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based on the Scholastic book series of the same name by

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. It was made for YTV for Season 1 and Global for Season 2 in Canada and

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for the United States. The series was broadcast from September 15, 1998 to October 8, 1999 in the United States and Canada.

Cast

Main

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Brooke Nevin Brooke Candice Nevin (born December 22, 1982) is a Canadian actress, best known for portraying Rachel on the science fiction series ''Animorphs'' (1998–1999) and as Julianne "Jules" Simms (2011–2012) on '' Breakout Kings''. She also played S ...

as Rachel * Boris Cabrera as

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* Nadia Nascimento as Cassie * Christopher Ralph as

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Recurring

* Paulo Costanzo as

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as Visser Three/Victor Trent * Dov Tiefenbach as

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* Allegra Fulton as Eva /

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* Joshua Peace as Tom Berenson * Terra Vanessa Kowalyk as Melissa Chapman * Richard Sali as Principal Chapman *

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* Peter Messaline as the

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* Frank Pelligrino as Jeremy, Marco's father (Peter in the books) * Cassandra Van Wyck as Sara Berenson, Rachel's younger sister * Jonathan Whittaker as Greg, Jake's father (Steve in the books) * Karen Waddell as Nikki, Jake's mother (Jean in the books) * Melanie Nicholls-King as Aisha, Cassie's mother (Michelle in the books)

Episodes

Season 1 (1998–99)

Season 2 (1999)

Home releases

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(when they were known as Columbia TriStar Home Video) had released twelve episodes in four VHS volumes known as ''The Invasion Series'', collecting episodes from the series. The first 12 episodes are only released on VHS and not re-released on DVD. * Part 1: ''The Invasion Begins'' ("My Name is Jake" parts 1 and 2, and "Underground") *Part 2: ''Nowhere to Run'' ("Between Friends", "The Message" and "The Reaction") * Part 3: ''The Enemy Among Us'' ("The Stranger", "The Leader" parts 1 and 2) * Part 4: ''The Legacy Survives'' ("The Capture" parts 1 and 2, and "Not My Problem") Seven volumes spanning the first 20 episodes (only the first of which was identical to its U.S. counterpart) were released in Australia. The episodes were placed in chronological order. Each volume had three episodes apart from Volume 7, which had two ("Face Off", parts 1 and 2). All 26 episodes are currently available on

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and Amazon Video spread across three volumes. Also, all 26 episodes were previously available on

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