Below are links to other PoDW-related sites on the web, organized into sites offering episode copies for sale, fan-related sites, general/merchandise sites, and links to pages by/about the show's cast and crew. Am I missing one? Let me know!
By the way--links that are in bold are for sites that have updated recently...and by recently, I mean within the past year. There are quite a few static and stagnant sites that have been up for years, so it's a way of pointing out fresh content.
Episodes For Sale/Download
Please check out the main site for the site's terms of service. Offering a CD with all 21 episodes in RealPlayer format.
A site offering quite a few series for trade or purchase. PoDW in particular is being offered on 5 region 0 DVDs.
Offering PoDW either on 7 VCDs or 2 CDs (in RealMedia format). Be warned--the main page has an almost seizure-inducing background image, so...beware.
A DVD trading site offering copies of the episodes.
Offering a very wide variety of episodes, including the PoDW series (and a separate menu for information on the toys) on 7 VCDs.
Fan-related Sites
Zorra's fan site for the show, with an episode list, a poll, and a brief description of how she got into the show.
» Animated Lust (Rated PG!) - Pirates of Dark Water
Part of a massive site detailing many different animated shows and their cast members--you can create your own harem here as well, and in a recent poll, Ren was voted sexiest male character. ;o) This section has images and descriptions of the show and the major and minor characters, such as Ren, Ioz, and Tula.
» Duke Nostalgia's Pirates of Dark Water Page
Focuses on the action figures, with images of and information from them.
» Elfwood Tour: Dark Water in the Woods
A link to the main Tours page of Elfwood; the link to the tour is the 5th link under February 24. This tour was created to bring together PoDW fanart and derived art in Elfwood. It's always open for new additions and is updated any time any new PoDW art is found in the Woods.
» Ending for Pirates of Dark Water (SNES)
Screenshots from the SNES game's ending.
» FanFiction.net - Pirates of Dark Water
PoDW fan fiction.
» franklet.com - Pirates of Dark Water Tribute Page
A pretty simple page--my episode blurbs and images and DarkWaterFan's media files (while they were still online), but in a bright and pretty cool layout. ;o)
The part of Vin Diakuw's personal site that contains his RPG projects, including his beginner's PoDW RPG (which is also hosted on this site).
» JumpTheShark.com - Pirates of Dark Water
As the main site puts it, "It's a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite television program has reached its peak. That instant you know from now on...it's all downhill. Some call it the climax. We call it jumping the shark." The PoDW section--so far, nobody thinks it's jumped. (I agree. ;o) )
» Multiversal Omnipedia Atlas - Universe Index: Pirates of Dark Water
A wiki-based site devoted to chronicling all sorts of terms from all kinds of fantasy universes. This particular sub-section is devoted to PoDW and was started by Kooshmeister.
An unfinished PoDW page with a few unique screencaps, such as the five seals/coins seen in the first set of closing credits, and some general information.
» Pirates!
Sam's fanlisting (officially approved by thefanlistings.org) for the show.
» "The Pirates of Dark Water" -- An AD&D Campaign Setting
An AD&D campaign that continues the Dark Water story with a new generation of Treasure-seekers. It also has a lot of really good general information about the show itself, and the stories related to the campaign are a nice read.
» The Pirates of the Dark Water
Nice, general overview of the series.
» Ren's Pirates of Dark Water Club
A Yahoo! group that's related to the show.
» Shadowlord, Inc. & Dragoniade - Show Clips
Part of an anthropomorphic site--this is a section that will eventually have movie clips up that relate to the nonhuman species of the show, specifically scenes and transformations. CAUTION: this section is safe, but other sections of this site do have adult content, so surf at your own risk.
» Shiiden Online: Pirates of Darkwater
A new PoDW fansite, with some basic info on the show, and more to come.
A crossover Tenchi Muyo/PoDW fanfic that's stored at the Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction Archive.
» The Official Pirates of Darkwater Fansite
DarkWaterFan's (unofficial) site, well known as being the first site to offer fan-made DVDs of the show. This site hasn't been updated in over a year, though, so the DVD offer is pretty much off.
A fan site with some pictures of the characters, general information, screen shots from the Sega game, and a couple of links.
General Information/Merchandise
» All Things Animated - Pirates of Dark Water
General info on the series, with episode and voice actor lists--contains pretty much all the content that Yesterdayland.com used to.
» The Big Cartoon DataBase - The Pirates of Dark Water
A page that lets you rate and review each episode of the series.
» Don Markstein's Toonopedia: The Pirates of Darkwater
A good general overview of the show, its place in the Hanna-Barbera "universe," the merchandise, and even the fans.
» EOFFTV - Pirates of Dark Water (1991)
Part of the Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film and Television website, with general information about the show.
Not sure how to categorize this. Frank Brunner was an artist that worked on PoDW, and this page has information on a book (Eyes of Light: The Fantasy Drawings of Frank Brunner) in which some of his artwork for PoDW has been published.
An in-depth description of the RPG module in French.
» IMDb - "Pirates of Darkwater" (1991)
The Internet Movie Database entry for the show--has a listing of voice actors and some other general information.
» Pen & Paper :: RPG Database > Pirates of Dark Water, The (1994)
Part of the RPG Database at pen-paper.net, with information about the RPG module.
» Piraten unter dem Doppelmond-The Pirates of Dark Water
A page with the episode titles and air dates in English and German.
» Pirates of Dark Water Action Figure Gallery
Part of figurerealm.com, a site devoted to action figures. This has photos of the front of the packaging of the 8 figures, and the text from the back of each typed up.
» Pirates of Dark Water Voice Actors and View Dates
Part of George Fergus's extensive site. The episode list, in the order it was originally slated to air (as compared to Cartoon Network's order, which switched around 2 episodes), and a list of voice actors.
» RottenTomatoes.com: Pirates of Dark Water Sega Genesis
A review of the Sega Genesis game. Involves a general overview and description, some images, and more.
» RottenTomatoes.com: Pirates of Dark Water SNES
A review of the Super Nintendo game. Involves a general overview and description, some controls and screenshots, and more.
» Superhero Database - Pirates of Dark Water
Contains the episode titles and some pictures from the series. One of the very first pages to display PoDW content of any kind, and the only other one from the mid-1990s, besides mine, that's still up and occasionally updating. ;o)
» Super Toy Archive Collectible Store: Pirates of Dark Water
Offers some of the action figures for sale, and has images of them.
» SystemA Pirates of Dark Water
An image of the handheld SystemA game, part of the Handheld Games Museum site.
» TVTome - The Pirates of Dark Water
A rapidly growing general resource on the show, with an episode list, cast and crew listings, brief episode summaries, and even a goofs guide. :o)
» Tourbillon noir (le) - Association Animez Vois
A nice overview of the series in French. This is part of a French animation association, "Association de promotion du cinema d'animation et des dessins animes" (Association for the Promotion of Animated Films and Drawings). There's multimedia on the page, but you unfortunately have to pay to view it (movie clips and large versions of the small screenshots shown there).
» Virtual Toy Chest - Pirates of Dark Water
Has images of all 8 action figures and the Wraith.
» Wikipedia: The Pirates of Dark Water
If you aren't familiar with the concept of a wiki or swiki, it's a collaborative website that's available for anybody to edit. This is the Wikipedia's section devoted to the show, and it's free for anybody to edit to add more information about the show. (No, I didn't add the link to my site. ^^; )
Cast and Crew
An animator for Fil-Cartoons who worked on PoDW, among (many) other series, such as the 1980s Scooby-Doo and Yogi Bear series, the 1990 Jonny Quest series, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?. His site doesn't have any PoDW-related work that I've been able to find, though, but it's still cool to check it out.
The voice actress who portrayed Tula. Also a Broadway trained actress and singer, she's most well-known for her voice acting, and voiced Ariel from The Little Mermaid, possibly her best-known role. More recently, her work includes video game voiceovers and guest voices for several of Disney/Pixar's movies, such as the Barbie dolls in Toy Story 2.
» Floro Dery: The Art of Floro Dery
Floro is a Filipino artist who's done extensive conceptual and production work on a variety of series, including the Dark Water miniseries. He has his own concept sketches up at his site, as well as actual storyboards from the show, and his site in general is really worth browsing through, just to look at the gorgeous artwork he's created. Here are links to the specific Dark Water subsections below:
- Illustration and Conceptual Design
- Conceptual b&w sketch of Tula
- Tula and Pirates of Dark Water character designs
- Dark Water storyboards (be sure to read the notes, and look at the different names and such)
» Hector Elizondo: IMDb profile
The voice actor who portrayed Ioz. Probably best-known from his role alongside Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in Pretty Woman, he has a distinctively debonair and suave voice and demeanor that can be seen (or heard) in all his TV, film, and voiceover work. Recently, he's starred in the Princess Diaries films and did a voice on several recent Batman animated releases.
» David Kirschner: IMDb profile
The creator and executive producer of the show, and the head of Hanna-Barbera Studios during the show's production. Some of his other works are the Child's Play movies, Hocus Pocus, Titan A.E., and the recent Sci-Fi Channel miniseries Five Days Till Midnight.
» Roddy McDowall: A Tribute to Roddy McDowall
The voice actor who portrayed Niddler in the Dark Water miniseries; however, due to monetary disputes, he left the show after the first 5 episodes. In his lifetime, he performed hundreds of film and TV roles of all genres and produced several films. He began to do more voiceover work in the later part of his life, and passed away in 1998.
» George Newbern: IMDb profile
The voice actor who portrayed Ren. Around the time he was voicing PoDW, he acted in Father of the Bride as George MacKenzie (the groom), and has played many guest and recurring TV roles. His most recent major role has been as the voice actor of Superman in the Justice League series on Cartoon Network, and he even appeared in several "making-of" commercials around the show's debut, providing commentary.
» Lane Raichert: Raichert Media
One of the main writers for the show. He's also a storyboard artist, editor, and producer, with a large list of clients and specific projects he's worked on over the years.
Layout artist for Fil-Cartoons while PoDW was in production. No PoDW work on his site, unfortunately, but it's a really impressive portfolio (and he's got some gorgeous Star Wars "fan" art pieces). ;o)
» Frank Welker: The Frank Welker Homepage
The voice actor who portrayed Niddler in the Pirates of Dark Water series (his voice was dubbed over Roddy MacDowall's for the first 5 episodes). He's by far the most well-known voice actor in Hollywood history, with hundreds upon hundreds of credits to his name from the past 35 years, with good reason: his talent in versatile and expressive voice acting, and his ability to create so many distinct and memorable characters, is virtually unmatched.