Watch: Long Lost Animated 'Escape from Jurassic Park' Series Teaser by Alex Billington November 1, 2026Source: YouTube "Everyone in
Watch: Long Lost Animated ‘Escape from Jurassic Park’ Series Teaser
by Alex Billington
November 1, 2026
Source: YouTube
“Everyone in the world has the right to enjoy [this cartoon].” -Dr. Hammond. 🦕 Yes indeed! Journey back in time 33 years ago to the early 90s. In the summer of 1993, right when Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur classic Jurassic Park became a massive hit in theaters, the studio started working on an animated spin-off series. Long before any of the sequels were ever made, long before any of the current Jurassic Park animated series were made (Jurassic World: Chaos Theory), they created this series called Escape from Jurassic Park. “The Jurassic Park anime that was never released to the public.” The project was scrapped before it was ever finished and they never made full episodes. But all these years later a long lost promo video has suddenly resurfaced. And yes it’s real. The JP fan site Jurassic Outpost has confirmed that its real and verified it with previously discovered production material. They explain: “Unlike other animated series, this was not meant to be a cartoon aimed at younger audiences, but rather targeted at the audience of the Jurassic Park film.” This definitely looks & feels like 90s-style animation – but I’d still totally watch this now. Check it out below.
Thank to @JurassicLibrary on Twitter for the tip on this vintage teaser debuting online to watch. Intro from YouTube: “Back from extinction, a look at the undeveloped Jurassic Park animated series!” This promo is from “Universal Cartoon Studios” and it’s a pitch trailer for a Jurassic Park animated series following the same JP story set on Isla Nublar. This is all they ever made and all we’ll ever see from this 90s cartoon version. Jurassic Outpost explains: “Overseen by Will Meugniot (The Real Ghostbusters, Captain Planet and the Planeteers), with a visual style developed by renowned artist William Stout, a full season of 23 episodes was outlined. A one-minute pitch film was also developed, illustrating the potential style of the series, including groundbreaking CGI elements created by MetroLight… [However], the series never made it out of the development phase. Whilst Stout recounts that Spielberg was ‘so burnt out on Jurassic’ that he had no interest in taking it further, others have implied that he was less than impressed that the series had been commissioned without his input & outright refused to look at it.” Ha. Make sense. I’m glad someone found & uploaded it online for us to enjoy. Just makes me nostalgic for the anime style of that era. Agreed?
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