 In 1991 , a second animated series based upon The Adventures of Tintin was produced , this time as a collaboration between the French studio <unk> and the Canadian animation company <unk> . <unk> 21 of the stories into a series of episodes , each 42 minutes long , with most stories spanning two episodes , The Crab with the Golden Claws was the seventh story produced in the series . Directed by <unk> <unk> , critics have praised the series for being " generally faithful " , with compositions having been actually directly taken from the panels in the original comic book . 
