The Pirates of Dark Water

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When Ren, a young lighthouse keeper, rescues a stranger foundering in the rocks near his home, he learns the man was his father, the former king of Octopon. Ren is given a magic crystal Compass that guides him to the Thirteen Treasures of Rule. Unfortunately, the evil pirate captain Bloth is also aware of the... more »

When Ren, a young lighthouse keeper, rescues a stranger foundering in the rocks near his home, he learns the man was his father, the former king of Octopon. Ren is given a magic crystal Compass that guides him to the Thirteen Treasures of Rule. Unfortunately, the evil pirate captain Bloth is also aware of the Treasures and is relentless in pursuing Ren to get them. On his side, Ren soon acquires companions like Ioz the pirate, Tula the Ecomancer, and Niddler the fussy monkey-bird. His quest becomes all the more urgent when Ren learns that the Dark Water, a carnivorous black liquid that consumes anything it snares, threatens to envelop and destroy his world, and only the Treasures he seeks can stop it.
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• Boomerang/DVD

  They really need to add this show to the Boomerang schedule or release it on DVD. Although it would never happen it would be really cool if they would make a TV movie or direct to DVD movie that finshed the show.

  They really need to add this show to the Boomerang schedule or release it on DVD. Although it would never happen it would be really cool if they would make a TV movie or direct to DVD movie that finshed the show. less «

  craigv666 Last online Feb 3, 2009
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• Pirates of Dark Water Credits

  Hi Everyone, I thought I should post credits of the show here. Pirates of Dark Water First Season ("Dark Water" for Fi...more »

  Hi Everyone, I thought I should post credits of the show here. Pirates of Dark Water First Season ("Dark Water" for First Season) Episode 1 The Quest Written by Kelly Ward and Mark Young. Additional Material by Flint Dille Episode 2 - Dishonor (also known as Disharmony) Written by Lane Raichert, Kelly Ward, Mark Young. Additional Dialogue by Jim Woodring Episode 3 - Break up Written by Lane Raichert and Mark Young Episode 4 - Betrayal Written by Lane Raichert and Bill Matheny Episode 5 Victory Written by Kristina Luckey and Laren Bright Other Credits Director - Don Lusk Producer - John Dorman Created by David Kirschner Story Editor - Mark Young (uncredited) Creative Designer - Iwao Takamoto Supervising Director - Ray Patterson Executive Producers - David Kirschner, Paul Sabella, and Mark Young Executive in Charge of Production - Jayne Barbera Production Services - Fil-Cartoons (Philippines), Tama (Japan), Mad House (Japan), Wang Films (Taiwan), and Mr. Big Cartoons (Australia). Pirates of Dark Water Second Season Andorus Written by Peter Lawrence, Laren Bright, and Kristina Luckey A Drop of Darkness Written by Laren Bright and Kristina Luckey The Beast and the Bell Written by Matthew Malach and Billy Matheny Panacea Written by Sean Roche King Niddler Written by Glenn Leopold The Collection Written by David Ehrman The Little Leviathan Written by Glenn Leopold and David Ehrman The Dark Dweller Written by Sam Graham and Chris Hubbell Other Credits for Second Season Director - Don Lusk, Paul Sommer Producer - Mario Piluso Story Editors - Alan Burnett, Mark Young (uncredited) Supervising Director - Ray Patterson Executive Producers - David Kirschner, Paul Sabella, and Mark Young Production Services - Fil-Cartoons (Philippines) Executive in Charge of Production - Jayne Barbera Pirates of Dark Water Third Season The Dark Disciples Written by Glenn Leopold The Ghost Pirates Written by Kristina Luckey. Story by David Ehrman. The Dagron Master Written by Michael Maurer The Game Players of Undaar Written by Brian T. Gaughan and Glenn Leopold The Pandawa Plague Story by Glenn Leopold and Kristina Luckey. Written by Kristina Luckey Sister of the Sword Written by Glenn Leopold The Soul Stealer Written by Glenn Leopold The Living Treasure Written by Kim Costalupes, Mark Kavanagh, and Glenn Leopold Other Credits Director - Don Lusk Producer - Cos Anzilotti Story Editor - Glenn Leopold Title - Mario Piluso Executive Producers - David Kirschner and Mark Young Creative Designer - Iwao Takamoto Supervising Director - Ray Patterson International Production Executive - Paul Sabella Executive in Charge of Production - Jayne Barbera Voices George Newbern - Ren Jodi Benson - Tula Hector Elizondo - Ioz Brock Peters - Bloth Tim Curry - Konk Linda Gary - Jenna Peter Cullen - Mantus, Jargus (Break up) Roddy McDowall - Niddler (First 5 episodes) Frank Welker - Niddler (Episodes 6 to 13), Kerroptus, The Dark Dweller, Morpho, One of Lugg Brothers Rene Auberjonois - Kangent (The Beast and the Bell), The Dagron Master Kate Mulgrew - Cressa (The Ghost Pirates) Michael Bell - Ratmore (The Collection), Swar (The Collection), Grollis (The Ghost Pirates) Hamilton Camp - Roulette (Panacea) Jim Cummings - Scorion (The Collection), Jargus (The Pandawa Plague) Andre Stojka - Slaggon (Panacea), Joat (The Soul Stealer) Dick Gautier - Zoolie B.J. Ward - Cray (A Drop of Darkness) Les Tremayne - Teron, One of the Monkeybirds in Episode "The Pandawa Plague" Candi Milo - Solia (Sister of the Sword) Robert Foxworth - King Obric (Dishonor) Keene Curtis - Keron the Wizard (The Collection) Earl Boen - One of Lugg Brothers less «

  sonysunu Last online Apr 3, 2009
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• Pirates of Dark Water Original Theme Available here?

  Pirates of Dark Water Original Theme Available here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pceFp1eIwZY One of the Best Themes in my opinion.

  Pirates of Dark Water Original Theme Available here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pceFp1eIwZY One of the Best Themes in my opinion. less «

  sonysunu Last online Apr 3, 2009
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  10 Perfect

  Brilliance from Hanna Barbera Productions hide « show »

  Hanna Barbera Productions gave many great shows. This is certainly one of them. Brilliant Characters and Great story telling.
  
  First 5 episodes are so great. From episodes 6 to 21, the episodes are less serious. But they are still great. From Episodes 6 to 13, we learn different characters like Roulette, Cray, Kiroptus, Scorion, and other characters. We see different locations like Banjamar, Mobos, Miragon, and other places. There are lots of brilliant ideas. Adults will enjoy this show with the children. Episode "Andorus" shows hope even in desperate situations. Episode "The Beast and The Bell" shows how your journey of hope can end up in a complete danger. Episode "Panacea" shows the greatness of Love and Sacrifice.
  
  From Episodes 14 to 21, its a study on major characters. We study more about the character of Bloth in episode 16 The Game Players of Undaar and Episode 20 The Soul Stealer. Episode "The Dagron Master" shows why we should feel sorry for a Dagron. I shows how easily impressions of human can change. Ren shows his hatred to Dagrons in the beginning. In the end, he feels sorry for them.
  
  Episode The Soul Stealer also reveals how Bloth was able to track down Ren easily. Thanks to Sooth Sayer, Bloth was able to track down easily. In Episode 15, it is also shown that Morpho can also track the location of Ren and his crew.
  
  Episode "The Pandawa Plague" shows the birth of a new generation. Episode "Sister of the Sword" shows more about Ioz and his life. Each Episode of Pirates of Dark Water is special in one way or another. Sadly, it was never finished. But I am glad that Ren succeeded in finding 8 treasures. 8 treasures are in Octopon. In the end of Episode 14, it is revealed that Octopon is safe from the darkdweller's attacks.

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  sonysunu Added Jul 23, 2008 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  A fairy tale for all ages, featuring unique and colorful characters with lots of action, comedy and drama. hide « show »

  This criminally short series was one of the best cartoons ever made. It followed the adventures of a group of pirates on a quest to find the thirteen Treasures of Rule, in order to save the world from Dark Water, a mysterious black carnivorous liquid that swallows everything it touches. The pirates are four, each one different from the other. Ren is their leader. He is the son of Primus, King of Octopon, and heir to the throne. He is believed to be the only one who can bring the Kingdom of Octopon back to life. His friends include Ioz, a pirate, strong, arrogant but loyal to his friends and a great fighter. Tula is the only woman on board; she is an ecomancer, meaning she can control the elements and biological life, both sentient and non-sentient, as well as a natural affinity towards nature and animals. She is very headstrong, and usually argues with Ioz about everything. The fourth member is Niddler, a monkey-bird who always wants to eat.
  Their enemies include the merciless pirate Bloth and his crew, and the Dark Dweller and his Dark Disciples. All of them have something in common, they hate Ren and would stop at nothing to get the Treasures before them (Bloth believing them to be valuable, and the Dark Dweller to destroy them).
  The quality of this show was great, and you won't be disappointed by it. The action scenes are portrayed beautifully and you won't believe what you are going to see and will never know what will happen next. This show was incredible, and unfortunately it was never completed. The story was never finished, only eight Treasures were found and the Dark Water was not stopped.

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  logi Added Aug 31, 2007 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  A darker tale for children before children were ready for darker tales. hide « show »

  Its a shame that this show only produced a handful of episodes. The story had a lot more potential with the young crowd of now compared to the young crowd of then. The darker themes went over the heads of some of the target audience and it was over. I could see a movie coming out of this series (ALA The Lord of the Rings meets Pirates of the Carribean). Maybe reinforce the darker themes and go for a pg-13 rating to bring it up to speed with today's audience that has already tasted darker themes in the last two installments of harry potter films.

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  Scopeless Added May 9, 2007 All my reviews
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  8 Great

  Follow Ren, Ioz, Tula & Niddler as they sail the open sea looking for Tresures before the evil Bloath gets to they. They incounter many different kinds of creatures and people including the monkey-bird people. hide « show »

  WHY....... Why do Tv people do this, they start a show give it a little time to flurish in this case 1 season then axe it in the second before letting them finish. I'm tired of watching cartoons that never get to finish their main task before being canceled or cut off. They only every find the 8th tresures, I can't remember how many they were looking for at the moment but I know it was more than 8, why didn't the last island have the rest of them on it, like a tresure hunter had already started collecting them with out the necklace and hid them with the eight tresure which he had found. Something so simple would have made this show so much better for me, However the people in these positions offen don't give a crap how the watchers will react to their ill made decisions. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!

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  superjake2004 Added Jan 5, 2007 All my reviews
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  7.8 Good

  A great show the was knonw for its grittyness. hide « show »

  The Pirates of Dark Water was an early 90s cartoon, that changed the way Saturday morning cartoons were made. Pirates, though sorta cheesy, was the first real gritty cartoon. The writers in order to allow their characters to use strong language but not be censored created their own fictional curse words. The action in the show was like none seen before in a children's show. Characters could and would be wounded. There was none of this wishy-washy fights were eventually someone gave up or no one was hurt. And most importantly the show involved death. Established characters would actually be killed in the course of the show. Without The Pirates of the Dark Water, its safe to say that we could still be stuck with lame childish action cartoons.

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  Finalsequel Added Dec 21, 2006 All my reviews