A poorly made series! The animation is of a VERY poor quality. Only the story lines saves this cartoon series. Jacobs made only a few Blake & Mortimers. That was because he was a perfectionist ; every building, car or background was photographed ( he made thousands of photographs for his albums ). His style has never been equaled, let alone surpassed ( after the first professor Sato, which he drew himself, the second part was finished by Bob de Moor - just look at the inferior quality of that second part ). By the way : Jacobs wasn't French, he was a Belgian. Hergé ( Tintin ) also was a Belgian. I frequently meet French people who know for sure that both were French citizens. Ah well, we all know that the French invented everything :D