Hero: 108 | |
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Genre |
Adventure Action Comedy |
Created by | Yang-Ming Tarng |
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Directed by |
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Voices of | |
Narrated by | Ian James Corlett |
Theme music composer | John McPhillips |
Composer(s) | John McPhillips |
Country of origin | United Kingdom Taiwan United States Canada |
Original language(s) | English Chinese |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 (whole) 104 (separate) (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) |
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Producer(s) |
Lolee Aries Sanvy Hsieh |
Running time | 22 min (whole) 11 min (separate) |
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Distributor | Cartoon Network Turner Entertainment Networks International Ltd. YTV (Russia) |
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Original network |
Cartoon Network Kabillion |
Original release | March 1, 2010 | – July 9, 2012
Hero: 108 is a British/Taiwanese/Canadian animated television series that was aired on Cartoon Network and the Cartoon Network international cable network, and Kabillion OnDemand channel in the United States that was created by Yang-Ming Tarng. The series was produced by Taffy Entertainment, in association with Gamania, Hong Ying Animation, Telegael Teoranta, and Turner Entertainment Networks International Ltd. It premiered on March 1, 2010.
The show was renewed for another season, which began airing on May 7, 2012, on Cartoon Network (Russia and Southeastern Europe), UK, April 30 on Cartoon Network Too, and on Cartoon Network in the United States on June 4, 2012. The series ended its run on July 9, 2012. No channel in Canada has aired the series.
Many years ago in the Hidden Kingdom, animals and humans lived in perfect harmony until an evil trickster named HighRoller arrived and fooled the animals into thinking humans were their enemies. Chaos reigned in the Hidden Kingdom until Commander ApeTrully formed a task force called Big Green to reunite the animals and humans while fighting the forces of High Roller and the Zebra Brothers.
The storyline in a typical episode follows a formula, although the formula varies and several episodes depart from it: Commander ApeTrully goes on a mission to the castle of an animal kingdom to make peace and ask its inhabitants to join Big Green, bringing a gift of gold as a token of goodwill. The animals generally dismiss the gift, and usually capture ApeTrully who calls for help from First Squad. Members of First Squad (usually everyone except Mr. No Hands, who does come along on occasion) deploy by descending through a maze of tubes and landing on turtles fitted with tank treads, and then are launched through a tunnel and out over the water. When they arrive where ApeTrully is being held, a battle or contest ensues, during which special talents or abilities of the animals are revealed, often something based on their nature. After the battle or contest, the animals usually concede to First Squad's skills saying through translation by ApeTrully (unless the animal rulers can talk) that they would be honored to join Big Green. After joining, the animals often are assigned a particular duty at Big Green based on their demonstrated skills, which may help solve a problem introduced in a subplot.