Ekans - Snakes Awake

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Ekans - Snakes Awake
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Also known asEkans - Ek Se Badhkar Snake
Ekans
Genre
Written by
  • Yash Thakur (head writer)
  • Bahaish Kapoor (co-writer)
  • Chaitali Phatak (co-writer)
Directed byYogesh Kawale
Voices of
  • Vaibhav Thakkar
  • Prasad Barve
  • Araanya Kaur
  • Mukesh Pandey
  • Ghanshyam Shukla
  • Rohan jadhav
Opening theme"Ekans"
Ending theme"Ekans"
Country of originIndia
Original languages
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
No. of seasons5
Production
Executive producerMeera Latkar Nemlekar
Producers
  • Ashish J Thapar
  • Shubham Shukla (line producer)
  • Rajarshi Chakraborty (senior producer)
Running time7-8 minutes
Production companiesHi-Tech Animation
WarnerMedia India
Original release
Network Cartoon Network
Release27 June 2021 (2021-06-27) 
present

Ekans - Snakes Awake also known as Ekans - Ek Se Badhkar Snake or simply Ekans is an Indian sci-fi superhero computer-animated series produced by Hi-Tech Animation for Cartoon Network (India and Asia). [1] The series centers around 13-year-old Ekans, whose name spelled backward would be "S, N, A, K, E". He has the ability to control snakes in form of robots and can also tackle real ones as well.

Contents

It is the first Cartoon Network Indian original computer-animated series. [2]

Premise

The series revolves around a 13-year-old street-smart wunderkind, Ekans, who is chosen as the one and is gifted a nagamani by the world's most powerful snakes, thanks to his heart of gold and fearless attitude. With extraordinary snake-like powers, the otherwise conventional tech-savvy youngster obtains heightened sensory perceptions, ability to camouflage, flexibility, and strength to keep humanity safe from the evils of the world. That's not all; his trendy hi-tech superpower suit with mechanical snakes gives him additional abilities to cleverly outsmart villains.

The concept of snake-based powers in the series is derived from an old Indian legend revolving around snakes. In the legend, a community of snakes were granted sentience and powers such as metanmorphosis by a magical stone called the Nagamani (lit. Serpent Gem).

Characters

Main

Supporting

Broadcast

The series debuted on Cartoon Network on 27 June 2021 with first season titled Ekans - Ek Se Badhkar Snake. The second season of the series was premiered on 22 November 2021 under the title Ekans - Snakes Awake! on Cartoon Network. [3] The series also premiered on Cartoon Network Asia in April 25, 2022. [4] Cartoon Network shifted the series to its sister channel Pogo TV on August 22, 2022. [5] [6] [7] The show shifted to their new sister channel Discovery Kids on October 14, 2023. [8]

Specials

Ekans – Origin Story

On 25 December 2021 Cartoon Network aired a special episode of the series titled Ekans Special:Ekans: Origin Story in the celebration of Christmas. In this special episode, it was revealed how Ekans got his super powers and nagamani. [9] [10] It was also premiered on Pogo with the title Ekans: Origin Story on September 4, 2022. [11]

Movies

Ekans – Hero Ek Villain Anek === A theatrical film titled Ekans – Hero Ek Villain Anek was released in PVR Cinemas on 19 August 2022 in three languages i.e. Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. [12] The film later premiered on Pogo TV in October 16, 2022. [13]

Ekans – The Mystery Of Three Gems

Pogo TV launched another feature film of the series titled Ekans – The Mystery Of Three Gems on October 9, 2022. [14] [15] It is also an original film of Pogo TV of Ekans series.

Ekans Takshak Ka Ashirwad

Ekans Takshak Ka Ashirwad is the third film of the series. It was originally premiered on Pogo in March 26, 2023. [16] The movie was also launched in Kannada and Malayalam with Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

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