Droners


Droners is a French science-fiction action-adventure children's animated series created by Pierre de Cabissole and Sylvain Dos Santos, and directed by Grégory Leterrier. It was produced in France by Cyber Group Studios, La Chouette Compagni, and Supamonks Studios, and distributed by TF1. The series has 2 seasons, with a total of 52 episodes with a runtime of twenty-two minutes, airing from 19 October 2020 to 30 June 2024.

Premise

Droners takes place on an ocean planet called Terraqua, which is in 95% covered by water, with the rest being archipelagos and atolls. It follows Corto, Enki, Mouse and Oro, a drone racing team known as the Tikis, from the island of Nuï, on a mission to save the future of their archipelago home, which is being threatened by marine submersion. To save it, they must win the toughest drone racing competition in the world, the Whale Cup, where the machines are powered by eel-like entities called G.E.N.I.E.s.

Cast

French-language version

  • Anaïs Delva as Corto
  • Gabriel Bismuth-Bienaimé as Enki
  • Kelly Marot as Mouse
  • Thomas Sagols as Oro
  • Stéphane Roux as Stéphane Roux
  • Olivia Luccioni-Dassin as Neptune
  • Hervé Grull as Adam and Dee Jay
  • Leslie Lipkins as Mina
  • Julien Meunier as Pavel
  • Bruno Méyère as Manta and Sun
  • Marie Nonnenmacher as Max
  • Thierry Kazazian as Shark
  • Flora Brunier as Flora, Laymanja and Saatchi
  • Maik Darah as Queen Rust
  • Mathilde Carmes as Ifa
  • Caroline Combes as the commentator of the Tortuga Coliseum

    English-language version

  • Jet Walker as Corto
  • Soso Bianchi as Mouse
  • Ogie Banks as Enki
  • Micheal Christopher as Oro
  • Cedric L. Williams as Adam, Deejay and Shino
  • Ryan Colt Levy as Manta and Fuzz
  • Tiana Camacho as Debbie, Hannah, Laurel and Max
  • Karen Strassman as Flora and Gavinda Teach
  • Jenny Yokobori as Mina and Mawu
  • Sonny Onorati as Sun and Monk
  • Bill Butts as Big Moe and Pavel
  • Michael Sorich as Kass Krane
  • Kyle Hebert as Shark
  • Melique Berger as Queen Rust

    Production

The series was created by Pierre de Cabissole and Sylvain Dos Santos, and directed by Grégory Leterrier. It was produced in France by Cyber Group Studios, La Chouette Compagni, and Supamonks Studios. The music was composed by Fabien Nataf. The series originally aired on TF1 in France, where its first season reached the top 3 of viewership.

Episodes

Season 1 (2020–21)

Season 2 (2023–24)

Other media

The story has been expanded with a three-volume series of manga books titled Droners: Tales of Nuï, written by Sylvain Dos Santos and David Nicolas.