The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo
The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo is a Canadian animated television series of five-minute cartoons produced in 1975 by Rainbow Animation in Toronto, Ontario. The series follows the underwater adventures of Captain Mark Nemo and his two young assistants, Christine and Robbie, in their nuclear-powered submarine, the Nautilus. Background In the fall of 1975, children in the United States and Canada were introduced to the animated series The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo. In America, Captain Nemo was introduced as part of the long-running children's program Captain Kangaroo on CBS. In Canada, one five-minute Captain Nemo cartoon was shown during each episode of Peanuts and Popcorn on CBC Television. The series ran in Quebec as Capitaine Marc Simon. Created by Al Guest & Jean Mathieson, who were also the producers and directors as well as writers, it was produced by their studio, Rainbow Animation of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo was a fanciful re-imagining of the original Jules Verne character Captain Nemo, from his 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. This time, Nemo was depicted as an ocean researcher named Mark Nemo. Blond and hunky, Mark travelled the world's oceans doing scientific research, providing