Urban Vermin Explained

Producer:Kym Hyde
Executive Producer:Beth Stevenson
Anne Loi
Country:Canada
Language:English
Num Episodes:26
Company:Decode Entertainment
Runtime:22 minutes
Network:YTV

Urban Vermin is a Canadian animated television series produced by Decode Entertainment for YTV.[1] The series takes place in a world of anthropomorphic animals, where a pair of raccoons named Abe and Ken who work together in a war battle between good and evil. Abe's team is called the GLF (Garbage Liberation Front), along with Coco, Nigel and Madman, while Ken's army is simply called TRA (The Rat Army), alongside No-Neck and Zitzy. The series aired from October 8 to November 12, 2007. 26 episodes were produced.

Premise

Urban Vermin is a story about two raccoon brothers that were once best friends until Ken decided to assemble an army of rats to help him seize control of all the garbage on their block. Abe decides to strike back against his evil brother and assembles his team of resistance fighters to help him free the block of Ken's reign.

Characters

Main heroes

Allies

Villains

Main

Minor

Gadgets and items

Broadcast

Urban Vermin was broadcast on YTV from October 8 to November 12, 2007.

Jetix Europe acquired Urban Vermin for broadcast in Europe, with Buena Vista International Television as the distributor.[2]

Home media

The home video distributor KaBoom! Entertainment have brought the rights to the show with Nelvana distributed by the company. Peace Arch Entertainment released two DVDs in 2008 and they are titled Arms Race and Battle of the Brothers. Each release uses the English and French tracks. Every release contains three episodes.

Reception

The Globe and Mail praised the look of the series, stating that the "computer-generated animation is crisp and visually compelling".[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ryan Ball . DECODE Brings Urban Vermin to YTV . Animation Magazine . July 10, 2006 . 2020-08-23.
  2. Web site: Rick DeMott . Jetix Europe Acquires Urban Vermin . Animation World Network . November 28, 2006 . 2020-08-23.
  3. Web site: . Highlight: Urban Vermin . . May 9, 2008 . 2020-08-23.