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''Sealab 2021'' is an American animated television series. It was shown on Cartoon Network's adult-oriented programming block, Adult Swim. Cartoon Network aired the show's first three episodes in December 2000 before the official inception of the Adult Swim channel on September 2, 2001, with the final episode airing on April 25, 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tv.com/shows/sealab-2021/episodes/ )〕 ''Sealab 2021'' is one of the four original Williams Street series that premiered in 2000 before Adult Swim officially launched, the others being ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', ''The Brak Show'' and ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law''. Much like Adult Swim's ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', the animation used stock footage from a 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoon, in this case the short-lived, environmentally-themed ''Sealab 2020'', along with original animation. The show was a satirical parody of the original ''Sealab'' series, and the conventions of 1970s animated children's series generally. While there was initial resistance from several of the original series' creators to the reuse of their characters, production moved forward on the series.〔Holman, Curt and Kuldell, Heather. (2005-03-09) Access: 2009-12-29. Quote = "Do the original creators of Birdman or Sealab ever come up to you and say, 'What the hell did you do to my character?' Crofford: Actually, yes. Ouweleen: Yes, they're mad about it."〕 ''Sealab 2021'' was produced by 70/30 Productions, which eventually closed in January 2009. ==Summary== Adam Reed and Matt Thompson, the creators and writers of ''Sealab 2021'', came up with the idea for the show in 1995 while they were production assistants for Cartoon Network. They stumbled on a tape of the show ''Sealab 2020'', and wrote new dialog. Cartoon Network passed on the show because they did not believe it was funny. Five years after quitting Cartoon Network, the two went back to the original tape, this time making the characters do what they wanted. Cartoon Network bought the show, coincidentally around the same time that Adult Swim was created.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.morphizm.com/features/adult_mattandy.html )〕 The original "pitch pilot" is available on the Season 1 DVD as a special feature. Very few of the episodes of the series share any continuity or ongoing plot. For instance, the entire installation is destroyed at the end of many episodes, and crew members are often killed in horrible ways, only to return in the following episode. There are occasional running gags, such as the "Grizzlebee's" restaurant chain, the character of Sharko, and Prescott, the half-man, half-tentacle monster "from the network." While the show claims to be set in 2021, it contains many references to the pop culture of the 1980s–2000s, and makes use of other cartoons from the 1970s besides that on which it is based, such as 1973's Butch Cassidy for the on-screen appearances of the Sealab writers, and various one-off appearances of other characters. Paul Di Filippo of the website ''Sci Fi Weekly'' in his review of the Season 3 DVD, felt that general fan opinion of the show declined sharply following the death of Harry Goz (the voice of Captain Hazel Murphy) during Season 3. After four seasons, the final episode aired on April 25, 2005. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sealab 2021」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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