Animal Mechanicals

Not to be confused with Mechanical Animals.
Animal Mechanicals
Genre
Created byJeff Rosen
Developed byCBC
Written by
  • Jeff Rosen
  • Angela Vermeir
  • Gary Vermeir
  • Leila Basen
  • David Preston
Directed byGilly Fogg
Creative directors
  • Kevin Abreu
  • Nick Bakker
Voices of
  • Jim Fowler
  • Leah Ostry
  • Shannon Lynch
  • Abigail Gordon
  • Ian MacDougall
  • Lenore Zann
Theme music composerBlain Morris
Opening theme"We Animal Mechanical Can!"
Ending theme"We Animal Mechanical Can!" (Instrumental)
ComposerBlain Morris
Country of originCanada
Original languages
  • English
  • French
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes73 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jeff Rosen
  • Charles Bishop
  • Michael Donovan
ProducerKatrina Walsh
Production locations
Running time11 minutes
Production companyHalifax Film
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
ReleaseSeptember 1, 2008 (2008-09-01) –
January 26, 2011 (2011-01-26)
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Animal Mechanicals (French: Les Super Mécanimaux) is a Canadian animated preschool television series created by Jeff Rosen. Produced by Halifax Film, in association with the CBC and distributed by Decode Entertainment, the series premiered in Canada on CBC Television as part of the Kids' CBC on September 1, 2008 and ended on January 26, 2011. In the United States, it premiered on The Hub on October 11, 2010.

The French-Canadian version of Animal Mechanicals is called; Les Super Mécanimaux; it aired on the French-language free-to-air television network Ici Radio-Canada Télé; starring French-Canadian voice actors Nicolas Charbonneaux-Collombet as Rex, Éveline Gélinas as Unicorn/Licorne, François Caffiaux as Komodo, Catherine Brunet as Mouse/Petite Souris, Denis Roy as Sasquatch, and Marika Lhoumeau as Island Owl/Petite chouette de l'île.[1]

In 2019, the series was revived through the release of new nonverbal webshorts produced by WildBrain Spark Studios, a subsidiary of WildBrain that produces original content for the WildBrain Spark network.[2] Alexander Tol provides the occasional vocal noises for the male characters, while the females are performed by Rae Reilly.

  1. ^ "That's a Wrap" Film Nova Scotia, Production Catalogue 2007–2008, p. 18. Retrieved 2012-06-16. Archived 2012-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ @WildBrainKids (May 31, 2019). "The brand new and reimagined 'Animal Mechanicals' is back in 3D! The new series is launching this Saturday. This robot slapstick comedy is perfect for kids between the ages of 3 and 7. Watch tomorrow on our channel!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.