Ekans – Snakes Awake also known as Ekans – Ek Se Badhkar Snake or simply Ekans is an Indian

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series produced by Hi-Tech Animation for Cartoon Network (India and Asia). The series centers around 13-year-old Ekans, whose name spelled backward would be "S, N, A, K, E". He has the ability to control snakes in form of robots and can also tackle real ones as well. It is the first Cartoon Network Indian original computer-animated series.

Premise

The series revolves around a 13-year-old street-smart wunderkind, Ekans, who is chosen as the one and is gifted a nagamani by the world's most powerful snakes, thanks to his heart of gold and fearless attitude. With extraordinary snake-like powers, the otherwise conventional tech-savvy youngster obtains heightened sensory perceptions, ability to camouflage, flexibility, and strength to keep humanity safe from the evils of the world. That's not all; his trendy hi-tech superpower suit with mechanical snakes gives him additional abilities to cleverly outsmart villains. The concept of snake-based powers in the series is derived from an old Indian legend revolving around snakes. In the legend, a community of snakes were granted sentience and powers such as metamorphosis by a magical stone called the Nagamani (lit. Serpent Gem).

Characters

Main

* Ekans * Chiku * Kiara * Diya * Dr. Sanjay * Chocho the Robot * Naagrakshak * Agent P * Bunty * Dheeraj * Sonu and Monu

Supporting

* Wire Z * Time Warp * Dr. I * Darkstone * Elastiko * Worm King * Froggie * Kazero * Sapera * Chemical King * Crazy Collector * Mongoose & Kanjoose * Chen & Liu * Octagon * Gatoroid * Danger Driller * Cemento & Mixer * Hathoda * Maharoach * Lathi & Kathi (Sapera's Assistant)

Broadcast

The series debuted on

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on 27 June 2021 with first season titled ''Ekans - Ek Se Badhkar Snake''. The second season of the series was premiered on 22 November 2021 under the title ''Ekans - Snakes Awake!'' on

. The series also premiered on Cartoon Network Asia in 25 April 2022.

shifted the series to its sister channel

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on 22 August 2022. The show shifted to their new sister channel

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on 14 October 2023.

Specials

Ekans – Origin Story

On 25 December 2021 Cartoon Network aired a special episode of the series titled ''Ekans Special:'' ''Ekans: Origin Story'' in the celebration of

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. In this special episode, it was revealed how Ekans got his super powers and nagamani. It was also premiered on

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with the title ''Ekans: Origin Story'' on 4 September 2022.

Movies

Ekans – Hero Ek Villain Anek

A theatrical film titled ''Ekans – Hero Ek Villain Anek'' was released in

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on 19 August 2022 in three languages i.e.

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and

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. The film later premiered on

in 16 October 2022.

Ekans – The Mystery Of Three Gems

launched another feature film of the series titled ''Ekans – The Mystery Of Three Gems'' on 9 October 2022. It is also an original film of

of ''Ekans'' series.

Ekans Takshak Ka Ashirwad

''Ekans Takshak Ka Ashirwad'' is the third film of the series. It was originally premiered on

in 26 March 2023. The movie was also launched in

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and

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with

and

References

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