The Legend of Calamity Jane (1997-1998 Animated Series; Episodes "Protégé" and "Dead, or Alive")

The Legend of Calamity Jane was a 13 episode animated series created by French animation studio Contre Allée throughout late 1997 to mid 1998, during which time it was aired in several countries.

The series revolved around (a young, fictionalised version of) the historically renowned heroine Martha Jane Canary, commonly known as Calamity Jane. It was set in the Wild West and was a gritty and sometimes explicitly violent series (frequently showcasing gun violence), particularly for a cartoon whose target audience were kids and young adults. Despite its controversial content, the series has garnered somewhat of a cult following in recent years.

The WB Television Network picked up the series in 1997, though only 3 episodes were broadcast before the series was pulled entirely (assumingly due to the excessive violence; an official explanation has never been given), despite being heavily promoted in the weeks prior to its first airing. The series had at least one complete English airing, however, in Canada, during the show's production period (ie. 1997 to 1998); it has also been fully aired in several non-English speaking countries, such as France and Portugal (the latter of which began airing the series in 2002).

For a long time, the show was practically impossible to track down, never having received  any form of home video release. Eventually, foreign dubbed versions of the majority of the series began appearing online and, most recently, in 2010, VHSRips of all but 2 episodes were uploaded to YouTube in their original English dubs by user rotarydialz. One of the remaining two episodes (episode 9, "Protégé") has been uploaded in its French dub, though the other (episode 7, "The Way of the Buffalo") is still missing entirely.