Two great 1992 animated shows from North America* that faced very similar challenges: adapting a classic comics with a huge legacy and nitpicking fanbase, needing to appeal to fickle kids and obsessed adults, modernizing yet staying faithful to an iconic design, conveying the overall vibe of the show without any speech, removing all the racist and colonialist references. It’s the first time I notice the similarities, downright to the orchestral theme!
The production timings are extremely close but I still wonder if Nelvana took heavy inspiration from Warner’s opening track (or simply got similarly inspired by Danny Elfman’s work on the movie).
Obviously, Batman’s opening remains more iconic and original. Then again, it’s possibly the greatest animated show of all time… Tintin’s is more a faithful recreation of iconic scenes from the (remaining culturally acceptable) comics, since that was the show’s seemingly impossible mandate at the time.
*Tintin is a Belgian comics but this animated series was produced in Canada. Both series obviously benefited from heavy uncredited support from Asian studios.