![]() ![]() Of the previous voice actors associated with the Teddy Ruxpin property, only Phil Baron (Teddy) and Will Ryan (Grubby) traveled to Canada to remain part of the cast most other characters were re-cast with local Canadian voice talent. Atkinson was in charge of the principal animation and casting. The series followed a prior attempt to produce a live-action series which had proved too difficult and expensive. In mid-1986, Atkinson Film-Arts of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada was commissioned to co-produce (with Worlds of Wonder, Alchemy II, and DiC) a 65 episode animated television series based on the World of Teddy Ruxpin characters. Along the way, Teddy learns the long-lost history of his species and clues to the location of his missing father. (short for Monsters and Villains Organization). With the help of his new friend Newton Gimmick, Teddy and Grubby discover the magical powers of what turns out to be an ancestral treasure as well as an organization with ambitions to use it for evil known as M.A.V.O. The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin follows 15-year-old Teddy Ruxpin as he leaves his home on the island of Rillonia with his best friend Grubby to follow an ancient map which leads him to find a collection of crystals on the mainland of Grundo. The series is currently owned by The Jim Henson Company under its HIP (Henson Independent Properties) subsidiary. Today, all international distribution rights to the series were previously held by Don Taffner's DLT Entertainment. In the United States, the series was originally syndicated by LBS Communications. The series differed from traditional children's animation at the time in that most of its 65 episodes were serialized rather than in traditional episodic form. ![]() While some of the stories used in the TV series were adapted from the books, many were original and greatly expanded upon the world established there. Produced in 1986–7 for television syndication by DIC Enterprises with Atkinson Film-Arts, the series employed many of the same voice actors used in the book-and-tape series that was made for the eponymous animatronic toy. The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin is a children's animated television series based on Teddy Ruxpin, an animatronic teddy bear created by Ken Forsse and distributed by toy manufacturer Worlds of Wonder.
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