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96-432: In 2005, Nelvana Entertainment created a project called Funpak. It was designed to allow creators to pitch and create 5 minute interstitials . At the time, Greg Collinson didn't plan on pitching anything for this project until a colleague of his discussed about it on a train ride. He spent two weeks creating the "bible" for his series idea, which was initially named Power Stone Warriors . In this bible, he planned out

192-515: A supernatural being reveals cosmic mysteries or the future to a human intermediary. The means of mediation include dreams, visions and heavenly journeys, and they typically feature symbolic imagery drawn from the Jewish Bible , cosmological and (pessimistic) historical surveys, the division of time into periods, esoteric numerology, and claims of ecstasy and inspiration. Almost all are written under pseudonyms (false names), claiming as author

288-465: A television series . In the area of science fiction, Nelvana produced Droids and Ewoks , two Saturday-morning series based on Star Wars . At one point, there was talk of an animated CBS show from the studio, based on the BBC 's Doctor Who ; the plan never came to fruition, but concept art was created by Ted Bastien . For Orion Pictures ' 1986 live-action western comedy , Three Amigos ,

384-500: A 75% increase in earnings in 1998, credited to increased original production and sales of its library programming, the deal with CBS, and the addition of a publishing business with the acquisition of Kids Can Press. In August 1999, Nelvana announced a US$ 40 million deal to produce six new series based on popular children's books for a planned PBS block. The six series— Corduroy , Elliot Moose , Timothy Goes to School , Seven Little Monsters , George Shrinks , and Marvin

480-413: A C$ 200 million writedown for the company; by next August, it planned to reduce the staff down to 200. Hirsh has also taken an advisory role in the studio. The following September, Corus launched their home entertainment division . Texas-based FUNimation , along with British company Maverick , has distributed titles from the studio with this label, including Redwall , Pecola , Tales from

576-484: A Chicago-based distributor. The block was offered internationally on a barter program distribution model with one–two hours of daily sections or three–four hours of the weekend block. In 1998, Nelvana entered into an agreement with U.S. network CBS to program a new Saturday morning animation block for the 1998-99 television season, which would be branded as CBS Kidshow . The block would feature six new series based on children's book properties, and all were to comply with

672-408: A bar struck through at the top. The arch represents the containment of something and the two small bars jutting out from the arch to give it a firm footing. The bar at the apex of the arch signifies the single power controlling all that is encompassed by the arch. As a warrior sigil, Ogama's side points and the one atop its arc are used (Erik's Singeing Spar). As a booster, Ogama is either connected to

768-492: A chance to revisit the country's past heritage in that field. Meanwhile, Hirsh and Loubert collaborated on a related primer from Peter Martin and Associates, The Great Canadian Comic Books . During this time the new company was named Nelvana after World War II -era Canadian comic book superheroine Nelvana of the Northern Lights . A derelict apartment in downtown Toronto served as the company's first building, and

864-512: A co-production agreement with Canadian toy maker Spin Master and Japanese partners TMS Entertainment , Sega Toys and Japan Vistec to create the new anime property Bakugan Battle Brawlers . The series debuted in Canada on Teletoon the following summer and became a quick success. In 2008, merchandising rights were sold by Nelvana to Cartoon Network in the U.S., and the series began airing on

960-612: A different role of a Di-Gata battle. There are currently ten known Power Sigils, each used to tap into a unique aspect of the realm's energy through dice -like Di-Gata Stones. Individually, each Sigil is capable of unleashing a burst of raw energy, but when used in combination with each other, the energy aspects blend together to form a Henge. Not only does this create a far greater concentration of power, it also allows access to other kinds of destructive or helpful powers. These sigils are also inscribed on various locations, objects, articles of clothing and sometimes as birthmarks or tattoos on

1056-628: A digital platform provided by Cartoon Network. Apocalypse —  Events  — —  Figures  — —  Events and terms  — —  Events  — Apocalypse (from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις ( apokálupsis )  ' revelation , disclosure') is a literary genre originating in Judaism in the centuries following the Babylonian exile (597–587 BCE) but persisting in Christianity and Islam. In it

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1152-415: A facility for producing television commercials that lasted until 1993. As the decade came to a close, the revived Nelvana had its next big success with a film and an HBO television show based on Jean de Brunhoff 's Babar book series. This franchise, its first international co-production , won many ACE Awards in the U.S. and Geminis in Canada. In September 1989, ABC began to air Beetlejuice ,

1248-473: A homemade wooden stand mounted over a toilet was among its first camera equipment. "To create zooms," Hirsh recalled of his early experience with this machine, "we would pile up phone books under the art work." During their first year and a half, the trio lived off a superfluous Chargex credit card that Loubert received at university, spending up to C$ 7,500 on it before they reclaimed double that cost as their first ever transaction. Under those conditions, Nelvana

1344-835: A legacy of symbology (e.g., the sea as a symbol of chaos in Daniel 7 and Revelation 13:1). Zoroastrian dualism may also have played a role. The reasons for its rise are obscure, but there seems to be a connection to times of crisis, such as the 2nd century BCE persecution of the Jews reflected in Daniel's final vision , or the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE reflected in 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch . Apocalyptic revelations are typically mediated through such means as dreams and visions (the ancient world did not distinguish between these), angels, and heavenly journeys. These serve to connect two sets of axes,

1440-483: A life-destroying Toten'Ka virus , which had spread across their planet and killed millions. A small team of RaDos Primes (the name of these original aliens) escaped from their planet on a starship . These original humans eventually crash landed in RaDos. The sun and atmosphere of RaDos began to take effect on their physical forms, turning them into the people of the current timeline . But in doing so, they eventually exiled

1536-486: A nameless warlord (Yin and Infinis). Guardians : Firefox (Infinis), Anaconduit (Nega-Infinis), Dreadcrow (Infinis-Yin), Darkviper (Nega-Infinis-Yin), Lockdown (Ogama-Infinis), and the Megalith (Altas-Infinis). Opposite Sigil : Altas Nelvana Nelvana Limited ( / n ɛ l ˈ v ɑː n ə / ; sometimes known as Nelvana Enterprises or Nelvana Digital and commonly known as Nelvana ; stylized as nelvana )

1632-409: A narrative framework, in which a revelation is mediated by an otherworldly being to a human recipient, disclosing a transcendent reality which is both temporal, in that it envisages eschatological salvation, and spatial, insofar as it involves another, supernatural world." Collins later refined his definition by adding that apocalypse "is intended to interpret present, earthly circumstances in light of

1728-563: A show produced by Nelvana and based on the film by Tim Burton . Following Babar 's success, the studio acquired the rights to animated series based on Hergé 's The Adventures of Tintin , Maurice Sendak 's Little Bear , Joanna Cole 's The Magic School Bus and the British comic strip Rupert Bear . Nelvana had self-made successes of its own during the 1990s, such as Eek! The Cat , Dog City (with Jim Henson Productions ) and Ned's Newt (with TMO Film GmbH). Less successful

1824-521: A significant characteristic of the genre. Further characteristics include transcendentalism , mythology, pessimistic cosmological and historical surveys, dualism (including a doctrine of two ages and the division of time into periods), numerology (e.g., the " number of the beast " in Revelation), claims of ecstasy and inspiration, and esotericism. With the exception of the Apocalypse of John

1920-410: A similarly styled special in which a girl tries to be a lead dancer at a Christmas pageant. When Nelvana was founded in 1971, their original goal was to create live-action productions involving animation in them during their early days. Nelvana worked on their first television specials: A Cosmic Christmas (1977), The Devil and Daniel Mouse (1978), Romie-0 and Julie-8 (1979), Please Don't Eat

2016-485: A single sigil is of limited value and power on its own. Ogama , the sigil of Order. To study Ogama is to seek control and order in all things, even in chaos. The Architect of creation, born out of chaos, Ogama's sphere of influence covers meanings from authoritarian to tranquil control. Studying Ogama allows the person to see that even in times of chaos and turmoil, there is still some hope to see order or control. The Sigil: Ogama consists of an arch with two small bars and

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2112-484: A sub-franchise consisting of BeyWheelz , BeyWarriors: BeyRaiderz and BeyWarriors: Cyborg . Their next program Mike the Knight debuted in 2011, a co-production between HIT Entertainment aired on Treehouse TV and CBeebies later in the year. Detentionaire was produced between 2011 and 2015. Created for Teletoon, the show has also been aired internationally, including on ABC3 , and has been released on

2208-467: A venerated hero from previous centuries, as with the Book of Daniel , composed during the 2nd century BCE but bearing the name of the legendary Daniel from the 6th century BCE. Eschatology , from Greek eschatos , last, concerns expectations of the end of the present age, and apocalyptic eschatology is the application of the apocalyptic world-view to the end of the world, when God will bring judgment to

2304-404: A warrior sigil, Infinis usually uses the two sides points (Brackus' Blazing Fires of Dako), but can have another sigil strike through it (The Megalith's Henge). As a booster, it can attach itself to complete a sigil (Erik's Forge Fire), or replace a certain part of a sigil (Dreadcrow's henge). Used by : Erik (Ogama and Infinis), Adam (Yin, Yan, and Infinis), Brackus (Dako and Infinis), Flinch, and

2400-609: A wizard named Nazmul wanted to keep all the power of the realm for himself. So he recruited powerful stone casters of his own and formed the Order of Infinis. Nazmul's goal was to achieve eternal life by any means necessary and establish his own rule in RaDos. As the Order continued to flourish, Nazmul managed to find a way to re-create a guardian called the Megalith using a large portion of the Realm's energy. This beast had unparalleled power and virtually made Nazmul invincible. The creation of

2496-532: Is a Canadian animation studio and entertainment production company owned by Corus Entertainment since 2000. Founded in July 1971 by Michael Hirsh , Patrick Loubert , and Clive A. Smith , it was named after Nelvana of the Northern Lights , the first Canadian national superhero, who was created by Adrian Dingle . The company's production logo is a polar bear looking at Polaris , the North Star. The company

2592-609: Is based in Toronto , Ontario , Canada in North America and it maintains international offices in France, Ireland and Japan, as well as smaller offices in the top three cities in the U.S. Many of its films, shows and specials are based on licensed properties and literature, but original programming is also part of its roster. Although the company specializes in children's media, Nelvana has also co-produced adult animations like

2688-518: Is no eschatological element. Scholars have identified examples of the genre ranging from the mid-2nd century BCE to the 2nd century CE, and examples are to be found in Persian and Greco-Roman literature as well as Jewish and Christian. The sole clear case in the Jewish Bible ( Old Testament ) is chapters 7–12 of the Book of Daniel , but there are many examples from non-canonical Jewish works;

2784-405: Is to learn and understand the universes’ constant circle of life. The orb of life, Infinis’ sphere of influence covers meanings from greatness to fate. To study Infinis is to learn to see the continuity and connectivity of all things. The Sigil: Infinis consists of a winding path with two protruding bars. This represents the fact that all paths lead to the endlessly cyclical nature of creation. As

2880-539: The Book of Revelation is the only apocalypse in the New Testament , but passages reflecting the genre are to be found in the gospels and in nearly all the genuine Pauline epistles . "Apocalypse" has come to be used popularly as a synonym for catastrophe, but the Greek word apokálypsis , from which it is derived, means a revelation. It has been defined by John J Collins as "a genre of revelatory literature with

2976-750: The Columbia Pictures banner; 1997 saw the studio's retelling of Pippi Longstocking from Warner Bros. ; and Babar: King of the Elephants was released in Canada by Alliance Atlantis in 1999. Among them, only Malice would go on to achieve box-office success in North America. Its US$ 46 million gross was the highest ever attained by a Nelvana production, doubling what the first Care Bears Movie received during its original release. In 1993, Nelvana along with Galaxy Films and De Souza Productions produced Cadillacs and Dinosaurs for

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3072-546: The Palo Alto -based children's book publisher Klutz in a US$ 74 million deal—at that time, its largest buyout ever —and integrated it into its Branded Consumer Products division. The company, founded in 1977, was best known for its children's series, Books Plus . Nelvana's separate subsidiary, Kids Can, began taking advantage of the acquisition by making its output available through Klutz merchandise. In September 2000, Corus bought Nelvana for $ 540 million. The company saw

3168-635: The United Kingdom 's Channel 4 began work on Bob and Margaret , the company's first animated franchise for adults since Rock & Rule . It was based on the National Film Board of Canada 's Bob's Birthday , an Academy Award winner for Best Short , which Channel 4 also produced. In December 1997, Nelvana began distributing a syndicated programming block, the Nelvana Kidz Klub, through MediaVentures International,

3264-738: The CBS network, based on the comic book of the same name (formally known as Xenozoic Tales ) by Mark Schultz . It only lasted one season. In September 1995, Nelvana produced Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys based on the popular well-known book series. Tracy Ryan portrayed Nancy Drew while Colin Gray and Paul Popowich portrayed Frank and Joe Hardy , respectively. In addition, Jehene Erwin and Joy Tanner portrayed Bess Marvin and George Fayne , respectively, on Nancy Drew , while Fiona Highet played new character Kate Craigen. The series were based on The Nancy Drew Files and The Hardy Boys Casefiles . However,

3360-537: The Celestial Abyss into his armour and defeating the Ethos after which Rados and her people go back to normal. Ogama-Gor: Dakor: Nega-La: Yantos: Sumos: Altamor: Infinor: Yin-tos: Extending to the east of the province of Yin-Tos is a large expanse known as the 'Blasted Flats.' Essentially, it is a plain that seems to be made of glass and is uninhabitable. No one has ever traveled to

3456-615: The Cryptkeeper , Timothy Goes to School and the holiday special The Santa Claus Brothers . Nelvana's newer titles have been distributed by MGM, Lionsgate and ADV Films , which have no involvement with the label. In 2007, home video distribution rights for the company's catalogue were transferred to Shout! Factory . In 2004, the studio produced an animation anthology , which included 10 recurring shorts. Titled Funpak , it aired on YTV for 13 weeks starting in February 2005, with

3552-651: The Elf , based on Mattel 's toy line ; Strawberry Shortcake: Housewarming Surprise ; Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name ; and Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins , the last three of which featured the eponymous doll . There were two shows from Nelvana based on the AmToy properties, Madballs and My Pet Monster . Despite the successes of their earlier works, perhaps its greatest success at

3648-488: The Ethos what they desire: The Di-Gata energy they feed on, which will eliminate all life on the planet. They have made an alliance with the weakened Order of Infinis and have taken control over Malco. Wizards of Yan - The most powerful beings of Rados who hold enormous power. The Wizards were responsible for the creation of the Di-Gata Defenders to protect the Realm from evil. They were responsible for building

3744-547: The Henge doesn't perform correctly) would become common and hazardous to both the caster or their allies. In short, these stones contain great power. However, some were not using it for the purposes for good. The Wizards of Yan, a powerful order of RaDos' most powerful wizards and stone-casters formed a group, the Di-Gata Defenders. These Defenders were trained to use these stones to police the realm against those who would use such power for evil purposes. But amongst their own ranks,

3840-516: The Machine of Binding, and the Celestial Abyss, as well as sealing away the Ethos and Megalith. Nowadays, they no longer exist except for a select few. Nazmul, Professor Alnar and Melosa including her grandmother are the only known Wizards. Rougon - The most hated hunters in all of the Realm. Rougon are human hunters and do anything for profit. Their base is located underwater, a perfect place for buying illegal items and other treasures. Their hideout

3936-469: The Machine of Binding. However, the generation of Di-Gata Defenders made the ultimate sacrifice and also destroyed a portion of the land around the Machine. Nazmul's first body ends up being destroyed as well. Four of the five children of the original Defenders were then taken to a secret Dojo (Adam was the fifth child but was taken by Brackus after his parents died as revealed in the episode, "The Adam and Eve of Destruction"), to go for training to prepare for

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4032-536: The Megalith as they first planned, they destroyed it with their combined efforts. For if they had proceeded with the seal, it would have brought forth the apocalypse of RaDos. The sealing was meant to be a cycle, to not only keep the Megalith imprisoned but also to keep the Di-Gata vampires known as the Ethos in check. The Ethos want one thing: to merge their world with RaDos, so they can have an unlimited supply of Di-gata energy, which when depleted, could very well bring

4128-576: The Megalith forced the Di-Gata Defenders of the previous generation to engage it. The Wizards of Yan came up with a ritual, the Spell of Binding to counter this unbeatable foe. They hired Brim, a stone-carver to create the four Pure Stones, which were the casting mediums for this spell. In the final battle, they used the Four Pure stones against the Megalith and sealed him within the Pure Stones using

4224-601: The Planet (better known by its subtitle, Intergalactic Thanksgiving ) (1979), Easter Fever (1980) and Take Me Up to the Ball Game (1980). During that time, George Lucas , who was impressed with A Cosmic Christmas , commissioned the company to work on a 10-minute sequence for the CBS and CTV TV film Star Wars Holiday Special in 1978. This short scene, officially entitled "The Faithful Wookiee", would not only feature

4320-832: The Tap-Dancing Horse —were launched the following September as part of the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch line-up. That same month, it acquired the North American rights to its first anime property, Clamp 's Cardcaptor Sakura (which was renamed Cardcaptors for its English dub). In April 2000, Nelvana announced that it had filed for two category 2 television licences from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to launch digital cable channels. The first, titled "The Nelvana Channel", would've presented

4416-496: The U.S. and was a financial failure. The company survived by working full-time on children's television series. These included its first three live-action franchises ( The Edison Twins , 20 Minute Workout and Mr. Microchip ), the first season of Inspector Gadget with DIC Entertainment , and the pilot episode of The Get Along Gang . Early in the decade, the company worked on four television specials based on American Greetings properties. They were The Magic of Herself

4512-928: The U.S. government's educational programming guidelines . In April 1998, Nelvana entered into an agreement with ITV franchise Scottish Television to co-produce these new series, and hold distribution rights to them in the United Kingdom. In August 1998, Nelvana acquired Kids Can Press , publishers of the Franklin and Elliot Moose children's books upon which the Franklin and Elliot Moose were based. This turned them into an "integrated company" in which Kids Can's subsequent publications would begin with Nelvana's franchising of those works. The company's first two computer-animated shows, Donkey Kong Country and Rolie Polie Olie (with Paris-based Sparx* and distributed by Disney Channel ), premiered on U.S. television in 1998. In March 1999, Nelvana reported

4608-672: The United States, the series aired on 4KidsTV . In January 2018, Disney XD (Canada) began to broadcast reruns of the show but was taken off the schedule on September 1, 2018 but put back on the schedule on March 14, 2022. Prior to that, it had been available on Bell and Roger's KidSuite in 2016. As of June 2022, Teletoon aired reruns of the show, but this channel has since ceased broadcasting. The humans, or RaDosians, of this world came from another planet. The planet's inhabitants were mostly dark-skinned, white haired individuals with glowing blue eyes. However, these people were struck with

4704-570: The Wizard alliance and the Order of Infinis) and were under the sub-command of General Rube. After the collapse of the Order, some Yin-tos soldiers went to work for the Ethos. Gatashin Monks - The group of monks who carried out quite a few tasks involving the Pure Stones. Four monks each carried a Pure Stone and hid it away, and some took the young Defenders to the Dojo, with the exception of Adam. The Key

4800-645: The Yin-Tos army was destroyed in a civil war at the Spell Zone. Flinch was believed to be the only surviving member of the Order, until Brackus was found out to still be alive and Flinch somehow managed to find Malco again. The duo made an alliance with the Ethos to free Nazmul. The high members of the Order were once allies of the Defenders and helped to defeat the Ethos. Ethos - Like the Order of Infinis, they are an organization with evil intentions. Long before

4896-472: The authors of apocalyptic works released their books under pseudonyms (false names): the Book of Daniel, for example, was composed during the 2nd century BCE but took the name of the legendary Daniel for its hero. Pseudonymity may have been used to secure acceptance for the new works, to protect the real authors from reprisals, or because the authors had experienced what they believed to be genuine revelations from

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4992-411: The base sigil using the top bar on the arc (The Yan-Ogama henge on Si'i's stomach), or used as a separate sigil (Erik's Generator and Constructor). Used by : Erik (Ogama and Infinis), Doku, and Bo (inexperienced) (Dako and Ogama). Guardians : Robutus (Ogama), Lockdown (Ogama-Infinis), Voltantis (Ogama-Yin), and Si'i (Ogama-Yan). Opposite Sigil : Dako Infinis , the sigil of Eternity. To study Infinis

5088-472: The channel in February 2008. The initial incarnation of the franchise ran for four seasons, spanning 189 episodes and stimulated billions in merchandise sales. Following Bakugan , Nelvana entered into another anime co-production, this time reviving the Beyblade property with d-rights , Takara Tomy and Hasbro . Beyblade: Metal Fusion debuted globally in 2010, running for 167 episodes before inspiring

5184-625: The company made use of lip-sync animation for a musical sequence in which the main characters sing a song at a campfire, with their horses singing along. In 1987, Michael Hirsh produced Nelvana's first self-made film of this calibre, the comedy feature Burglar , which was the first live-action feature film the company had ever produced. Also in 1987, the company, along with independent filmmaker Pierre David , film, video, and television production company Malofilm Group , and home video distributor New Star Entertainment, formed Image Organization, an independent production company that mainly specialized in

5280-512: The company's business card ; on the front was a suited businessman, and inside was the businessman with the pants down. The company was dissolved after an ad agency advised them that the company's name was unprofessional. Nelvana was founded by Hirsh, Loubert, and Smith in 1971. Hirsh recalls: At the time, there was no production industry per se in Canada, either in animation or in television production. There were stations making local shows, but you didn't have people making programs for sale around

5376-471: The company's library of material alongside related information in a picture-in-picture format. The second, "Booknet", was to be focused on adaptations of adult and children's literature, and would have been a 60/40 joint venture between Corus Entertainment and Nelvana. The channels were approved that following November. Both licences expired as neither launched by the required date of November 24, 2004. On April 14, 2000, Nelvana announced its purchase of

5472-509: The current Defenders' parents. Yin-tos Army - They were once allies of to the Wizards of Yan against the Ethos in the Battle of Yan-Suma, then a subgroup of the Order of Infinis forces. These are mercenaries who are motivated by money and will go to any means to acquire it, but in the past were courageous warriors who fought to protect RaDos from evil. They swore allegiance to Brackus (both in

5568-406: The day when the Megalith should break free from his seal. After sensing the Megalith was about to come forth, they left their Dojo behind and ventured forth into the realm, to continue where their parents left behind - to seal the Megalith once more and stop anyone who dares to relive their horrifying incident. However, they do succeed in stopping the Megalith, and crush the Order. Instead of sealing

5664-418: The end of life to the entire realm. Now with the assistance of Rion, the six Defenders must now stop this ancient evil, as recompense for breaking the cycle and to save RaDos. Eventually they discover a machine called the Celestial Abyss created by Filch to keep the Ethos out of Rados. They set out to find it only to discover that the wizards have scattered different pieces of it all over Rados. They find all of

5760-547: The end of the Blasted Flats, but there is a legend that it was made by the ancient Bakkorians, presumably to keep something out of RaDos. Order of Infinis - The Order of Infinis was formed by a corrupt Wizard of Yan, Nazmul, who sought power and eternal life. They were the main antagonists of Season 1. In the end, Nazmul was sealed away (eventually killed), Brackus was banished to the Dark Realm for high treason, and

5856-551: The first season of Clone High , John Callahan's Quads! , Bob & Margaret , and Committed . Nelvana International distributes three Nickelodeon shows: Taina , the first five seasons of The Fairly OddParents , and The Backyardigans (a co-production with Nick Jr. ). As of 2001 , its library comprised more than 1,650 cumulative half-hours of original programming. Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert first met as friends and partners at York University , Canada in 1967. They made films with other students. This

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5952-408: The formation of the Order of Infinis, the Wizards of Yan imprisoned the Ethos in the Dark Realm, after the battle of Sum-Yan, using the Celestial Abyss. As part of their imprisonment, the Megalith was created as a result. When the Megalith was destroyed, it caused a force of energy powerful enough to release four Ethos back into Rados. Their plan is to merge both the Dark Realm and RaDos together, giving

6048-413: The one and the same and achieve balance" Casters choose how many Sigils to use and their combination. A single Sigil was not very powerful on its own, but combining multiple Sigils often led to unpredictable and uncontrollable powers. Most casters choose to specialize in only one or two sigils, to make sure they retain complete control of their power at all times. Otherwise, miscasting (where the forming of

6144-424: The original character's voices including Harrison Ford , Mark Hamill , Carrie Fisher , Anthony Daniels and James Earl Jones , but also introduce audiences to the villainous bounty hunter Boba Fett , who would not make his first theatrical appearance until two years later in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back . This first animated appearance created a great buzz around the new character. Nelvana also started to use

6240-533: The original inhabitants, the Mortigarians, a race of amphibious snake-like humanoids to live under the sea. The people that live in RaDos as of the current timeline are the descendants of these first RaDosians. Before the humans arrived in this world, mystical beings called the Primordials roamed the realm. Their bodies used mystical energies as their life force. As they died, their life force leeched into

6336-454: The people's faces (like Brackus' Infinis tattoo on his forehead).To study the Sigils one must first realize that no sigil is evil and no sigil is good. The sigils transcend these moralistic notions, they represent parts of the whole and could never exist without their opposites. It is through the combination of Sigils that one creates true power, this is why pupils focus their study on two sigils,

6432-442: The pieces except for one, which is with Filch and Malco. Malco steals the rest of the pieces and Filch builds the machine. This unleashes the Ethos who reveal that Malco is possessed by one of them and they destroy him. The Defenders also receive a terrible blow as Rion gives in to his Ethonosian half. Adam turns him human just before the life force is sucked out of him and the others. Rion unleashes his anger and remorse by transforming

6528-428: The polar bear as its mascot. At the beginning of the 1980s, Nelvana chose to produce its first feature film, Rock & Rule , over working on Heavy Metal , internationally-produced animated science fiction anthology. Rock & Rule was inspired by The Devil and Daniel Mouse and cost five years and $ 8 million using all of the studio's resources. The film was released by MGM/UA in 1983 with little promotion in

6624-435: The power of one sigil isn't as strong as the other, multiple sigils must be used, creating Henges . This creates a far greater concentration of power. However, some sigils do not need to be formed into Henges, due to the extreme power that is contained within them (Vitus and Nostrum Vitae). The thirteen Power Sigils are: "The beginning and the end, both portions of the whole, both parts of a cycle without end. See that they are

6720-584: The projects were based on books by E. B. White ( The Trumpet of the Swan ), Clive Barker ( The Thief of Always ) and Graeme Base ( The Sign of the Seahorse ); an original production called Mask Vision was also in the works. However, none of those films ever made it past the finishing stage. During the 1990s, another set of features from Nelvana was distributed by various companies. A 1993 live-action psychological thriller called Malice came out under

6816-499: The proposition. But Hirsh went up against it, arguing with then COO Eleanor Olmsted about its possible effects on his institution. Two months later Golden Books withdrew from the deal stating that they would concentrate more on children's entertainment. In November 1996, Virgin Interactive released Toonstruck , a PC -based adventure game featuring animation and artwork produced by Nelvana and Rainbow Animation. The game

6912-411: The prototype characters, factions, and the universe the series would take place in. He later meets with the executives at Nelvana and Greg pitches his bible to them. Pleased with the promise this series had, Greg Collinson was given the greenlight to produce this series with help from Ken Cuperus , a script writer. The series then launched September 16, 2006 under its new name - Di-Gata Defenders . In

7008-548: The purchase as being a complement to its children's television networks, including YTV and Treehouse . A year after Corus' purchase, co-founders and co- CEOs Loubert and Smith left the studio. Loubert voluntarily left in November after Corus eliminated 50 positions from the staff, saying "The time has come that Corus will stop acquiring for a while and start operating. John Cassaday has made that clear, but this makes my job less rather than more". In 2001, Nelvana acquired

7104-509: The rights to the English-language version of yet another anime series, Medabots . The following January, Beyblade (in association with Hasbro and Mitsubishi ) became its third such property. In October 2002, Corus announced Hirsh's resignation; the following month, Paul Robertson , former president of Corus Television and head of YTV , became leader of the studio's senior management. With Hirsh's departure, Corus announced

7200-519: The rocks of Di-Gata Mountains. Humans soon crash landed on the planet, caused by a stowaway creature named the Wrath-norak and a virus from their dying planet. Under Rados' sun, man's skin colour soon changed. Man was then able to mine the enchanted rocks found in the mountains, but were only able to recover energy from eight of the eleven sigils . Many rocks were mined by man, then carved into dice -like Di-Gata stones, and these were then carved with

7296-513: The series was not distributed well, mostly due to it being in first-run syndication, and both series were cancelled in December. In September 1996, Golden Books Family Entertainment was in talks to acquire the company for US$ 102 million, just after having purchased the family video library of Broadway Video Entertainment, a subsidiary of Broadway Video . Many of the company's staff members, including Smith and Loubert, expressed interest in

7392-400: The show was airing. In Di-Gata Online, they have four provinces unlocked, each containing a quest and re-playable mini-game after finishing the quest for that province. The battle arena is currently playable, but it has some bugs in it. Di-Gata.com also released a battle training game based on the trading cards and stones game. It had four quests open and cost $ 15 CDN to get involved. There

7488-515: The sigil their power contained. From this point onward, anyone who used these stones were called stone casters or stone-slingers. It was believed that the first people who used these stones of power were called the Chi'Brek Tribe. This tribe was also the first tribe to document the arrival of the human race onto the planet. There are currently ten known power forms in RaDos called Sigils. These sigils take up energy forms inside of Di-Gata Stones. But because

7584-491: The spatial axis which has God and the heavenly realm above and the human world below, and the temporal axis of the present and the future. The revelation thus demonstrates that God rules the visible world, and that the present days are leading to an end-time in which divine justice will be done and God's rule will become visible. Mythic images with their roots in texts from the Hebrew Bible and rich in symbolic meaning are

7680-553: The supernatural world and of the future, and to influence both the understanding and the behaviour of the audience by means of divine authority." The genre of Jewish and Christian apocalypse flourished c. 250 BCE–250 CE, but its antecedents can be traced back much further, in the Jewish prophetic and wisdom traditions (e.g., Ezekiel 1–3 and Zechariah 1–6), and in the mythologies of the Ancient Near East, which have left

7776-598: The thriller genre and tied itself to over 100 films in the international market by 1996. Nelvana and New Star would sell their shares in the company to David and Malofilm in 1989. In 1988, Nelvana and Scholastic Corporation produced a video series of The Video Adventures of Clifford the Big Red Dog based on the 1962 book. It was also distributed by Family Home Entertainment on the video releases. The company's fourth live-action series, T. and T. , premiered in 1988 on Canada's Global network. The show's titular duo

7872-569: The time came in the form of the Care Bears , thanks to its acquisition of the character rights from American Greetings, the franchise owners. In early 1985, the first film based on the toy line turned the company's assets around, grossing US$ 23 million in the U.S., and another $ 1.5 million in its native Canada. Its tremendous success gave way to two more feature films, A New Generation and Adventure in Wonderland , as well as

7968-521: The winning short announced to be greenlit in May of that year. One of the shorts, Sidekick , was the one adapted into a successful cartoon series from 2010–2013 . In May 2006, NBCUniversal announced a joint venture with Nelvana, Ion Media Networks , Scholastic , and Classic Media , known as Qubo , which aimed to operate a multi-platform children's educational television brand in the U.S. featuring programming from its partners. In September 2006, Nelvana

8064-515: The world and save his followers. An apocalypse will often contain much eschatological material like the epiphany of Paul the Apostle , but need not: the baptism of Jesus in Matthew's gospel , for example, can be considered apocalyptic in that the heavens open for the presence of a divine mediator (the dove representing the spirit of God) and a voice communicates supernatural information, but there

8160-660: The world. So, blissfully unaware of all it would involve, we decided to start a company in Toronto. They bought ownership rights to a collection of local comic books from the 1940s and then produced a half-hour television documentary focused on Canadian comics for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Their two-year travelling tour of the art from the National Gallery of Canada , "Comic Art Traditions in Canada, 1941–45", gave locals

8256-438: Was Mr. T of A-Team fame, playing a former boxer named T.S. Turner, and Canadian actress Kristina Nicoll as an East Coast lawyer by the name of Terri Taler. Nelvana faced bankruptcy for the second time when the show's original U.S. distributor, Qintex Entertainment (formerly Hal Roach Studios) was going out of business; in six weeks, they were saved when they found a replacement. Also that year, Nelvana established BearSpots,

8352-480: Was Loubert's first experience with filming; he recalled: I had been hitchhiking in Europe during the previous summer, and I got a ride with an Italian film director visiting locations. I hadn't heard of him. When I got home I looked up his films – it was Gillo Pontecorvo , a brilliant political filmmaker who had directed The Battle of Algiers . That was the beginning for me. The Canadian television and film industry

8448-522: Was also a game produced for the Nintendo DS . Di-Gata Stones draw upon the mystic energy that simmers below the surface of the realm, and unleash it in the form of pure power. Each warrior has a different arsenal of Di-Gata stones. In battle, a warrior must choose how to use his stones to maximum effect, analyzing and opponent's strengths and weaknesses and deciding when to unleash their most powerful attacks. There are nine types of stones, each having

8544-563: Was destroyed by the Defenders after the Yinicor was released from its prison. Di-Gata Defenders - The protectors of Rados formed by the Wizards of Yan to protect the realm and its people from those who would use its sigil energy for evil. However, many Defenders over the years were killed in the line of duty and some defected over to the Order of Infinis. The current Defenders are Seth, Melosa, Erik, Rion, Adam and Kara and other notable Defenders were Rayald (killed by Malco), Formally Malco and

8640-535: Was hidden in the Amos-Yan Monastery, and guarded by the monks. A sub-sect of these monks also operate the Gatashin Prison, used to contain criminals that use RaDos' power for evil. The Zad - A race of humanoid ant-eaters. They serve and carry out the will of Ethos. (See characters) Yan-Nega class Wizards - They are wizards from the time of the Ethos. Kor Yin-an, a Yan-Nega class wizard who

8736-442: Was integrated into Corus's children's television division, headed by executive vice-president and general manager Scott Dyer who, in addition to Nelvana, oversaw YTV , Treehouse TV , and Discovery Kids Canada . A spin-off unit, Nelvana Enterprises, was created in the process, to focus on international distribution of the company's shows. Doug Murphy became president of the new distribution unit. In October 2006, Nelvana announced

8832-530: Was involved in the production of documentaries and live-action films during the early 1970s. In the area of part-time animation work, they made ten C$ 1,500 fillers for the CBC. Among the studio's first productions was a low-budget CBC short subject series, Small Star Cinema , which combined live-action and animation to tell stories of ordinary life from a child's point of view. It was followed by Nelvana's first ever television special Christmas Two Step in 1975,

8928-523: Was its animated series for children, Roseanne Barr 's Little Rosey , for the American Broadcasting Company , which was cancelled in 1991, after its first season. In Autumn 1993, Nelvana signed a multi-year project to produce five feature films for Paramount Pictures , with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall producing; the first two began production the following summer, at a cost of over US$ 20 million each. Three of

9024-556: Was set in an animated world using traditional 2D animation, but also featured the digitized likeness of actor Christopher Lloyd as a live-action character trapped in the animated world interacting with the cartoon characters around him. A sequel to the game was planned, but was cancelled due to poor sales. In 1997, a small computer animation company called Windlight Studios was absorbed into Nelvana's assets. Its co-founder, Scott Dyer, became Nelvana's senior vice-president in charge of production in late 2001. In late 1997, Nelvana and

9120-537: Was small at the time. Loubert, Hirsh, and York University friends Jack Christie and Peter Dewdney founded a small company named Laff Arts that produced small experimental films. They were joined by Vitaphone animator-designer Clive A. Smith in Toronto, Ontario ; Smith's interest was in rock n' roll music, and helped produce the Beatles ' animated series and 1968 film Yellow Submarine before moving to Canada to work on short films and commercials. Smith designed

9216-515: Was with the Wizards at the Battle of Yan-Suma, wanted to betray them so he could plead for his life, but found himself locked up in a tomb for his betrayal. Ogaman Federation - A group that Aaron the Hunter served with. They were formerly in possession of the Tome of Al-mortigar. There were four online games available for the show: The ATV and Battle games were also available on Teletoon .com while

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