Name: Rayman: The Animated Series
Genre: Animation, Family, Kids
Released: 1999-12-20
Rating: 7

The game icon you forgot got a show you never saw. Lost media legend.

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Latest Episode

12 min

Season 1 • Episode 4

Latest

Big Date

Jan 10, 2000

Overview

Animation Family Kids

Rayman: The Animated Series, or The Rayman TV Series, is a French 3-D animated children's television series featuring the French video game hero Rayman. Created by Ubisoft and based on the Rayman adventure game series, the show was originally in French but was dubbed into various languages for foreign countries. Ubisoft was able to produce only four episodes and never managed to broadcast its episodes in the United States.

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Standout Aspects

Visual Effects

Janky 1999 CGI that walks so PS2 could run.

Production

Four episodes, zero US airings, maximum mystery.

Best for:Streaming·Solo

First AiredDec 20, 1999

StatusCanceled

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Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonelight

Feellight

Seasons1·Episodes4

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Ubisoft produced this during their desperate pivot from software distribution to actual game development. The series was meant to build brand recognition but died quietly after four episodes when they couldn't secure broadcast deals.

Cultural

This exists in the same graveyard as other failed 90s game-to-TV experiments like 'Earthworm Jim'—except Jim got two seasons and Rayman got ghosted. French animators reportedly rushed production to coincide with Rayman 2's release.