Super Wish is a Canadian animated children's television series, which premiered on YTV in 2022.[1] Created by Adrian Thatcher and Vanessa Esteves for the Nelvana studio, the series centres on Jesse, a young boy who is sucked into an alternate dimension with his friends after accidentally "wishing" that his birthday party would disappear, and has to figure out how to get back home while travelling through a fantasy land where they discover a different international birthday-related tradition in each episode.[2]
The series stars Tristan Mammitzsch as Jesse, with supporting and guest voices including Delia Lisette Chambers, Alyzia Inès Fabregui, Lucas Nguyen, Sugar Lyn Beard, Bryn McAuley, Thor Bishopric, Mark Ricci, Teale Bishopric, Lucinda Davis, Cory Doran, Neil Robles, Jorja Cadence, Ian Ho, Michael Hanrahan, Julius Cho, Kintaro Akiyama, Jonathan Tan, David Berni, Krystal Meadows, Bianca Alongi, Elliot Couillard and Kwaku Adu-Poku.
In the United States, the series will be released on Peacock on October 10, 2024.[3]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Status | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Screen Awards | 2023 | Visual Effects | Andy Powell, Raymond Pang "The Floor Is Definitely Not Lava" | [4] | ||
| Sound in an Animated Program or Series | Ryan Araki, Evan Turner, Neil Parfitt, Andrew McDonnell, Richard Spence-Thomas "Taste Buddies/Imagination Caboose" | |||||
| Original Music, Animation | Neil Parfitt | |||||
| 2024 | Performance in an Animated Program or Series | Cory Doran | [5] | |||
| Editing in an Animated Program or Series | Jamie Ebata, Kirk Hudson "The Ballooniverse Pageant / The Way Back Home" | |||||
| Sound in an Animated Program or Series | Ryan Araki, Evan Turner, Neil Parfitt, Andrew McDonnell, Richard Spence-Thomas "The Ballooniverse Pageant / The Way Back Home" | |||||
| Original Music, Animation | Neil Parfitt "The Ballooniverse Pageant / The Way Back Home" | |||||
| Canadian Screen Music Awards | 2023 | Best Original Score for an Animated Series or Special | Neil Parfitt "The Legend of Cake-Bun Bottom" | [6] |