Yam Roll | |
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Also known as | The Very Good Adventures of Yam Roll in Happy Kingdom |
Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Jono Howard Jon Izen |
Directed by | Jon Izen |
Starring | Lee Tockar Joe Pingue Sunday Muse Dwayne Hill Carlos Díaz Robert Smith Gary Krawford |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 78 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Daniel Hawes, Catherine Tait, Liliana Vogt |
Producer | Daniel Hawes |
Editor | Jono Howard |
Running time | 10-11 minutes (2-3 minutes for the other season) |
Production company | March Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | CBC |
Release | February 6 – December 23, 2006 |
Yam Roll (or the long title, The Very Good Adventures of Yam Roll in Happy Kingdom) is a Canadian animated television series created by Jono Howard and Jon Izen for CBC Television. Produced by March Entertainment, the series premiered on February 6, 2006, airing on Saturday at 10:00am and 10:17am on local CBC channels.
Yam Roll features a cast of animated sushi characters, and other anthropomorphic instances of Japanese cuisine, all living in Happy Kingdom, a prosperous city which is upset quite often by monsters.
Quoting from March Entertainment's site:
Yam Roll tells the story of an exotic land of sushi and how one of its inhabitants, a super-powered cab driver named Yam Roll, braves monsters and bad guys all in the name of unrequited love. Despite being well liked in Happy Kingdom due to his good nature and sweet, root-vegetable flavouring, Yam Roll is still a frustrated guy. Why? Because he is hopelessly in love with the town sweetheart, a spicy tuna roll named Minamiko. [1]
With the help of his wise Zen master, Katcho Miso (an old lump of salty bean paste), his sidekick and best friend Ebi-san (a severely hyperactive shrimp), and the rest of his motley maritime crew, Yam Roll's life is always an exciting ride.
Yam Roll also hosts a large variety of other sushi characters, including Yam Roll's friends, enemies, and random passers-by. Each character is wittingly named after their sushi names (e.g., Ebi, which means "shrimp" in Japanese).
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | "Ding Dong Danger" | Jon Izen | Doug Sinclair | February 7, 2006 | TBA |
2 | "High-Heeled Heel" | Jon Izen | Jono Howard | February 28, 2006 | TBA |
3 | "Sand In Bikini Problem" | Jon Izen | Doug Sinclair | February 8, 2006 | TBA |
4 | "A Doozy Of a Doze" | Jon Izen | Doug Sinclair | February 27, 2006 | TBA |
5 | "Who Cut The Chi?" | Jon Izen | Mike Drach | February 6, 2006 | TBA |
6 | "T-Shirt Swapper Go Home" | Jon Izen | Doug Sinclair | February 9, 2006 | TBA |
7 | "Whoop There It Isn't" | Jon Izen | Tony Elliot | March 1, 2006 | TBA |
8 | "Kissy Kissy Kiss" | Jon Izen | Christine Alexiou | March 2, 2006 | TBA |
9 | "Miso In Love" | Jon Izen | Robin Stein | March 9, 2006 | TBA |
10 | "Secret Roommate Man" | Jon Izen | Shane Simmons | March 16, 2006 | TBA |
11 | "Forty Winks Of Fury" | Jon Izen | Jeremy Winkels | March 23, 2006 | TBA |
12 | "The Yolk's On You" | Jon Izen | Jono Howard | March 30, 2006 | TBA |
13 | "Egg In Your Face" | Jon Izen | Mike Drach | April 8, 2006 | TBA |
14 | "Place Your Order" | Jon Izen | Brian Hartigan | April 13, 2006 | TBA |
15 | "Hairy Carry" | Jon Izen | Adam Halpern | April 20, 2006 | TBA |
16 | "Karaoke Okey-Dokey" | Jon Izen | Christine Alexiou | April 27, 2006 | TBA |
17 | "Maybe Next Tuesday" | Jon Izen | Jeremy Winkels | May 1, 2006 | TBA |
18 | "Hot Potato Jam" | Jon Izen | Robin Stein | May 2, 2006 | TBA |
19 | "A Look Ma, No Powers" | Jon Izen | Mike Kubat | May 3, 2006 | TBA |
20 | "Happy Birth-Daze" | Jon Izen | Michael Izen and Gina Woolsey | May 4, 2006 | TBA |
21 | "Big Bubbles, No Troubles" | Jon Izen | Tony Elliot | June 1, 2006 | TBA |
22 | "The Way Of Woo" | Jon Izen | Martin Markle | June 6, 2006 | TBA |
23 | "Two Tons Of Love" | Jon Izen | Alex Levine | June 5, 2006 | TBA |
24 | "Krappy Kingdom" | Jon Izen | Mike Drach | June 8, 2006 | TBA |
25 | "Holy Teriyaki!" | Jon Izen | Robin J. Stein | June 15, 2006 | TBA |
26 | "A Pasta Of Evil" | Jon Izen | Brian Hartigan | June 14, 2006 | TBA |
27 | "Meatloaf In The Middle" | Jon Izen | Jeremy Winkels | September 9, 2006 | TBA |
28 | "Honey I Shrunk The Tamago" | Jon Izen | Jono Howard | September 16, 2006 | TBA |
29 | "Monkey See, Money Scratch" | Jon Izen | Mike Drach | September 23, 2006 | TBA |
30 | "Give Peas a Chance" | Jon Izen | Jono Howard and Christine Alexiou | September 30, 2006 | TBA |
31 | "Raging Bullpen" | Jon Izen | Mike Frolick | September 30, 2006 | TBA |
32 | "Don't Fear The Curdler" | Jon Izen | Danny Ditata & Jeremy Winkles | October 28, 2006 | TBA |
33 | "The Katcho Hat Show" | Jon Izen | Alex Levine | November 4, 2006 | TBA |
34 | "Dial E for Edamame" | Jon Izen | Mike Kubat | November 11, 2006 | TBA |
35 | "Doody Calls" | Jon Izen | Christine Alexiou | November 18, 2006 | TBA |
36 | "Happy Friend Time" | Jon Izen | Robin Stein | November 25, 2006 | TBA |
37 | "The Yam and I" | Jon Izen | Panny Pitata and Jeremy Winkles | December 9, 2006 | TBA |
38 | "Rock On" | Jon Izen | Mike Frolick | December 16, 2006 | TBA |
39 | "Par For The Course" | Jon Izen | Jono Howard & Jon Izen | December 23, 2006 | TBA |
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