Animaniacs

Animaniacs is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger. It is the second animated series produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment alongside Warner Bros. Animation.

Animaniacs
Created by	Tom Ruegger
Voices of	Rob Paulsen Jess Harnell Tress MacNeille John Mariano Chick Vennera Maurice LaMarche Frank Welker Bernadette Peters Nancy Cartwright Julie Brown Laura Mooney Sherri Stoner Nathan Ruegger Paul Rugg Luke Ruegger Cody Ruegger Jim Cummings Tom Bodett Jeff Bennett
Theme music composer	Richard Stone
Composers	Richard Stone Steven Bernstein Julie Bernstein Gordon Goodwin Carl Johnson J. Eric Schmidt
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	99 (274 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Steven Spielberg
Producers	Tom Ruegger Rich Arons Sherri Stoner Rusty Mills Peter Hastings
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Warner Bros. Animation Amblin Entertainment
Original release
Network	Fox Kids (1993–1995) Kids' WB (1995–1998) Cartoon Network Teletoon
Release	May 13, 1993 (1993-05-13) – November 14, 1998 (1998-11-14)
Related
Tiny Toon Adventures The Plucky Duck Show Freakazoid! Pinky and the Brain Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain

The show first aired on the Fox Network as part of its Fox Kids block from 1993 to 1995 before moving to The WB in 1995 until the series ended in 1998. It initially ran a total of 99 episodes and one movie being Wakko's Wish.

Animaniacs is a variety show, with short skits with a large cast of characters.

Episodes

See the main article: List of Animaniacs episodes

Season	Episodes	First episode	Last episode
1	65	May 13, 1993	May 23, 1994
2	4	September 10, 1994	November 12, 1994
3	13	September 9, 1995	February 24, 1996
4	8	September 7, 1996	November 16, 1996
5	9	September 8, 1997	November 14, 1998

Movies

Title	Directed by	Running Time	Release date
Wakko's Wish	Liz Holzman, Rusty Mills, Tom Ruegger	1h, 20m	July 16, 1999 (theaterical), January 25, 2000 (Century 2000 Collection)

Characters

• Yakko Warner is one of the five main characters of Animaniacs. He is tallest and the oldest siblings of the Warner Brothers.

• Wakko Warner is one of the five main characters of Animaniacs. He is the middle sibling of the Warner Brothers.

• Dot Warner is one of the five main characters of Animaniacs. She is the youngest sibling of the Warner Brothers.

• Pinky is one of the five main characters of Animaniacs. He and the Brain are trying to take over the world.

• Brain is one of the five main characters of Animaniacs. He and Pinky are trying to take over the world.

Sequel

See the main article: Animaniacs (2020 TV series)

A reboot of the series was announced by Hulu in January 2018 and expected to air starting in 2020 called Animaniacs (2020 TV series).

Other websites

• Animaniacs on IMDb
• The official DVD website
• Animaniacs at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.