Animalia (TV series)
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| Created by | Graeme Base (book) |
| Based on |
Animalia by illustrator Graeme Base |
| Developed by |
Graeme Base Tom Ruegger Ewan Burnett Doug MacLeod Robyn Base Bruce D. Johnson |
| Written by |
Sherri Stoner John P. McCann Deanna Oliver Tom Ruegger Nicholas Hollander Mark Seidenberg John K. Ludin John Loy |
| Directed by | David Scott |
| Voices of |
Brooke Mikey Anderson Katie Leigh R. Martin Klein Kate Higgins Dean O'Gorman Chris Hobbs Peta Johnson Robin Williams Frank Welker Tobey Maguire Jeff Bennett Jim Cummings |
| Theme music composer |
Graeme Base Yuri Worontschak |
| Composer(s) | Christopher Elves |
| Country of origin | Australia United Kingdom Canada United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Graeme Base Tom Ruegger Ewan Burnett Murray Pope Bruce D. Johnson |
| Producer(s) | Ewan Burnett Murray Pope |
| Editor(s) | Tom Ruegger |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Burberry Productions Animalia Productions PorchLight Entertainment |
| Distributor | Cyber Group Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Network Ten ABC3 PBS |
| Picture format |
NTSC (480i) 720p 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| First shown in | 2007 – 2008 |
| Original release | 11 November 2007 |
Animalia is an Australian-British-Canadian-American children's television series based on the 1986 picture book of the same name by illustrator Graeme Base.
The series was first conceived in 1999 when Australian producer Ewan Burnett met with Base, and obtained the rights to an adaptation of the best-selling book. In early 2002, Burnett finalised the funding arrangements with Australian and international broadcast partners and investors, but the project was delayed when the British government revised the United Kingdom's taxation laws so that projects claiming special tax status had to be delivered in the financial year they were claimed. After three years of re-financing, Animalia began production in 2005.
The book on which the series was based is a picture book with each spread depicting an elaborate illustration in which every animal and object begins with a particular letter of the alphabet. As there was no coherent narrative or central characters, these were developed with the concept of a fantasy world where animals of all kinds intermingled and interacted becoming the central theme.
As the series was to be broadcast internationally, the alphabetical theme central to the book was dropped, as it was based on the English language alphabet and would lose its meaning if the program were dubbed into other languages.
The series is computer-animated, and 40 half-hour episodes were produced by Animalia Productions, based at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland, and Australian visual effects companies Photon VFX, and Iloura Digital Pictures.
Animalia tells the story of two human children, Alex and his friend Zoe, who stumble into the magical library which transports them to the animal-inhabited world of Animalia. Strange events have undermined the Animalian civilization, and Alex and Zoe join forces with their new friends G'Bubu the gorilla and Iggy the iguana to save Animalia from evil and comical villains.
Two series, each consisting of 20 episodes, have been made, and were first broadcast in 11 November 2007 to 7 November 2008, UK in 19 November 2007 to 4 July 2008 and PBS on 5 January 2008 to 23 January 2010.
Alex (Brooke Mikey Anderson) – Alex is a natural artist and is hardly ever seen without a sketchbook and pencil. He keeps a cool level head and is rather enthusiastic with a sense of adventure; he's also athletic and can jump very well. His ability to see forgotten portals that can transport anyone anywhere in Animalia is what makes him special. He is seen to be the only character to have a birthday, as seen in "The Mystery of the Missing Melba". In "Tunnel Vision", he helped a weasel out of the tunnels named the Creeper, but didn't know he was a villain. He and The Creeper are the only characters that can see through tunnels, but in "Taking a Guilt Trip", The Creeper said he couldn't see the portal the kids used to escape from the giant frogs, so this means Alex had developed better Tunnel Vision and his main rival is The Creeper
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