The Intro to "Tiny Toon Adventures," or to give it its full title: "Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures."
A co-production between Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment and released in 1990; the series began Warner Bros. grand entry into television animation production. Warner Bros. would go on to create series as beloved as Batman: The Animated Series and Animaniacs.
With this and the Disney Afternoon, two giants of animation had returned to the forefront of the medium. With the past few decades lacklustre animation behind us, the industry had been changed completely.
The show ran for over a hundred episodes and volume one of the first season is currently available on DVD, hopefully with further to come.
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