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''Xena: Warrior Princess'' is an American television series created by Robert Tapert and John Schulian, airing through syndication from September 4, 1995, to June 18, 2001. A spin-off of ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', it was entirely shot in New Zealand, produced by Renaissance Pictures and distributed by Universal Studios, coming to an end after one hundred and thirty-four episodes divided into six seasons. The series is primarily set in Ancient Greece and follows the adventures of Xena (Lucy Lawless), an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent by using her formidable fighting skills to now help those who are unable to defend themselves. Xena is accompanied by Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), whose personal development also became an important plot, since the character went from a farm girl to an Amazon warrior, thus becoming Xena's biggest friend and ally. Already on the first season the audiences were introduced to most of the subsequent supporting characters, such as the main antagonists Ares (Kevin Smith) and Callisto (Hudson Leick), and the future breakout character Joxer (Ted Raimi). The show was originally a mix of action and adventure, thus incorporating a wide variety of elements from drama, supernatural and black comedy genres, also using characters and events from several mythological cultures, but mainly the Greek tales. ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' soared past its predecessor in ratings and in popularity, and quickly acquired a strong cult following and a still devoted fan base. The show is pointed to as being responsible for reviving the interest on action TV productions, especially as a pioneer on a modern genre of female action heroes, which was suffering from a popularity decline at the time. Its success has led to tie-in products like comics, books and video games, also originating a special fan convention hosted annually since 1998 in Pasadena, California, or London. On July 20, 2015, it was reported that NBC is developing a ''Xena'' reboot series, with Sam Raimi and Tapert returning as executive producers, although no further informations were announced since then. ==Plot summary== (詳細はancient Greece and was filmed in New Zealand. Some filming locations are confidential, but many scenes were recorded in places such as the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park, part of the Auckland Regional parks often credited at the end of the episodes. The Ancient Greece depicted in the show is largely derived from historical locations and customs, modifying known places and events – battles, trading routes, towns, and so on – to generate an attractive fictional world. The settlements are presented as a mixture of walled villages and rural hamlets set in a lush green, mountainous landscape. They are often seen under attack from warlords, and travelling between them involves frequent encounters with small bands of outlaws. All of the main towns are named after historic towns of Ancient Greece, and exhibit some of their essential characteristics – Amphipolis (birthplace of Xena), Potidaea (birthplace of Gabrielle), Athens (birthplace of Joxer), Corinth, Delphi, and Cirra (birthplace of Callisto) which was burnt to the ground by Xena's army. As the show progressed, however, events took place throughout more modern times and places, from Cleopatra's Alexandria to Julius Caesar's Rome. The mythology of the show transitioned from that of the Olympian Gods to include Judeo-Christian elements. Eastern religions were touched on as well, with little regard to accurate time-and-place concerns. One episode, "The Way", which loosely interpreted elements of Hinduism as major plot points, generated controversy, requiring the producers to add a disclaimer at the head of the episode and a tag explaining the episode's intentions at its end.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hinduism controversy )〕 Mythological and supernatural locations are presented as equally real, physical places, often accessed through physical portals hidden in the landscape such as lakes and caves. They include the Elysian Fields, Tartarus, the River Styx, Valhalla, Heaven and Hell. The inhabitants of such places – gods, mythological beings and forces – are for the most part manifested as human characters who can move at will between their domains and the real world. Ares, the Greek God of War, for instance is an egotistical man who wears studded black leather, and Aphrodite Goddess of Love is a California Valley Girl who uses typical Valley Girl slang and dresses in flowing, translucent pink gowns. 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「Xena: Warrior Princess」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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