The Return of Jafar

The Return of Jafar (also known as Aladdin: The Return of Jafar or simply Aladdin 2) is a 1994 American direct-to-video animated movie, released on VHS by Buena Vista Pictures, and the sequel to the 1992 Disney animated movie Aladdin. The movie is about Jafar trying to get revenge on Aladdin. It is also the first direct-to-video sequel produced by Disney.

Cast change

Jason Alexander as Abis Mal
Jeff Bennett as a Thief
Val Bettin as Sultan (originally voiced by Douglas Seale)
Liz Callaway as Jasmine's singing voice (originally provided by Lea Salonga)
Dan Castellaneta as Genie (originally voiced by Robin Williams)
Brian Cummings as Jack the Hermit Crab
Jim Cummings as Razoul (his name is inspired by animator Rasoul Azadani)
Jonathan Freeman as Jafar
Linda Gary as Marry the Dolphin
Gilbert Gottfried as Iago
Brad Kane as Aladdin's singing voice
Maurice LaMarche as Jafar the Genie
Linda Larkin as Jasmine
B. J. Ward as a street woman
Scott Weinger as Aladdin
Frank Welker as Abu

Additional voices were provided by Carlos Alazraqui, Jack Angel, Bob Bergen, Rodger Bumpass, Corey Burton, Cam Clarke, Grey DeLisle, Debi Derryberry, Paul Eiding, Bill Farmer, Jessica Gee-George, Jess Harnell, Phil LaMarr, Sherry Lynn, Mona Marshall, Mickie McGowan, Laraine Newman, Nolan North, Patrick Pinney, Phil Proctor, Jan Rabson, Peter Renaday, Michelle Ruff, Kath Soucie, Holland Taylor, Kari Wahlgren, Jim Ward, Joe Whyte and Wally Wingert.

Crew change

Produced by: Walt Disney Television Animation
Producers: Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove
Directors: Toby Shelton, Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove
Story by: Duane Capizzi, Douglas Langdale, Mark McCorkle, Robert Schooley and Tad Stones
Written by: Kevin Campbell, Mirith J. S. Colao, Flip Kobler, William Motz, Steve Roberts, Thomas J. Rogers, Devin Ross, Bob Roth, Jan Strnad and Brian Swenlin
Based on the characters from Aladdin created by: Ronald S. Clements, Ted Elliott, John Musker and Terry Rossio
With the voice talents of: See Cast section for more info.
And the additional voices of: See Cast section for more info. It's the paragraph that starts with: "Additional voices were provided by..."
Associate producers: Francis Glebas and Maia Mattise
Voice casting director: Jamie Thomason
Voice director: Ginny McSwain
Animation directors: Dale Case, John Kimball, Marshall P. Lamore, Kazuo Terada, Saburo Hashimoto, Rick Leon, Ian Harrowell, Steven Trenbirth and Takamitsu Kawamura
Storyboard: Kurt Anderson, Ryan Anthony, Vic T. Cook, William Finn, John Flagg, Denise Koyama, Lonnie Lloyd, Sue C. Nichols, Dave Aloysius Prince, Christopher Rutkowski, Wendell Washer and Phil Weinstein
Character design: Dan Haskett, Dana Landsberg and Kenny Thompkins
Key layout design: Derek Carter, Paul A. Felix, Dennis Greco, Carol Police and Robert St. Pierre
Prop design: Greg Guler, Terence Hudson and Marty Warner
Key background stylists: Paro Hozumi and Bill Lorencz
Color key stylists: Debra Jorgensborg, Jill Stirdivant and Brittany J. Teegarden
Storyboard revisions: Shawna Cha, Llyn Hunter, Craig Kemplin, Todd Kurosawa and Albert Ring
Production manager: Selma Gladney
Continuity coordinators: Vonnie Batson, James C. Finch and Brian Sintay
Talent coordinator: Dan Pensiero
Original music and andaptations by: Mark Watters
Adaptations based on music by: Alan Menken

Arabian Nights

Words by: Howard Ashman
Music by: Alan Menken

Arabian Nights

Produced and arranged by: Bruce Rowland
Performed by: Brian Hannan

I'm Looking Out for Me

Words and music by: Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn
Performed by: Gilbert Gottfried

Nothing in the World (Quite Like a Friend)

Words and music by: Dale Gonyea and Michael Silversher
Performed by: Liz Callaway, Dan Castellaneta and Brad Kane

Forget About Love

Words and music by: Michael Silversher and Patty Silversher
Performed by: Liz Callaway, Gilbert Gottfried and Brad Kane

You're Only Second Rate

Words and music by: Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn
Performed by: Jonathan Freeman

Songs arranged by: Bill Elliott
Associate producer of music: Bambi Moè
Additional music by: Harvey Cohen, Jake Givens, Carl Johnson, Eric Schmidt and Thom Sharp
Music mixers: Bruce Botnick and Al Snelling
Supervising music editor: Pattie Carlin
Music editors: Dominick Certo, Mark Perlman, Liz Lachman and Charlie H. Paley
Music contractors: Sandra J. de Crescent, Reggie Wilson and Peter Willison
Featured musicians: Tom Boyd (Oboe soloist), Skaila Kanga (Harp), Jon K. Snowden (Flute), Derek Watkins (Trumpet) and William Liston

Animation production provided by Walt Disney Animation Australia (credited as Walt Disney Animation (Australia) Pty, Inc.)

Assistant directors: Janey Dunn, Mickie Cassidy, Ryan O'Loughlin and Di Rudder
Animators: Gairden Cooke, Kanglin Zhu, Andrew Collins, Dick Dunn, Helen McAdam, Michael Stapleton, Marek Kochout, Andrew Brooks, Peter Candeland, Paul Newell, Dwayne Labbe, Christopher Bradley, Ian White, Marten Coombe, Nilo Santillan, Georges Abolin, Troy Saliba, Mike Chavez, Kristina Reay, Lianne Hughes, Carol Seidl, Ariel Ferrari, Morris Lee, Steven Taylor, Wal Micati, Stephen Cooper, Warwick Gilbert, Lily Dell, Manny Banados, Mac Monks, Tyler Bosco, Simon Brown, Joe Szekeres, Leesa Tynan, Adam Murphy, Oscar Perez, Murray Debus, David MacDougall, Christian J. Derochie and Stephen Grant
Layout supervisors: Alex Nicholas and John Hill
Layout artists: Yosh Barry, Kevin Wotton, David Skinner, Kevin Spill, Nicholas Pill, Bruce Pedersen, Margaret Parkes and Kelly Baigent
Background supervisor: Beverly McNamara
Background artists: Barry Dean, Paul Pattie, Felice Ferrer, Kenneth L. Wright, Gerald Liew, Helen Steele, George Humphrey and Milana Borkert
Ink and paint supervisors: Angela Bodini, Robyn Drayton, Christine O'Connor and Liz Lane
Painters: Ania Kornacki, Liz Coleman, Barrie Hines, Danuta Jelenkowska, Christopher McManus, Melinda Dixon, Anna Hall, Agnes Forster, Francesca de Celis, Murray Swift, Leanne Kornacki, Sammie C. Magri, Terese Nam, Mark Sonntag, Alister Grant, Benjamin Wolfe, Megan Hitchens, John Barrett, Jessica Khachan, Gavin Stone, David Lumley and Zsa Petrovic
Additional painters: Donene Bailey, Elizabeth Jamsek, Fran Smith, Jacky Neville, Jenny North, Kerry Martin, Samia Johnston, Marie Dale, Katherine O'Brien, Babetta Latooy, Margaret Thompson, Gail Brooks, Karen Clarke, Jay Hawke, Diana Mathews, Michelle Walker and Klara Osust
Clean-up assistant animators: Manuk Chang, Noel Domingo, Georgina Santos, Rizaldy Jones, Sophia Ruo Liu, Peter Eastment, Deborah M. Cramb, Lindy Catchlove, Sonny Esquillon, Neville Ryan, Adam Tekani Marr, Natalie Holmes, Terence J. O'Toole, Theresa Armstrong, Daryl Brougham, Guy Matthew Pascoe, Phoebe Middleton, Michael Comino and Ian Young
Clean-up additional assistant animators: Eva Helischer, Sally Woods, Sylvia Lee, Eva Harris, Tony Davis, Susan L. Tanner, Max Gunner, Milan Zahorasky, Deborah Cameron, James Shah, Stuart Keith Cunningham, Peggy Orr, Dominique Audard, Janine Dawson and Suk-Hee Parks
Inbetweeners: Rowen Avon-Smith, Ding Zhiqiang, Amanda Earle, Kaylene Bradley, Gregory Farrugia, John F. Horvath, Bernard Derriman, Anna Dimezza, Randall Glusac-Thompson, Enrique Gallardo, Chis Wahl, Anthony Quelch, Mauro di Constanzo, Martin Dingle-Wall, Fe Ventura, Silvio M. Arlenghi, Sean Arnold Steinmuller, Jeanette Williamson, Danielle Latta-Freeman, Ben Lee, Simon F. Ashton, Antony Bunyan, Gerard Hannagan, Stewart Griffiths, William Bourke, Mike Comino, Guy Pascoe, Jie Yuan, Sidney Ahearne, Kay-Janine Svoronos, Eli Braga, Tony Anselmo, Rowena Hamlyn-Aspden, Richard Pace, Dorian Reid, Kevin Comty, Ian Young, Roger Clarke and Celine Jackson
Production manager: Terry W. Smith
Checking supervisor: Dan Forster
Checking: Mark Evans and Gary Page
Camera: Fernando Letteri, Robert Letteri, Carole Salter, José Barreiros and Elias Macute
Inbetweening supervisor: Mickie Cassidy
Clean-up supervisor: Janey Dunn

Animation production by Walt Disney Animation Japan (credited as Walt Disney Animation (Japan), Inc.

Animation supervisor: Shigeru Yamamoto
Animation directors: Takeshi Atomura, Hisashi Wada, Makoka Yasue, Hiroshi Kawamata, Kazuyoshi Takeuchi and Masaaki Kudo
Animators: Kōichi Maruyama, Miyuki Hoshikawa, Mitsuko Otaku, Yoshiaki Matsuda, Kiyomi Miyakawa, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Manao Torii, Yuko Matsuo, Yuri Takasaki, Heihachiro Tanaka, Isamitsu Kashima, Kazue Yamanaka, Sachiko Wakabayashi, Osamu Tanihata, Hideaki Kurakawa and Kōji Fukuoka
Assistant animators: Shizuka Okumoto, Kazumi Sagawa, Harumi Nakamura, Chie Arai, Rie Arai, Roy Sato and Yurika Fujisawa
Inbetween checker: Ryoko Hishimoto
Inbetweeners: Mami Shimizu, Toru Sotobori, Kazue Shigenobu, Yukiko Furukawa, Takanobu Hatada, Mika Ohara, Junpei Tatenaka, Yūji Ushijima and Taizou Sengoku
Background artists: Masayoshi Banno, Michiko Taniguchi, Naomi Sakimoto, Shuuichi Hirowatari, Satoshi Matsudaira, Jinzaburo Kaiho, Tachiko Kimura and Masumi Nose
Cutter: Makoto Arai
Additional production facilities: Nakamura Productions, Takahashi Productions, Studio Robin, Studio Cats and Light Foot

Animation camera operator: Elias Macute
Production associate: Elzbieta Araszkiewicz
Post-production manager: Cheryl Murphy
Post-production supervisor: Joseph Hathaway
Post-production coordinator: John Royer
Sound dubbing supervisors: Christopher Keith and Mark von der Heide
Supervising editor: Rob Birchard
Film editors: Elen Orson and Julie A. Lau
Assistant film editors: Susan Edmunson, Shannon Scudder-Pudleiner and Christopher Gee
On-line editor: David Klandrud
Track reading: Skip Craig and Christine Craig
Title design: Susan Bradley
End credit compositing: Buena Vista Imaging
Digital ink and paint software: Toon Boom Animation
Digital film services: E-Film
Colorists: Timothy Peeler and Brian Linse
Color timer: Dale Grahn
Negative cutter: Kevin Henry
Produced and distributed on: Eastman Film
Prints by: Technicolor
Supervising sound editor: Stephen Flick, M.P.S.E.
Supervising ADR editors: Christopher Gee and Judee Flick, M.P.S.E.
Sound editors: Dean Beville, Jim Christopher, Mike Chock, John Dunn, Teresa Eckton, M.P.S.E., Donald Flick, Avram Dean Gold, M.P.S.E. and R. J. Kizer
Assistant sound editor: Jeena M. Phelps
Sound effects editor: Bruce Stubblefield
Sound mixer: James Twomey
Production sound mixer: Deb Adair
Foley recorded by: Ezra Dweck
Foley by: Joan Rowe and Cathrine Rowe
Additional sound design: Mark Mangini
Re-recording mixers: Terry Porter, C.A.S., Mel Metcalfe and David T. Huddson
Assistant producer: Jessica Koplos-Miller
Production assistants: Jodey Kaminski and Frøydis Bøe
Script coordinators: Susan McElroy and Leona Jernigan
Art coordinator: Michael Gracey
Production secretaries: Regina Dixon and Cricket Luke
Administrative coordinator: Johanne Beaudoin
Script supervisors: Carolyn Scully and Anita Lish
Story coordinator: Nanci Battelle
Post-production assistants: Jason Spratt, Steve Werner and Keith Yeager
Shipping coordinator: Craig Simpson

The producers wish to thank the artists and animators of the original motion picture for their guidance, inspiration and support.

This picture made under the jurisdiction of IATSE, affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.-C.L.C.

In a post-credits scene, Abis Mal, still dangling from the tree, realizes he'll never get his third wish.

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