Aladdin (also known as Aladdin: The Series or Disney's Aladdin: The Series) is an American animated television series based on Disney’s 1992 animated feature film of the same name and produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It aired from September 5, 1994, to November 25, 1995, concluding exactly three years to the day from the release of the original film. Despite the animated television series premiering four months before the first sequel, the direct-to-video film The Return of Jafar, it takes place afterward. The second and final animated sequel was the 1996 direct-to-video film, Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
The series was produced by Alan Zaslove and Tad Stones, who were known for their work on Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck. Many of the films' stars provided the voices of their TV counterparts, with the exceptions of Dan Castellaneta, filling in for Robin Williams, as The Genie (like in The Return of Jafar), until Williams later returned to reprise his role in Aladdin and the King of Thieves, and Val Bettin as the Sultan (who replaced Douglas Seale after the original film).
The series originally aired as a preview on Disney Channel in early 1994, and in September of that year it began airing concurrently on the syndicated The Disney Afternoon block Also, four episodes were released as part of the Disney Princess DVD titles, all of which were also available on VHS.
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| Disney Princess Stories: Volume 1 || style="text-align:center;"|"Bad Mood Rising" || September 7, 2004 ||
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| Disney Princess Party: Volume 2 || style="text-align:center;"|"SandSwitch" || February 15, 2005 ||
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| Disney Princess Stories: Volume 2 || style="text-align:center;"|"Love at First Sprite" || February 15, 2005 ||
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| Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess || style="text-align:center;"|"Elemental, My Dear Jasmine", "Garden of Evil" & "Do the Rat Thing" || March 14, 2005 ||
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| Disney Princess Stories: Volume 3 || style="text-align:center;"|"Eye of the Beholder" || September 6, 2005 ||
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Accolades
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| rowspan="7" |1995
| rowspan="4" |22nd Daytime Emmy Awards
| Outstanding Animated Children's Program
| Alan Zaslove and Tad Stones
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| Outstanding Film Sound Editing
| Ray Leonard, Charles Rychwalski, Tom Jaeger, Phyllis Ginter, Kenneth Young, Michael Geisler, Greg LaPlante, Timothy J. Borquez, Michael Gollom, Jim Hodson, Marc S. Perlman, Robert Duran, Bill Koepnick, Melissa Ellis, Jennifer Mertens, John O. Robinson III, William Griggs, and Alex Wilkinson
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| Outstanding Film Sound Mixing
| Deb Adair, Melissa Ellis, Jim Hodson, Timothy J. Garrity, Timothy J. Borquez, and Bill Koepnick
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| Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
| Mark Watters, John Given, Harvey Cohen, Carl Johnson, and Thomas Richard Sharp
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| rowspan="3" |23rd Annie Awards
| Best Individual Achievement for Writing in the Field of Animation
| Doug Langdale (for the episode "Do the Rat Thing")
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| rowspan="2" |Best Individual Achievement in Storyboarding in the Field of Animation
| Warwick Gilbert (for the episode "The Lost One")
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| Denise Koyama (for the episode "The Secret of Dagger Rock")
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| rowspan="3" |1996
| rowspan="3" |23rd Daytime Emmy Awards
| Outstanding Achievement in Animation
| Mircea Mantta, Gerard Baldwin, Barbara Dourmaskin-Case, Alan Zaslove, Jamie Thomason, Rob LaDuca, Dale Case, Bob Roth, Bill Motz, Mark Seidenberg, Mirith J. Colao, Denise Koyama, and Lonnie Lloyd
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| Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class
| Ernesto Mas, Jennifer Mertens, William Griggs, Kenneth Young, Charles Rychwalski, and Cecil Broughton
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| Outstanding Sound Mixing - Special Class
| Allen L. Stone, Michael Jiron, and Deb Adair
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