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The Pirates of Dark Water

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1991 | 2 seasons | 22 min | Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for sci-fi fans, action fans and animation lovers. If you loved ONE PIECE, start here.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 8 hours in all.
What might put you off
No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.

When Ren, a young son of a lighthouse keeper, rescues a stranger foundering in the rocks near his home, he learns the man was an aide to his true father, a great King. Ren is given a magic compass crystal that guides him to a dragon who shows him that the only way to claim his heritage is to find the Thirteen Treasures of Rule. Unfortunately, a pirate ship captained by the evil Bloth is also aware of this treasure and is relentlessly pursuing Ren for it. On his side, Ren soon acquires companions like Ioz the Pirate, Tula the Eco-Mage, and Niddler the Monkey-Bird, who help him in his quest. That quest becomes all the more urgent when Ren learns that the Dark Water, a carnivorous form of water that consumes anything it snares, threatens to envelope and destroy his world and only the treasures he seeks can stop it.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Ran for 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 81K people sought it out in the past year

Season by season

The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up.

  1. Season 11991 · 13 episodes
    Not rated yet
  2. Season 21992 · 8 episodes
    Not rated yet

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Cast & crew

Created by David Kirschner

  • George NewbernRen (voice)
  • Brock PetersBloth (voice)
  • Héctor ElizondoIoz (voice)
  • Jodi BensonTula (voice)
  • Frank WelkerNiddler (voice)
  • Peter CullenMantus (voice)
  • Tim CurryKonk (voice)