Monster Beach is an Australian television series created by Bruce Kane, Maurice Argiro (who also created Kitty Is Not a Cat) and Patrick Crawley, which first premiered as a 70 minute TV special on Cartoon Network on 31 October 2014 and was then later commissioned as a full series airing in 2020. Originally produced by the companies Bogan Entertainment Solutions (later Studio Moshi) and Fragrant Gumtree Entertainment (in association with Cartoon Network Asia Pacific), it's the second locally animated production to be commissioned by the channel after Exchange Student Zero.[1] It was released on DVD on 1 June 2016 from Madman Entertainment.
| Monster Beach | |
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 The logo | |
| Genre | Comedy horror |
| Created by |
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| Directed by | Patrick Crawley |
| Voices of | (See Voice cast) |
| Opening theme | "Monster Beach" |
| Ending theme | "Monster Beach" (instrumental) |
| Composer | Raúl Sánchez |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 48 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Silas Hickey Yoshiya Ayugai |
| Producer | Bruce Kane |
| Editor | Ken Hardie |
| Running time | 70 minutes (film) 11 minutes (series) |
| Production companies |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Cartoon Network |
| Release | 11 April – 16 December 2020 |
In 2017, a series was greenlit by Cartoon Network[2] for a 52 episode TV series consisting of 11 minute episodes; a pilot episode based on the televised film itself was announced but never released.[3]
The series started airing on Cartoon Network Australia on 11 April 2020 and won Best Animated TV Programme at the 2020 Content Asia Awards.[4] Monster Beach is animated by Studio Moshi[5] in Australia and Inspidea[6] in Malaysia.
Voice cast
edit- Kazumi Evans – Jan / Murmurmaid 2
- Elishia Perosa – Dean
- Rove McManus – The Mutt, Dr Knutt, Hodad
- Bill Newton – Brainfreeze
- Kelly Sheridan – Widget / Murmurmaid 1
- Brian Dobson – Lost Patrol / Headache
- Nadeen Lightbody – Amphibia
- Patrick Crawley – Mad Madge
- Hiro Kanagawa – Stress Leave
- Stephen Hall – Butterfield
- Brian Drummond – The Tikis
- Garry Chalk – Uncle Woody
Episodes
edit- It Cone From Outer Space
- Knutt Drops In
- Ghoul Vibrations
- Frights Camera Action
- Striking Bad
- Doommates
- I Lava To Surf
- Tiki'D Off
- Next To Dogliness
- Termite Nation
- Gone Wishin
- Swampy Thing
- Lagoon Goons
- High Seas Hi Jinx
- Widget Loses her Head
- Knutty And Nice
- Surf Power
- Treasure Hunters
- Bored Games
- Talk to the Hand
- The Back Nine
- Madge's Broken Mug
- Switch Doctor
- Micro Monsters
- Monster Safari
- Pet Rocked
- Lost and Found Patrol
- Brain Thaw
- Fan Service
- Whale of a Problem
- Euro So Talented
- Butterknutt Squash
- The Murmurrmen Boys
- Boo Plate Special
- You've Been Served
- Devil May Careful
- Monster Wrestling
- Jailhouse Mutt
- Monster Make Over
- Three Monsters and a Tiki
- Doctor BFF
- Monster Nerd Out
- Short on Shorts
- Where Wolf?
- Mayor or Mayor Not
- Rain Damage
- Teddle's Teddy
- Invisible Manny
References
edit- ^ Bean, Alex (9 September 2014). "Cartoon Network Extends International Shorts Program To Philippines – ToonZone News". ToonZone. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Dickson, Jeremy (12 October 2017). "Kidscreen » Archive » Turner Asia Pacific orders Monster Beach TV series". Kidscreen. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Callan, Patrick (18 November 2015). "Kidscreen » Archive » Cartoon Network adds Aussie originals to regional slate". Kidscreen. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Winners 2021". 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Animation Service Production: Monster Beach (Copy)".
- ^ "Monster Beach and swimming with the Southeast Asian animation tide: Catching up with Cartoon Network and Inspidea". 24 April 2020.
External links
edit- Monster Beach at IMDb (TV movie)
- Monster Beach at IMDb (TV series)
- Official website