| Monsuno | |
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 English title card | |
| Genre | |
| Directed by | Yoshiaki Okumura |
| Voices of | |
| Opening theme | American version: "Monsuno" byFar East Movement (1–26)[1] "Combat Chaos" bySoulJa (27–65) Japanese version: "MONSUNO!" byRey (1–26) "SPIN GO!" by Rey (27–52) |
| Ending theme | American version: "Monsuno" by Far East Movement (1–65) Japanese version: "Jounetsu Element" by SV TRIBE (1–26) "Onaji Sekai de" by Rey (27–52) |
| Composer | Michael Tavera |
| Country of origin | United States Japan[2] |
| Original languages | English Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 65(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jeremy Padawer Stephen Berman Marc Harrington Hiroaki Muto Yuma Sakata |
| Producers | Jared Wolfson Chapman Maddox Jon Hudson Yukio Kusumoto |
| Animator | Larx Entertainment |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Dentsu Entertainment USA Jakks Pacific The Topps Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nicktoons (USA, 1–52) Hulu (USA, 53–65) TV Tokyo (Japan, 1–52) |
| Release | February 23, 2012 (2012-2-23) – July 1, 2014 (2014-7-1) |
Monsuno, released asJūsen Battle Monsuno (Japanese:獣旋バトルモンスーノ,Hepburn:Jūsen Batoru Monsūno, "Spin Beast Battle Monsuno") in Japan, is ananimated series that premiered in the United States on February 23, 2012 onNickelodeon's sister channel,Nicktoons[3][4] and began airing onTV Tokyo in Japan in October 2012,[5] with global launches staggered by country sometime between mid-2012 and early 2013 through Nickelodeon.[6] The series was directed by Yoshiaki Okumura. It is distributed byFremantleMedia and is produced byDentsu Entertainment USA (part ofDentsu Aegis Network),Jakks Pacific, andThe Topps Company.[3] Japanese animation studioLarx Entertainment animated the series.[7]
The show 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 a H.A.M.M.E.R.-typeagency called "S.T.O.R.M." (Strategic Tactical Operatives for Recovery of Monsuno) whose plans are still in question and Dr. Emanuel Klipse, a malevolent scientist who has his own nefarious plans.[9]
The 5 adventure-seeking teenagers are once again in the battle of Monsunos, now, however, with Jeredy Suno officially back from being missing or kidnapped. But along with old foes, come new ones, with The Forge Resistance, a manufacturer bent on destroying the world with Wild Core Bombs, The S.T.O.R.M. Strike Squad, a team which could be considered the anti version of Team Core-Tech handpicked by Charlemagne, the Hand of Destiny, a team of century-old tribes who have hidden themselves from the world underground long ago, and Six, a teenager clone of Dr. Eklipse. Now on Team Core-Tech's tail, Chase and his friends are ready to take the heat. But as the battle becomes tougher, the team must face new problems and must come to connect to their Monsunos more than ever before.
The series continues after the events of Monsuno: Combat Chaos, with the introduction of Core-Tech and S.T.O.R.M's merging, Eklipse and Forge Resistance with the newly-manufactured Dino Monsuno, and return of Hand of Destiny with their new non-shapeshifting alien Monsunos. The three survived members of the Hand have been reverted to children- Petros, Terz and Dasha now work with Digby Droog. There are also some returning characters from Season 1, like the Bookman and Grandma Future. With the help of their new Hyper Monsuno, Team Core-Tech may stand a chance against their adversaries.
The characters are accompanied by Monsunos (giant high-tech/mechanical/armoredhybrid monsters of one or more animal species), which are contained in cylinder regeneration chamber capsules known as "cores".
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | ||
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| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 26 | February 23, 2012 | November 21, 2012 | |
| 2 | 26 | April 21, 2013 | May 25, 2014 | |
| 3 | 13 | July 1, 2014 | ||
The series premiered on February 23, 2012 with the first two episodes "Clash" and "Courage" as a back-to-back one-hour special.
The Nordic broadcasts were premiered inNickelodeon in Denmark, Norway, Sweden (asMonsuno) since 2012, with SDI Media as the Nordic studio, andNickelodeon in Finland (asMonsuno) since 2012, with SDI Media as the Finnish studio.
The series was also premiered inNickelodeon in Germany (asMonsuno) since 2012, with SDI Media as the German studio,Nickelodeon in Netherlands (asMonsuno) since 2012, with SDI Media as the Dutch studio,Nickelodeon in Poland (asMonsuno) since 2012, with Master Film as the Polish studio.
China's broadcast was premiered onCCTV-14, starting with the first series on 15 May 2017.
Shout! Factory began releasingMonsuno episodes on DVD in January 2013.Monsuno: Destiny was released on January 8, 2013, andMonsuno: Power was released on May 21, 2013.[10][11]
Jakks Pacific owns exclusive worldwide rights to manufacture Monsuno's toy products.[12]
Atrading card game (TCG) adaptation based on the series was released on March 5, 2012.[13]
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