Dino Dana

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Dino Dana
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Genre Television series
Created by J. J. Johnson
Starring
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes52
Production
Production locations Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production company Sinking Ship Entertainment
Original release
Network TVOKids
ReleaseMay 24, 2017 (2017-05-24) –
April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16)

Dino Dana is a Canadian comedy-drama science fiction television series created and directed by J. J. Johnson. The series was developed as a follow-up to Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures and premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 27, 2017. [1] [2] Dino Dana: The Movie was released on Prime Video in September 2020. [3] [4] It was originally going to be a theatrical release on March 21, 2020, but was delayed and later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. [5] A new spin-off of Dino Dana, titled Dino Dex , debuted in October 2024. [6]

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Plot

A sequel series to Dino Dan , Dino Dana focuses on a nine-year-old girl named Dana Jain who sets out to complete "Dino experiments" that teach her more about dinosaurs, pterosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles, synapsids, prehistoric insects and prehistoric mammals. She often also increases her understanding of life and grows in her personal life as a result of the lessons learned while solving the experiments. Other characters include her older stepsister, Saara; her mother, Ava; her stepfather, Ahman; and Gloria, her maternal grandmother, and Dexter, her baby half-brother born at the beginning of season 3. Jason Spevack and Trek Buccino also make periodic guest appearances as Dan and Trek Henderson.

The series combines live action with CGI animation. [7]

Cast

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 13May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17)
2 13March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24)August 4, 2018 (2018-08-04)
3 13May 22, 2019 (2019-05-22)July 3, 2019 (2019-07-03)
4 13April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16)April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16)

Awards

Awards and nominations for Dino Dana
AwardYearCategoryRecipientsResult
Canadian Screen Awards 2018Best Direction, Children's or YouthJ.J. JohnsonNominated
Best Performance, Children's or YouthMichela LuciNominated
Canadian Screen Awards 2019Best Pre-School Program or SeriesDino DanaWon
Best Cross-Platform Project - Children's and YouthDino Dana DigitalWon
Best Direction, Children's or YouthJ.J. JohnsonNominated
Best Writing, Children's or YouthJ.J. Johnson, Christin Simms and Nathalie YouglaiNominated
Best Performance, Children's or YouthMichela LuciNominated
Best Performance, Children's or YouthSaara ChaudryNominated
Daytime Emmy Award 2018Outstanding Preschool Children's SeriesDino DanaNominated
Daytime Emmy Award 2019Outstanding Preschool Children's SeriesDino DanaNominated
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Family Viewing or Special Class ProgramMichela LuciWon
Outstanding Writing in a Children's, Pre-school Children's or Family Viewing ProgramJ.J. Johnson, Christin Simms and Nathalie YounglaiNominated
Outstanding Directing in a Children's, Pre-school Children's or Family Viewing ProgramJ.J. JohnsonNominated
Outstanding Art direction/Set Direction/Senic DesignAmanda Vernuccio, Tyler McFarland and Kevin MorraNominated
Outstanding Lighting DirectionGeorge Lajtai CSCNominated
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Live Action ProgramSean W. Karp, Will Preventis, Noah Siegel, Charles Duchesne, Blag Ahilov and Jakob ThiesenNominated

2017: won the Kidscreen Award for Best New Series [8]

2018: won the Kidscreen Award for Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series [9]

2019: won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Performer in a Children's Program [10]

2019: won the 2019 YMA Award for Best Program, Live Action Scripted and Non-Scripted, Preschool [11]

Broadcast

On October 6, 2016, on YouTube, short introductory Dino Dana clips were first published, reusing footage from the past two shows. Dino Dana launched on May 24, 2017 on TVOKids in Canada. [12] Two days later, the show premiered on May 26 on Amazon Prime Video in the US and UK. [13] In Australia Dino Dana screens on ABC Kids. [14] In Latin America, it premiered on Nat Geo Kids Latin America.

References

  1. ↑ "Amazon Original Kids Series Dino Dana Premieres May 26 on Prime Video in the US and UK". www.businesswire.com. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  2. ↑ "Amazon sets the date for Dino Dana". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ "September streaming 2020: Top new TV and movie releases". CNN . 30 August 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Archive » Sinking Ship roars into Dino Dana movie". Kidscreen. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  5. ↑ "Deals You Missed: Sony, Sinking Ship, Animaccord".
  6. ↑ Whittock, Jesse (July 10, 2023). "'Dino Dex': Prime Video & Canadian Nets Board Latest Series In Sinking Ship's 'Dino' Franchise".
  7. ↑ "Dino Dana - TV Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  8. ↑ "And the 2018 Kidscreen Awards go to". Kidscreen. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Who walked away with a 2019 Kidscreen Award?". kidscreen.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  10. ↑ Zahed, Ramin (May 4, 2019). "'Loud House', 'Daniel Tiger' Win Top Animation Daytime Emmys". animationmagazine.net. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  11. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (May 31, 2019). "2019 YMA Awards of Excellence Winners Announced". animationmagazine.net. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Dino Dana is coming to TVOKids on May 24!". TVO. 2017-05-17.
  13. ↑ "Amazon Original Kids Series Dino Dana Premieres May 26 on Prime Video in the US and UK". businesswire.com. May 2, 2017. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Dino Dana - ABC KIDS". www.abc.net.au. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
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