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| Universe = Earth-TRN391
| Image = Black_Panther_animated_series_logo.jpg
| Format = Animated
| Runtime =
| Creators = [[Reginald Hudlin]];
| Starring = Black Panther, Shuri, Storm, Klaw, Dondi Reese and more
| Cast = Djimon Hounsou, [[Stan Lee]], Kerry Washington, Alfre Woodard. Phil LaMarr
| Developers =
| Producers = Cort Lane
| Executive Producers =
| Narrator =
| Country = USA
| Network = BET
| Number of Episodes = 6
| IMDB ID = 1441105
| First Aired = January 16, 2010
| Last Aired = January 30, 2010
| Season1_1 = Pilot
| Season1_2 = Black Panther
| Season1_3 = Revenge of the Evil
| Season1_4 = Death of Father
| Season1_5 = Black Panther vs. Juggernaut and Black Knight
| Season1_6 = To the End
| HistoryText = '''Black Panther''' is an American motion comic cartoon series by Marvel Animation in partnership with BET, based on the popular Marvel Comics superhero of the [[Black Panther|same name]]. It was the first animated television series produced by BET since [[wikipedia:Hey Monie!|Hey Monie!]]. Each of the six episodes of the series was 20 minutes in length.
==Story==
After the assassination of his father T'Chaka, T'Challa returns from his Walkabout, and has to deal with the jealousy in the Wakandan royal court, after becoming the new Black Panther, all while looking for the man who killed his father. Unbeknownst to Black Panther, Klaw (the man who assassinated T'Chaka) has assembled a group of villains consisting of Batroc the Leaper, Juggernaut, the Vatican Black Knight, and the Russian Radioactive Man to help him take over Wakanda, and the American government prepares to pounce while Wakanda is weak.
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==Characters==
===Wakandan Royal Family===
Black Panther, T'Challa
Black Panther, S'Yan
Black Panther, T'Chaka {{FlashOnly}}
Queen Mother
Princess Shuri
T'Shan
===American Government===
Dondi Reese
General Wallace
Everett K. Ross
Very Special Forces
===Villains===
Klaw
Batroc
Cannibal
Juggernaut
Radioactive Man, Igor
Black Knight
Aragorn
M'Butu
Nigandan Army
===Other Characters===
Storm, Ororo
W'Kabi
Captain America
Wolverine
Cyclops
Nightcrawler
==Production==
At a presentation held in New York City in April 2008, BET announced that it had signed a deal with Marvel Comics to turn Black Panther into a primetime half-hour animated series. In July 2008 at the San Diego Comic-Con International, the first footage of the series was shown publicly, indicating that the series was essentially just motion comic versions of the mini-series released by Marvel Comics.
The show was supervised by [[Reginald Hudlin]], the President of Entertainment at BET, who also wrote, along with [[John Romita, Jr.]] as the artist, the story arc of the Black Panther comic entitled [[Black Panther Vol 4 1|"Who is the Black Panther?"]] on which the episodes were based. Only subtle deviations from the comic exist, such as replacing [[Aleksei Sytsevich (Earth-616)|Rhino]] with Juggernaut.
Djimon Hounsou was cast to voice T'Challa/Black Panther. The series was directed by [[Mark Brooks]]. The theme song was composed by Stephen James Taylor in a dialect meant to be Wakandan (the fictional character's native language). In reality, the song employed a Bantu-based language of Taylor's creation.
The series was broadcast on the Australian children's channel ABC3 in January 2010 and in the United States on BET in November 2011
==Cast==
* Djimon Hounsou - Black Panther/T'Challa
* Stan Lee - General Wallace
* Kerry Washington - Princess Shuri
* Alfre Woodard - Dondi Reese, Queen Mother
* Carl Lumbly - Uncle S'Yan
* Jill Scott - Storm
* Stephen Stanton - Klaw
* Jonathan Adams - T'Chaka
* J. B. Blanc - Black Knight, Cannibal (Male), Batroc
* David Busch - Everett K. Ross
* Phil LaMarr - T'Shan
* Peter Lurie - Juggernaut
* Phil Morris - W'Kabi
* Vanessa Marshall - Cannibal (Female)
* Nolan North - Cyclops, Nightcrawler
* Adrian Pasdar - Captain America
* Kevin Michael Richardson - Wolverine, Historical Black Panther 1
* Rick D. Wasserman - Radioactive Man/Igor
* Taye Diggs - Historical Black Panther 2
==Social Commentary==
Wakanda is used as a comparison to the historical corruption in Africa, from the invasion of South Africa and slaving, to the African warlords.
While Wakanda has remained unconquered and uninfluenced by outside forces, its isolationism led to a technology base developed entirely independently of that of the rest of the world, including computer and weapons technology, advanced medicine and alternative energy sources. Despite having such advanced medicine (they can cure cancer) and alternative resources, Wakanda is targeted by the international community for its very large and untouched oil reserves (as well as its Vibranium).
Blank Panther T'Chaka chastises the United Nations for trying to bribe him for his countries resources and denies them stating their only interest is in profit and power. T'Chaka believes any other nation could have made half the discoveries Wakanda has, except more money is made in misery (more money out of selling treatments rather than cures, and collecting expensive energy bills instead of employing cheap alternatives, etc.).
While the Catholic Church is not officially involved in military operations, they continue to invest in military development to fund underground holy wars. Africa, being seen as the front line of religious warfare in the 21st century is of particular interest to the Church, and they want to convert the Wakandans to win the war in Africa between Christianity and Islam.
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