| Action Man | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation Action |
| Country of origin | European Countries |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fox Kids |
| Original run | 2000 – 2001 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Action Man (1995 TV series) A.T.O.M. |
Action Man was a CGI animated TV series based of the toy line of the same name. The show is unrelated to the 1995 show. In this series, Alex Mann is an extreme sports athlete known as "Action Man" and is a member of Team Xtreme. A video game named Action Man: Search for Base X was released based on the 2000 series.
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Alex Mann, Action Man's civilian identity, is an extreme sports athlete of Team Xtreme. Danger and adrenaline trigger hidden mental powers called AMP (Advanced Macro Probability) Factor, a result of secret experiments by his former high school coach Simon Grey. Alex is able to calculate all future possibilities, choosing the best course of action. Alex "Action" Mann, Desmond "Grinder" Sinclair, Agnes "Fidget" Wilson, and Rikki Syngh-Baines must stop arch-enemy Dr. X, a brilliant geneticist and bio-engineer who stops at nothing to duplicate AMP Factor to rebuild Earth with the genetically enhanced neo-humanity.
Dr. X captured and tested Alex Mann repeatedly, as well as his best friend Brandon Caine. Dr. X added nanotech enhancements to Brandon, making him superior to Alex in battle and in athletics. The culmination of the experiments was to mind transfer Dr. X into Brandon's body to become a nanotech cyborg, able to change his appearance and infect others. Following the ninth episode the series experiences a variety of changes to its structure, these include (but are not limited to) pre-episode previews to outline (and possibly spoil) the plot, simplified dialogue between characters, immediate (and often repeated) explanations of details not immediately obvious upon viewing, moderate/significant use of stock footage, simplified plot lines, Action Man gaining "super powers", limited continuity between episodes and significant plot holes/unexplained cancellation of plot devices.
Dr. X founded the Council of Doom with his evil cohorts: Izazi, Tempest, Gangrene, and Quake. Dr. X's nanotech trilobites appeared to gain collective intelligence and rebel against him; but this was actually Brandon Caine's uploaded mind punishing Dr. X.
| DVD title | Volume | Season | Aspect ratio | Episodes | Time length | Release date |
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| Action Man | 1 | 1 | 5 | 107 minutes | 23 Aug 2004 | |
| Team Xtreme | 2 | 1 | 5 | 107 minutes | 25 Oct 2004 | |
| Cold War | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ground Zero | 4 | 2 | 13 |
Several volumes of the show were released on VHS with three episodes on each tape.
In 2001, the show won a Golden Camera Award at the U.S. and International Film and Video Festival for 'Best Animation' in the episode "The Swarm: Part 2". [1]
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