Monster Beach

Directed byPatrick CrawleyVoices of(See Voice cast)Opening theme"Monster Beach"Ending theme"Monster Beach" (instrumental)ComposerRaúl SánchezCountry of originAustraliaOriginal languageEnglishNo. of episodes48ProductionExecutive producersSilas Hickey
Yoshiya AyugaiProducersEditorKen HardieRunning time70 minutes (film)
11 minutes (series)Production companiesOriginal releaseNetworkCartoon NetworkRelease11 April (2020-04-11) –
16 December 2020 (2020-12-16)

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.

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

• 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

1. It Cone From Outer Space
2. Knutt Drops In
3. Ghoul Vibrations
4. Frights Camera Action
5. Striking Bad
6. Doommates
7. I Lava To Surf
8. Tiki'D Off
9. Next To Dogliness
10. Termite Nation
11. Gone Wishin
12. Swampy Thing
13. Lagoon Goons
14. High Seas Hi Jinx
15. Widget Loses her Head
16. Knutty And Nice
17. Surf Power
18. Treasure Hunters
19. Bored Games
20. Talk to the Hand
21. The Back Nine
22. Madge's Broken Mug
23. Switch Doctor
24. Micro Monsters
25. Monster Safari
26. Pet Rocked
27. Lost and Found Patrol
28. Brain Thaw
29. Fan Service
30. Whale of a Problem
31. Euro So Talented
32. Butterknutt Squash
33. The Murmurrmen Boys
34. Boo Plate Special
35. You've Been Served
36. Devil May Careful
37. Monster Wrestling
38. Jailhouse Mutt
39. Monster Make Over
40. Three Monsters and a Tiki
41. Doctor BFF
42. Monster Nerd Out
43. Short on Shorts
44. Where Wolf?
45. Mayor or Mayor Not
46. Rain Damage
47. Teddle's Teddy
48. Invisible Manny

References

External links

• Monster Beach at IMDb (TV movie)
• Monster Beach at IMDb (TV series)
• Official website