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MetaJets
Canadian teaser poster
Genre
Created by
Directed by
  • Paul Hunt
  • Yong-Ho Kim
Voices of
Composers
  • Brian Pickett
  • Graeme Cornies
  • James Chapple
  • David Kelly
Countries of originSouth Korea
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producers
  • Michael Hirsh
  • Toper Taylor
  • Pamela Slavin
  • Han-Young Kang
  • Moon-Ju Kang
Producers
  • Ria Westaway
  • Han-Kyu Lee
  • Jane Crawford
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesCookie Jar Entertainment
Sunwoo Entertainment
Original release
NetworkTeletoon
ReleaseOctober 3, 2010 (2010-10-03)[1] –
July 3, 2011 (2011-07-03)[1]

MetaJets is a South Korean-Canadian animated television series produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment and Sunwoo Entertainment.

Production

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Conceived by Peter M. Lenkov, Cookie Jar Entertainment received a development deal from Teletoon in 2006 to create a new series under the name Jet Force.[2] The show was also known as Mach Force before being unveiled under its final title at MIPCOM 2008.[3][4] MetaJets was produced by Cookie Jar in Canada and Sunwoo Entertainment in South Korea over a two year period. A Japanese partner was initially onboard, but left the project due to disagreements.[5]

The 40-episode series had a production budget of ₩6.4 billion, with the city of Seoul investing in the project.[6] Cookie Jar provided the script and audio work, while Sunwoo handled all aspects of the animation.[7] Lenkov helped create the initial concept and structure of the series, while a team of roughly ten writers wrote the scripts.[8] The series mixed traditional animation with elements of computer animation. Sunwoo initially estimated the show would need 300 shots per episode with roughly 80-100 requiring CG animation. After a storyboarded version of the first episode came back with over 200 shots requiring CG assets, Sunwoo decided to animate lesser seen mecha in 2D for budgetary and scheduling reasons.[5]

The Korean version of the show features "Fly Away" by Kim Kyung-ho as its opening theme song. The credits song is "In Search of Freedom" by Hyoyeon Kim.[9] The English version features music by Voodoo Highway.

Broadcast

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MetaJets first aired on KBS1 in South Korea between January 31 and November 7, 2009.[9][10] It would also run on Daekyo Kids TV and Tooniverse.[11][12] In English-speaking Canada, the series premiered between October 3, 2010 and July 3, 2011 on Teletoon, with reruns also on sister channel Cartoon Network.[1][13] The show debuted in French-speaking Canada on Télétoon between November 7, 2010 and August 21, 2011.[1]

In the United States, MetaJets premiered on Cartoon Network on July 4, 2010 with a ten episode marathon before being stripped daily at 6AM until the show's conclusion on August 13, 2010.[14] This was reported to be the first time a predominantly Korean animated series aired on the channel.[15] Reruns would later be broadcast on This TV's Cookie Jar Toons block.[16] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the series aired on Kix!.[17] In South Africa, it ran on eToonz+.[18] MetaJets premiered across Disney Channel Asia on June 28, 2009.[12] Elsewhere, it premiered on TF1 on October 7, 2009 in France,[19][20] Studio 23 on July 13, 2010 in the Philippines,[21] and in 2011 it was shown on Clan in Spain.[22]

The entire series was made available to watch on Netflix in the United States and other select territories from December 2010.[23] In Canada it was offered from 2017–2018 via Kids Suite from Bell Satellite TV.

Characters

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Major characters:[24]

Metajets

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  • Johnny Miller (강한결): Joined ARC tournament when George Strong invited him to be an ARC racer. During an unsanctioned race between Trey and Johnny at ground level slum, the match was interrupted by a Metajets summon. Johnny followed Trey's path into ARC-1 and discovered Trey, Maggie, Zak and George's Metajets connection. During Johnny's presence in ARC-1, An attack against ARC-1 was launched by General Raven. Johnny decided to leave ARC-1 and enter the battle. When Viper fired 2 missiles at Burner's jet, Johnny used his jet to take the hit for Burner. Following the battle, George recruited Johnny as Metajets agent.
Code Name : Ace (에이스)
15
Voice actor: Jamie Haydon-Devlin
  • Trey Jordan (트레이): A Metajets agent and a champion ARC racer at the last season.
Code Name: Burner (버너)
16
Voice Actor: Mpho Koaho
  • Maggie Strong (매기): An ARC racer, and George Strong's daughter.
Code Name: Foxtrot (폭스트롯)
15
Voice Actress: Katie Griffin
  • Zachary Kim/Zak (잭): A top-10 ARC racer at the last season.
Code Name: Vector (벡터)
14
Voice Actor: Scott McCord
  • Captain Strong (캡틴 스트롱)/George Strong: Commissioner of the ARC and Metajets leader.
41
Voice Actor: Ivan Sherry
  • Major/First Officer: A Metajets officer at ARC-1.
  • Technician: A Metajets officer at ARC-1.
  • Jack Miller: Johnny Miller's father. Following the previous Black Clouds war 9 years ago, Jack Miller has gone missing afterwards.
Code Name: Ice Storm

Black Cloud

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  • General Raven (레이븐 장군): Originally a top ARC racer, he received a lifetime ban from racing after sabotaging a competitor near a fatal crash. As a Black Cloud leader, he attempts to take revenge against Captain Strong and the ARC. After failing to convince Fly-Girl and Crusher to manually detonate bombs at Soaring Heights following a delay on bomb timer set by Zak, Raven was persuaded by Viper to fight against Metajets at the front line. In a Soaring Height ground duel against Ace, Ace fired at an undetonated missile behind Raven, triggering an explosion that freezes Raven. Following the final ARC race of the season, the frozen Raven was seen in a jar maintained by Dr. Lucas.
Voice Actor: Steve Cumyn
  • Fly Girl/Fly-Girl (플라이걸): A Black Cloud fighter jet pilot.
Voice Actress: Athena Karkanis
  • Crusher (크러셔): A Black Cloud fighter jet pilot.
Voice Actor: David Berni
  • Viper (바이퍼): A Black Cloud fighter jet pilot.
Voice Actor: Jonathan Koensgen
  • BC Tech: An officer at Black Cloud Airship.

Aerial Racing Circuit (ARC)

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  • Announcer/Race Announcer: An announcer of ARC races.
Voice Actor: Ron Pardo

World Council

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  • World Council President: The head of the World Council. He has the authority to lock down Metajets weapon system remotely.

Others

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  • Tory
  • Saul
  • Kai
  • Deb
  • Doug Fontaine
  • The Scarlet Circle
  • The Red Baroness
  • Tooler
  • other men
  • The AI
  • Griffen Hawksmore
  • Strong
  • Dr. Lucas

Vehicles

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Metajets

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  • Ace's Metajet: Originally belong to Johnny's father, George assigned the jet to Johnny when Johnny became a Metajets agent. It includes a liquid nitrogen-based weapon system.
  • Burner's Metajet: A jet with powerful laser cannons and afterburners.
  • Foxtrot's Metajet: A jet armed with solar rockets.
  • Vector's Metajet: A jet equipped with a sonic weapon.
  • ARC-1: A flagship for the ARC that houses the race pilots and their jets, while secretly acting as the home base for Metajets.

Black Cloud

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  • Black Cloud Airship/Raven's Nest: A Black Cloud flagship.
  • Crusher's Jet: A jet with wing-mounted buzzsaws.
  • Flygirl's Jet: A jet armed with rapid-fire timed explosive darts.
  • Viper's Jet: A jet with powerful homing missiles.
  • Raven's Jet: General Raven's personal jet, not much is known about its capabilities as he only uses it twice in the series.
  • Black Cloud Drone Jets: A massive swarm of drones that make up the bulk of Black Cloud's fleet.

Merchandise

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Sunwoo Entertainment designed the series with the intention of it being a Multi Source, Multi Use property.[7] The company released a limited amount of toys in South Korea. Mattel was attached to distribute a toyline internationally, but none would make it to market.[25]

Cookie Jar released a free downloadable game for Mac and Windows personal computers called MetaJets: Extreme Turbulence. Developed by Helios Interactive in conjunction with Reach Games, the title debuted in beta in early 2009 before officially launching in January 2010.[26][27]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (FTP). 2016-03-02.[dead ftp link] (To view documents see Help:FTP) Alt URL
  2. ↑ "TELETOON Announces 9 New Development Deals". Channel Canada. July 24, 2006. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2026.
  3. ↑ "CFTPA Animation Signatory Producers 2003-2005". Writers Guild of Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  4. ↑ Ball, Ryan (September 30, 2008). "Cookie Jar Debuts Metajets, Noonbory, Santa at MIPCOM". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  5. 1 2 정미래 (February 9, 2009). "'만화영화'에 국경은 없다". iMBC (in Korean). Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  6. ↑ "서울시, 디지털콘텐츠 1000억 펀드 조성". 데일리경제 (in Korean). March 30, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  7. 1 2 "40부작 TV 애니메이션 시리즈 '메타제트' 이륙… 2009년 상반기 캐나다 및 국내 방송 예정" (Press release) (in Korean). Seoul: Sunwoo Entertainment. Korea Newswire. October 22, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  8. ↑ "'CSI' 작가 참여한 한국-캐나다 합작 애니". KBS News (in Korean). KBS. January 28, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2026.
  9. 1 2 "항공 액션 애니메이션 '메타제트', 31일부터 KBS 1TV로 방영" (Press release) (in Korean). Seoul: Sunwoo Entertainment. Korea Newswire. January 29, 2009. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  10. ↑ "메타제트" (in Korean). KBS. Archived from the original on December 19, 2009. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  11. ↑ 권경희 (May 13, 2009). "대교어린이TV, 애니 '빠삐에 친구'등 4편". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Daum.
  12. 1 2 "'메타제트' 글로벌 시장을 향한 2차 출격… 28일부터 디즈니 채널 방영" (Press release) (in Korean). Seoul: Sunwoo Entertainment. Korea Newswire. June 24, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  13. ↑ "MetaJets - TV Shows - Free Games and Full Episodes from the Show - Cartoon Network (Canada)". Cartoon Network. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Cookie Jar's Metajets To Debut On Cartoon Network On July 4th" (Press release). Burbank, California: Cookie Jar Entertainment. June 28, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2026 – via Animation World Network.
  15. ↑ "Korean animation "Metajets" makes its U.S. debut". Seoul Metropolitan Government. July 16, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  16. ↑ "This TV's official series page for Metajets - Released Jan 1, 2008". This TV. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Kix". Kix!. Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  18. ↑ @etoonzSA (July 18, 2014). "Don't miss the Metajets up next at 9:30AM on eToonz+ channel 200 only on @OpenViewHD" (Tweet). Retrieved August 30, 2026 – via Twitter.
  19. ↑ "Programmes Chaînes TNT Septembre / Octobre 2009 (MAJ 27/10/2009)". Mata Web (in French). August 24, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Dominique Poussier, Directrice des Programmes Jeunesse de TF1". Media+ (in French). December 20, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Get it here on Studio 23!". Studio 23. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Los héroes 'Metajets' se instalan en Clan" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  23. ↑ "Netflix dips into Cookie Jar". C21 Media. December 13, 2010. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  24. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2016-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  25. ↑ Castleman, Lana (September 1, 2008). "Cookie Jar filling up and cutting back on overlap". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved August 30, 2026.
  26. ↑ "Metajets Game Overview". Metajets.com. Cookie Jar Group. Archived from the original on January 30, 2010. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  27. ↑ "Helios Interactive Announces Release of Metajets: Extreme Turbulence" (Press release). Winter Park, Florida: Helios Interactive. March 4, 2010. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Blue's News.
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