Jane and the Dragon (TV series)
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| Genre |
Children's television series Fantasy comedy Animation CGI |
| Created by | Martin Baynton |
| Based on |
Jane and the Dragon by Martin Baynton |
| Developed by | Weta Workshop |
| Written by | Martin Baynton Steven Sullivan Michael Stokes Terri Baynton Hugh Duffy Ross Hastings Jeff Schechter Richard Elliott Carolyn Hay Simon Racioppa |
| Directed by | Mike Fallows Theo Baynton |
| Starring |
Tajja Isen Adrian Truss Noah Reid Ben Campbell Mark Rendall Sunday Muse Alex House Aron Tager Will Seatle Bowes |
| Composer(s) | Geoff Bennett Andre Hirz Ben Johannesen |
| Country of origin |
Canada New Zealand |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Martin Baynton Pamela Lehn Patricia R. Burns Eric Flaherty Jocelyn Hamilton Andrew Smith |
| Location(s) | England |
| Editor(s) | Annellie Rose Samuel |
| Running time | Approx. 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Nelvana Weta Productions YTV |
| Distributor | YTV |
| Release | |
| Original network | Canada: YTV Australia: ABC3 Philippines: KidsCo United States: Qubo |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) |
| First shown in | Canada New Zealand |
| Original release | October 15, 2005 – 2006 |
Martin Baynton
Scott Dyer
Michael McNeil
Doug Murphy
Richard Taylor
Jane and the Dragon is a Canadian-New Zealand CGI children's animated television series based on the books of the same name by Martin Baynton. The show is directed by Mike Fallows and motion capture directed by Peter Salmon; it is co-produced by Weta Workshop (as Weta Productions) in New Zealand and Nelvana Limited in Canada. The series follows the comedic exploits of Jane, an adolescent girl training to be a knight, and her friend, Dragon, a talking, flying, 300-year-old, fire-breathing dragon.
The program originally aired on YTV in Canada and on ABC in Australia. Since September 9, 2006, it has also been running as part of the Qubo lineup, and can be seen on Five in the UK. In American broadcasts, it bears the E/I bug. Episodes are available as part of the "Kids Suite" sold via Bell/Rogers in Canada, and are broadcast Tuesdays on Disney Junior on Disney Channel. It is also now available to watch on Treehouse TV.
Jane and the Dragon was one of the first animated TV shows to be presented in HD.
Jane is an adolescent girl who lives in the 8th century in Kippernia Castle in a small fictional kingdom called Kippernium located in southern England.
According to the backstory explained in the opening theme song, Jane was being trained to become a lady-in-waiting, but had always dreamed of becoming a knight. When the prince is kidnapped by a dragon, Jane sets out to slay the beast. When Jane brings the prince back, the king makes her a knight apprentice. Jane and the dragon end up becoming best friends. Further details of this early adventure are never explained in the series. They are, however, explained in detail in the book Jane and the Dragon by Martin Baynton.
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