''Animorphs'' (also known under the promotional title ''AniTV'') is a television adaptation made by Protocol Entertainment based on the Scholastic book series of the same name by K. A. Applegate. It was made for YTV for Season 1 and

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for Season 2 in Canada and

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for the United States. The series was broadcast from September 15, 1998 to October 8, 1999 in the United States and Canada.

Cast

Main

Shawn Ashmore Shawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Bobby Drake / Iceman in the ''X-Men'' film series, Jake Berenson in the television series ''Animorphs'', Agent Mike Weston in the television drama se ...

Jake Jake may refer to: Name * Jake (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Katrin Jäke (born c. 1975), German swimmer * Jake (gamer), American ''Overwatch'' player and coach Animals * Jake (rescue dog), a ...

* Brooke Nevin as

Rachel Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aun ...

* Boris Cabrera as Marco * Nadia Nascimento as

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Christopher Ralph Christopher Douglas Ralph (born May 13, 1977) is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Tobias in the 1998 TV series ''Animorphs ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of children's books written by Katherine Applega ...

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Recurring

Paulo Costanzo Paulo Costanzo (born September 21, 1978) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill (Ax) in the TV series '' Animorphs'', the roles of Rubin Carver in the comedy film ''Road Trip'', Alexander Cabot in '' Josie a ...

as Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill *

Eugene Lipinski Eugene Lipinski (born 5 November 1956) is a British-Canadian character actor and screenwriter. He was born in Wansford Camp, Soke of Peterborough, England, and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He began acting at the age of twelve in amat ...

as Visser Three/Victor Trent *

Dov Tiefenbach Dov Yosef Tiefenbach (born December 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and musician. Life and career Tiefenbach was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is of Jewish background. He began his acting career at the age of 12, starting off in commercials, ...

as Erek King * Allegra Fulton as Eva / Visser One * Joshua Peace as Tom Berenson * Terra Vanessa Kowalyk as Melissa Chapman * Richard Sali as Principal Chapman *

Diego Matamoros Diego Matamoros is a Canadian actor who has performed in theatre, television, film, radio, and voice animation, both across Canada and in the United States. In 1998, he won a Gemini award for his performance as Dr. Goldman in CBC Television's min ...

as Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul *

Peter Messaline Peter Messaline (9 April 1944 – 8 December 2016) was an English-Canadian actor. Born in London, he attended Queen Mary College, London University, where he read Physics and Geography. His first TV job was voicing the Daleks in the 1972 ''D ...

as the Ellimist * Frank Pelligrino as Jeremy, Marco's father (Peter in the books) * Cassandra Van Wyck as Sara Berenson, Rachel's younger sister * Jonathan Whittaker as Greg, Jake's father (Steve in the books) * Karen Waddell as Nikki, Jake's mother (Jean in the books) *

Melanie Nicholls-King Melanie Nicholls-King is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known for playing Cheryl in the drama series ''The Wire'', and for her portrayal of Officer Noelle Williams in the drama series ''Rookie Blue''. Personal life Nicholls-King is from Toron ...

as Aisha, Cassie's mother (Michelle in the books)

Episodes

Season 1 (1998–99)

Season 2 (1999)

Home releases

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (when they were known as Columbia TriStar Home Video) had released twelve episodes in four VHS volumes known as ''The Invasion Series'', collecting episodes from the series. The first 12 episodes are only released on VHS and not re-released on DVD. * Part 1: ''The Invasion Begins'' ("My Name is Jake" parts 1 and 2, and "Underground") *Part 2: ''Nowhere to Run'' ("Between Friends", "The Message" and "The Reaction") * Part 3: ''The Enemy Among Us'' ("The Stranger", "The Leader" parts 1 and 2) * Part 4: ''The Legacy Survives'' ("The Capture" parts 1 and 2, and "Not My Problem") Seven volumes spanning the first 20 episodes (only the first of which was identical to its U.S. counterpart) were released in Australia. The episodes were placed in chronological order. Each volume had three episodes apart from Volume 7, which had two ("Face Off", parts 1 and 2). All 26 episodes are currently available on iTunes,

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and

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spread across three volumes. Also, all 26 episodes were previously available on

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References

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