Reboot
| ReBoot | |
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| Genre |
Science Fiction Action-Adventure |
| Created by | Gavin Blair Ian Pearson Phil Mitchell John Grace |
| Directed by | Dick Zondag Steve Ball George Samilski |
| Voices of |
Sharon Alexander Kathleen Barr Michael Benyaer Paul Dobson Tony Jay |
| Composer(s) | Bob Buckley |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 48 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Jay Firestone Stephane Reichel Steve Barron |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Mainframe Entertainment Alliance Communications Alliance Atlantis BLT Productions Reboot Productions Zondag Entertainment Claster Television Limelight Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network |
YTV ABC (1994–1996) Syndicated (1996–1997) Nickelodeon (1998–1999) Cartoon Network (1999–2001) ITV Distributed by Meridian Broadcasting (UK) (1995–1998) |
| Picture format | NTSC Video (printed film) |
| Original release | September 10, 1994 – November 30, 2001 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
ReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure television series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Communications and BLT Productions. The animated series was created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell, and John Grace, with the visuals designed by Brendan McCarthy after an initial attempt by Ian Gibson.
It was the first half-hour, completely computer-animated TV series.
The series follows the adventures of a Guardian named Bob and his companions Enzo and Dot Matrix as they work to keep the computer system of Mainframe safe from the viruses known as Megabyte and Hexadecimal.
A sequel series, ReBoot: The Guardian Code, was in production as of 2015.
ReBoot initially was conceived in 1980 by the British creative collective The Hub, made up of John Grace, Ian Pearson, Gavin Blair, and Phil Mitchell. The latter two moved to Vancouver to develop the series there. Pearson and Blair by this time had created some of the first widely seen CGI characters, in the Dire Straits music video "Money for Nothing". However, technology was not yet advanced enough to make the show in the desired way. 3D animation tests began in earnest in 1990 and ReBoot had achieved its detailed look by 1991. Production continued on future episodes and the show aired in 1994 after enough episodes had been produced. This was a painstaking process, as no other company had at this time worked on a 3D animation project of this scale and the software used was new to all in the company.
The setting is in the inner world of a computer system known by its inhabitants as Mainframe. It was deliberately chosen due to technological constraints at the time, as the fictional computer world allowed for blocky looking models and mechanical animation.
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