User blog:ARTaylor/45 Years of Star Trek: The Animated Series

Today is the forty-first anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: The Animated Series. Created in the wake of the original series's popularity, the series lasted twenty-two episodes over two seasons while introducing many aspects that would be used throughout the franchise. The series was a modest hit in the ratings. It did win an Emmy Award for Best Children's Series. Since then, the series has been considered a landmark in animation. Critics have noted that despite being technically limited, it allowed for greater creative freedom than the original live-action series. It has been ranked among some of the greatest animated series made.

Reprising their roles from the original series, the show featured George Takei as Sulu, Nichelle Nichols as Uhura, and Majel Barrett-Roddenberry as Chapel and new character M'Ress. Dorothy Catherine Fontana wrote and produced for the series while serving as story editor.