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Jetlag Productions was a Japanese-Americananimation studio that specialized on developing severalanimated films based on popular fairy tales and public-domain literature, and original productions during the 1990s. Its films were animated inJapan by KKC&D Asia and Animaru Ya, among other South Korean companies. They were originally released directly toVHS through theGoodTimes Home Videodistribution company.
With the introduction of DVD, the films were later distributed via a newer department of the same company,GoodTimes Home Entertainment. The movies in Jetlag's catalogue weredubbed into many different languages and distributed by international departments of the GoodTimes corporation. Since 2005, theGaiam company has held the copyrights to Jetlag Productions' animated films followingGoodTimes Entertainment's bankruptcy.
Jetlag Productions started out as a small animation studio, assisting in the productions of series such asThe New Adventures of He-Man andHeroes on Hot Wheels in 1990, andConan the Adventurer in 1992, until it was approached by Joe, Ken, and Stan Cayre (known artistically as the Cayre Brothers) of GoodTimes Entertainment. The company then replacedGolden Films as GoodTimes's provider of budget animated productions, when the contract with Golden Film expired.
Under the name of their new establishment, the Cayre Brothers producedChildren's Classics, a series of animated films that were very similar to those from Golden Films in style. Beginning their releases in 1994, Jetlag Productions produced a total of 17 different animated films, 13 adaptations of existing material, and four original features. All 17 films were around 45 minutes in length, and were released asdirect-to-videoVHS features, under the "GoodTimes" name byGoodTimes Home Video.
Their last release wasThe Hunchback of Notre Dame, which was released on April 30, 1996, just before GoodTimes turned to a new company, Blye Migicovsky Productions, for their new line of animation releases. Jetlag Productions' films were revived on DVD under a "Collectible Classics" label in 2002 by GoodTimes Entertainment. The new releases were widely available until GoodTimes filed for bankruptcy in 2005 and all assets were transferred toGaiam.
Unlike its predecessor,Golden Films, Jetlag Productions did not rely on familiarclassical compositions as the soundtrack to their films (the only exception would beHeidi, which featured a variation ofEdvard Grieg's "Morning Mood"). Instead, a variety of original compositions were created from scratch, produced by Andrew Dimitroff.
Jetlag Productions incorporated original songs across all 17 of their productions. Each film featured a set of three original songs. While the inclusion of musical numbers followed a certain formula, there were exceptions to this rule. For instance, "A Christmas Carol" (1994) departed from the typical opening musical number, and "Hercules" (1995) concluded with an instrumental rendition of "Son of Zeus" rather than a vocal performance.
Despite the prevalent use of off-screen voices for most songs, a few films featured in-character performances, such as "Hip Hip Hooray" from "Snow White" (1995), "Sleep and Dream" from "Magic Gift of the Snowman" (1995), "(It's the) Chance of a Lifetime" from "Cinderella" (1994), and "Out on My Own" from "Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle" (1994). An exception to this trend was theduet "When Love Has Gone Away" from "Cinderella" (1994), sung by the characters of Cinderella and the prince. Among the many songs featured in Jetlag's films were notable titles like "Dream On, Cinderella" from "Cinderella"; "Start With A Smile", "This Is Home", and "(We're) The Very Best Of Friends" from "Heidi"; and "Never Give Up" from "Hercules".
The composers and lyricists involved in original soundtracks. Among these credits, the following artists were credited as:
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