Thomas & Friends - Season 25

Series 25 of Thomas & Friends is slated to air in Fall 2021.

Production
In 2020, Mattel Television announced a new co-production partnership with Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Studio. 104 11-minute episodes and two 60-minute specials were greenlit for the “Thomas & Friends” television series over two seasons. The new format will feature "a new look and story structure", original songs and Thomas as the lead character of every episode.

According to executive producer Christopher Keenan, the series will be 2D-animated, allowing the crew to cater to contemporary audiences and introduce more physicality and expressiveness in the characters.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Emily
 * Yong Bao
 * Kenji
 * Harold
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Nia
 * Diesel
 * Carly
 * Bulstrode
 * Skiff
 * Cranky
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Edward (not named, does not speak)
 * Henry (not named, does not speak)
 * Farmer McColl (does not speak)
 * Hiro (portrait cameo)
 * Whiff (mentioned, full role cut)
 * The Big Mean Engine (indirectly mentioned)

Characters introduced

 * Kana
 * Sandy
 * Ultratrain
 * Trainiac
 * The Itsy Bitsy Speeder (book only)
 * The Purple Tender Engine (cameo)
 * Stationmaster (cameo)
 * Farona and Frederico (portrait cameos)

UK

 * Aaron Barashi as Thomas
 * Will Harrison-Wallace as Gordon, Cranky and Bulstrode
 * Luke Marty as James
 * Henri Charles as Percy
 * Sade Smith as Nia
 * TBA as Emily
 * Lobo Chan as Yong Bao
 * Jai Armstrong as Skiff, Harold and Troublesome Trucks
 * Chloe Raphael as Kana
 * Holly Dixon as Sandy
 * Eva Mohamad as Carly
 * Kintaro Akiyama as Kenji (A Wide Delivery only)
 * Henry Harrison as Diesel
 * Catherine Disher (Annie) and Linda Kash (Clarabel)
 * Cory Doran as Ultratrain and Trainiac
 * Bruce Dow as The Fat Controller

US

 * Meesha Contreras as Thomas
 * Neil Crone as Gordon
 * Luke Marty as James
 * Charlie Zeltzer as Percy
 * Kayla Lorette as Emily
 * Patrick Kwok-Choon as Yong Bao
 * Cory Doran as Cranky, Ultratrain, Trainiac and A Troublesome Truck
 * Jamie Watson as Skiff, Bulstrode and A Troublesome Truck
 * Shomoy James Mitchell as Diesel
 * Ava Ro as Kana
 * Glee Dango as Sandy
 * Jenna Warren as Carly
 * Kintaro Akiyama as Kenji
 * Catherine Disher (Annie) and Linda Kash (Clarabel)
 * Talia Evans as Nia
 * Bruce Dow as Harold and Sir Topham Hatt

Trivia

 * This is the first series of a few things:
 * The first series animated exclusively in 2D by Nelvana Studio.
 * The first series in which drivers and firemen are not present.
 * The first series to have no narration.
 * The first series in which where Carly is an engine rather than a crane.
 * This series and Series 26 have the most episodes for any series thus far, at 52. The previous longest series, Series 10 and Series 20, had 28 episodes each.