Dino Dana
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Genre | Television series |
Created by | J. J. Johnson |
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Country of origin | Canada |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Production location(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Production company(s) | Sinking Ship Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network | TVOKids |
Original release | May 24, 2017 April 16, 2020 |
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Dino Dana is a Canadian television series that was created and is directed by J. J. Johnson. The series was developed as a followup to Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures and premiered on Amazon Prime on May 27, 2017.[1][2] In September 2020, Dino Dana: The Movie was released on Prime Video[3] after being announced in 2018.[4] It was originally going to be a theatrical release on March 21, 2020, but was delayed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[5] A new spin-off of Dino Dana, titled Dino Dex, was announced in July 2023, and is set to premiere sometime in 2024.[6]
Plot
A sequel series to Dino Dan, Dino Dana focuses on a nine-year-old girl named Dana Jain who sets out to complete "Dino experiments" that teach her more about dinosaurs, pterosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles, synapsids, prehistoric insects and prehistoric mammals. She often also increases her understanding of life and grows in her personal life as a result of the lessons learned while solving the experiments. Other characters include her older stepsister, Saara; her mother, Ava; her stepfather, Ahman; and Gloria, her maternal grandmother, and Dexter, her baby half-brother born at the beginning of season 3. Jason Spevack and Trek Buccino also make periodic guest appearances as Dan and Trek Henderson.
The series combines live action with CGI animation.[7]
Cast
- Michela Luci as Dana Jain
- Saara Chaudry as Saara Jain, Dana's older step-sister
- Nicola Correia-Damude as Mom (Eva Jain)
- Amish Patel as Dad (Aman Jain)
- Rayan Mahklouf as Dexter Jain, Dana and Saara’s baby brother
- Maria Vacratsis as Grandma
- Eric Peterson as Grandpa
- Ali Hassan as Uncle Ravi
- Nelu Handa as Anjali, Uncle Ravi’s girlfriend
- Bill Cobbs as Mr. Hendrickson, Dana's neighbour
- Laaibah Alvi as Young Saara
- Loretta Yu as Cai (recurring)
- Anna Cathcart as Robyn (recurring)
- Olivia Presti as Olivia (recurring)
- Millie Davis as Riley (recurring)
- Jayne Eastwood as Ms Currie
- Jason Spevack as Dan Henderson
- Trek Buccino as Trek Henderson
Broadcast
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 13 | May 24, 2017 | August 17, 2017 | |
2 | 13 | March 24, 2018 | August 4, 2018 | |
3 | 13 | May 22, 2019 | July 3, 2019 | |
4 | 13 | April 16, 2020 | April 16, 2020 |
Episodes
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Awards
Award | Year | Category | Recipients | Result |
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Canadian Screen Awards | 2018 | Best Direction, Children's or Youth | J.J. Johnson | Nominated |
Best Performance, Children's or Youth | Michela Luci | Nominated | ||
Canadian Screen Awards | 2019 | Best Pre-School Program or Series | Dino Dana | Won |
Best Cross-Platform Project - Children's and Youth | Dino Dana Digital | Won | ||
Best Direction, Children's or Youth | J.J. Johnson | Nominated | ||
Best Writing, Children's or Youth | J.J. Johnson, Christin Simms and Nathalie Youglai | Nominated | ||
Best Performance, Children's or Youth | Michela Luci | Nominated | ||
Best Performance, Children's or Youth | Saara Chaudry | Nominated | ||
Daytime Emmy Award | 2018 | Outstanding Preschool Children's Series | Dino Dana | Nominated |
Daytime Emmy Award | 2019 | Outstanding Preschool Children's Series | Dino Dana | Nominated |
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Family Viewing or Special Class Program | Michela Luci | Won | ||
Outstanding Writing in a Children's, Pre-school Children's or Family Viewing Program | J.J. Johnson, Christin Simms and Nathalie Younglai | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Directing in a Children's, Pre-school Children's or Family Viewing Program | J.J. Johnson | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Art direction/Set Direction/Senic Design | Amanda Vernuccio, Tyler McFarland and Kevin Morra | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Lighting Direction | George Lajtai CSC | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Live Action Program | Sean W. Karp, Will Preventis, Noah Siegel, Charles Duchesne, Blag Ahilov and Jakob Thiesen | Nominated |
2017: won the Kidscreen Award for Best New Series [8]
2018: won the Kidscreen Award for Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series [9]
2019: won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Performer in a Children's Program[10]
2019: won the 2019 YMA Award for Best Program, Live Action Scripted and Non-Scripted, Preschool[11]
Broadcast
On October 6, 2016, on YouTube, short introductory Dino Dana clips were first published, reusing footage from the past two shows. Dino Dana launched on May 24, 2017 on TVOKids in Canada.[12] In the US and UK, the show premiered on May 26, 2017 on Amazon Prime.[13] In Australia Dino Dana screens on ABC Kids.[14] In Latin America, premiered on Nat Geo Kids Latin America
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External links
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- 2010s Canadian children's television series
- 2020s Canadian children's television series
- 2017 Canadian television series debuts
- Canadian preschool education television series
- Canadian television series with live action and animation
- Canadian television spin-offs
- 2010s preschool education television series
- 2020s preschool education television series
- Television series about children
- Television series about dinosaurs
- Television shows filmed in Toronto
- TVO original programming
- Amazon Prime Video children's programming
- English-language television shows