American Dragon: Jake Long | |
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Genre |
Animation Action-adventure Comedy Fantasy Kids |
Created by | Jeff Goode |
Written by | Billy Lincoln Kat Green Michael Gurley |
Directed by |
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Voices of |
Dante Basco Keone Young John DiMaggio Amy Bruckner Kittie Charlie Finn Mae Whitman Jeff Bennett Lauren Tom |
Opening theme | "The Chosen One" performed by Mavin and The Jonas Brothers |
Composer(s) | Kat Green (season 1) Billy Lincoln (season 1) Adam Berry (season 2) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Jeff Goode Eddie Guzelian Matt Negrete Christian Roman |
Producer(s) | Larry Johnson (Line producer) |
Editor(s) | Dong Hun Oh |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | Walt Disney Television Animation |
Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
Release | |
Original network |
Disney Channel Toon Disney |
Picture format | 1080i (16:9) (HDTV) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Original release | January 21, 2005 | – September 1, 2007
External links | |
Website | tv |
American Dragon: Jake Long is an American animated television series. It was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and created by Jeff Goode. It premiered on Disney Channel January 21, 2005, and ended September 1, 2007.
Set in the New York City borough of Manhattan, this animated series tells the story of Jake Long (voiced by Dante Basco), who must balance ordinary adolescence with the power and ability to change into a dragon. When he eventually unlocks his full potential and turns into the American Dragon, he has to overcome obstacles to protect the magical creatures living in the city, but as his ordinary self, Jake has issues with his crush on his schoolmate Rose (Mae Whitman) who, unbeknownst to Jake, has a dark, magical secret of her own. She is a natural dragon slayer known as the Huntsgirl, a member of the Huntsclan that slay dragons. The leader of the Huntsclan is the Huntsman (Jeff Bennett).
Jake navigates the city with his two best friends - Trixie Carter (Miss Kittie), a witty, blunt, and sharp-tongued girl who is usually the most logical and mature of the group; and Arthur P. "Spud" Spudinski (Charlie Finn), who appears to be slow-witted but is actually a genius. When Jake gets home, it is to an extended family: Jonathan (Jeff Bennett), a businessman dad originally from the Midwest who is unaware that he is married into a family of dragons from his Chinese wife named Susan (Lauren Tom) (whose cannot turn into a dragon as the power skipped her generation). Jake's maternal grandfather Lao Shi (Keone Young) trains his grandson in the magical, mystical ways of the ancient dragons. Other characters include Jake's younger sister Haley (Amy Bruckner) (a nascent dragon), and Grandpa's cynical sidekick who's also Jake's animal guardian and best friend, a magical Shar-Pei named Fu Dog (John DiMaggio).