| Lana Longbeard | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure-comedy |
| Created by | Tony Mitchell and Andrew Power |
| Developed by | Baljeet Rai |
| Written by | Baljeet Rai and Alice Prodanou |
| Directed by | Franz Kirchner |
| Voices of |
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| Composers | Marc Tomasi and Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 37 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Paul Rigg |
| Producer | Janice Evans |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production companies | Zephyr Studios and Copernicus Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | 20 December 2024 – present |
Lana Longbeard is an animated adventure-comedy television series by Tony Mitchell and Andrew Power.[1] Zephyr Studios and Copernicus Studios produce the series. Show developer Baljeet Rai co-wrote the series with Alice Prodanou, and Franz Kirchner served as director.[2] It began airing on CBC Gem on December 20, 2024[3] and the Family Channel on January 12, 2025.[4]
Plot
[edit]The story follows a 12-year-old girl named Lana Longbeard who sails the Ten Realms with her captain father and unique crew, pursuing her dream of becoming a great adventurer. But Lana must conquer some challenging obstacles: impulsivity, stubbornness, relentless curiosity, disdain for rules, and a love of pancakes.[2][5]
Characters
[edit]- Lana Longbeard (voiced by Liana Bdéwi[6][7]) - A punky 12-year-old girl and adventurer who travels across the world with her dad on the Mighty Windbreaker.
- Helmet Hugo (voiced by Dave McRae[7]- When the crew faces a tough opponent, they launch Hugo—literally! A human cannonball with a helmet and a mysterious past, he’s their secret weapon.
- Greta (voiced by Tamara Freeman) A barbarian with the soul of an artist, Greta does all the repairs and maintenance on the ship.
- Dr. Chopov (voiced by Jordan Stanley[7]) - A purple cyclops who is part of the crew of the Mighty Windbreaker.
- Andar (voiced by Cameron MacLeod[8]) - The captain of the Mighty Windbreaker and father of Lana.
- Durango (voiced by Marybelle Sagard[9]) - A crew member of the Mighty Windbreaker who loves quests and seeking thrills.
- Boreas (voiced by Cody Alexander[10]) - A crew member of the Mighty Windbreaker
- Nana Lovejoy (voiced by Amanda Huxtable[11]) - A crew member of the Mighty Windbreaker
- Baron Buckethead (voiced by Mark La Pointe) - A crew member of the Mighty Windbreaker
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 37 | December 20, 2024 | TBA | |
Season 1 (2024–present)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title [12] | Written and storyboarded by | Story by | Original release date [12] | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Quest for Your Life" | Unknown | TBA | December 20, 2024 | TBA |
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Lana begins her hero's journey on her 12th birthday. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Fruits of Terror" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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Bo and Lana explore a jungle together and find a plant which happens to talk. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Oh Fishsticks!" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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Lana is given an ultimatum: complete a quest in one-days time, or be booted from the guild of adventurers. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Recipe for Disaster" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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In order to escape a deadly whirlpool, Lana is forced to fix her friendship and bake a cake. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "It Always Comes Back" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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Although Andar and Lana have similarities, they also have weapons each suited to them, whether a boomerang or hammer. They work through these differences together. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Beard of Evil" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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Lana deals with a possessed, haunted, and evil, pirate beard, on her face. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Grifters Adrift" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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Before their ship is inspected, Lana and Bo accidentally cause damage to the ship, leading to problems. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Zingalinger" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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In order to become more "cool," Lana asks her friend, Chopov, to tell her the right way to "roast" people. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Flap Shack Attack" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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The crew is pushed into a dangerous situation after Lana gets obsessed with her toy collection. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Don't Lose Your Head" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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After their sailing ship gets a figurehead which has a curse, Lana has problems completing the quest. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Four Wrongs Make a Right" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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Hoping to get her friend Andar out of a bad funk, Lana begins a quest she made up. In the process, she accidentally summons evil spirits. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "The Sea-Grass is Always Greener" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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Lana accidentally switches bodies with her arch-nemesis, Horatius, when her magic wish causes the incorrect result. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Can of Worm" | Unknown | TBA | January 3, 2025 | TBA |
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Lana leads the crew to a lost island. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Legend of Andar" | Unknown | TBA | January 10, 2025 | TBA |
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Andar is claimed to defeat a monster, turning him into a legend, but Lana learns the real story. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "It Takes Two to Durango Tango" | Unknown | TBA | January 17, 2025 | TBA |
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Lana comes across the being she considers her hero: Durango. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Don't Rock the Dinghy" | Unknown | TBA | January 24, 2025 | TBA |
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In an attempt to move up the leaderboard, Bo and Lena take on a quest which ends up being more dangerous than they anticipated. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Battle of the Blargs" | Unknown | TBA | January 31, 2025 | TBA |
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Lana learns that her animal companion, Sprog, has parts about them which are filled with danger and mystery. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "A Wrinkle in Crime" | Unknown | TBA | February 7, 2025 | TBA |
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An old lady is helped by Lana, which gets her into a sticky situation. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Bash From the Past" | Unknown | TBA | February 14, 2025 | TBA |
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It's revealed that Greta once was part of a rock band. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Father Knows Quest" | Unknown | TBA | February 21, 2025 | TBA |
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Lana decides to become the daughter of Sorlak for "a day" since detests the rules that Andar lays out for her. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Dressed to Quest" | Unknown | TBA | February 28, 2025 | TBA |
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In an act of resistance against Captain Andar, she dyes her hair a different color (blue) and decides to lead the crew. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Going Bozork" | Unknown | TBA | March 7, 2025 | TBA |
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Bo has to become a heroic orc so the crew can be saved. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Five Star Fury" | Unknown | TBA | March 14, 2025 | TBA |
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Lana decides to show off to a journalist by fixing up the Mighty Windbreaker. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Prophecy of Doom" | Unknown | TBA | March 21, 2025 | TBA |
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Lana is said to bring terrible circumstances to those she loves by an oracle. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Catch That Flying Fish" | Unknown | TBA | March 28, 2025 | TBA |
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The crew works to stop a messenger, in the form of a flying fish, so that the Admiral doesn't receive a message. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "Undercover Captain" | Unknown | TBA | April 4, 2025 | TBA |
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After Captain Andor gets a negative review on his performance, Lana attempts to help him. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "Going Overboard" | Unknown | TBA | April 11, 2025 | TBA |
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The dangers of having Dr. Chopov as a guardian are revealed to Lana. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "Tale of the Wolf Mom" | Unknown | TBA | April 18, 2025 | TBA |
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Lana begins adventuring with her mom, a shapeshifting wolf named Ostana. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "Dice of Destiny" | Unknown | TBA | April 25, 2025 | TBA |
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Lana plays a game, even though its unclear if she can be successful. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "A Hardwired Holiday" | Unknown | TBA | May 2, 2025 | TBA |
| 31 | 31 | "Escape from Escape Island" | Unknown | TBA | May 9, 2025 | TBA |
| 32 | 32 | "Lana the Something Super Great and Totally Awesome" | Unknown | TBA | July 4, 2025 | TBA |
| 33 | 33 | "Baron Buckethead" | Unknown | TBA | July 11, 2025 | TBA |
| 34 | 34 | "Fan Friction" | Unknown | TBA | July 18, 2025 | TBA |
| 35 | 35 | "War and Pizza" | Unknown | TBA | July 25, 2025 | TBA |
| 36 | 36 | "Bo Diggity" | TBA | TBA | August 1, 2025 | TBA |
| 37 | 37 | "Throw a Beard a Bone" | TBA | TBA | August 8, 2025 | TBA |
Production and release
[edit]In February 2014, Tony Mitchell began working on the series, as he noted in a social media post.[13] It was later reported that he, along with Andrew Power and Dylan Edward, originally created the series, with all of them working at Copernicus Studios at the time.[14]
In June 2021, it was announced that Zephyr Animation, the APC Kids production arm and part of APC Studios, had secured a co-development deal with Super RTL in Germany, with both companies said to co-develop the series, which was said to be aimed at kids age six to nine. At the time, Jessica Borutski was directing the series, while David Sauerwein and Paul Rigg, of Zephyr Animation and Copernicus Studios, were executive producing it.[15] However, it was later stated that the show would be directed by Franz Kirchner and developed by Baljeet Rai.[2]
In September 2022, Animation Magazine reported that Zephyr Animation was completing the financing for the series, their first 2d animated series, in a co-production with Copernicus Studios, that production would begin before 2022 had ended, and that initial broadcast deals were being finalized.[16] Previously, it had been stated that the series would begin production in 2021.[17] Later, at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, in June 2023, APC Kids stated that production had recently begun.[18]
In June 2023, it was announced that Zephyr Animation had secured its first pre-sales for the series by Warner Bros. Discovery in EMEA, Super RTL in Europe, Gulli in France, and CBC in Canada, while APC Kids continued to hold "worldwide distribution rights" for the series.[1] Paul Rigg was also described as a series executive producer at the time.[19]
In April 2024, the series was noted as benefiting from the CMF-Shaw Rocket Fund, which supported animated series.[20] The series received funding from the Shaw Rocket Fund in 2021.[21] In October 2024, the TV Kids 2024/2025 Guide was released by World Screen, in which APC Kids Managing Director Lionel Marty said they were "excited to launch" the series at MIPCOM and MIPJunior.[22] It was also stated that the series would have 52 episodes, each of which is 11 minutes long.[23][24]
Originally the series was scheduled to be released in 2023,[14] but that did not happen. The series began airing on CBC Gem on December 20, 2024[3] and the Family Channel on January 12, 2025.[4] The series is also streaming on CBC Kids' YouTube Channel.[25] The series is also scheduled to air on RTL Super, Gulli, and an unnamed platform owned by Warner Bros. Discovery,[2] on a date that has not been announced, sometime in the second financial quarter of 2025.[26]
The series received a companion PC video game entitled Lana Longbeard and the Golden Stacks, with a demo phase beginning at the end of January 2025.[26]
References
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- ^ a b Bell, Kaelen (November 28, 2024). "Here's What's Coming to CBC Gem in December 2024". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on January 31, 2025. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
- ^ a b "Lana Longbeard". Family Channel. Archived from the original on January 27, 2025. Retrieved January 31, 2025. ALT LINK
- ^ Hernandez, Andrea; Tuchow, Ryan (June 16, 2023). "Deals of the Week: Epic Story Media, Zephyr, Superights". Kidscreen. Archived from the original on June 20, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
- ^ Bdewi, Liana [@lianabdewi]; (December 20, 2024). "My heart is so full right now!! Voicing Lana has truly been a dream come true🥹Thank you and massive congratulations to @copernicusstudios and to the star studded cast! 🤩🤩 @clammacleod @sircheery @jordanstanleyyyy @prince.demon.slayer @davemcrae79 Deb Munroe and Tamara Freeman! And big love to the @tadavoiceworks team 🥹 Check out the trailer above and watch the teaser episode right now on the CBC kids YouTube channel and the @cbcgem app! 💕🌊🐟QUEST. FOR. YOUR. LIFEEEE⚔️⚓️💕#lanalongbeard #lanalongbeardadventures #viking #animationart". Archived from the original on April 30, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025 – via Instagram.
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- ^ MacLeod, Cameron [@clammacleod]; (January 14, 2025). "Put on your cake flinging pants! The first 13 episodes of Lana Longbeard are streaming now on @cbcgem in Canada and FamilyTV on Prime in the US 🎂 I've been watching it with Charlie and she loves it. We now play Lana Longbeard and go on adventures at home. Our #1 quest is brushing her teeth which is a huge win for me. #lanalongbeard #cartoon #cbckids #cbcgem". Archived from the original on April 30, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025 – via Instagram.
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- ^ Mitchell, Tony [@tony.mitchell.art]; (February 4, 2024). "Hey everyone! I'm extremely excited to share Lana Longbeard with you all. It's an animated series that I've been working on for the past 10 years. With the help of lots of talented people that I now call friends, my dream of being an animated series creator finally came true. Now I can finally share this with you all! Stay tuned for more art and info to come". Retrieved October 4, 2024 – via Instagram.
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All our partners are very happy, and production is running smoothly, on schedule. We'll deliver 26 episodes in January 2025, and another 26 in July
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