MetaJets

MetaJets
Canadian teaser poster
Genre	Science fiction Action Aeronautics Adventure
Created by	Peter M. Lenkov David Wolkove
Directed by	Paul Hunt Yong-Ho Kim
Voices of	Jamie Haydon-Devlin Scott McCord Katie Griffin Mpho Koaho Steve Cumyn Ivan Sherry Athena Karkanis David Berni Jonathan Koensgen
Composers	Brian Pickett Graeme Cornies James Chapple David Kelly
Country of origin	South Korea Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	40
Production
Executive producers	Michael Hirsh Toper Taylor Pamela Slavin Han-Young Kang Moon-Ju Kang
Producers	Ria Westaway Han-Kyu Lee Jane Crawford
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Cookie Jar Entertainment Sunwoo Entertainment
Original release
Network	Teletoon
Release	October 3, 2010 (2010-10-03) [1]  – July 3, 2011 (2011-07-03) [1]

MetaJets is a South Korean-Canadian animated television series produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment and Sunwoo Entertainment.

Broadcast

In Canada, MetaJets premiered on October 3, 2010 on Teletoon. ^[1] In South Korea, this show was first aired on KBS1 on January 31, 2009, and it premiered on TF1 on October 7, 2009 in France. This show was also seen in other selected territories, such as on Cartoon Network on July 4, 2010 in the United States, Studio 23 on July 13, 2010 in the Philippines, and in 2011 it was shown on Clan in Spain ^[2] as well as Disney Channel Asia. The entire first season was available to watch instantly on Netflix. In Canada it was offered from 2017-2018 via Kids Suite from Bell Satellite TV.

Characters

Major characters: ^[3]

Metajets

• Johnny Miller (강한결): Joined ARC tournament when George Strong invited him to be an ARC racer. During an unsanctioned race between Trey and Johnny at ground level slum, the match was interrupted by a Metajets summon. Johnny followed Trey's path into ARC-1 and discovered Trey, Maggie, Zak and George's Metajets connection. During Johnny's presence in ARC-1, An attack against ARC-1 was launched by General Raven. Johnny decided to leave ARC-1 and enter the battle. When Viper fired 2 missiles at Burner's jet, Johnny used his jet to take the hit for Burner. Following the battle, George recruited Johnny as Metajets agent.

Code Name : Ace (에이스)

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Voice actor: Jamie Haydon-Devlin

• Trey Jordan (트레이): A Metajets agent and a champion ARC racer at the last season.

Code Name: Burner (버너)

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Voice Actor: Mpho Koaho

• Maggie Strong (매기): An ARC racer, and George Strong's daughter.

Code Name: Foxtrot (폭스트롯)

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Voice Actress: Katie Griffin

• Zachary Kim/Zak (잭): A top-10 ARC racer at the last season.

Code Name: Vector (벡터)

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Voice Actor: Scott McCord

• Captain Strong (캡틴 스트롱)/George Strong: Commissioner of the ARC and Metajets leader.

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Voice Actor: Ivan Sherry

• Major/First Officer: A Metajets officer at ARC-1.
• Technician: A Metajets officer at ARC-1.
• Jack Miller: Johnny Miller's father. Following the previous Black Clouds war 9 years ago, Jack Miller has gone missing afterwards.

Code Name: Ice Storm

Black Cloud

• General Raven (레이븐 장군): Originally a top ARC racer, he received a lifetime ban from racing after sabotaging a competitor near a fatal crash. As a Black Cloud leader, he attempts to take revenge against Captain Strong and the ARC. After failing to convince Fly-Girl and Crusher to manually detonate bombs at Soaring Heights following a delay on bomb timer set by Zak, Raven was persuaded by Viper to fight against Metajets at the front line. In a Soaring Height ground duel against Ace, Ace fired at an undetonated missile behind Raven, triggering an explosion that freezes Raven. Following the final ARC race of the season, the frozen Raven was seen in a jar maintained by Dr. Lucas.

Voice Actor: Steve Cumyn

• Fly Girl/Fly-Girl (플라이걸): A Black Cloud fighter jet pilot.

Voice Actress: Athena Karkanis

• Crusher (크러셔): A Black Cloud fighter jet pilot.

Voice Actor: David Berni

• Viper (바이퍼): A Black Cloud fighter jet pilot.

Voice Actor: Jonathan Koensgen

• BC Tech: An officer at Black Cloud Airship.

Aerial Racing Circuit (ARC)

• Announcer/Race Announcer: An announcer of ARC races.

Voice Actor: Ron Pardo

World Council

• World Council President: The head of the World Council. He has the authority to lock down Metajets weapon system remotely.

Others

• Tory
• Saul
• Kai
• Deb
• Doug Fontaine
• The Scarlet Circle
• The Red Baroness
• Tooler
• other men
• The AI
• Griffen Hawksmore
• Strong
• Dr. Lucas

Vehicles

Metajets

• Ace's Metajet: Originally belong to Johnny's father, George assigned the jet to Johnny when Johnny became a Metajets agent. It includes a liquid nitrogen-based weapon system.
• Burner's Metajet: A jet with powerful laser cannons and afterburners.
• Foxtrot's Metajet: A jet armed with solar rockets.
• Vector's Metajet: A jet equipped with a sonic weapon.
• ARC-1: A flagship for the ARC that houses the race pilots and their jets, while secretly acting as the home base for Metajets.

Black Cloud

• Black Cloud Airship/Raven's Nest: A Black Cloud flagship.
• Crusher’s Jet: A jet with wing-mounted buzzsaws.
• Flygirl’s Jet: A jet armed with rapid-fire timed explosive darts.
• Viper’s Jet: A jet with powerful homing missiles.
• Raven’s Jet: General Raven’s personal jet, not much is known about its capabilities as he only uses it twice in the series.
• Black Cloud Drone Jets: A massive swarm of drones that make up the bulk of Black Cloud’s fleet.

References

1. "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2016-03-02.^{[ dead link ‍]} Alt URL
2. "Los héroes 'Metajets' se instalan en Clan". Europa Press. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

External links

• Cookie Jar Entertainment page
• Sunwoo Entertainment page: English, Korean
• KBS page: Korean
• MetaJets at IMDb