''Tarzan and Jane'' (or ''Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and Jane'') is a computer-animated web series, produced by
Arad Animation,
41 Entertainment and
Arc Productions
Jam Filled Entertainment is a Canadian animation studio based in Ottawa, Ontario with additional facilities in Toronto and Halifax and is a division of Boat Rocker Media. It is best known for animating ''Thomas & Friends'' between 2013 and 2020, ...
and is based on the 1912 novel ''
Tarzan of the Apes
''Tarzan of the Apes'' is a 1912 story by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the first in the Tarzan series. It was first serialized in the pulp magazine '' The All-Story'' beginning October 1912 before being released
as a novel in June ...
'' by
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best-known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he ...
.
The first season streamed on
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
on January 6, 2017. The second season streamed on October 12, 2018.
From December 13 to December 21, 2019, the series rerun on
Discovery Family
Discovery Family is an American cable television channel co-owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and Hasbro Entertainment.
The channel was originally launched by Discovery Communications on October 7, 1996 as Discovery Kids, a spin-off of Discover ...
.
Premise
Saved from a plane crash and given supernatural powers, a teenaged Tarzan joins forces with a brave city girl called Jane Porter to protect his jungle home from threats.
Voice cast
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Giles Panton
Giles Panton (born September 13, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He has worked in television, film, stage, and web media, and is also known for his voiceover work.
Career
Giles Panton trained as an actor at the William Davis Centre of Vancouver's V ...
as
Tarzan
Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adv ...
/ John Clayton III and Jeremy
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Rebecca Shoichet
Rebecca Shoichet ( ; born February 16, 1975) is a Canadian voice actress and singer who has voiced in English dubs of Japanese anime and other shows for Ocean Productions in Vancouver. She took over Saffron Henderson's role of Sota Higurashi in ...
as
Jane Porter
Jane Porter (3 December 1775 – 24 May 1850) was an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure. Her bestselling novels, ''Thaddeus of Warsaw'' (1803) and ''The Scottish Chiefs'' (1810) are seen as among the earliest historical ...
*Marci T. House as Angela Porter
*
Paul Dobson as Dr. Porter and Earl of Greystroke
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Michael Dobson as Clayton Greystroke
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Brian Dobson as Shopkeeper and Goon 4
*
Doron Bell
Doron Bell Jr. (born December 8, 1973 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actor, musician, and singer. He is known for his music, acting and voice work; he voiced the character Waldo in the Netflix animated series ''Dinotrux'' as well as many other ...
as Muviro Wazari and Shaman
*
Kathleen Barr
Kathleen Barr is a Canadian voice actress. She is best known for voicing Marie Kanker and Kevin in ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' and Trixie Lulamoon and Queen Chrysalis in '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''. She also voiced Henri Richard Maurice Du ...
as Kala and Veronica Smythefield (episode 3-4), ICB agent (episode 4)
*
Omari Newton
Omari Akil Newton is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Larry Summers in '' Blue Mountain State'' and Lucas Ingram in '' Continuum''. Newton is the co-founder of Boldskool Productions.
Early life
Newton grew up in Mont ...
as Chief Wazari
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Lee Tockar
Lee William Tockar (born 1969) is a Canadian voice actor and visual artist who works for several studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is also a writer of children's literature, a musician, sculptor, illustrator and collected painter ...
as
King Kong
King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelizat ...
*Eden Gamliel as Emily
*Bradley Duffy as Boss
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Ian Hanlin
Ian Stuart Hanlin is a Canadian voice actor based in Vancouver.
Originally from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, he is known for his voice roles of Sunburst in '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', Lance Richmond in ''Nexo Knights'', Acronix in ...
as Goon 2
*Francisco Trujillo as Goon 1
*
Sam Vincent
James Samuel Vincent (born May 18, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
Vincent won the State of Michigan "Mr. Basketball" award in 1981, the first year the award was given. He attended Lansing's Eastern High Sch ...
as Staff Member
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2017)
Season 2 (2018)
References
External links
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{{King Kong
2010s American animated television series
2010s Canadian animated television series
2017 American television series debuts
2017 Canadian television series debuts
2017 web series debuts
2018 American television series endings
2018 Canadian television series endings
2018 web series endings
American children's animated action television series
American children's animated adventure television series
American children's animated drama television series
American children's animated science fantasy television series
American computer-animated television series
Canadian children's animated action television series
Canadian children's animated adventure television series
Canadian children's animated drama television series
Canadian children's animated science fantasy television series
Canadian computer-animated television series
Television shows based on American novels
English-language Netflix original programming
Animated Tarzan television series
Netflix children's programming
Animated television series by Netflix
Science fantasy web series
Animated television series about orphans
Animated television series about teenagers