Hero
- Studio
- Mackinnon & Saunders, Kayenta Production.
In Association With: CCI Entertainment.
Developed With the Support Of: North West Vision, Through the Regional Attraction Fund.
Produced With the Participation Of: France 3.
Supported By: CNC - Animation studio
- Animation Studio 4:21, A Production
Synopsis
Nine creates a superhero persona for himself -- Bat Cat -- but Lottie recognizes him
Characters
Nine, Lottie, Igora, Bigtop, Dr Frankenstein, Pipsquawk, Trevor, Sweeny, Mr Crumble, Lotties Mum, Fifi, Heidi, Igora, Gutner Van Halen
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Raoul
Producing
- Producer
- Jackie Edwards, Sara Mullock (Mackinnon & Saunders)
- Producer, Kayenta
- Kourtney Kaye
- Executive Producers, Mackinnon & Saunders
- Ian McKinnon, Peter Saunders
- Executive Producers, Kayenta Productions
- Michel P. Pinard, Thierry Rivard
- Executives in Charge of Production For CBBC
- Nikki Chaplin, Melanie Halsall
Writing
- Writer
- Alan Gilbey, Ian Carney, Darren Jones, Ian Pressman
- Head Writer
- Alan Gilbey
- Based on the Book By
- Curtis Jobling
Animation
- Animator
- Ken Hayes
Voices
- Voice
- Joe Pasquale (Nine), Alex Kelly (Lottie), Teresa Gallagher (Igora, Sweeny, Lotties Mum), Jimmy Hibbert (Bigtop), Keith Wickham (Dr Frankenstein, Pipsquawk, Trevor, Mr Crumble)
Music
- Music
- Jacques Davidovici
Crew
- Program Advisor
- Pierre Siracusa
- Head of Kids Programming
- Julien Borde
- Design and Creative Direction
- Curtis Jobling
- Storyboard Artists
- Pierre Violot, Gordon Harrison, Philippe Saunier, Trevor J. Ricketts, Isabel Castellanox, Paul Stone
- Clean Storyboard
- Emmanuel Brughera, Frederic Carvallo
- Sound Engineer
- David Peacock
- Voice Director
- David Peacock
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Jeremy Thomas
- Heads of Studio
- Pascal Gayrard, Eric Magrangeas
- Layout
- Clara Chardavoine, Vivienne Heath, Denise Heywood, Theresa Whatley
- Clean Layout
- Christophe Lassale
- Chief Background Artist
- Sebastien Deniaux
- Main Background Artist
- Yannick Lafolas, Monica Herman
- Color Background
- Camille Meunier, Miguel Larzillere, Matthew Morgan, Ian Friend, Tom Readdy, Henry St. Leger
- Character and Prop Build
- Alexandre Boudon, Amhed Gerrouache, James D. Wilson
- First Director's Assistant
- Bertrand Bonnin
- Animation Director
- Jerome Pradet, Jane E. Davis
- Animators
- Michael Bataille, Valerie Breand-Barreau, Christophe Callissoni, Raphael Chabassoi, Stephane Cronier, Chloe Cruchaudet, Gary Domingez, Sophie Dupont, Matthieu Giner, Elodie Hiolle, Patrick Imbert, Patrick Quach, Nicolas Leger, Antoine Maillere, Fabien Martin, Carole Maurel, Chloe Miller, Stephanie Misiak, Christophe N'guyen, Graziella Petrini, Khodom Outhaithavy, Benjamin Renner, Vincent Vadurel, Wang Xiong, Yannick Zanchetta, Tom Evans, Dave Cropley, Hamish Baird, Kirsten Thacker, Nick Price, Stefan David Warran, Steve Whittle, Joe Wood, Ken Hayes, Robert Brown, Zoran Jankovic
- Preparation and Checking
- Virginie Guyot, Claire Matthieu, Pierre-Hadrien Gougne
- Technical Support
- Christophe Pacaud
- Heads of Compositing
- Christophe Nardi, Jeremy Thomas, Virginie Paternostre, Marie-Pierre Barallon
- Compositing
- Sandrine Beaujour, Laurence Brun, David Henriot, Jonathan Nardi, Pascale Chau Huu, Corine Garcia
- Production Managers
- Carole Debaere, Cristobal Martinez, Elodie Boudard
- Head of Studio
- Mark Taylor
- Assistant to Director
- Romi Thirunamam
- Production Manager
- Katherine McQueen, Isabelle Kopecky
- Production Assistant
- Zoe Radford, Clarisse Devillers
- Voice Director and Recording Engineer
- Dave Peacock
- Sound Design
- Kass Woyciechowski
- Foley
- Bertrand Boudaud, Christophe Burdet
- Audio Mix
- O'Bahamas
- Animatics
- Ael Dallier-Vega, Penda Houzangbe
- Editor
- Flavie Doubesky
- Assistant Editor and Post-Production Assistant
- Cecile Boscher
- Post-Production Manager
- Valerie de Bergh
- Marketing
- Natacha Prima
- Master Tapes and Compositing
- Manu Pouilloux
Companies and other credits
- Animation Studio 4:21
- A Production
Production notes
Children's 2D Flash animation about the unique friendship between Lottie, a girl who doesn't fit in, and Nine, a cat who doesn't fit together properly. (The cat was Dr. Frankenstein's first experiment.)
Awards
Pulcinella, Best Children's Show, Cartoons On The Bay, 2008.
BAF Award, Best TV Show, 2008
BAF Award, Best TV Show, 2008