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Revision as of 14:58, 7 April 2008
ReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure television series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company, Mainframe Entertainment, and created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace, with the visuals designed by Brendan McCarthy after an initial attempt by Ian Gibson.
The shows director was Richard Zondag, excutive producers are Stephane Reichel and Steve Barron.
It is credited with being the first full-length, completely computer-animated TV series.
ReBoot was a big worldwide success, and was the world's first long-form computer animated piece, predating both Pixar and Dreamworks' later movies. The highly inventive and quirky series really hit its strident stride in the second and third seasons, and is considered a classic example of early steam-driven computer animation. Episodes have been shown and stored at The Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC for posterity. Computer games, toys and motion rides were developed from the series
Plot
The setting is in the inner world of a computer system known by its inhabitants as Mainframe. The city is populated almost entirely by binomes, little creatures that represent either 1s or 0s, as well as a handful of Sprites who are primarily humanoid creatures of more complex design and are the main characters of the series.
Most of their adventures focus on fighting computer Viruses, such as Megabyte and Hexadecimal.
The show was named after the computer Reboot. It is an action to reset a computer of software in it to a new or old format.
History
The show was canceled in 1997 after three years of episodes. See: Episode List.
It was latter revived in 2001, with two made for tv movies, each shown in four parts. The first is named ReBoot: Daemon Rising, and the second is named ReBoot: My Two Bobs.
Currently ReBoot is being revived a second time by a new company with the idea of a comic book. They have also talked about redesigning the show, this has produced mixed feelings amoung most fans. See: ReBoot Petition Against Reinvention