Saban Entertainment was a worldwide-served independent American television production company formed in 1984 by music and television producers Haim Saban

Haim Saban

Haim Saban is an Egyptian born Israeli-American television and media proprietor. With an estimated net worth of $3.5 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 104th richest person in America.-Biography:...

 and Shuki Levy

Shuki Levy

Shuki Levy is a music composer and television writer, director, and executive producer. Levy's best known work is soundtrack compositions for children's television programs of the 1980s, such as Inspector Gadget, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, M.A.S.K., Dinosaucers, Dragon Quest, He-Man and the...

 as "Saban Productions", a U.S. subsidiary of "Saban International Paris" (now SIP Animation

Fox Kids

Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's American children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002. It was owned by Fox Television Entertainment airing programming on Monday–Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.Depending on the show, the...

).

This company was known for importing, dubbing

Dubbing (filmmaking)

Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...

, and adapting several Japanese series such as, Maple Town (...Stories), Noozles

Noozles

, also known as The Wonderous Koala Blinky, is a 26-episode anime by Nippon Animation Company that was originally released in Japan in 1984, under the title Fushigi na Koara Burinkī or Brinky and Printy. It depicts the adventures of a 12-year old girl named Sandy and her koala friends, Blinky and...

 (Fushigi na Koala Blinky and Printy), Samurai Pizza Cats

Samurai Pizza Cats

Samurai Pizza Cats, known as in Japan, is an anime series produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Sotsu Agency. The series was aired from February 1, 1990 to February 12, 1991, totaling up to 54 episodes...

 (Kyatto Ninden Teyande), Dragon Ball Z and the first three Digimon

Digimon

, short for , is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga and video games. The franchise's eponymous creatures are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks.-Conception and...

 series to North America and international markets for syndication, including both animation

Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

 and live action

Live action

In filmmaking, video production, and other media, the term live action refers to cinematography, videography not produced using animation...

 shows.

Saban was involved in the co-production of French/American animated shows created by Jean Chalopin

Jean Chalopin

Jean Chalopin is a French producer and writer. In 1971, Chalopin created the company DIC Audiovisuel, which later evolved into DIC Entertainment, and wrote and produced programs animated by Japanese studios. Jean Chalopin is married to Chinese/Singaporean ex-Model, Ethel Chalopin...

 for DIC Entertainment

DiC Entertainment

DIC Entertainment was an international film and television production company. In addition to animated television shows such as Ulysses 31 , Inspector Gadget , The Littles , The Real Ghostbusters , Captain Planet and the Planeteers , and the first two seasons of the English adaptation of...

. Some of these early 1980s co-productions were Camp Candy

Camp Candy

Camp Candy was a 1989-1992 animated television series produced by DiC Entertainment, with comedian John Candy providing the voice for an animated version of himself.-Overview:The show was set in a fictional summer camp run by Candy...

, Ulysses 31

Ulysses 31

is a Franco-Japanese animated television series that updates the Greek mythology of Odysseus to the 31st century. The show comprised 26 half-hour episodes and was produced by DIC Audiovisuel in conjunction with anime studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha...

, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors is a French/North American animated TV show which first aired on September 16, 1985. It was produced by DIC Entertainment , and animated by Japanese animation studios Sunrise, Shaft, Studio Giants, Studio Look and Swan Production...

, and The Mysterious Cities of Gold

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

abbreviated MCoG, is a Japanese-French animated series co-produced by DiC Entertainment and Studio Pierrot. The series premiered in Japan on NHK on May 1, 1982 and ran weekly for 39 episodes until its conclusion on February 5, 1983...

 (the third of which was a Japanese co-production).

Saban is also notable for their various toku adapts

Tokusatsu

is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....

, which include Power Rangers

Power Rangers

Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes...

 (based on the Super Sentai

Super Sentai

The is the name given to the long-running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Co., Ltd., Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi...

 series), Beetleborgs

Big Bad Beetleborgs

Big Bad Beetleborgs is an American television series produced by Saban Entertainment. It aired for two seasons on Fox Kids between September 7, 1996 and March 2, 1998. Reruns later aired on UPN Kids during 1998-1999...

 (based on Juukou B-Fighter

Juukou B-Fighter

, was a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu television series. B-Fighter is short for "Beetle Fighter". It was part of Toei's ongoing Metal Hero Series. It dealt with three members of the prestigious fighting against the evil forces of the otherworldly Jamahl Empire...

), VR Troopers

VR Troopers

VR Troopers was a syndicated live action show produced by Saban from 1994 to 1996...

 (featuring elements of Metal Hero Series Uchuu Keiji Shaider

Uchuu Keiji Shaider

is the third part of the Metal Hero Series, the last of the Space Sheriff Trilogy. It aired on TV Asahi from March 2, 1984 to March 1, 1985. Its action footage was used for Season 2 of VR Troopers...

, Jikuu Senshi Spielban

Jikuu Senshi Spielban

is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, part of the Metal Hero Series created by Toei Co. Ltd. from April 7, 1986 to March 9, 1987. Spielban's action footage was used for the battle scenes in VR Troopers....

 and Choujinki Metalder

Choujinki Metalder

is the sixth and shortest entry of the Metal Hero Series, running from March 16, 1987, to January 17, 1988, for only 39 episodes. The action footage of Metalder was adaptated for the first two seasons of VR Troopers...

), and Masked Rider

Masked Rider (TV series)

Masked Rider is an American adaptation of the Japanese television series Kamen Rider Black RX, the ninth in a line of series in the popular Kamen Rider Series franchise. It was produced by Saban and aired on FOX part of the Fox Kids program block from September 16, 1995 to August 31, 1996 and then...

 (an original interpretation using scenes from the Japanese Kamen Rider Black RX

Kamen Rider BLACK RX

is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series produced as part of the Kamen Rider Series. The ninth show in the franchise, it was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei Company, and aired on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and the Tokyo Broadcasting System from October...

).

Saban has also provided music for various TV programs, such as Super Mario Bros. Super Show and Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget is an animated television series that revolves around the adventures of a clumsy, simple-witted cyborg detective named Inspector Gadget – a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr...

.

Early operation

Saban Entertainment was formed in 1984 as "Saban Productions". The first Saban logo depicted a Saturn-Like planet with the word "Saban" going across the planet's ring. The planet also had five lines under the word "Productions". Several years later, the company also established "Saban International" (now Disney-ABC International Television

Disney-ABC International Television

Disney-ABC International Television is responsible for The Walt Disney Company's branded and non-branded filmed entertainment distribution, now distributing more than 30,000 hours of content to over 1300 broadcasters across 240 territories worldwide.The television distributor licenses movies from...

), for international distribution of its shows (note: though used interchangeably with "Saban International Paris", they were technically two different entities). Then, in 1988 the company renamed itself "Saban Entertainment".

‎In 1986, Saban Productions bought the foreign rights to the DIC Entertainment

DiC Entertainment

DIC Entertainment was an international film and television production company. In addition to animated television shows such as Ulysses 31 , Inspector Gadget , The Littles , The Real Ghostbusters , Captain Planet and the Planeteers , and the first two seasons of the English adaptation of...

 library of children’s programming, and then sold the rights to Jean Chalopin. DIC then sued Saban for damages and in 1991, DIC and Saban reached a settlement.

In 1996, Fox Children's Productions merged with Saban Entertainment to form Fox Kids Worldwide.

Marvel

Marvel Studios

Marvel Studios, originally Marvel Films, is an American television and motion picture studio based in Manhattan Beach, California. Marvel Studios is a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, a self-contained part of the The Walt Disney Company conglomerate....

 was developing a Captain America animated series with Saban Entertainment for Fox Kids Network to premier in fall 1998. However, due to Marvel's bankruptcy the series was canceled before the premier.

Renaming

On July 23, 2001, it was announced that the group would be sold to The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...

 as part of the sale of Fox Family Worldwide (now ABC Family Worldwide Inc.) by Haim Saban and News Corporation

News Corporation

News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...

, and on October 24, 2001, the sale was completed and the group was renamed BVS Entertainment. Saban Entertainment's last program produced was Power Rangers Time Force, with Power Rangers Wild Force being in pre-production.

1960s

• The Marvel Super Heroes (1966)
• Spider-Man
  Spider-Man (1967 TV series)
  Spider-Man is an animated television series that ran from September 9, 1967 to June 14, 1970. It was jointly produced in Canada and the United States and was the first animated adaptation of the Spider-Man comic book series, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko...
  
   (1967-1970)

1970s-1980s

• Fantastic Four
  Fantastic Four (1978 TV series)
  Fantastic Four is an animated series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Marvel Comics Animation in the late 1970s.-Premise:It is the second animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four. The 1978 series replaced the character of the Human Torch with a robot named...
  
   (1978)
• Spider-Woman
  Spider-Woman (TV series)
  Spider-Woman is an animated television series, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Woman. The series was produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Marvel Comics Animation, and aired on September 22, 1979 to January 3, 1980, one season of sixteen episodes, on the ABC-TV network...
  
   (1979-1980)
• The Hallo Spencer Show
  Hallo Spencer
  Hallo Spencer is a German children's television series, created by Winfried Debertin and produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk from 1979 until 2001...
  
   (1979-2001)
• Spider-Man
  Spider-Man (1981 TV series)
  Spider-Man is a syndicated animated TV series based on the popular Marvel Comics character of the same name.-Production background:The series was created to launch Marvel Productions, successor of DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, who had previously produced the 1978 New Fantastic Four and 1979...
  
   (1981–1982)
• Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
  Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
  Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an animated series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original character, Firestar...
  
   (1981–1983)
• Dungeons and Dragons
  Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)
  Dungeons & Dragons is an American fantasy animated television series based on TSR's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. A co-production of Marvel Productions and TSR, the show originally ran from 1985 through 1987 for three seasons on CBS for a total of twenty seven episodes.The show focused on a...
  
   (1983-1985)
• Kidd Video
  Kidd Video
  Kidd Video was a Saturday morning cartoon created by DiC Entertainment in association with Saban Entertainment. Its original run was on NBC from 1984 to 1985, but continued in reruns on the network until 1987, when CBS picked the show up...
  
   (1984-1985)
• Kids! (1984-1990)
• Button Nose (1985)
• Kidsings (1985-1996)
• Macron 1 (1985-1986)
• Bumpety Boo
  Bumpety Boo
  in Japan was an anime children's television show produced by the Nippon Animation company from 1985 to 1986. The series consisted of 131 10-minute episodes, distributed as 43 half-hour segments.-Synopsis:...
  
   (1985-1986)
• Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
  Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
  Note: In some cases the names of characters, places, and things were changed for the English version. The original name appears in parentheses....
  
   (a. k. a.Les Mondes Engloutis ("The Englufed Worlds")) (1985-1987)
• Kissyfur
  Kissyfur
  Kissyfur is a 1980s animated children's television series which aired on NBC. It was produced by Jean Chalopin & Andy Heyward and created by Phil Mendez for DIC. The series was based on a half-hour NBC prime-time special called Kissyfur: Bear Roots and was followed by three more specials until...
  
   (1986-1990)
• Maple Town (1986-1987)
• Lazer Tag Academy
  Lazer Tag Academy
  Lazer Tag Academy was an animated television series inspired by Worlds of Wonder's Lazer Tag that was created by Ruby-Spears Productions.-Synposis:...
  
   (1986-1987)
• My Favorite Fairy Tales
  My Favorite Fairy Tales
  My Favorite Fairy Tales was a 1986 VHS series of fairy tales and other classic stories. The series was released by Saban Entertainment.-Episodes:There were five volumes, totalling fourteen episodes:-Releases:...
  
   (1986) (video series)
• Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics
  Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics
  is a Japanese animated anthology series by Nippon Animation. The episodes are adaptations of a variety of folk and fairy tales, and not limited to Grimm's Fairy Tales....
  
   (1987-1989)
• I'm Telling! (1987-1988)
• Ox Tales (1987-1988)
• Diplodos
  Diplodos
  Diplodos is a French animated series that ran from 1987 to 1988.- Plot :Diplodos is an animated cartoon series which focuses on five dinosaur-like creatures, known as the diplodorians. These creatures are from Diplodorianrex, the sister planet of Earth, which lies in the fourth dimension. The story...
  
   (1987-1988)
• Noozles
  Noozles
  , also known as The Wonderous Koala Blinky, is a 26-episode anime by Nippon Animation Company that was originally released in Japan in 1984, under the title Fushigi na Koara Burinkī or Brinky and Printy. It depicts the adventures of a 12-year old girl named Sandy and her koala friends, Blinky and...
  
   (1988-1993)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1988)
• Tales of Little Women (1988)
• Treasure Mall
  Treasure Mall
  Treasure Mall is a kids game show which aired in weekly syndication from June 11 to September 3, 1988. Future Queer as Folk star and comedian Hal Sparks was the host, with Ed MacKay announcing....
  
   (1988)
• Wowser
  Wowser (TV series)
  is an anime based on the Belgian comic strip Cubitus. It consisted of 52 two-part episodes, and originally aired from April 5, 1988 to March 27, 1989.-Plot:Wowser is a big white dog who lives with his owner, the Professor...
  
   (1988-1989)
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
  The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
  The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is an American television series based upon Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2 video games. It was originally broadcast via first-run syndication to mostly independent or Fox television stations from September 4, 1989, to December 1, 1989, with...
  
   (1989-1990) (International distribution only)
• Dragon Warrior: Legend of the Hero Abel (1989-1991)
• Peter Pan: The Animated Series (1989)

1990s-2000s

• Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist
  Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist
  Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist is an Animated series created by Saban Entertainment. It was aired from February 1, 1990 to February 12, 1991, totaling up to 54 episodes....
  
   (1990-1991)
• Samurai Pizza Cats
  Samurai Pizza Cats
  Samurai Pizza Cats, known as in Japan, is an anime series produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Sotsu Agency. The series was aired from February 1, 1990 to February 12, 1991, totaling up to 54 episodes...
  
   (1990-1991)
• Kid 'n Play (1990-1991)
• Video Power
  Video Power
  Video Power is an American television series that aired in two different formats from 1990-1992 in syndication. Both formats revolved around video games, and actor Stivi Paskoski presided over both series playing video game master Johnny Arcade.Allen J...
  
   (1990-1992)
• Kabatotto (1990-1992)
• Maya the Bee (1990-1992)
• Saban's Kids Dinky Doo (1990-1994)
• Little Shop
  Little Shop
  Little Shop is a 1991 animated television series about a teenager and a giant talking plant that eats everything in sight. Little Shop was based on the off-broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors, which was based on the 1960 Roger Corman film The Little Shop of Horrors...
  
   (1991)
• The Littl' Bits
  The Littl' Bits
  is a Japanese anime television series with 26 episodes, produced in 1980 by Tatsunoko Productions inJapan. First shown on TV Tokyo , its Saban-produced English translation was featured on the children's television station Nick Jr...
  
   (1991-1995)
• Honeybee Hutch
  The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee
  The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, or Honeybee Hutch, is an anime cartoon series produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The cartoon features the adventures of a young bee named Hutch : the son of a Queen bee, Hutch is separated from his mother when his native beehive is destroyed by an attack of wasps...
  
   (1991-1992)
• Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid (1991-1992)
• Saban's Kids in Chorus and Kids in Instruments (1991-1995)
• Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol
  Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol
  Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol is a 1992 animated TV series created by Saban Entertainment.-Plot:Jin Jin is a panda living in Pandaland. His home ends up destroyed by Grimster, a henchman of the evil Dr. Mania. Dr. Mania plans to regress the Earth back to it's primitive times before humans had...
  
   (1992)
• Pinocchio: The Series (1992)
• Huckleberry Finn
  Huckleberry no Bouken
  is an anime series based on the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It is the first of two Huckleberry Finn anime. A second Huck Finn television series was made in 1994, Huckleberry Finn Monogatari.-Plot summary:...
  
   (1992)
• Bob in a Bottle
  The Genie Family
  is an anime series produced by Tatsunoko Production. It features the adventures of a family of Genies. It was shown in Europe, North America & Australia under the name "Bob in a Bottle" and in Latin America under the name "Yam Yam y el Genio".-Plot:...
  
   (1992)
• Scorch
  Scorch (TV series)
  Scorch is a 1992 television sitcom that aired on CBS, and was canceled after only three episodes were broadcast.The title character, a miniature dragon, is a puppet that was used by ventriloquist Ronn Lucas before the series came to be; although Lucas never actually appeared in the series, he did...
  
   (1992)
• Funky Fables (1992) (video series released under the brand "Sugar & Spice
  Sugar & Spice
  Sugar & Spice is a 2001 American teen crime comedy film directed by Francine McDougall. It was filmed entirely in the state of Minnesota.-Plot:...
  
  ")
• Saban's Around the World in 80 Dreams (1992–1993)
• Saban's Gulliver's Travels (1992–1993)
• X-Men
  X-Men (TV series)
  X-Men, also known as X-Men: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series which debuted on October 31, 1992, in the United States on the Fox Network as part of its Fox Kids Saturday morning lineup...
  
   (1992–1997)
• Saban's Children's Sing-a-Long (1992-1996)
• The Bots Master
  The Bots Master
  The Bots Master was a 1993 cartoon series, produced by Jean Chalopin through his company "Creativite et Developpement" in France . In total 40 episodes were made, each one having a special 3D segment and titles. The series was co-produced by Avi Arad and Associates...
  
   (1993-1994)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is an American live-action children's television series based on the 16th installment of the Japanese Super Sentai franchise, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger. Both the show and its related merchandise saw unbridled overnight success, catapulting into pop culture in mere months...
  
   (1993–1995)
• Journey to the Heart of the World (1993-1994)
• BattleTech: The Animated Series
  BattleTech: The Animated Series
  BattleTech is an animated television series based on the BattleTech fictional universe, produced for syndication by Saban Entertainment in 1994...
  
   (1994)
• Super Pig
  Super Pig
  , also known as Super Boink, is a magical girl parody manga series by Taeko Ikeda which originally ran in the manga magazine Ciao. An anime series based on the manga was created by Nippon Animation and broadcast on TBS stations in Japan from September 9, 1994 through August 26, 1995...
  
   (1994-1995)
• VR Troopers
  VR Troopers
  VR Troopers was a syndicated live action show produced by Saban from 1994 to 1996...
  
   (1994-1996)
• Iron Man
  Iron Man (TV series)
  Iron Man, also known as Iron Man: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on Marvel Comics' superhero Iron Man...
  
   (1994–1996)
• Fantastic Four
  Fantastic Four (1994 TV series)
  Fantastic Four is the third animated television series based on Marvel's comic book series of the same name. Airing began on September 24, 1994, until ending on February 24, 1996...
  
   (1994–1996)
• Creepy Crawlers
  Creepy Crawlers (TV series)
  Creepy Crawlers is an joint-venture between American and French animated series from 1994, produced by: Saban Entertainment.-Origins:The Creepy Crawlers TV Show was based on ToyMax's Creepy Crawlers Activity toy. A line of 12 action figures were made by ToyMax in conjunction with the show, as well...
  
   (1994-1996)
• Sweet Valley High
  Sweet Valley High (TV series)
  Sweet Valley High is an American comedy-drama series based on Francine Pascal's book series of the same name. The series ran from September 5, 1994 to October 14, 1997, and was produced by Saban Entertainment...
  
   (1994-1997)
• Spider-Man
  Spider-Man (1994 TV series)
  Spider-Man, also known as Spider-Man: The Animated Series, is an American animated series starring the Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man. The show ran on Fox Kids from November 19, 1994, to January 31, 1998. The producer/story editor was John Semper, Jr. and production company was Marvel Films...
  
   (1994-1998)
• Masked Rider
  Masked Rider (TV series)
  Masked Rider is an American adaptation of the Japanese television series Kamen Rider Black RX, the ninth in a line of series in the popular Kamen Rider Series franchise. It was produced by Saban and aired on FOX part of the Fox Kids program block from September 16, 1995 to August 31, 1996 and then...
  
   (1995-1996)
• Teknoman
  Tekkaman Blade
  or Teknoman is an anime series, released in 1992 and 1995 in both Japanese and English language versions.-Plot:During the year 2300 AD , otherwise known as United Earth Year 192, the Earth is under attack from an extraterrestrial enemy known as the Radam...
  
   (1995–1996)
• Space Strikers
  Space Strikers
  Space Strikers was an animated television series that was based on the Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The series aired on UPN from 1995 to 1996. Action sequences were shown in "Strikervision" 3-D. It was the first animated series to be made specifically for UPN.-Voice...
  
   (1995–1996)
• Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic
  Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic
  Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic was an American cartoon show produced by Saban that centered around the fictional adventures of Japanese real-life magician Princess Tenko, a.k.a...
  
   (1995-1996)
• Goosebumps
  Goosebumps (TV series)
  Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:...
  
   (1995-1998) (International distribution only)
• Iznogoud
  Iznogoud
  Iznogoud |French]] accent) is a French comics series featuring an eponymous character, created by the comics writer René Goscinny and comics artist Jean Tabary...
  
   (1995)
• Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers
  Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers
  Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers is a Power Rangers miniseries set at the end of the third season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers...
  
   (1996)
• Power Rangers Zeo (1996)
• Eagle Riders (1996–1997)
• The Incredible Hulk (1996–1999)
• Bureau of Alien Detectors
  Bureau of Alien Detectors
  Bureau of Alien Detectors is an American animated series that once aired on the UPN network's weekend-morning cartoon block UPN Kids. Repeats of the series were aired as part of Jetix on Toon Disney as well as part of the Fox Kids Lineup....
  
   (1996–1997)
• The Mouse and the Monster
  The Mouse and the Monster
  The Mouse and the Monster was an irreverent animated series created and executive produced by Jerry Leibowitz. The show aired on UPN network's cartoon block UPN Kids and the Fox Family Channel. It featured a mouse named Chesbro, and a monster named Mo...
  
   (1996–1997)
• The Why Why Family
  The Why Why Family
  The Why Why Family is a French cartoon television series for children, which originally aired in 1996, written by Annabelle Perrichon and François-Emmanuel Porché and produced by Saban Entertainment and CineGroupe. Later, in 1998, the show was broadcast in the United States by Fox...
  
   (1996-1997)
• Big Bad Beetleborgs
  Big Bad Beetleborgs
  Big Bad Beetleborgs is an American television series produced by Saban Entertainment. It aired for two seasons on Fox Kids between September 7, 1996 and March 2, 1998. Reruns later aired on UPN Kids during 1998-1999...
  
   (1996-1998)
• Dragon Ball Z (1996-1998) (Seasons 1 and 2 only)
• Power Rangers Turbo (1997)
• Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
  Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
  Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation or Saban's Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation is an American live-action television series produced by Saban Entertainment, which ran on the Fox Kids network from 1997 to 1998. The short-lived series was based loosely from Mirage Studios' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
  
   (1997–1998)
• The All New Captain Kangaroo (1997-1998)
• Princess Sissi (1997-1998)
• Power Rangers in Space
  Power Rangers in Space
  Power Rangers in Space is a television show that aired in 1998 as the sixth season and fourth installment of the Power Rangers franchise...
  
   (1998)
• Silver Surfer
  Silver Surfer (TV series)
  Silver Surfer, also known as Silver Surfer: The Animated Series, is an animated television series based on the Marvel Comics superhero which aired on the Fox Kids Network in 1998.-Overview:...
  
   (1998)
• Walter Melon (1998-1999)
• Bad Dog
  Bad Dog (TV series)
  Bad Dog was an animated cartoon that aired on FOX Family and Teletoon in 1998. The cartoon focused on the Potanski family and their dog Berkeley. The show's gimmick was that, whenever Berkeley was told that he was a bad dog, he would freeze and pretend to be dead until someone told him he was a...
  
   (1998-1999)
• Mad Jack the Pirate
  Mad Jack the Pirate
  Mad Jack the Pirate is a short lived 1990s cartoon. The show was created by Bill Kopp and was directed by Jeff DeGrandis...
  
   (1998-1999)
• Flint the Time Detective
  Flint the Time Detective
  Flint the Time Detective, known in Japan as , is an animated Japanese television series directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi. It was based on a manga by Hideki Sonoda and Akira Yamauchi and was published by Kodansha in Japan...
  
   (1998-1999)
• Mister Moose's Fun Time (1998-1999)
• The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs
  The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs
  The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs is a children's animated series, produced by Saban Entertainment, that aired on Fox Kids from 1998 until it was cancelled in 1999.-Plot:...
  
   (1998-1999)
• The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
  The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
  The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nóg is an American television series set in a fantasy version of ancient Ireland, created by Saban Entertainment. It was loosely based on actual Irish mythology. The name derives from Tír na nÓg, one of the Otherworlds of Irish mythology. It was Saban's first fantasy...
  
   (1998–1999)
• Monster Farm
  Monster Farm
  Monster Farm was a short-lived animated series from Saban that aired on the now-defunct Fox Family animation block for one season, from 1998 to 1999.-Plot:...
  
   (1998-1999)
• Cartoon Cabana (1998-2002)
• Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999)
• Digimon Adventure
  Digimon Adventure
  is a Japanese animated television series created in 1999 by Toei Animation based on the Digimon virtual pet made by Bandai. It is the first series of the Digimon anime "metaseries"...
  
   (1999-2000)
• Monster Rancher
  Monster Rancher (anime)
  Monster Rancher, known in Japan as , is a 73-episode anime series based on the Monster Rancher series of video games made by Tecmo. It originally aired on Japanese television on TBS from April 17, 1999 to September 30, 2000...
  
   (1999-2000)
• Spider-Man Unlimited
  Spider-Man Unlimited
  Spider-Man Unlimited was a short-lived animated series featuring the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man. The series was released in 1999, but, although it had fair ratings, was overshadowed by Pokémon, and was canceled after airing only a few episodes. Fox later resumed airing the show, airing...
  
   (1999, 2000–2001)
• The Avengers: United They Stand
  The Avengers: United They Stand
  The Avengers: United They Stand is an animated series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team The Avengers. It consists of 13 episodes, which originally premiered on October 30, 1999, and was produced by Avi Arad and distributed by 20th Century Fox Television...
  
   (1999–2000)
• The Kids from Room 402
  The Kids from Room 402
  The Kids from Room 402 is a television program that originally aired on Fox Family in the USA starting in 1999, previously aired on Teletoon, and currently airs in the UK.The show is focused primarily on the students from Room 402, as the title implies...
  
   (1999-2002)
• Xyber 9: New Dawn
  Xyber 9: New Dawn
  Xyber 9: New Dawn is an animated television series produced by Bokabi and Saban Entertainment. It originally debuted on the Fox Kids network on September 25, 1999. Only 10 episodes aired before it was cancelled on December 4, 1999. Soon after, it was aired in its entirety on Irish television...
  
   (1999-2007)
• Cybersix
  Cybersix
  Cybersix is a series of Argentine comic books created by writers Carlos Meglia and Carlos Trillo. The series first appeared in Spanish in November 1993....
  
   (1999-2000)
• NASCAR Racers
  NASCAR Racers
  NASCAR Racers is an animated television series about two rival NASCAR racing teams, Team Fastex and Team Rexcor, competing against each other in the futuristic NASCAR Unlimited Division....
  
   (1999–2001)

2000s

• Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue (2000)
• Shinzo
  Shinzo
  Shinzo, known as in Japan, is an anime based on an event where creatures known as Enterrans take over Earth and rename it in their own image: Enterra. Now three Enterrans have to protect the last human in order to restore the human race...
  
   (2000)
• Dinozaurs
  Dinozaurs
  DinoZaurs: The Series, also known as Prehistoric Warriors and in Japan, is the name of a Japanese anime which is a combination of traditional animation and computer animation.-OVA:...
  
   (2000)
• Escaflowne (2000)
• Wunschpunsch
  Wunschpunsch
  Wunschpunsch is an animated series inspired by the novel The Night of Wishes by Michael Ende.In every episode, a wizard named Bubonic and his aunt, a witch named Tyrannia, must wreak havoc on the city in which they live or suffer a severe punishment from their supervisor, Maledictus Maggot...
  
   (2000)
• Mon Colle Knights
  Mon Colle Knights
  Mon Colle Knights, known as in Japan, is an anime and manga series. The original concept was made by Hitoshi Yasuda and Group SNE. The series is based on Monster Collection trading card game....
  
   (2000)
• Diabolik (2000-2001)
• Jim Button (2000-2001)
• Digimon Adventure 02
  Digimon Adventure 02
  , also commonly referred as Digimon Zero Two, is the direct sequel to the previous series and takes place three years after the original series. With most of the original characters now in junior high school, the Digital World was supposedly secure and peaceful. However, a new evil has appeared in...
  
   (2000-2001)
• Power Rangers Time Force (2001)
• Los Luchadores
  Los Luchadores
  Los Luchadores was a Canadian-American live-action children's television series that played as part of the Fox Kids programming block in 2001 produced by Saban Entertainment and Shavick Entertainment...
  
   (2001)
• Digimon Tamers
  Digimon Tamers
  is the third animated series based on the Japanese Digimon franchise, first broadcast in 2001 on Fuji TV in Japan and on Fox Kids in the United States. The story takes place initially in a "alternative" universe, on a world much like Earth where Digimon is just a franchise, composed of video games,...
  
   (2001-2002)
• Transformers: Robots in Disguise
  Transformers: Robots in Disguise
  Transformers: Robots in Disguise, known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime television series and serves as a self-contained universe separate from any of the other existing Transformers universes...
  
   (2001–2002)
• What's with Andy?
  What's with Andy?
  What's with Andy? is a Canadian animated series that started on September 22, 2001 and ended on March 4, 2007. It was originally an interactive Flash movie with completely different voice actors and a promotion for Fox Kids. Shortly after, a TV series was developed with new voice actors and it...
  
   (2002-2007) (Season 1 only)

Films

• Rescue Me (1988)
• Heathers
  Heathers
  Heathers is a 1989 black comedy film starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty. The film portrays four girls in a trend-setting clique at a fictional Ohio high school...
  
   (1989)
• A Perfect Little Murder (1990)
• Prey of the Chameleon (1992)
• Round Trip to Heaven (1992)
• A Passion for Murder (1992)
• Revenge on the Highway (1992)
• Till Death Us Do Part (1992)
• Anything for Love (1993)
• In the Shadows, Someone's Watching (1993)
• Under Investigation (1993)
• Terminal Voyage
  Terminal Voyage
  Terminal Voyage is a 1994 science fiction film directed by Rick Jacobson. The film was released by Saban Entertainment and distributed by New Concorde. The film was broadcast on the TV as Starquest.-Plot:...
  
   (1994)
• Samurai Cowboy
  Samurai Cowboy
  Samurai Cowboy is a movie filmed with the participation of the Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation and Monarch Home video. This low budget movie was filmed with Japanese star Hiromi Go. The movie was filmed in 1993 in Southern Alberta, more specifically, Waterton Lakes National Park...
  
   (1994)
• Shadow of Obsession (1994)
• Guns of Honor: Rebel Rousers (1994)
• Blindfold: Acts of Obsession (1994)
• Guns of Honor: Trigger Fast (1994)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie is a 1995 American superhero action fantasy based on the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on Fox Kids. It featured the characters and actors from the series itself, and used the zords from Ninja Sentai Kakuranger...
  
   (1995)
• Virtual Seduction (1995)
• Christmas Reunion (1995)
• Blind Vision (1996)
• Chimp Lips Theater (1997)
• Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
  Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
  Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie is a 1997 American superhero action science fantasy film directed by David Winning and Shuki Levy. It is set in the Power Rangers universe, serving as a bridge between Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo...
  
   (1997)
• Casper: A Spirited Beginning
  Casper: A Spirited Beginning
  Casper: A Spirited Beginning is a direct-to-video spin-off prequel to the 1995 film Casper, produced by Harvey Comics and Saban Entertainment and released by 20th Century Fox on September 9, 1997...
  
   (1997)
• The Christmas List (1997)
• Gotcha (1998)
• Circles (1998)
• National Lampoon's Men in White
  Men in White (1998 film)
  National Lampoon's Men in White is a straight-to-television satirical parody of contemporary science fiction movies, mainly spoofing Men in Black and Independence Day. It debuted in 1998 on the Fox Family Channel.-Plot synopsis:...
  
   (1998)
• Casper Meets Wendy
  Casper Meets Wendy
  Casper Meets Wendy is a direct-to-video and second spin-off to the 1995 film Casper. It was released by 20th Century Fox in 1998. The film is a sequel to Casper: A Spirited Beginning...
  
   (1998)
• Rusty: A Dog's Tale
  Rusty: A Dog's Tale
  Rusty: A Dog's Tale is a 1997 family film directed by Shuki Levy, starring Hal Holbrook and Rue McClanahan.- Synopsis :The film is about two orphans named Jory and Tess...
  
   (1998)
• Addams Family Reunion
  Addams Family Reunion
  Addams Family Reunion is a film released straight-to-video in 1998. It was also distributed to television by Fox Family. It is unrelated to the two Paramount films from 1991 and 1993. So far, the film is only available on VHS and has not had a DVD release. It was shot in Los Angeles, California...
  
   (1998)
• Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
  Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
  Richie Rich'$ Christmas Wish is a 1998 direct-to-video sequel to the 1994 film Ri¢hie Ri¢h, released by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment, Harvey Home Entertainment and Saban Entertainment and starring David Gallagher as the titular character.-Plot:It is Christmas Eve and Richie Rich, the world's...
  
   (1998)
• The Christmas Takeover (1998)
• Men of Means (1999)
• Taken (1999)
• Don't Look Behind You (1999)
• Au Pair
  Au Pair (film)
  Au Pair is a 1999 telefilm starring Gregory Harrison and Heidi Noelle Lenhart.-Plot:Jennifer Morgan is an MBA looking for a job as an executive at Oliver Caldwell’s company...
  
   (1999)
• Digimon: The Movie
  Digimon: The Movie
  Digimon: The Movie is a 2000 American film adaptation of the first three Japanese Digimon films distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film used footage from the films Digimon Adventure , Our War Game!! , and Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Supreme Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals .In comparison to...
  
   (2000)
• Ice Angel
  Ice Angel
  Ice Angel is a 2000 fantasy film from Fox Family. It is also known as "On Thin Ice: Going For The Gold."-Plot:The film tells the story of a male hockey player who dies in a game and comes back to life as a female figure skater due to an accident made by an angel that caused the hockey player to...
  
   (2000)
• Au Pair II
  Au Pair II
  Au Pair II is a 2001 romantic comedy TV movie starring Gregory Harrison and Heidi Lenhart.- Brief synopsis :...
  
   (2001)

Media releases

Most Saban owned media from the early 1990s made its way to VHS in most regions. However, from the late nineties on, almost all Saban owned entities were only released as Region 4 (Australia). According to current rights holders in the US, Buena Vista Entertainment, which acquired it through their buyout of the Fox Family Channel, they currently have no plans to release these films on to DVD, instead, some of it is seen on their daughter network, Disney XD

Disney XD

Disney XD is a brand of children's TV channels worldwide targeting young males, owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel was formerly known as Toon Disney and/or Jetix in most areas. According to Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, "XD" does not "stand for...

, and originally was seen on Toon Disney

Toon Disney

Toon Disney was an American cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company. A spinoff of Disney Channel, it mostly aired children's animated series and some live action programming. Its format had similarities to those of Cartoon Network and Nicktoons...

 and ABC Family

ABC Family

ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...

 before the decease of Jetix

Jetix

Jetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...

 in the US.

In Australia, Digimon: Digital Monsters is being re-released by Madman Entertainment as of August 17, 2011.

In Germany they have released complete season box sets to every Power Rangers Series, with the English Versions included up until season 6 due to problems with Disney. You can buy them off the German Amazon (http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=power+rangers+complete&x=0&y=0)

Saban's library

Although most of Saban's library is currently owned by The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...

, there are a few exceptions:

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, and Digimon: The Movie are owned and controlled by 20th Century Fox
  20th Century Fox
  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
  
  .
• Addams Family Reunion and Richie Rich's Christmas Wish are owned by Warner Bros.
  Warner Bros.
  Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
  
  

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