Monsuno

Monsuno: World Master
Title card
Genre	Action/Adventure Science Fiction
Format	Animated series
Created by	Jeremy Padawer Jared Wolfson
Developed by	Man of Action Jeremy Padawer Jared Wolfson
Directed by	Yoshiaki Okumura
Opening theme	"Monsuno" by Far East Movement[1]
Composer(s)	Michael Tavera
Country of origin	United States, Japan[2]
Language(s)	English, Japanese
No. of episodes	52 (7 aired) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stephen Berman Jeremy Padawer Yuma Sakata
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Jakks Pacific Dentsu Entertainment Inc. The Topps Company
Distributor	FremantleMedia North America
Broadcast
Original channel	Nicktoons (USA) Nicktoons, CITV (UK) Nickelodeon (France) Nickelodeon (Italy) YTV (Canada)[3]
Original run	February 23, 2012 – present
External links
Website

Monsuno (モンスーノ, monsūno^?),^[4] also known as Monsuno: World Master, is an American-Japanese action/adventure TV animated series that premiered in the United States on February 23, 2012 on Nickelodeon's sister channel, Nicktoons^[5][6] (and will air on TV Tokyo in Japan sometime in the future),^[2] with global launches staggered by country sometime in-between Summer 2012 and Spring 2013 through Nickelodeon.^[7] The series is created by Jeremy Padawer and Jared Wolfson. It is distributed by FremantleMedia and is produced by Dentsu Entertainment USA, FremantleMedia, Jakks Pacific, and The Topps Company.^[5]

Synopsis

The series revolves around "re-awakened Monster DNA called Monsuno" that finds its way into the unsuspecting hands of adventure-seeking teenagers Chase, Jinja, and Bren. Accompanied by their Monsuno, Lock, Charger, and Quickforce, they are searching for Chase's father Jeredy Suno, the creator of the Monsuno.^[8] They are soon joined by Beyal, a monk from the Himalayas along with his Monsuno Glowblade. Beyal often speaks of five people that with the help of their Monsuno, could change the world. It just so happens that they are that five, along with Dax, a teenager who along with his Monsuno Airswitch, opposes the team and is disliked among most people. The team has yet to befriend him and persuade him to join their cause. They are also on the run from an agency called "S.T.O.R.M." (Strategic Tactical Operatives for Recovery of Monsuno) who's plans are still in question.^[9]

Characters

The characters are accompanied by Monsunos (giant high-tech and/or armored hybrid monsters of one or more animal species), which are contained in cylinder regeneration chamber capsules known as "cores".

Core-Tech

• Chase Suno (voiced by Cam Clarke) - One of the main protagonists.
  • Lock - One of Chase's monsters (a hybrid of a polar bear, a gorilla, and a tiger).
  • Evo - One of Chase's monsters (a hybrid of an eagle and a swan).
  • Nightstone - One of Chase's monsters (a hybrid of a cat and a jackal).
• Jeredy Suno - Chase's father.
• Bren (voiced by Christopher Smith) - One of the main protagonists.
  • Quickforce - One of Bren's monsters (a hybrid of an antelope and a raven that resembles a hippogriff).
  • Longfang - One of Bren's monsters.
• Jinja (voiced by Karen Strassman) - One of the main protagonists.
  • Charger - One of Jinja's monsters (a hybrid of an armadillo, a bison, and a moose).
  • Whipper - One of Jinja's monsters.
• Beyal (voiced by Kirk Thornton) - A supporting protagonist.
  • Glowblade - One of Beyal's monsters (a hybrid of a snake and a spider that resembles a hydra).
  • Arachniblade - One of Beyal's monsters.
• Dax (voiced by Keith Silverstein)
  • Airswitch - One of Dax's monsters (a hybrid of a hawk, a vulture and a lizard).
  • Boost - One of Dax's monsters.

S.T.O.R.M.

• Charlemagne - Commandant of the STORM agency.
  • Driftblade - One of Charlemagne's monsters (an armored hybrid of a lion).
• Commander Trey (voiced by Keith Silverstein) - STORM's second-in-command general.
  • Riccoshot - One of Trey's monsters (a hybrid of a Hercules beetle).
• Jon Ace (voiced by Christopher Smith) - Jeredy's assistant.
  • Blackbullet - One of Ace's monsters (a hybrid of a falcon and a crow).

Eklipse

• Dr. Emmanuel Klipse - The show's primary antagonist.
  • Backslash - One of Klipse's monsters (a hybrid of a wolf and a grizzly bear that resembles a werewolf).
• Hargrave - Klipse's loyal butler.
  • Shadowhornet - One of Hargrave's monsters (a hybrid of a bat and a scorpion).
• Medea (voiced by Karen Strassman) - The demented Leander of DarkSpin gang and of Klipse's spies to hunt down Chase Suno.
  • Poisonwing - One of Medea's monsters (a hybrid of a dragonfly and a spitting cobra).
  • Toxicclaw - One of Medea's monsters (a hybrid of a mantis and a beetle).

Episodes

The series premiered on February 23, 2012 with the first two episodes "Clash" and "Courage" as a back-to-back one hour special.

Other media

Toyline

Jakks Pacific owns exclusive worldwide rights to manufacture Monsuno's toy products.^[10] Jakks Pacific is distributing directly in the United States and Canada. Bandai will be the distribution partner in Japan; Giochi Preziosi will distribute in Europe.

Trading card game

A trading card game (TCG) adaptation based on the series was released on March 5, 2012.^[11]

References

External links

• Official website
• Monsuno at the Internet Movie Database
• Monsuno at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Monsuno Wiki, an external wiki