Monster Beach | |
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Genre | Comedy horror |
Created by |
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Directed by | Patrick Crawley |
Voices of | (See Voice cast) |
Opening theme | "Monster Beach" |
Ending theme | "Monster Beach" (instrumental) |
Composer | Raúl Sánchez |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 48 |
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Executive producers | Silas Hickey Yoshiya Ayugai |
Producer | Bruce Kane |
Editor | Ken Hardie |
Running time | 70 minutes (film) 11 minutes (series) |
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Original release | |
Network | Cartoon Network |
Release | 11 April – 16 December 2020 |
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.
Jan and Dean are visiting their Uncle Woody on Iki-Iki Island for a relaxing Summer vacation at Monsoon Beach, however they soon discover that it is now become "Monster Beach" when the late king's son Dr. Knutt used voodoo magic to curse the friendly beach-goers (and accidentally himself) into monsters. Eventually the two siblings enjoy hanging out with their new ghoulish friends and have fun adventures with them, but often have to deal with anything that ruins their fun like Dr. Knutt trying to takeover his father's island with the help of his Tiki minions, and the business antics of greedy resort tycoon Frances Butterfield.