Astroblast (TV series)

Astroblast
Genre Animated cartoon series Educational
Created by Bob Kolar
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 27 (aired)
Production
Running time 15 minutes
Production company(s) Scholastic
Soup2Nuts
Broadcast
Original channel Sprout
NBC
Picture format HDTV 720i
Original run July 12, 2014 – present

Astroblast is an American 2D CGI animated series. The series is co-produced by Scholastic Media,[1] Soup2Nuts, The Teammate Funnymoon Entertainment Company and Sprout Enterprises and debuted on Sprout on July 12, 2014. It began airing on NBC Kids Saturday morning programming block, October 4, 2014.[2] It is based on the book series Astroblast! by author and illustrator Bob Kolar. (2015)

It is the last show produced by Soup2Nuts before their closure in March 31, 2015.

Premise

Sputnik, Halley, Radar, Comet, and Jet are five fun-loving animals who live with their alien octopus friend Sal in the Astroblast Space Station, which also houses a large library and a smoothie cafe called the Frosty Star.

Characters

Sputnik is a pig who wears purple. She loves to read and is depicted as being very knowledgeable. She is voiced by Veronica Taylor.

Halley is a rabbit who wears pink and yellow. She is depicted as being daring, fun-loving, and a thrill-seeker. She is voiced by Gigi Abraham.

Comet is a dog who wears sky blue. He is depicted as the leader of the group, and likes exciting and loud things. He is voiced by Vinnie Penna.

Radar is a monkey who wears lime green. He is depicted as being athletic, but he's also a bit of a sore loser. He is voiced by Joe Gaudet.

Jet is an alligator/crocodile (species unknown) who wears orange. He never talks, but he is very expressive and everyone understands his gestures.

Sal is a purple, three-eyed space octopus. He often shares his "gam-gam" (grandmother)'s advice whenever there's a sticky situation. He is voiced by John Taylor.

Episodes

# Episode Original airdate
1/101 Z-Max Mania July 12, 2014
1/102 Building the Perfect Present July 12, 2014
1/103 Oh, Brother! July 13, 2014
1/104 Sore Loser July 13, 2014
1/105 Sputnik the Spoiler July 19, 2014
1/106 Are You My Piffin? July 19, 2014
1/107 What a Mess July 20, 2014
1/108 Beck and Call July 20, 2014
1/109 Growin' Crazy July 26, 2014
1/110 Smoothie Operator July 26, 2014
1/111 Twice the Talent July 27, 2014
1/112 Take Off! July 27, 2014

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