Sealab 2021
2000–2005Adult SwimAnimation
A 1972 Hanna-Barbera series redubbed into something else entirely, keeping the original's animation and none of its intentions.
Sealab 2021 opens with a main title sequence of 28 seconds.
At 28 seconds, it opens well under the 58-second median for animation sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Adult Swim in 2000, when Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
28sThe intro.
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