Those who caught the hour-long Skyland special back in January can look forward to next month’s launch of the half-hour series on Nicktoons Network. The outlet’s first foray into sci-fi will premiere Saturday, Nov. 18 at 9 p.m. (ET) during 3 Headed Monster programming block. An encore presentation of the original special, ‘Dawn of A New Day,’ will be followed by an all-new episode airing at 10 p.m.
Skyland is set in the year 2451, when the earth’s shattered crust has turned into millions of planetary fragments. In this floating world, the Great Wall of China and the Empire State Building stand side-by-side, and the Eiffel Tower is visible from the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The story revolves around Mahad and his sister Lena, two extraordinary children who struggle to free their mother from the Guardians, the tyrannical caste that rules over the new world order.
Created by Emmanuel Gorin, Alexandre de la Patelli’re and Matthieu Delaporte, and produced by France’s Method Films, the show combines hand-drawn images with 2D and 3D animation. Montreal-based Kaydara developed the software used in the production, which features motion-capture character animation.
The first season of Skyland consists of 13 episodes, which will air Saturdays at 9 p.m. (ET) on Nicktoons. In the premiere episode, ‘Manipulation,’ Mahad and Lena fight against the enemy when a solar phenomenon has unusual effects on Seijin powers. This allows a sect of the Sphere to take control of Dahlia, a strong member of the pirates, in an effort to learn the coordinates of the pirate hideout.
