tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85501092130679928212024-03-05T08:39:17.404+01:00Next Time, Gadget!... Inspector Gadget's Ultimate Fan BlogThe Ultimate Fan Blog for News and Observations about the World's Greatest Bionic InspectorMesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-63581197458565510952016-04-24T08:58:00.001+02:002020-08-11T12:54:03.087+02:00Gajetto Keibu! The Japanese Dub of Inspector Gadget"Does anyone have any Japanese-dubbed clips from Inspector Gadget?" You may be surprised, but talking with and observing fellow Gadget fans online over the years, I've seen this request pop up more than a little often. I find it a bit strange just how strong the interest is, considering that Inspector Gadget was not produced in Japanese language like DiC's earlier series Ulysses 31 and Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-86905688849764050452016-04-23T21:19:00.000+02:002019-04-26T17:08:27.184+02:00TAAFI 2016 Session: DHX on "The Evolution of Inspector Gadget" (Sunday, April 24)The Canadian animation festival TAAFI – short for Toronto Animation Arts Festival International – is taking place this weekend in Toronto. In its schedule for Sunday, April 24, a rather interesting-sounding feature is listed among the "Studio Sessions". Can you find it? Have a look at this snapshot from the PDF schedule:
Maybe a closeup is in order...
There we go!
"DHX: The Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-29774551656815194152016-04-22T10:42:00.001+02:002016-04-23T18:07:56.030+02:00Boomerang Turkey Premieres the Inspector Gadget Reboot on Saturday, April 23 at 11 AMIt's been a while, but tomorrow, a new country will join the list of global broadcasters for DHX's Inspector Gadget series. Why? Because Boomerang EMEA expands into Turkey tomorrow. Here's Turner's official press release about it:
Boomerang to launch in Turkey
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Popular kids’ entertainment channel becomes first to launch on the country’s NationalMesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-63906032595514400012016-04-19T01:02:00.000+02:002016-04-19T01:38:52.149+02:00Cool Fan Animation: Go Go Gadget NeckHey, check out this great fan animation of Gadget by ShinyStrawberry over on DeviantArt!
"Gadget animation" by ShinyStrawberry (Feb 22, 2016)
Off-model, obviously – and the start especially could use some more inbetweens – but I love the lively, spontaneous feeling of this. Very nice timing and bounce to the Gadget neck animation in particular. I wouldn't mind seeing more fan animationMesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-49309503376516213762016-04-09T12:38:00.001+02:002016-08-20T03:23:41.293+02:00DHX Has Started Promoting the Upcoming Season Two of their New Inspector Gadget SeriesSecond Season To Consist of 26 Half-Hour Episodes
I'm late with reporting this, but during April 4-7 this past week, DHX was busy promoting the upcoming Season 2 of their Inspector Gadget series (along with other in-the-making DHX shows) at the MIPTV media market in Cannes, France. DHX issued a press release announcing this last week, on March 30, and if you click that link, you might Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-76686458749806770632016-03-31T18:11:00.001+02:002016-03-31T18:11:54.178+02:00"Inspecteur Gadget, Saison 1, Vol. 1" on iTunes France in 1080p HDIn what is unquestionably the best-quality release of the reboot series in France so far, French iTunes users can now purchase the first half of Season One in full HD. I'm not sure exactly when this iTunes package was published, but I believe I first came across it last week. The episodes on iTunes France are split into 11-minute segments, rather than the original half-hour format they were Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-30713022997428003692016-03-09T11:09:00.001+01:002016-03-09T11:22:17.173+01:00Video Interview: Inspector Gadget's Voice Actor Ivan Sherry Chats with Dr Stevil
Here's something which should be fun if you like Gadget's new voice actor: the first video interview I've seen with Ivan Sherry talking about his role, and about the reboot as a whole. Among the things we hear:
The series is doing really well across the world (which, of course, is also indicated by Season 2 being in production).
Sherry was originally brought in to audition for Dr Claw and Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-3320707013766360642016-01-27T18:49:00.002+01:002016-01-27T18:56:30.714+01:00Original Inspector Gadget Animation Drawings from "A Bad Altitude"Today, a couple of 1983 animation drawings that I found a long time ago on Rubberslug. Animation frame drawings from the original Inspector Gadget series are quite hard to come by -- a number of drawings are for sale on Ebay right now, but they're all from either Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas or Inspector Gadget's Field Trip (despite many of the sellers claiming otherwise). These two drawings,Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-49700247189644981782016-01-22T00:11:00.000+01:002016-04-29T00:13:51.277+02:00My List of Global Premiere Dates for DHX's Inspector Gadget SeriesIt had to happen sooner or later. For over a year now, my right-hand news column about DHX's reboot show has included an ever-growing list of worldwide premiere dates (and broadcasters). Today, however, I'm removing that list from the news column and transferring it to this blog post. I felt at the time that it was important to cover the worldwide launch of the series properly; especially since Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-71770039624699132342016-01-15T02:53:00.001+01:002016-01-15T02:59:33.411+01:00Unique Teletoon PromosTwo Teletoon promos for the reboot recently made it to YouTube... and I find them a bit more interesting and unique than the plethora of ads I've seen from Boomerang, Netflix and others. Why, do you ask? Well, have a look...
Thing is, rather than just being clipshows from episodes, these commercials include specially-made footage of the characters talking about their new show, and about it Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-47478000074463011202016-01-14T22:49:00.005+01:002016-01-14T22:52:20.996+01:00"New Inspector Gadget, Season 1, Vol. 4" on Australian DVD and iTunes Today..and thus, the first season of the reboot series is complete on DVD and HD Digital Video in Australia. Universal's "Season 1 Volume 4" - launching today on disc and on iTunes - contains the final six half-hours of the season, episodes #21-26. Here's the hi-res DVD cover via The Viewing Lounge:
And here's a snapshot of the 1080p HD release on iTunes Australia, showing the list Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-22675102821598276222016-01-14T19:01:00.000+01:002016-01-23T20:17:32.222+01:0013 Half-Hours of the New Gadget Series Available on iTunes Canada in Standard DefinitionI have an update on Australian iTunes and DVD releases coming later today, but before that, a quick mention of another country where the new TV series has been available on iTunes for a while: Canada. This release apparently comes directly from Teletoon, the Canadian network which ordered the reboot from DHX (or Cookie Jar at the time development started). It was published on iTunes on September Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-75662988049714753562016-01-04T15:19:00.000+01:002016-01-04T15:19:06.063+01:00The FamilyOne of the more charming pieces of promo art I've seen for the Inspector Gadget reboot can currently be found on the site of Audio Postproduction SPR Inc., the company which carried out the series' French-language dubbing. A very fun group shot of all the main "good guys":
I'm posting it in as high a resolution as Blogger allows, but if you want to see the pic in its original, Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-68090652681669445612015-12-31T14:12:00.001+01:002016-08-20T03:23:41.310+02:00Netflix Launches Inspector Gadget "New Year's Eve Countdown" Short
End-of-the-year surprice! I have already stated a few times on this site that - contrary to popular belief - Netflix was not involved in any way with the actual production of half-hours #01-26 of the new Inspector Gadget series (i.e. Season 1, which Netflix US confusingly split into two seasons). That remains true... but it seems Netflix did have a more direct hand in a special, Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-58312486841829284622015-12-20T12:22:00.001+01:002015-12-20T12:24:01.727+01:00"New Inspector Gadget, Season 1, Volume 3" Is Now On iTunes Australia in 1080p HDQuick reminder: Episodes 14-20 of the reboot series are now available on the Australian iTunes in full 1080p HD, as "New Inspector Gadget, Season 1, Vol. 3". As mentioned before, this third volume was released to iTunes on December 14, about 1 1/2 month after the physical DVD release.
Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-6539037768638777572015-12-14T14:48:00.000+01:002015-12-14T16:10:31.698+01:00NBC Print Ad for Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas (and Noel)Speaking of Brain disguised as a reindeer, as we were the other day, how about checking out a piece of promotional art for the 1992 special Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas? 'Tis the season after all. Clipped from a vintage TV Guide, this is a combined ad for Gadget and the concurrent Christmas special Noel, as the two of them premiered back-to-back on NBC that year.
(Via RetroNewsNow)
Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-65096698448706901822015-12-11T00:48:00.001+01:002015-12-11T00:48:40.703+01:00Brain's Secret Christmas MissionOkay, this just amuses me too much not to share.
Over at Instagram, the user Claudia González Iglesias has posted this photo of a reindeer Christmas display in a shopping mall, accompanied by the following caption (via Google Translate): "Kids say they are reindeers... but for me it is the dog in Inspector Gadget with antlers! Is he on a secret mission??"
I do believe Claudia is right Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-27740924401147003722015-12-04T14:58:00.002+01:002017-03-11T03:12:35.378+01:00Two More Bruno Bianchi DrawingsA few months ago, I did a post featuring some latter-day Bruno Bianchi drawings collected off the web. Today, I have two more to add...
The first one - a very nice rendition of Gadget's face - was drawn for none other than Nordine Zemrak, the co-writer of the in-depth DiC history book "Les series de notre enfance". The caption reads, "For Nordine. Best wishes. B. Bianchi". I'm guessing this Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-80566596576097532492015-11-30T15:18:00.000+01:002016-08-20T03:23:41.317+02:00Season 2 of the New Inspector Gadget Series Is Recording NowThe quickest of quick updates to report this: The upcoming Season 2 of the new TV series - in production since July - has now started recording. The current voice actor of Inspector Gadget himself, Ivan Sherry, gave the reveal on Twitter on October 8:
It's official! We're heading into the studio this month for Season Two! @netflix #animation #cartoons #voiceactor pic.twitter.com/fXeRlWDENN
— Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-20872353117579710342015-11-29T03:22:00.002+01:002016-04-19T05:28:43.883+02:00Season 1, Volume 3 of the Reboot Out on Australian DVD Now (and on iTunes from December 14)Yeah, I know. I want this site to be more active too, but for a number of personal reasons (including personal health), I haven't been able to keep up postings as much as I'd like. Still, Universal's Australian DVD releases of the reboot series - which continue to be the only home video releases in the world as far as I know - is a topic I have covered thus far, and so I wanted to notify readers Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-74834180041464070142015-09-04T01:00:00.001+02:002016-05-23T11:31:42.671+02:00Teletoon Canada Premieres the New Inspector Gadget Series on September 7, 2015Here comes the premiere which everyone has been waiting for... or more to the point, wondering about. Teletoon, the network which commissioned the new Inspector Gadget series in the first place, will premiere it on Monday, September 7 at 6 pm in the evening. According to a yesterday press release from Corus Entertainment, the show is slated to air every Monday evening at that time... and checkingMesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-74901154999802483412015-08-31T09:11:00.001+02:002015-09-14T19:53:16.722+02:00Teletoon Canada Says SeptemberStill no specific date, but at least we're slowly getting there. The below Teletoon promo pic first appeared in an August 9 Facebook post by Teletoon Retro...
...and here's the accompanying text from that posting (actually less specific):
Get your fill of the one and only original Inspector Gadget at NOON in the Retro Rewind Marathon. Plus, get ready for the ALL NEW version of Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-60366050633295442702015-08-28T21:35:00.005+02:002017-06-11T23:49:37.362+02:00France 3 Premieres the New Gadget Series Tomorrow, August 29...as seen in this YouTube promo, posted today on the official channel of France 3's Ludo program block:
This has been known for a little while now. The first YouTube teaser from Ludo appeared on July 27, and a few weeks later, the premiere date was revealed as August 29 (though an online pre-premiere was launched on ludo.fr on August 22). The series is slated to air every Saturday and Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-78106673295737445922015-08-19T01:43:00.001+02:002017-03-11T03:15:29.200+01:00Latter-Day Bruno Bianchi Sketches of Inspector GadgetThis is a bit above my price class for a single sketch, but I'm sure it will find a buyer. Here's an Inspector Gadget sketch from 2000 drawn by Bruno Bianchi himself, currently up on Ebay.fr with a starting bid of 150 (!) euros. [UPDATE (August 25): Well, whaddaya know... it didn't find a buyer. Guess it was a bit above everyone's price class.]
This may be the oldest Bianchi sketch I'veMesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550109213067992821.post-65741639305598046822015-08-13T01:04:00.001+02:002015-11-30T21:09:13.417+01:00Horseradish? No - I Said Hosh Hash HabalashI decided today to take a break from reboot-series updates and just do a post for the fun of it. It's been too long since I did that. Here's something I thought was simply fun to stumble across on the net a few days ago... a vintage Inspector Gadget VHS release from Israel! This scan was shared by an administrator on the Israeli forum oldtv.co.il.
There are several things I find fun Mesteriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285238124626733583noreply@blogger.com4