The New Adventures of Nanoboy

The New Adventures of Nanoboy
GenreAnimation
Written byJoshua Chiang
Leslie Tan
Tan Zie Chiang
Leonard Mah
Jeffrey Lawrence,
Wayne Santos
Aaron Chen
Directed byJennifer Lew
Seng Choon Meng
Zaki Ragman
Serene d'Cotta
Pui Mei Chan
Keh Choon Wee
David Low Da Wei
Voices ofJoe Murray
Hillary Blazer-Doyle
Chio Su-Ping
Mark R. Kaufmann
Christina Sergeant
Country of originSingapore
Hong Kong
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producersToper Taylor
Steven Ching
Seng Choon Meng
Wong Chi Kong
ProducerKoo Yuan Peng
Running time22 minutes (2 11-minute segments)
Production companiesScrawl Studios
Cookie Jar Entertainment
AGOGO Media
Original release
Release19 December 2008 (2008-12-19) –
13 April 2013 (2013-04-13)

The New Adventures of Nanoboy is an animated series produced by Scrawl Studios Pte. Ltd in Singapore, Media Development Authority of Singapore now Infocomm Media Development Authority, and Agogo Entertainment Limited in Hong Kong and distributed by Cookie Jar Entertainment (now owned by WildBrain).

The series follows the adventures of a 9-year-old boy named Oscar, who has faced some issues in his life. By dealing with these issues, he shrinks down to a microscopic superhero as Nanoboy and he'll stop at nothing to save the Microcosmos from the microbe villains.

Characters

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Nanosquad

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  • Oscar/Nanoboy - Voiced by Joe Murray.[1] The main hero/character of the series as he is the Team Leader of the Nanosquad. He has the ability to fly and he also has super strength attacks.
  • Issac Neuron - Voiced by Hillary Blazer-Doyle. The field scientist of the Nanosquad.
  • Corona Jane (CJ) - Voiced by Christina Sergeant. A reformed flu virus in a shapechanging bodysuit. She can shape shift into almost anything.

Allies

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  • Tim is Oscar's best friend. He can depend on Oscar in an easygoing way.
  • Prof. David Stein is a professor who is researching the Microcosmos. He is Oscar's father.
  • Dora is Oscar's mother.
  • Vicky is a bossy girl in school. She can prove that she is way better than Oscar.
  • Chuck is Oscar's cousin who likes to mess things up. Eventually Oscar apologizes though he is busy but they still play together.
  • Commander Flag is a commander who provides mission objectives to the Nanosquad.
  • Diva Farangitis is a Diva of the Microcosmos.
  • Colonel Skeeter also called Colonel Perry whom he also helps the Nanosquad on a mission to rescue Commander Flag.

Villains

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  • Czar Zar is a villain of the Microcosmos.
  • Careena Payne is the evil sidekick to Czar Zar. She is Corona Jane's evil sister.
  • Ferro is the Pharaoh like person who is the Magnetic Microbe Menace.
  • Mito is a mad scientist of the Microcosmos. She wants her voice to be like Farangitis.
  • Count Bacula is a vampire of Ransylvania.
  • Lacto is a villain of the Microcosmos.
  • Billy the Spit is the old west germ rides into town with his quick shot saliva.
  • Tony Verrero is an evil Groovester in Groovy Attraction.

Episodes

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No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1a"Attack of the Sparkling Bling Bling"UnknownUnknown19 December 2008 (2008-12-19)[2]
1b"Magnetic Microbe Men"UnknownUnknown19 December 2008 (2008-12-19)[2]
2a"The Mitomorphasis"UnknownUnknown19 December 2008 (2008-12-19)[2]
2b"Worms"UnknownUnknown19 December 2008 (2008-12-19)[2]
3a"Nanoboy's Biggest Fan"UnknownUnknown21 December 2008 (2008-12-21)[2]
3b"Nano Elders"UnknownUnknown21 December 2008 (2008-12-21)[2]
4a"Smartybot"UnknownUnknown21 December 2008 (2008-12-21)[2]
4b"Bogzilla"UnknownUnknown21 December 2008 (2008-12-21)[2]
5a"The Fabulous Ferro Show"UnknownUnknown27 December 2008 (2008-12-27)[2]
5b"Enter Skeeter"UnknownUnknown27 December 2008 (2008-12-27)[2]
6a"Bite Night"UnknownUnknown27 December 2008 (2008-12-27)[2]
6b"Sedation Island"UnknownUnknown27 December 2008 (2008-12-27)[2]
7a"Finding Neurons"UnknownUnknown28 December 2008 (2008-12-28)[2]
7b"Green House Rock"UnknownUnknown28 December 2008 (2008-12-28)[2]
8a"Day of Germinator"UnknownUnknown28 December 2008 (2008-12-28)[2]
8b"Groovy Attraction"UnknownUnknown28 December 2008 (2008-12-28)[2]
9a"The Good, the Bad and the Spit"UnknownUnknown3 January 2009 (2009-01-03)[2]
9b"Rise of the Living Dead Cells"UnknownUnknown3 January 2009 (2009-01-03)[2]
10a"Hail to the King"UnknownUnknown3 January 2009 (2009-01-03)[2]
10b"Sound of Trouble"UnknownUnknown3 January 2009 (2009-01-03)[2]
11a"Bog's Bogus Buddy"UnknownUnknown4 January 2009 (2009-01-04)[2]
11b"Hola!"UnknownUnknown4 January 2009 (2009-01-04)[2]
12a"Czar Zar's New Clothes"UnknownUnknown4 January 2009 (2009-01-04)[2]
12b"Return of the Germinator"UnknownUnknown4 January 2009 (2009-01-04)[2]
13a"Lost in Cyberspace"UnknownUnknown10 March 2009 (2009-03-10)
13b"Bog to The Future"UnknownUnknown10 March 2009 (2009-03-10)
14"The Compound Pt.2"UnknownUnknown17 March 2009 (2009-03-17)
15a"Cave Fear"UnknownUnknown13 March 2010 (2010-03-13)[2]
15b"Sound Off"UnknownUnknown13 March 2010 (2010-03-13)[2]
16a"Me, Myself and Isaac"UnknownUnknown17 March 2010 (2010-03-17)[2]
16b"Cloud 9"UnknownUnknown17 March 2010 (2010-03-17)[2]
17a"Smarty Bot Returns"UnknownUnknown25 March 2010 (2010-03-25)[2]
17b"Chain Reaction"UnknownUnknown25 March 2010 (2010-03-25)[2]
18a"Tale of Two Elasticities"UnknownUnknown7 April 2010 (2010-04-07)[2]
18b"X-Static"UnknownUnknown7 April 2010 (2010-04-07)[2]
19a"Coral Grief"UnknownUnknown10 April 2010 (2010-04-10)[3]
19b"Bride of Nanostein"UnknownUnknown10 April 2010 (2010-04-10)[3]
20a"Garbage In, Garbage Out"UnknownUnknown17 April 2010 (2010-04-17)[2]
20b"Appearances"UnknownUnknown17 April 2010 (2010-04-17)[2]
21a"Bend It Like Czar"UnknownUnknown6 August 2010 (2010-08-06)[3]
21b"Finding Memo"UnknownUnknown6 August 2010 (2010-08-06)[3]
22a"28 Hours Later"UnknownUnknown11 August 2010 (2010-08-11)[2]
22b"Inner Cheese"UnknownUnknown11 August 2010 (2010-08-11)[2]
23a"I Am Sheeba Hear Me Roar"UnknownUnknown14 August 2010 (2010-08-14)[2]
23b"Smell You Later"UnknownUnknown14 August 2010 (2010-08-14)[2]
24a"Sticky it to The Man"UnknownUnknown4 September 2010 (2010-09-04)[2]
24b"Super Sidekick"UnknownUnknown4 September 2010 (2010-09-04)
25a"Three Is a Crowd"UnknownUnknown20 April 2013 (2013-04-20)
25b"Scab"UnknownUnknown20 April 2013 (2013-04-20)
26a"Phun to the Sun"UnknownUnknown13 April 2013 (2013-04-13)
26b"Poached"UnknownUnknown13 April 2013 (2013-04-13)

Broadcast

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In the United States the series aired on Starz Kids & Family from 2008–10 and on Vortexx in 2013. In Israel, the series aired on Arutz HaYeladim. In the United Kingdom, Pop aired the series between 2008–11. In Asia-Pacific, the series aired on Cartoon Network in 2011.[4] Tubi only picked up the first half of the series. In South Africa the series aired on SABC 1 from 2008 - 2013.

DVD and VOD releases

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  • On 27 July 2010, First ten episodes of Nanoboy was released on DVD by Mill Creek Entertainment in the US which includes a bonus episode of World of Quest.[5]
  • On 2 September 2016, The complete series is available for streaming on Amazon Video.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Joe Murray | Actor". IMDb.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am "The New Adventures of Nanoboy – Episode Guide". MSN. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d Google Cache – MSN.TV[dead link]
  4. ^ Waller, Ed (31 March 2011). "Turner agrees Singapore toon pact". C21 Media. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Lots of Fun & Entertaining DVD Releases for Children". She Scribes!. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  6. ^ Bishop, Bryan (27 August 2016). "Everything coming to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and HBO Now in September 2016". The Verge. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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