Pirate Express is an animated series that is a co-production between Atomic Cartoons in Canada and Sticky Pictures in Australia.[ Alt URL] It hasn't aired on the channel since its premiere week.
Synopsis
300 years ago, Captain LaPoutine and his crew, Armando, Burt, Booli and Spewey tried to steal a princess' tiara, but unfortunately they accidentally stole
Poseidon's underwear instead. This angered Poseidon and made him shrink the pirates and imprison them in a bottle. In the present day, the pirates were accidentally released by his younger son, Newt. Newt decided to take control of the pirates and go on adventures with them.
Cast
Production
Pirate Express was picked up for development by Teletoon in 2011. Originally, the show was set to be a Canada-France co-production between
Atomic Cartoons and
Ellipsanime, with episodes expected to be finished by March 2012.
In July 2013, the series was officially greenlit for production, but with Australia's Sticky Pictures replacing Ellipsanime as a co-production partner. It was then set for a fall 2014 debut on Teletoon and
Nine Network in Australia.
Ultimately, the show would launch in both markets in 2015.
Reception
At the 2015
Leo Awards,
Pirate Express received the Best Musical Score award and a Best Animated Series nomination.
Episodes
International broadcast
In the United Kingdom, the series aired on
Pop Max.
In South East Asia,
Pirate Express debuted on Disney XD on September 5, 2015.
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