Silverwing (TV series)

Silverwing

Silverwing DVD cover
Genre Animation, Fantasy
Based on Silverwing novel series by Kenneth Oppel
Written by
  • Gary Jones
  • Richard Side
Directed by Keith Ingham
Voices of
Composer(s)
  • Brian Carson
  • Ari Wise
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s)
  • English
  • French
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Cathy Schoch
Editor(s) Don Briggs
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s) Bardel Entertainment
Release
Original network
Original release September 6 (2003-09-06) – December 14, 2003 (2003-12-14)
External links
www.bardel.ca/distribution/silverwing

Silverwing is a 2003 Canadian animated television series based on Kenneth Oppel's novel of the same name.

Synopsis

Long ago before the first migration, the animals initiated the Great Battle to establish the balance of nature and the territory limits of every species. The birds and beasts banished all bats into the darkness for not choosing sides. As Shade mistakenly breaks the law, he sets out to reason with the animals.

Characters

Bats

Others

Differences from the novel

Episodes

Note: The episodes were also released in miniseries format as three television films, including episodes 1-5 were released as A Glimpse of the Sun, episodes 6-9 as Towers of Fire and episodes 10-13 as Redemption.

# Title Original air date (Teletoon)[1]
1"A Glimpse of the Sun"September 6, 2003 (2003-09-06)
As Shade looks at the sun and mistakenly breaks the law, the owls destroy Tree Haven.
2"No Bat Is an Island"September 7, 2003 (2003-09-07)
During the early migration after being separated from his colony, Shade ends up on the island and meets Marina, who explains that she got a band on her arm and the colony banished her. Shade suggests Marina to meet up with Frieda.
3"Pigeon Court"September 14, 2003 (2003-09-14)
Arriving at the city, Shade and Marina evade the pigeons.
4"Bat in the Belfry"September 21, 2003 (2003-09-21)
Before leaving, Shade and Marina meet Zephyr, who teaches them how to use echo projection.
5"Dark Alliance"September 28, 2003 (2003-09-28)
Confronting Goth and Throbb, Shade and Marina learn that the two are killing a few animals.
6"Friends in Deed"October 5, 2003 (2003-10-05)
Orestes frees the bats, and escape from the group of owls. After Orestes force the bats to leave the station, Goth chases Shade but gets electrocuted.
7"Everything Is Not Black and White"October 12, 2003 (2003-10-12)
Shade and Marina meet and suggest Ursa to defend the animals from the pack of wolves. The recovered Goth kills the crow.
8"Deception"November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)
Shade and Marina continue to evade Goth and Throbb, while Bathsheba shortly becomes the leader.
9"I'm With the Band"November 9, 2003 (2003-11-09)
After meeting up with banded bats at the mountain, Shade saves Marina's colony from Goth and Throbb, who steal the rest of all bands. Meanwhile, the colony arrives at the airport.
10"Rats"November 23, 2003 (2003-11-23)
After Romulus banishes Remus at the junkyard, Shade and Marina see Orestes again. As the colony and Bathsheba leave, Ariel, Frieda and Mercury escape from the airport.
11"Strange Batfellows"November 30, 2003 (2003-11-30)
Shade echo-projects Zotz to distract Goth and leaves the mine with his allies.
12"Hibernaculum"December 7, 2003 (2003-12-07)
As Shade, Marina and Orestes arrive at Hibernaculum, Shade reunites with his colony, Goth and Throbb recruits the wolves, and Bathsheba asks Brutus to remove Shade from the colony.
13"Day of Judgment"December 14, 2003 (2003-12-14)
After the bears defeat the wolves and Goth is killed by collapsing icicles, the animals congratulate and permit the bats to fly outside.

References

  1. ↑ "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2016-03-02. Archived from the original on 2016-05-16.
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