Exchange Student Zero
Creator
  • Shayne Armstrong
  • Bruce Kane
  • Shane Krauss (film)
  • Maurice Argiro
  • Patrick Crawley (series)
DirectorPatrick Crawley
Voices(See Voice cast)
Theme music composer
Opentheme"Exchange Student Zero"
Composer
  • Film: Tripod; Keith Moore (additional)
  • Series: Bob Mothersbaugh
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
NetworkCartoon Network
Executive producer
  • Yoshiya Ayugai
  • Silas Hickey
  • Bruce Kane (series)
ProducerBruce Kane (film)
EditorKen Hardie (series)
Company
Num episodes13
Runtime
  • 70 minutes (film)
  • 21–22 minutes (series)
First aired26 September 2015
Last aired19 December 2015

Exchange Student Zero is a 2012 Australian television film that premiered on 16 December 2012 on Cartoon Network, and a 2015 TV series based on the film.

Production

Created by Bruce Kane with Maurice Argiro and produced by Bogan Entertainment Solutions, in association with Cartoon Network Asia Pacific, it is the first local animated production to be commissioned by the channel.[1]

A TV series based on the film was announced as the first Cartoon Network show produced in Australia,[2] where the two original creators joins Patrick Crawley. It premiered in the Asia-Pacific region on 26 September 2015,[3][4] and the setting was changed from Perth, Australia to a U.S. town called South Port.

Voice cast

Film (2012)

Main

  • Dee Bradley Baker as Amonsun, Monsters
  • Natalie Bond as Lucinda, Anime Girls #1
  • Patrick Crawley as Biology Teacher, Real Exchange Student
  • Marg Downey as Peg, Happy Peach Flower, Drama Teacher
  • Scott Edgar as Principal Rogerson
  • Mark Hamill as King Karuta, King Blackyard
  • Edwin Kane as Leroy
  • Kate McLennan as Charity, Anime Girls #2
  • Rove McManus as Hiro, John, Max, Lionel, Coach
  • Candi Milo as Avere, Queen Karuta, Queen Blackyard
  • Peter Rowsthorn as Denmead
  • Jon Von Goes as Sot Sloane

Additional

  • Gene Argiro
  • Ginger Argiro
  • Giles Brading
  • Patrick Crawley
  • Shona Elliot-Kerr
  • Serena Kane
  • Indigo Malatt
  • Molly McCusker
  • Judy Whittle
  • Astra Whitton

Series (2015)

Awards

Writers Shayne Armstrong, Bruce Kane, and Shane Krauss won the 2013 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing for the script.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Rove lends five voices to Cartoon Network's first local show". Mumbrella. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ^ Knox, David (22 November 2013). "Aussie-made content coming to Cartoon Network". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. ^ Thefanboyseo (28 August 2015). "Cartoon Network Philippines September 2015 Programming Highlights". What's a Geek. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. ^ Knox, David (23 September 2015). "Returning: Exchange Student Zero". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Exchange Student Zero (2015) Voice Credits". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. ^ "AWGIE special awards 1973-2015". AWG. Retrieved 23 December 2023.