''Zak Storm'' (also known as ''Zak Storm: Super Pirate'') is a

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produced by Zagtoon,

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, MNC Animation, and Man of Action. It debuted on

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on 2 December 2016. It debuted in the United States on

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from 30 September 2017 to 7 January 2018, followed by

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on 14 October 2017. A second season is currently in the works.

Premise

When teenager Zak Storm takes his father's necklace and goes surfing, he is suddenly sucked by a giant wave and ends up in the

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where he is picked up by a sentient pirate ship called the ''Chaos'' with a talking sword named Calabrass. He discovers that the necklace contains a gem called the Eye of Beru, which gives him special powers, and that in order to return home, he needs to become the captain of the ''Chaos'' and unite the Seven Seas. He assembles a band of misfits: a ghost boy, an Atlantean princess, a Viking, and a space alien.

Characters

Main

* Zak Storm (full name "Conrad Zacharie Storm") is a 13-year-old boy who ends up getting sucked into the Seven Seas of the Bermuda Triangle whilst out surfing. Zak is voiced by Michael Johnston in the English dub, and by Hervé Grull in the French dub. * Cece Lejune (full name "Chrysta Coraline Lejune") Atlantean princess and Zak Storm's first mate, helping him stay grounded and keeping his brash side in check. Cece is voiced by

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in English, and by Marie Nonnenmacher in French. * Crogar, a 15-year-old Viking pirate and the muscle of the Seven Cs, often shouting "Ragnarok!" as a battle-cry. Crogar is voiced by Chris Smith in English, and by Marc Duquenoy in French. * Caramba, a small green alien in a yellow exo-skeleton who serves as the Seven Cs' engineer. He is voiced by

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in English, and by Olivier Podesta in French. * Clovis, a 7-year-old Ectoplasmic-spectre-of-awesome (as he calls himself), not a ghost. Clovis is bound to the ship ''Chaos'' and supposedly lost his body, leaving him in his ethereal state. Clovis is voiced by

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in English, and by Elodie Menant in French. * Calabrass is Zak's magical talking sword that grants Zak his powers, and also serves as his mentor. Calabrass holds the Seven Eyes of the Seven Seas of the Bermuda Triangle, and these Eyes each grant his wielder, Zak, a different elemental power and turn Calabrass into a new weapon. However, for each transformation, he expends energy and needs time to recover. Calabrass is voiced by

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in English, and by Jérôme Wiggins in French. * The Chaos, a living and surprisingly high-tech pirate ship, doesn't speak but counts as a member of the crew and is surprisingly full of personality. Very loyal to his crew, but can be moody at times. Saves Zak from nearly being eaten by the kraken, when he first comes into the triangle, and never lets his Captain down, even when Zak pushes him too far.

Recurring

* Skullivar, the undead, dark ruler of his own skeleton army, who wants to take over the triangle, is Zak's archenemy and tries to steal the Seven Eyes of the Seven Seas for himself and capture Zak. Skullivar is voiced by

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in English. * Golden Bones is Skullivar's undead, skeleton lieutenant. He is the captain of a ship called Demoniac and has a literal skeleton crew. He loathes Zak because he's "just a kid" who always beats him in battle. He would give anything to see Zak gone for good. Golden Bones is voiced by

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. * Zephyra, daughter of Sassafras . She is half human and half Zitean. She has a moon-shaped magical necklace . She was only appears in the Episode "Between Stars". She also helped 7Cs. While Caramba and Crogar have crush on her * Sassafras, a witch that helps out Zak and the 7Cs. She is voiced by Jessica Gee-George in English. * Alan Gamble, A pirate who is considered a "hero",but he doesn't always act like it. *

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based on the Egyptian God Of Death, Anubis is the guardian of Dezer's Waypoint. He takes his role serious as a guardian because to him, trapped in the Triangle is like death; once you crossed over, you can never go back. He can control sand, giant scorpions and mummy minions. He has golden mechanics on his back that resembles a scorpion's tail and pincers. Voiced by David Roach. * Lemurians are underwater dwellers who wage wars on the Atlanteans. They wear living

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armor. **Admiral T'Halis, a Lemurian general and a powerful warrior among the Lemurian Guards. He's a sadistic warmonger who has great hatred to all Atlanteans, even in the Triangle, and seeks to conquer Atlantis and all the seas on Earth. He has a hatred for humans, or Terrans, as well. Voiced by

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**Lemurian Commander, his appearance is similar to the guards but his armor is colored red. **Lemurian Guard Their armor resembles allot like Spartan armor.

Broadcast

''Zak Storm'' was originally meant to air on

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in France. The series is also planned to air on

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in Indonesia, later on GTV, on

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in Germany,

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and

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in Italy,

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and

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in Spain, OUFtivi in Wallonia,

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in Flanders,

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in French Switzerland,

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in Portugal, Pop and

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in the United Kingdom,

and

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in the United States,

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in Latin America, WNYO and Family Channel/

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in Canada,

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in French Canada, PLUSPLUS in Ukraine,

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in New Zealand,

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in Middle East and in South Africa on

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Episode list

The 39 episodes are organized by the French production numbering as posted by Télé Star. Airdates in the United States are for

(DFC) and release dates from Netflix. As the show was syndicated for broadcast in multiple countries, others may air prior to these dates.

Home media

In 2018, Shout! Factory Kids signed a deal with ZAG Heroez to secure the North American DVD rights to ''Zak Storm''. Other media companies that will produce home media include Koch Media in Italy, Eden Germany GmbH in Germany, and Dazzler Media in the United Kingdom.

Region 1

In the United States and Canada, there are 4 DVD episodes from season one, with both English and French audio tracks, was released. A first DVD, subtitled ''Volume 1'' which was released on 13 March 2018. A second DVD, subtitled ''Volume 2'', which was released on 6 June 2018. In between Volume 2 DVD and Volume 3 DVD of Zak Storm Super Pirate for 11 Months, Zagtoon concentrated for carrying on making more episodes for Miraculous Ladybug and starting episodes of a Reboot TV Series called Denver & Cliff in 2018. Then 11 months later the third DVD of Zak Storm came out in the month of May 2019. A third DVD, subtitled ''Volume 3'', which was released on 17 May 2019. Then again In Between Volume 3 DVD and Volume 4 DVD of Zak Storm Super Pirate for 8 Months, Zagtoon concentrated back to carrying on making more episodes for Miraculous Ladybug and carrying on episodes of the Reboot TV Series Denver & Cliff in 2018. Then 8 months later the fourth DVD of Zak Storm came out in the month of January 2020. A fourth DVD, subtitled ''Volume 4'', was released on 30 January 2020. After the fourth Instalment of Volume 4 DVD from Zak Storm Super Pirate, Zagtoon and stopped making more Region 1 DVDS from now on of Zak Storm Super Pirate, But Zagtoon are more releasing Region 2 DVD's of Zak Storm Super Pirate instead.

Region 1 DVDs

=Main Series

Region 2

In the UK, the first DVD, from season One called ''Zak Storm Volume 1: Origins & Other Stores'' was released on 1 July 2019. A second DVD, ''Zak Storm Volume 2: A Jellyfish of Legend and other Stories'', which was released on 7 October 2019. A third DVD, ''Zak Storm Volume 3: The Labyrinth of the Minotaur and Other Stories'', which was released on 2 March 2020. The 1st 3 DVDS of Zak Storm was released by Spirit Entertainment, But after Volume 3 Came out on 2 Marsh 2020, Spirit Entertainment Studio Company Left the Project of carrying on releasing Zak Storm DVDS. So therefore, a Different Studio Company called Dazzler Media took over Spirit Entertainment and carried on releasing Zak Storm DVDS, Starting with ''Zak Storm Volume 4: Island of the Lost Storm & Other Stories'', which was released on 3 August 2020. A fifth DVD, ''Zak Storm Volume 5: Viking Connexion & Other Stories", which was released on 5 October 2020.

Region 2 DVDs

=Main Series

References

External links

* * * {{URL, http://www.canalj.fr/La-tele/Dessins-animes/Zak-Storm-Super-Pirate, ''Zak Storm'' on