Buffy the Animated Series is an animated television series concept based on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer created by
Joss Whedon. Initially greenlit by
20th Century Fox in 2002, it went ultimately unproduced and unaired when no network was willing to buy the series. The series would have taken place in the middle of
Buffy season 1, as writer
Jeph Loeb described the continuity as "Episode 7.5".