Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure is a 2002 ^[3] animated television film which originally aired on Nickelodeon on December 15, 2002, and eventually aired on VHS and DVD by MGM Home Entertainment as a DIC Movie Toon . Loosely based on Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne , the plot follows a trio of genetic animals , a gorilla named Eddie, a cheetah named Sasha, and a parrot named Trevor, who decide to escape a laboratory and travel the world in hopes of finding a place known as Himalaya USA . Meanwhile, a hunter is tasked with catching the animals within a period of eighty days ? before the tracking devices attached to the latter self-destruct.

The film was initially distributed by DIC Entertainment and is nowadays a property of WildBrain , which holds the rights to the DIC Movie Toons , as well as most of DIC's library, and ViacomCBS . ^[4]

Cast [ edit ]

• Lee Cherry as Eddie, a western lowland gorilla .
• Kenna Ramsey as Sasha, a cheetah .
• Brian Beacock as Trevor, a parrot .
• Sid Caesar as Jacob, an african elephant .
• Willem Dafoe as Jack Hunter
• Chaka Khan as Marla
• Carl Reiner as Maz, an owl .
• Wally Wingert as Raj Kangaroo
• Dwight Schultz as Dr. Burke
• Quinton Flynn as Dr. Wilkins and Spume
• Pat Musick as a Leopard and the French Newswomen
• Greg Eagles as the Old Lion and a Tiger
• Frank Welker as a Security Guard and the Circus Baboon

Production [ edit ]

The story and script were written by Tim Wade and Danny Hartigan. The music for the film's songs were written by Emmy Award -winning composer John Kavanaugh and lyrics by John Kavanaugh and Barbara Epstein , the film's executive producer. The animation was produced overseas by Rough Draft Korea .

Release [ edit ]

The film was initially scheduled for a 2000 air date on Nickelodeon , alongside The Electric Piper: A Pied Piper Adventure . ^[5] Globehunters was released on DVD and VHS in 2003 by MGM Home Entertainment , and re-released on DVD on September 2, 2008, by Gaiam . ^[6]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure at IMDb