Dragon Booster is a Canadian animated series created by Rob Travalino and Kevin Mowrer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that aired from October 23, 2004 to December 16, 2006. The first series produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment, the series is about young Artha Penn, a stable boy. He is chosen by Beaucephalis (or "Beau" for short), the dragon of legend, to be his rider, turning him into the Dragon Booster, a hero to protect the world from the impending Dragon-Human war and unite humans and dragons for all time.[1]
Dragon Booster | |
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Genre | Action Adventure Science fantasy Comedy drama |
Created by | Rob Travalino Kevin Mowrer |
Directed by | George Samilski J. Falconer Steve Ball |
Voices of | Matt Hill Kathleen Barr Garry Chalk Mark Oliver Trevor Devall Lee Tockar Lenore Zann Scott McNeil |
Theme music composer | Robert Buckley |
Composer | Robert Buckley |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
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Producer | Asaph Fipke |
Running time | 22-30 minutes |
Production companies | ApolloScreen Filmproduktion Nerd Corps Entertainment The Story Hat Alliance Atlantis |
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Network | CBC Television |
Release | October 23, 2004 December 16, 2006 | –
The story takes place on the world of Draconis, where 2000 years ago a huge Dragon-Human War erupted. The golden Dragon of Legend chose a human rider, the Dragon Booster, to bring peace and show that dragons and humans can coexist.
In the present day humans have been commanding dragons, the very thing the original Dragon Booster sought to prevent, and another war is looming. However, Connor Penn breeds back into existence one last gold dragon of legend, Beau. Beau chooses a stable boy, Artha Penn to be the Dragon Booster. Artha seeks to protect the world from the impending Dragon-Human war by defeating villains such as Moordryd Paynn and his father Word.[1]
The end of the final episode of the third season alluded to a planned name change to Dragon Booster: Academy for the next season. However, in an interview with Matt Hill (the voice of Artha Penn) on June 10, 2006, at the Otakuthon convention held in Concordia University, it was made apparent that Dragon Booster failed to pull together a large enough fan base and production has permanently ceased on the series. He stated, "We did not get the following 13 episodes." When asked why the series lost its bid for more episodes, Hill responded, "They were not selling enough action figures".[2]