With the booming success of Spider-Man (1994) and X-Men (1992) on Fox Network, UPN wanted a piece of Marvel Films's animation success, and so a new series was commissioned. Given the popularity of the character, and most of Marvel's heavy hitters were either already on Fox Broadcasting Company, or had been done before, at this point in time, it simply had to be The Incredible Hulk. Marvel entrusted The Incredible Hulk to Supervising Producer Tom Tataranowicz after he helped overhaul the syndicated Les 4 Fantastiques (1994) and Iron Man (1994) to more critical approval in their second seasons, and gave the Hulk a backdoor pilot attempt in both shows.
The animation for this show was done by Saerom Animation, an animation house in South Korea that has done Batman (1992) and Gargoyles (1994) episodes.
Story Editor Greg Johnson was especially excited about bringing in a relatively obscure group of characters from the comics. The Outcasts were there during the original gamma explosion, the animals and bugs that were also affected and have grown into their unique mutant forms. They have some element of intelligence, but they don't talk.
Lou Ferrigno provided the Hulk's voice in this series. Ferrigno is well known for his portrayal of the Hulk in L'incroyable Hulk (1977).
John Vernon who voices General Ross in this series, originally voiced the character's subordinate Major Glenn Talbot in Hulk (1966) 30 years earlier.