The Legend of White Fang

Not to be confused with White Fang (TV series).

The Legend of White Fang is an animated television series based on the 1906 novel White Fang by Jack London.^[1] The show focuses on the main dog protagonist and a young human companion, 12-year-old female Wendy Scott, in the place of the novel's male trail guide, Weedon Scott,^[2] spanning 26 episodes for one season.

The Legend of White Fang
Genre	Adventure
Based on	White Fang by Jack London
Developed by	Crayon Animation
Starring	Rick Jones Patricia Rodrigues Michael Rudder Mark Hellman Pierre Lenoir Neil Shee Terrence Scammell Thelma Farmer Anik Matern
Country of origin	Canada France
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer	Micheline Charest
Production companies	Cinar Films Anabase CNC Sofica Coimage 3 Telefilm Canada
Original release
Network	Family Channel Global (Canada) TF1 (France) HBO (U.S.)
Release	1 January (1994-01-01) – 25 June 1994 (1994-06-25)

Production

Quebec-based Cinar (now WildBrain) produced the series and writer/journalist/popular historian, Pierre Berton, was a history consultant for the series.

Plot

12-year-old Wendy, a brave and kind girl, befriends wolf-husky mix White Fang. They share many adventures in Yukon's rugged Klondike territory during the Klondike Gold Rush where they encounter wolf packs, gold thieves, First Nations people, otters, poachers and treacherous avalanches.

Voice cast

• Mark Hellman as White Fang
• Patricia Rodriguez as Wendy
• Terrence Scammell as Weedon/Alex
• Pierre Lenoir as Sgt. Oakes
• Neil Shee as Raven Moon
• Michael Rudder as Beauty Smith
• Rick Jones as Matt
• Thelma Farmer as She Wolf
• Anik Matern as Jeannie/Bella
• Eramelinda Boquer
• Sonja Ball
• A.J. Henderson
• Thor Bishopric
• Michael O'Reilly
• Kathleen Fee
• George Morris
• Susan Glover
• Richard Dumont
• Vlasta Vrána
• Harry Standjofski
• Bronwen Mantel
• Jeannie Walker
• Daniel Brochu
• Greg Morton
• Liz MacRae
• Maria Bircher
• Norman Groulx
• Gary Jewell
• Gordon Masten
• Alan Keiping Legros
• Dean Hagopian
• Pauline Little
• Johni Keyworth
• Arthur Holden
• Teddy Lee Dillon
• Ian Finlay
• Jane Woods
• Carlyle Miller

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"The Gold Nugget"	1 January 1994 (1994-01-01)
2	"Banished"	8 January 1994 (1994-01-08)
3	"William"	15 January 1994 (1994-01-15)
4	"Fool's Gold"	22 January 1994 (1994-01-22)
5	"Two Free Beings"	29 January 1994 (1994-01-29)
6	"The River of Life"	5 February 1994 (1994-02-05)
7	"The Ice Bound Boat"	12 February 1994 (1994-02-12)
8	"The Expedition"	19 February 1994 (1994-02-19)
9	"Leap of Danger"	26 February 1994 (1994-02-26)
10	"An Adventure at Every Turn"	5 March 1994 (1994-03-05)
11	"The Golden Touch"	12 March 1994 (1994-03-12)
12	"The Revenge"	19 March 1994 (1994-03-19)
13	"Otter Madness"	26 March 1994 (1994-03-26)
14	"The Fountain of Gold"	2 April 1994 (1994-04-02)
15	"Sharper"	9 April 1994 (1994-04-09)
16	"Wendy Runs Away"	16 April 1994 (1994-04-16)
17	"The Traitor"	23 April 1994 (1994-04-23)
18	"A Charmed Life"	30 April 1994 (1994-04-30)
19	"The Lynx"	7 May 1994 (1994-05-07)
20	"The Thunder Mask"	14 May 1994 (1994-05-14)
21	"The Great Showman"	21 May 1994 (1994-05-21)
22	"Keewan"	28 May 1994 (1994-05-28)
23	"White Fang Goes To Town"	4 June 1994 (1994-06-04)
24	"The Team"	11 June 1994 (1994-06-11)
25	"The Beavers"	18 June 1994 (1994-06-18)
26	"The Trap"	25 June 1994 (1994-06-25)

Telecast and home media

The Legend of White Fang was first aired on the pay-TV network Family Channel in 1994. It also aired on Global Television Network and TF1 in France. HBO later broadcast it in the U.S. In the United Kingdom, it aired on Channel 4.

Two volumes were released on DVD in 2006, each containing four episodes.

On 14 September 2010, Mill Creek Entertainment released the entire series on DVD in Region 1. It includes bonus episodes of Busytown Mysteries, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Flight Squad, Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Animated Series and The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures.^[3] The first disc was also released as single DVD on the same day called Wild and Free containing the same Busytown Mysteries episode.

As of 2022, full episodes are available on YouTube.