Exchange Student Zero

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Exchange Student Zero
Created by
  • Shayne Armstrong
  • Bruce Kane
  • Shane Krauss (film)
  • Maurice Argiro
  • Patrick Crawley (series)
Directed byPatrick Crawley
Voices of(See Voice cast)
Theme music composer
Opening theme"Exchange Student Zero"
Composers
  • Film: Tripod; Keith Moore (additional)
  • Series: Bob Mothersbaugh
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
  • Yoshiya Ayugai
  • Silas Hickey
  • Bruce Kane (series)
ProducerBruce Kane (film)
EditorKen Hardie (series)
Running time
  • 70 minutes (film)
  • 21–22 minutes (series)
Production companies
Original release
Network Cartoon Network
Release26 September (2015-09-26) 
19 December 2015 (2015-12-19)

Exchange Student Zero is a 2012 Australian television film that premiered on 16 December 2012 on Cartoon Network, and a 2015 TV series based on the film.

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Production

Created by Bruce Kane with Maurice Argiro and produced by Bogan Entertainment Solutions, in association with Cartoon Network Asia Pacific, it is the first local animated made production to be commissioned by the channel. [1]

A TV series based on the film was announced as the first Cartoon Network show produced in Australia, [2] where the two original creators joins Patrick Crawley. It premiered in the Asia-Pacific region on 26 September 2015, [3] [4] and the setting was changed from Perth, Australia to a U.S. town called South Port.

Voice cast

Film (2012)

Main

  • Dee Bradley Baker – Amonsun, Monsters
  • Natalie Bond – Lucinda, Anime Girls #1
  • Patrick Crawley – Biology Teacher, Real Exchange Student
  • Marg Downey – Peg, Happy Peach Flower, Drama Teacher
  • Scott Edgar – Principal Rogerson
  • Mark Hamill – King Karuta, King Blackyard
  • Edwin Kane – Leroy
  • Kate McLennan – Charity, Anime Girls #2
  • Rove McManus – Hiro, John, Max, Lionel, Coach
  • Candi Milo – Avere, Queen Karuta, Queen Blackyard
  • Peter Rowsthorn – Denmead
  • Jon Von Goes – Sot Sloane

Additional

  • Gene Argiro
  • Ginger Argiro
  • Giles Brading
  • Patrick Crawley
  • Shona Elliot-Kerr
  • Serena Kane
  • Indigo Malatt
  • Molly McCusker
  • Judy Whittle
  • Astra Whitton

Series (2015)

Awards

Writers Shayne Armstrong, Bruce Kane, and Shane Krauss won the 2013 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing for the script. [6]

Film

TitleWritten byStoryboarded byOriginal air date
"Exchange Student Zero"Bruce Kane, Shayne Armstrong, and Shane Krause
David Witt (contributing writer)
Scott Edgar, Ivan Dixon, Ben Grimshaw, and Gregory Sharp16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)

Series

No.TitleWritten byStoryboarded byOriginal air date
1"Good Old Bad Old Days" [7] Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story)Charles Kenway26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)
When the principal takes the holiday a new evil principal from Zero gets in the school.
2"Denmead for Denmead" [8] Bruce KaneIan Milne3 October 2015 (2015-10-03)
With a card, the school bully Denmead gets a new clone of himself.
3"School Photo" [9] David Witt; Bruce Kane (story)Tony Craig10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
When it's school photo day everything is wrong so John and Max change it.
4"Reign of Error" [10] Scott Edgar; Bruce Kane (story)Charles Kenway17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)
Hiro wins a school vote and charity is horrified.
5"His Life as a Dog" [11] Bruce Kane and Scott EdgarCharles Kenway, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)
An Evil Wolf from Zero comes to Earth from one of the cards.
6"Prince Harming"Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause (also story with Bruce Kane)Michael Harris and Mark Ingram31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)
The school turns upside down with the arrival of a Bishounen prince. He is strikingly beautiful, deeply troubled, self-obsessed and carries a parasol – he pretty much ticks all the boxes for Charity.
7"See Ya Later Gladiator" [12] Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story)Ian Milne7 November 2015 (2015-11-07)
During a fairytale school practice Hiro, Max and John get to a Gladiator world and must win a gladiator contest to get back at school.
8"Amonsun Under Fire" [13] Tony Wilson and Scott Edgar; Bruce Kane (story)Mark Sonntag14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)
Amonsun, fed up at Hiro abusing, tries to go on strike, but Hiro merely replaces Amonsun with Felintine, but there's more to this newbie than meets the eye.
9"Sweet Potato" [14] Tony Wilson, Bruce Kane, and David WittIan Milne21 November 2015 (2015-11-21)
The potato chip company has suspiciously released some inferior Battle Day Zero cards, and a giant devil baby named Sweet Potato has been spawned by a chip packet and is terrorizing the town.
10"I'll Take the Couch" [15] David Witt; Bruce Kane (story)Ian Milne and Patrick Crawley28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)
Hiro's parents suddenly pay a visit, and it happens to be on Charity's sixteenth-birthday. Things soon get out of hand.
11"The Mystic Skater" [16] Bruce Kane and Scott EdgarMark Sonntag5 December 2015 (2015-12-05)
John tries to woo a girl by skating on Hiro's high-tech skateboard, but it becomes a matter of survival when an interdimensional competitive skateboarder arrives to cause mayhem.
12"Dad to the Bone" [17] Shayne Armstrong and S.P. Krause; Bruce Kane (story)Larry Scholl, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley12 December 2015 (2015-12-12)
The kids all try to spend time with their fathers, but Leroy is planning to usurp his father and Hiro has made Karuta a little too emotional. Can John and Max keep the peace?
13"Dead Cute" [18] Bruce Kane, Tony Wilson, and David WittCharles Kenway, Ian Milne, and Patrick Crawley19 December 2015 (2015-12-19)
On Valentine's Day, Max and Denmead unwittingly set loose an adorable creature called the Malentwine that can possess girls by simply being touched, and it threatens the whole world.

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