Gargoyles

Now here is a show that has only improved with age. Fantastic adventure involving a group of castle gargoyles who were placed under a sleep curse. After 1000 years they are awaken in modern day New York City where they continue their job as defenders of the night.

Staring the great Keith David as Goliath this is voice acting of the highest order. You can also recognize Clancy Brown as the leader of the vikings, Marina Sirtis as Demono and Jonathan Frakes as Industrialist Michael Zanatos. Vocal talent was one thing that Disney never skimped on back in the day and that raises the quality of this series beyond many that came before it.

The animation is top notch as is the development of the characters and their relationship to each other. Frakes plays Xanatos as both villain and hero and I like that the show eventually took him into the direction of heroism. I have the action figure of Xanatos in his gargoyle armour that looks pretty cool.

The stories were complex and several story arcs could be contained in a single episodes. The multi-part episodes (like the pilot) play out like full length animated adventures. Shakespearean themes played a large part in the over all development of the story.

Is the third season the show changed it's name to The Goliath Chronicles and we saw fewer Gargoyles as Goliath travelled the world searching for more of his kind with the daughter he and Demona had together.

You can follow the links on the You Tube to watch the entire pilot and many of the individual episodes.