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Buffy the Animated Series

Buffy the Animated Series

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Overview

Buffy the Animated Series is an animated television series concept based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer created by Joss Whedon. Initially greenlit by 20th Century Fox in 2002, it went ultimately unproduced and unaired when no network was willing to buy the series. The series would have taken place in the middle of Buffy season 1, as writer Jeph Loeb described the continuity as "Episode 7.5". Whedon and Loeb would later revisit the style of the series in the Season Eight comic story "After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back!".

Created by Jane Espenson
Written by Jane Espenson
NetworksFOX

Top Cast

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Giselle Loren

Buffy Summers

Nicholas Brendon

Nicholas Brendon

Xander Harris

Anthony Stewart Head

Anthony Stewart Head

Rupert Giles

Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Hannigan

Willow Rosenberg

About Buffy the Animated Series

Buffy the Animated Series is a sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2008. Created by Jane Espenson, it stars Giselle Loren, Nicholas Brendon, Anthony Stewart Head. Buffy the Animated Series is an animated television series concept based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer created by Joss Whedon. Initially greenlit by 20th Century Fox in 2002, it went ultimately unproduced and unaired when no network was willing to buy the series. The series would have taken place in the middle of Buffy season 1, as writer Jeph Loeb described the continuity as "Episode 7.5". Whedon and Loeb would later revisit the style of the series in the Season Eight comic story "After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back!".

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