Animorphs (TV series)
Animorphs is a television adaptation made by Protocol Entertainment based on the Scholastic book series of the same name by K. A. Applegate. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from September 4, 1998 to March 26, 2000. The series also aired on YTV and Global in Canada.
Cast
Main
- Shawn Ashmore as Jake
- Brooke Nevin as Rachel
- Boris Cabrera as Marco
- Nadia Nascimento as Cassie
- Christopher Ralph as Tobias
Recurring
- Paulo Costanzo as Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill/Ax/"Max"
- Eugene Lipinski as Visser Three/"Victor Trent"
- Dov Tiefenbach as Erek King
- Allegra Fulton as Eva / Visser One
- Joshua Peace as Tom, Jake's older brother
- Terra Vanessa Kowalyk as Melissa Chapman
- Richard Sali as Principal Chapman
- Diego Matamoros as Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul
- Peter Messaline as the Ellimist
- Frank Pellegrino as Jeremy, Marco's father
- Cassandra Van Wyck as Sara, Rachel's younger sister
- Jonathan Whittaker as Greg, Jake's father
- Karen Waddell as Nikki, Jake's mother
- Melanie Nicholls-King as Aisha, Cassie's mother
Production
The series was filmed in Toronto, Canada. Deborah A. Forte and Bill Siegler are the executive producers of the series. The animals used in this series were supplied by the Bowmanville Zoo, and Homer, the Golden Retriever who is Jake's dog was trained by Bryan Renfro. Due to budget issues, and for logistical and safety reasons, the morphs of the characters from the books were changed and the others were omitted, with Jake having the white tiger morph, Tobias' morph being a Harris's hawk rather than a red-tailed hawk, and Rachel having the lion morph rather than an elephant and grizzly bear. Also, instead of Cassie, Marco has the wolf morph, rather than a gorilla.Home releases
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment had released twelve episodes in four VHS volumes known as The Invasion Series, collecting episodes from the series. The first 12 episodes are only released on VHS and not re-released on DVD.- Part 1: The Invasion Begins
- Part 2: Nowhere to Run
- Part 3: The Enemy Among Us
- Part 4: The Legacy Survives
All 26 episodes are currently available on iTunes, Vudu and Amazon Video spread across three volumes. Also, all 26 episodes were previously available on Netflix, and are currently available on Tubi.