Tales from the Neverending Story (2001)

Episode Overview

After his mother is critically injured in a car accident, Bastian crosses paths with Mr. Coreander, the reclusive proprietor of a dusty antique bookshop. In a peculiar trade, Bastian swaps his broken video game for a mysterious, weathered volume called *The Neverending Story*. His mother, before her sudden passing, whispers that this book will be his guide. Struggling through her funeral and the crushing weight of grief, Bastian escapes into its pages. There, he's drawn into the imperiled realm of Fantasia, a land being consumed by a malevolent void known as The Nothing. Its ruler, the ailing Childlike Empress, has dispatched the brave warrior Atreyu to save their world.