of Superman and Batman were then spun off into a new animated , Justice League, which also featured other popular DC Comics charers, including Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Hawkgirl which spawned a sequelJustice League Unlimited.\r
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Originally producer Bruce Timm wanted to have the show have a more 1940s Fleischer Studios Superman-cartoon feel.[citation needed] Another original charer design sheet showed the charers in a stylised 1950s style (not unlike that of the live-ion Adventures of Superman TV ), suggesting that the producers also considered setting theduring that period, or possibly ending up like Batman: The Animated Series (set during modern times, but with an Art Deco feel).[citation needed] As with the first season of Batman: The Animated Series, the opening theme sequence of Superman: The Animated Series lacked an on-screen title. Also like Batman: The Animated Series, the opening theme for Superman: The Animated Series lacked any lyrics, instead being an instrumental piece played over various scenes from the .\r
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In the , the evil computer Brainiac is not only from Krypton, but is portrayed as responsible for preventing the knowledge of Kryptons imminent destruction from reaching its people so as to save himself, rather than be committed in the presumably futile task of saving the population of the planet. In addition, the ship that carries the infant Kal-El to Earth is designed to have a pilot, and the autopilot used instead was programmed to land smoothly upon reaching its destination. This was done so that the ship is in perfect working condition during Supermans adulthood and could be used as his mode of long range transportation in space. Access to Kryptonian technology and artifs is initially severely restricted, such as the ship containing a phantom zone projector and Braniacs technology, although Superman later finds a devastated colony in Kryptons solar system with partially salvageable technology, in addition to Kara In-Ze in her functioning cryostasis capsule.\r
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Season two was originally scheduled to run 26 s, but it was extended to 28 s in order to accommodate a two-part story featuring Supergirl.\r
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While thefeatures adaptations of much of Supermans rogues gallery, the writers supplemented the supply of enemies by paying tribute to Jack Kirbys Fourth World creations that introduced the villain Darkseid to theas Supermans archenemy. Darkseid had been portrayed as a villain in Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show and The Super Powers Team: Galic Guardians in the 1980s, but in this , he was closer to the enormously powerful, evil cosmic emperor originally envisioned by Kirby. Corey Burtons voice performance as Brainiac was done in the same cold, low-affect style as HAL 9000 in the Space Odyssey films, and was also modeled after the Control Voice heard during the opening narration of The Outer Limits.\r
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