The production for the series was handled by Mill Valley Animation on a contract from
SEPP International S.A., the noted
Brussels's production house which also featured animation series and properties including
The Smurfs,
Snorks and
Foofur. Jerry Smith, owner of Mill Valley Animation, was also responsible for many of the below the line fulfillment needs of many
Hanna-Barbera,
Ruby-Spears, and some
DIC animation series. Director for
Seabert was Dirk Braat of
Amsterdam and series voice casting director was Ron Knight, principal of Knight Mediacom (formerly Image One Productions, San Francisco).
Production history At the origin of the
Seabert project, Match 3 – created par Luc Royer, Philippe Marin and Jacques Morel – was an advertising studio aimed primarily at the comic industry. Marc Tortarolo, sensitivized by the impact of a Scandinavian commercial about the killing of baby seals, proposed the concept of an animated series on the subject. In order to finance the project, Marc prospected with the European Committee for the Protection of Fur Animals, which allowed the creation of a pilot episode with École de dessin animé de Paris. This pilot was intended to be an advertising spot for the awareness of the cause, but the team went further and wanted to make it a television series. For the needs of the series, Éric Turlot was hired as co-writer, and the production company BZZ Films was created and managed by Marc Tortarollo. The team looked for ways to broadcast their cartoon but, in 1985, the creation of the two private channels
La Cinq and
TV6 complicated things. It is with Jacqueline Joubert (head of
Antenne 2's youth service) that the studio was able to launch the series (in premises at 20, rue J.J. Rousseau in Ivry-sur-Seine). They completed the team in order to start producing
Seabert. ==Episode list==