Trollhunters

The streaming video series Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (Netflix, 2016-2018), produced by DreamWorks TV, includes a number of Arthurian elements and features both Merlin and Morgan le Fay as major characters. The following videos introduce the series, illustrate Merlin's initial influence (and allude to another iconic element of the Matter of Britain, and (lastly) preview the third and final season where Merlin returns and Morgana (looking a bit like DC Comics' version) is revealed.

Kalamazoo 2017 News

Please check out our sibling blog, Medieval Studies on Screen, for details on our call for papers for next year's International Congress on Medieval Studies. The session is devoted to animated representations of the medieval and is offered in memory of the late Michael N. Salda, author of Arthurian Animation: A Study of Cartoon Camelots on Film and Television.

Details at http://medievalstudiesonscreen.blogspot.com/2016/06/cfp-animating-medieval-proposals-by.html.

Bosko's Knight-Mare

According to Salda's research, "Bosko's Knight-Mare," a 1933 animated short, is the earliest example of Arthurian animation. Here is one version of the film (Salda suggests there was originally a longer version) from Dailymotion. (There was also a video on YouTube, but it has been removed for copyright infringement.)

The film offers an interesting adaptation of the Connecticut Yankee story, and Salda's discussion offer much insight into its contexts and relationship with the Arthurian tradition.



Bosko s Knight-Mare (1933) (High) by andythebeagle