Star Trek: The Animated Series boldly continues where Star Trek: The Original Series left off, these animated adventures chart the progress of Captain Kirk and his crew in a universe unconstrained by "real-life" special-effects limits! It premiered in 1973 as a Saturday morning cartoon - four years after The Original Series' final season. The series' 22 episodes featured characters voiced by their original actors and was the first Star Trek series to win an Emmy Award.
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Considered canon & a continuation of the 5 year mission, many did not like the filmation color palette. It is full of eye-hurt & is visually rapey, but the show is a DC Fontana extravaganza & has most of the TOS cast for voices.
In some aspects, this is even better than the original live-action series. Not being limited by capabilities of a TV production in the 70s, the writers seemed to produce much more creative sci-fi scripts for the animated show.