The Wizard of Oz: Difference between revisions

* The 1986 Panmedia produced a Japanese animated series, known in English as ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (anime)]]'', which was directly based on the books and only coincidentally resembled the 1939 MGM adaptation.

* The 1999, Russian two-part animated television adaptation of L. Frank Baum, ''Adventures in the Emerald City: Silver Shoes''. It’s mostly based on Baum but includes several elements from the "Magic Land" books. A two part sequel, ''Adventures in the Emerald City: Princess Ozma'', adapted Baum’s ''Land of Oz''.

* ''[[The Muppets Wizard of Oz]]'' was a 2005 [[Made for TV Movie]] that cast Ashanti as a [[Present Day]] Dorothy and various [[The Muppets|Muppets]] as her travelling companions and adversaries. Miss Piggy, for instance, plays all four witches.

* The 2007 Sci Fi Channel six hour, three-part miniseries ''[[Tin Man (TV series)]],'' a re-imagining and continuation of the classic story set years after the events of the original ''Wonderful Wizard of Oz.''

** ''Oz: the Manga'' from Antarctic Press.

** The [http://www.calibercomics.com/TITLES/oz.htm Oz comics] from Caliber Comics.

** There's a comic book series based on the Oz books with main characters cast as 1990s-style superheroes called the ''[http://sentient39.comicgenesis.com/ozsquad.html Oz Squad]'', written by [http://www.steveahlquist.com/ Steve Ahlquist].

** There's also a [[Manhwa]] called ''[[Dorothy of Oz (manhwa)]]''.