Rune
- Studio
- Nelvana Limited, WETA Workshop
- Distributor
- YTV
Synopsis
With the 300th anniversary of the castle approaching, Jane and Gunther are given an important chore to prepare for the Royal Jubilee. Whichever squire polishes more of the castle's myriad of shields will win the honor of carrying the banner in the Jubilee Parade. At the same time, Dragon wants Jane to come to his cave to help him decipher the carvings on his wall.
Characters
Jane, Dragon, Prince Cuthbert, Rake
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Mike Fallows
Producing
- Producer
- Andrew Smith, Pamela Lehn
- Line Producer
- Pamela Lehn
Writing
- Writer
- Michael Stokes
- Based On The Books By
- Martin Baynton
Animation
- Animator
- Stephen Lambert, Mark Stanger (Character Animators)
Voices
- Voice
- Tajja Isen (Jane), Adrian Truss (Dragon), Cameron Ansell (Prince Cuthbert), Will Seatle Bowes (Rake)
Music
- Music
- TTG Music Lab
Crew
- Visual Effects Team Supervisor
- Trevor Brymer
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Ryan Araki
- Foley Artist
- Stefan Fraticelli
Production notes
This TV series is scheduled to run for 26 episodes. The first episode ran October 6, 2005 as a "sneak preview"; the general run began in January 2006.
A combination of classic animation design and 3D animation, using combined Maya and proprietary software.
Adapted from New Zealand author Martin Baynton's "Jane and the Dragon" children's books.
Weta handled visuals and motion capture, while Nelvana supplied the Director (Mike Fallows) and producer (Pam Lehn) as well storyboarding, editing and all post production, and assisted with scripts, sales and distribution.
Weta Workshop's first venture into children's TV animation.
This was the first use of Weta's Motion Capture animation. Actors in special Lycra suits had their movements tracked, and the images were relayed to a computer.
The series is aimed at six- to 11-year-olds, especially girls.
The series was budgeted at $300,000 U.S. per episode. Nelvana invested over $10 million in the series.
A combination of classic animation design and 3D animation, using combined Maya and proprietary software.
Adapted from New Zealand author Martin Baynton's "Jane and the Dragon" children's books.
Weta handled visuals and motion capture, while Nelvana supplied the Director (Mike Fallows) and producer (Pam Lehn) as well storyboarding, editing and all post production, and assisted with scripts, sales and distribution.
Weta Workshop's first venture into children's TV animation.
This was the first use of Weta's Motion Capture animation. Actors in special Lycra suits had their movements tracked, and the images were relayed to a computer.
The series is aimed at six- to 11-year-olds, especially girls.
The series was budgeted at $300,000 U.S. per episode. Nelvana invested over $10 million in the series.