PowerKids Studios

PowerKids Studios was a North-American dubbing and voice acting company formed in both in Montana, United States and Ontario, Canada in 2002 and would shut down in 2014.

BIOGRAPHY
Powerkids Studios was a company formed in North America in 2002. Their aim was to bring fourth and voice act foreign children's media to a North American audience with appeal to the children's demographic in those countries. Their process was to order a dub for a certain show or animated film aimed for the target demographic they were looking for whether it be from Europe, Australia, Asia or Latin America and hire a group of American and Canadian voice actors to dub over the lines of the characters, in some instances changing the scripts and making new edits to the shows or movie to be localised and appeal to the North American audience.

These dubs would then be broadcasted on TV on North American television channels such as Playhouse Disney, Nick Jr, YTV and Teletoon. Many of these dubs were either Animated or Live Action. Some of the dubs were so popular that the whole series would be dubbed.

Powerkids Studios would go on to make dubs of 18 different children's foreign media from 2002 to 2013 before closing their doors and shutting down in 2014.

2002

 * Pollyanna! (Original: The Story Of Pollyanna, Girl of Love/Country: Japan/Year: 1986)

AIR DATE/RUNTIME
March 6th 2002 - May 25th 2002 (1 Season - 51 Episodes)

VOICE ACTORS

Pollyanna Whittier: Tracey Moore (Original: Mitsuko Horie)

John Whittier: Adrian Truss (Original: Hideyuki Tanaka)

Jeannie Harrington: Linda Sorensen (Original: Naoko Watanabe)

Polly Harrington: Karen Bernstein (Original: Masako Nozawa)

Nancy Hartley: Tracey Hoyt (Original: Keiko Han)

2003

 * Cocco Bill And The Wild West (Original: Cocco Bill/Country: Italy - Germany - Hong Kong/Year: 2001-2004)

AIR DATE/RUNTIME
January 10th 2003 - October 3rd 2003 (1 Season - 52 Episodes)

VOICES ACTORS
Cocco Bill: Rick Jones (Original: Enrico Lemme)

Slowtrot: Richard Dumont (Original: Raffaele Fallica)

Osusanna Iloveyou: Susan Roman (Original: Silvana Fantini)

2004

 * Un-Fairytale (Original: Magos Y Gigantes - Wizards And Giants/Country: Mexico/Year: 2003)

AIR DATE/RUNTIME
December 21st 2004 (Movie)

VOICE ACTORS
Jorge/Gigante: Lisa Ortiz (Original: Xochitl Ugarte)

Ava/Ada: Amy Palant (Original: Rossy Aguierre)

Trafalgar: James Carter Cathcart (Original: Ruben Trujillo)

Tidus The Cruellest/Titan Caradura: Dan Green (Original: Arath De La Torre)

Princess Luna: Rachael Lillis (Original: Gaby Ugarte)

2005

 * The Fairies (Original: The Fairies/Country: Australia/Year: 2005 - 2009)

AIR DATE/RUNTIME
December 31st 2005 - January 7th 2010 (3 Seasons - 78 Episodes)

VOICE ACTORS
Harmony: Cathy Weseluck (Original: Candice Moll)

Rhapsody: Kathleen Barr (Original: Ruth Natalie Fallon)

Barnaby The Bizzy Buzzy Bee: Scott McNeil (Original: PJ Oaten)

Elf The Fairy Cake Maker: Samuel Vincent (Original: Rhys Bobridge)

Wizzy The Wizard: Brian Drummond (Original: Adam Goodburn)

Melody The FairyWorld Tot: Shannon Chan Kent (Original: Stephanie Antonopoulos)

Jingles The FairyWorld Tot: Tracey Moore (Original: Erin Dunn)

Treble The FairyWorld Tot: Julie Lemeiux (Original: Sam Trenwith)

Acorn The FairyWorld Tot: Teresa Gallagher (Original: Matthew Wilson)

Buttercup The FairyWorld Tot: Tabitha St Germain (Original: Tayla-Dantu Hann)

Bubbles The Beach Fairy: Kelly Sheridan (Original: Alice Darling)

Twinkle The Tooth Fairy: Venus Terzo (Original: Melody Lian)

Minuet The Dancing Fairy: Jocelyn Loewen (Original: Peppa Blackburn)

Emma: Britt McKillip (Original: Abigail Watts)

Arabella: Maddy Capozzi (Original: Sasha Champion)

William: Alberto Ghisi (Original: Harrison Dearing)

Jack: Chiara Zanni (Original: Harrison Watts)

Lily: Brittney Wilson (Original: Elisabeth Wellings)


 * Journey To Magic (Original: Peter In Magicland/Country: Germany/Year: 1990)

AIRDATE/RUNTIME
October 26th 2005 - October 30th 2005 (Miniseries/1 Season - 5 Episodes)

VOICE ACTORS
Peter: Alberto Ghisi (Original: André Schmidtsdorf)

Annaliese: Jessica Boone (Original: Nathalie del Castillo)

Mr. Buzzworthy: Neil Crone (Original: Manfred Lichtenfeld)

Sandman: Joseph Motiki (Original: Friederich W. Bauschulte)

Neoma The Moon Fairy/Night Fairy: Jennie Welch (Original: Dagmar Heller)

Mother Cloud: Elizabeth Hanna (Original: Doris Jensen)

Gingerbread Man: Doug Parker (Original: Willi Roebke)

Zeus The Giant/Storm Giant: Colin Fox (Original: Fritz von Hardenberg)

Mr Moon/Moon Man: Mark Oliver (Original: Wolfgang Hess)

Santa/Father Christmas: Richard Epcar (Original: Walter Reichelt)

2006

 * The Barbapapas: An Unlikely Family! (Original: Barbapapa/Country: Japan - Netherlands/Year: 1974 - 1977)

AIRDATE/RUNTIME
June 4th 2006 - April 12th 2007 (2 Seasons - 100 Episodes)

VOICE ACTORS
Barbapapa: Eric Stuart (Original: Ricet Barrier)

Barbamama: Carrie Keranen (Original: Ricet Barrier)

Barbabravo: Wayne Grayson (Original: Ricet Barrier)

Barbabright: Andrew Rannells (Original: Ricet Barrier)

Barbazoo: Kayzie Rogers (Original: Ricet Barrier)

Barbashine/Barbabeau: Michael Sinterniklaas (Original: Ricet Barrier)

Barbalala: Rebecca Honig (Original: Ricet Barrier)

Barbabelle: Kerry Williams (Original: Ricet Barrier)

Barbalee/Barbalib: Lisa Ortiz (Original: Ricet Barrier)


 * A War Story (Original: Au Revoir Les Enfantes/Country: France/Year: 1987)

AIRDATE/RUNTIME

November 19th 2006 (Movie)

VOICE ACTORS

Julien Quentin: Nikita Hopkins (Original: Gaspard Manesse)

Jean Kippelstein/Jean Bonnet: Tom Wheatley (Original: Raphael Fetjo)

Mme Quentin: Shannon Emerick (Original: Francine Racette)

Francois Quentin: Haley Joel Osment (Original: Stanislas Carré de Malberg)

Father Jean/Pere Jean: Tristan MacAvery (Original: Philippe Morier-Genoud)

Joseph: Spike Spencer (Original: François Négret)

Narrator/Julien: Tom Wyner (Original: Louis Malle)

2007

 * Nobody's Girl (Original: Remi, Nobody's Girl/Country: Japan/Year: 1996)

AIRDATE/RUNTIME

February 14th 2007 - August 6th 2007 (1 Season - 26 Episodes)

VOICE ACTORS

Remi: Emilie Claire Barlow (Original: Mitsuko Horie)

Vitalis: Christopher Gaze (Original: Fubito Yamano)

Anne Barberin: Linda Ballantyne (Original: Kumiko Hironaka)

Nana: Sugar Lyn Beard (Original: Junko Shimakata)

Jerome: Cork Ramer (Original: Masahiko Tanaka)

Mrs. Milligan: Athena Karkanis (Original: Eiko Yamada)

Arthur: Vic Mignogna (Original: Yumi Touma)

Mattia: Greg Ayres (Original: Shinobu Adachi)

Gaspard: Neil Crone (Original: Nobuaki Fukuda)


 * Upon A Star (Original: Laura's Star - Lauras Stern/Country: Germany/Year: 2004)

AIRDATE/RUNTIME

September 30th 2007 (Movie)

VOICE ACTORS

Laura: Sugar Lyn Beard (Original: Céline Vogt)

Tommy: Veronica Taylor (Original: Sandro Iannotta)

Max: Julie Lemeiux (Original: Maximilian Artajo)

Mama: Erica Schroeder (Original: Brit Gülland)

Papa: Sean Schemmel (Original: Heinrich Schafmeister)

Selene/Sun: Jane Woods (Original: Eva Mattes)

Lunar/Moon: Keith Knight (Original: Peter Fitz)

2008

 * Five Olympic Rings (Original: The Olympic Adventures Of Fuwa/Country: China/Year: 2007)

AIRDATE/RUNTIME

June 11th 2008 - August 1st 2008

VOICE ACTORS

Bebe/Beibei: Andi Whaley (Original: Tao Hong)

RingALing/JingJing: Erica Schroeder (Original: Mei Ting)

Hothot/Huanhuan: Amy Birnbaum (Original: Jin Haixin)

Dashiedash/Yingying: Rachael Lillis (Original: Jane Zhang)

Neenee/Nini: Rebecca Soler (Original: Cao Ying)

Professor Brass/Quan Boshi: Lee Tockar (Original: Lu Jianyi)

Mini: Tabitha St Germain (Original: Zhang Zhen)