| Genre: | Animation Action |
| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Creator: | Tony Tang Benny Chow Felix Ip Francis Kao |
| Director: | Tony Tang Felix Ip |
| Producer: | Imagi Animation Studios |
| Executive Producer: | Michael Kao Francis Kao |
| Voices: | Michelle Ruff Steve Blum Stephen Prince Brianne Siddall Michael McConnohie |
| Opentheme: | "Zentrix" by Fiona Sit (Hong Kong) "Change the Future" by B'z (Japan) |
| Country: | Hong Kong |
| Network: | TVB (Hong Kong) NHK (Japan) M6 (France) Super RTL (Germany) Five (UK) SIC (Portugal) Globo (Brazil) |
| Num Episodes: | 26 |
Zentrix is a 3D-CG Hong Kong donghua TV series directed by Tony Tong and Felix Ip under the Hong Kong-based company Imagi Animation Studios. The original story was written by Tony Tang, Benny Chow, Felix Ip and Francis Kao.
See main article: List of Zentrix episodes.
The series is set in Zentrix City, a seemingly "perfect" city. Emperor Jarad is a respected scientist who created a super-computer called OmnicronPsy, which manages all of the city's higher and day-to-day functions, controlling a wide variety of machines and robots, allowing humankind to live a seemingly "perfect" life.
However, OmnicronPsy, using its super-intelligence, decides that it would make a better ruler than Jarad, and breaks his coding that stops him from revolting. Discovering this, Jarad and the scientist Dr. Roark plan to head back in time 7 years to stop the revolt from ever happening. To do this they plan to shut down the six Zentrium chips that power OmnicronPsy. First however, Jarad takes precautions and develops two fighting robots - Zeus and Quantum. Zeus is then chosen over Quantum as the protector of his daughter, Princess Megan, should his mission in time fail. Following this, Jarad and Roark head back in time.
Princess Megan notices the disappearance of her father, and upon entering his study, she discovers a message. Megan then tries to get the Time Machine working. At the same time, OmnicronPsy has cracked the code and sends two robot guards to kill her. They find her just as she activates the time machine and open fire - damaging the time machine and altering Megan's body to that of an eight-year-old.
Awakening in a junkyard, Megan discovers her protector Zeus hidden inside a tower. Unfortunately, OmnicronPsy's forces manage to activate the time machine, and they head back in time to hunt her down, leading Megan to find the six hidden Zentrium chips. Along the way she makes new friends, including Nick, his adoptive father Dr. Coy, and Nick's foster sister Akina, as well as Zeus's "brother" Quantum, who is trying to do the right thing in the fight against OmnicronPsy.
| Actor | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Michelle Ruff | Megan | |
| Steven Blum | OmnicronPsy | |
| Stephen Prince | Zeus | |
| Richard Cansino | Dr. Coy | |
| Bob Papenbrook | Dr. Roark | |
| Brianne Siddall | Nick | |
| Melissa Fahn | Akina | |
| Ezra Weisz | Mango | |
| Mona Marshall | TZ Little Rock | |
| Lia Sargent | Silver-General | |
| Ardwright Chamberlain | Webster | |
| Michael McConnohie | Emperor Jarad Dark-General Quantum |
The theme song in Hong Kong was performed by Fiona Sit. In Japan, the theme song is called "Change the Future" performed by B'z.
A PlayStation 2 game, entitled Jikuu Boukenki Zentrix, was developed by Sting Entertainment and published by Bandai in 2005 only in Japan.[2]