| Lana Longbeard | |
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| Genre | Adventure-comedy |
| Created by | Tony Mitchell Andrew Power |
| Developed by | Baljeet Rai |
| Written by | Baljeet Rai Alice Prodanou |
| Directed by | Franz Kirchner Solene Azernour Romain Cislo |
| Voices of |
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| Composers | Marc Tomasi Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen |
| Countries of origin | Canada France |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Paul Rigg David Sauerwein |
| Producer | Janice Evans |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production companies | Copernicus Studios Zephyr Animation |
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| Release | December 20, 2024 (2024-12-20) |
Lana Longbeard is a Canadian-French animated adventure-comedy television series by Tony Mitchell and Andrew Power.1 Zephyr Animation and Copernicus Studios produce the series. Show developer Baljeet Rai co-wrote the series with Alice Prodanou, and Franz Kirchner served as director.2 It began airing on CBC Gem on December 20, 20243 and the Family Channel on January 12, 2025,4 and it began airing on Cartoon Network in the British Isles on November 3, 2025,5 and on Cartoon Network in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on November 8, 2025. It also began streaming on HBO Max on November 10, 2025 exclusively in Europe.
Plot
The story follows a 12-year-old girl named Lana Longbeard who sails the Ten Realms with her captain father and unique crew, pursuing her dream of becoming a great adventurer. But Lana must conquer some challenging obstacles: impulsivity, stubbornness, relentless curiosity, disdain for rules, and a love of pancakes.26
Characters
- Lana Longbeard (voiced by Liana Bdéwi78) - A punky 12-year-old girl and adventurer who travels across the world with her dad on the Mighty Windbreaker.
- Andar Longbeard (voiced by Cameron MacLeod9) - The captain of the Mighty Windbreaker and father of Lana.
- Boreas (voiced by Cody Alexander10) - An Orc crew member of the Mighty Windbreaker and Lana's best friend.
- Helmet Hugo (voiced by Dave McRae8) - When the crew faces a tough opponent, they launch Hugo—literally! A human cannonball with a helmet and a mysterious past, he’s their secret weapon.
- Greta (voiced by Tamara Freeman) - A barbarian with the soul of an artist, Greta does all the repairs and maintenance on the ship.
- Dr. Chopov (voiced by Jordan Stanley8) - A purple cyclops who is part of the crew of the Mighty Windbreaker.
- Durango (voiced by Marybelle Sagard11) - An independent explorer who loves quests and seeking thrills and Lana's idol.
- Nana Lovejoy (voiced by Amanda Huxtable12) - Admiral Lovejoy's grandmother and former criminal.
- Baron Buckethead (voiced by Mark La Pointe) - Helmet Hugo's old companion and former enemy (briefly).
Episodes
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 52 | December 20, 2024 (2024-12-20) | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | |
Season 1 (2024–2025)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title 13 | Written by | Storyboard by | Original release date 13 | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Quest for Your Life" | Baljeet Rai | Romain Rossard | December 20, 2024 (2024-12-20) | TBA |
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Lana begins her hero's journey on her 12th birthday. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Fruits of Terror" | Baljeet Rai | Jeff Barker | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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Bo and Lana explore a jungle together and find a plant which happens to talk. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Oh Fishsticks!" | Baljeet Rai | Romain Rossard | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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Lana is given an ultimatum: complete a quest in 24 hours, or be booted from the guild of adventurers. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Recipe for Disaster" | Laurie Elliot | Jeff Barker | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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In order to escape a deadly whirlpool, Lana is forced to fix a friendship and bake a cake. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "It Always Comes Back" | Steph Kaliner | Romain Cislo | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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Although Andar and Lana have similarities, they also have weapons each suited to them, whether a boomerang or hammer. They work through these differences together. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Beard of Evil" | Alice Prodanou & Cedric Stephan | Romain Rossard | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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Lana deals with a haunted and evil pirate beard, on her face. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Grifters Adrift" | Ashley Mendoza | Ian Freedman | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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Before their ship is inspected, Lana and Bo accidentally cause damage to the ship, leading to many problems. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Zingalinger" | Henry Gifford | Mathilde Prevost | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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In order to become more "cool", Lana asks her friend, Chopov, to tell her the right way to "roast" people. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Flap Shack Attack" | Stephanie Kaliner | Adriana Blake | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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The crew is pushed into a dangerous situation after Lana gets obsessed with her toy collection. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Don't Lose Your Head" | Terry McGurrin | Jose Pou | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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When the Mighty Windbreaker gets a cursed figurehead, Lana struggles to finish the quest. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Four Wrongs Make a Right" | Ben Joseph | Adriana Blake | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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Hoping to get her dad out of a bad funk, Lana begins a quest she made up. In the process, she accidentally summons evil spirits. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "The Sea-Grass is Always Greener" | Steph Kaliner | Olivier Guillaume | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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Lana accidentally switches bodies with her arch-nemesis, Horatius, when her wish causes the incorrect result. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Can of Worm" | Anastasia Heinzl | Olivier Guillaume | January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) | TBA |
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Lana leads the crew to the Lost Isle of the Titans. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Legend of Andar" | Alice Boucherit & Cedric Stephan | Benjamin Culoy | January 10, 2025 (2025-01-10) | TBA |
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Lana discovers her dad never defeated the monster that made him a legend. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "It Takes Two to Durango Tango" | Lienne Sawatsky | Adriana Blake | January 17, 2025 (2025-01-17) | TBA |
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Lana comes across the person she considers her hero: Durango. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Don't Rock the Dinghy" | Alex Ganetakos | Jose Pou | January 24, 2025 (2025-01-24) | TBA |
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In an attempt to move up the leaderboard, Bo and Lana take on a quest which ends up being more dangerous than they anticipated. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Battle of the Blargs" | Ashley Mendoza | Mathilde Prevost | January 31, 2025 (2025-01-31) | TBA |
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Lana learns that her animal companion, Sprog, has both a mysterious and dangerous side. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "A Wrinkle in Crime" | Terry McGurrin | Jose Pou | February 7, 2025 (2025-02-07) | TBA |
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An elderly woman is helped by Lana, but learns a dark truth about her. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Bash From the Past" | Ben Joseph | Romain Rossard | February 14, 2025 (2025-02-14) | TBA |
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It's revealed that Greta once was part of a rock band. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Father Knows Quest" | Emer Connon | Mathilde Prevost | February 21, 2025 (2025-02-21) | TBA |
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Lana decides to become the daughter of Sorlak for "a day" since she detests the rules Andar layed out for her. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Dressed to Quest" | Ashley Mendoza | Olivier Guillaume | February 28, 2025 (2025-02-28) | TBA |
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In an act of resistance against her dad, Lana dyes her hair blue and decides to lead the crew. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Going Bozork" | Ben Joseph | Benjamin Culoy | March 7, 2025 (2025-03-07) | TBA |
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Bo has to become a heroic orc so the crew can be saved. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Five Star Fury" | Lienne Sawatsky | Adriana Blake | March 14, 2025 (2025-03-14) | TBA |
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Lana decides to show off to a journalist by fixing up the Mighty Windbreaker. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Prophecy of Doom" | Anastasia Heinzl | Romain Rossard | March 21, 2025 (2025-03-21) | TBA |
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Lana is said to bring bad luck to those she loves by an oracle. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Catch That Flying Fish" | Baljeet Rai | Mathilde Prevost | March 28, 2025 (2025-03-28) | TBA |
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The crew works to stop a messenger, in the form of a flying fish, so that the Admiral doesn't receive a message. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "Undercover Captain" | Emer Connon | Jose Pou | April 4, 2025 (2025-04-04) | TBA |
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After Captain Andar gets a negative review on his performance, Lana attempts to help him. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "Going Overboard" | Alex Ganetakos | Adriana Blake | April 11, 2025 (2025-04-11) | TBA |
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The dangers of having Dr. Chopov as a guardian are revealed to Lana. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "Tale of the Wolf Mom" | Ashley Mendoza | Olivier Guillaume | April 18, 2025 (2025-04-18) | TBA |
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Lana begins adventuring with her mom, a shapeshifting wolf named Ostana. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "Dice of Destiny" | Alice Boucherit & Cedric Stephan | Olivier Guillaume | April 25, 2025 (2025-04-25) | TBA |
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Lana finds a magic dice, and creates a reality that's perfect but quickly becomes a nightmare. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "A Hardwired Holiday" | Ben Joseph | Jose Pou | May 2, 2025 (2025-05-02) | TBA |
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Lana and STONK switch boats for a Guild exchange program. | ||||||
| 31 | 31 | "Escape from Escape Island" | Laurie Elliot | Mathilde Prevost | May 9, 2025 (2025-05-09) | TBA |
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Lana and Horatius must work together if they are going to escape from Escape Island. | ||||||
| 32 | 32 | "Lana the Something Super Great and Totally Awesome" | Emer Connon | Adriana Blake | July 4, 2025 (2025-07-04) | TBA |
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Lana must go through a naming ceremony with Grammy Longbeard on Ched-iyaq. | ||||||
| 33 | 33 | "Baron Buckethead" | Henry Gifford | Benjamin Culot | July 11, 2025 (2025-07-11) | TBA |
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Lana stands by Helmet Hugo when he is challenged to a duel by a powerful knight. | ||||||
| 34 | 34 | "Fan Friction" | Madeliene Patton | Derek Jessome | July 18, 2025 (2025-07-18) | TBA |
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Lana babysits Admiral Lovejoy's starstruck niece, Avery who is Lana's biggest fan! | ||||||
| 35 | 35 | "War and Pizza" | Anastasia Heinzl | Olivier Guillaume | July 25, 2025 (2025-07-25) | TBA |
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Lana and Bo turn against each other and escalate a villagers' bickering into a pizza war! | ||||||
| 36 | 36 | "Bo Diggity" | Lisa Gaultier | Bianca Ansems | August 1, 2025 (2025-08-01) | TBA |
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Lana handles Horatius, whose palace is about to collapse while Bo handles his orc parents. | ||||||
| 37 | 37 | "Throw a Beard a Bone" | Ben Joseph | Adriana Blake | August 8, 2025 (2025-08-08) | TBA |
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Lana teams up with Saltybeard’s beard to save Andar, but has this villain reformed? | ||||||
| 38 | 38 | "The Mighty Wind Broken" | Corey Glover | Peter Huggan | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Lana and Andar decide to take a faster route over land to win a race. | ||||||
| 39 | 39 | "Junk Imp and the Trash Kid" | Henry Gifford | Derek Jessome | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Lana and Junk Imp lose their memories and become sketchy business partners. | ||||||
| 40 | 40 | "Trixie Trinket & Smilecrusher" | Alice Prodanou & Cedric Stephan | Mathilde Prevost | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Lana and Andar go on a quest to Trixie Trinket’s Treasure Trove; a mega mall for heroes. | ||||||
| 41 | 41 | "Fear Island" | Henry Gifford | Bianca Ansems | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Lana and the crew of the Mighty Windbreaker must spend a night on Fear Island. | ||||||
| 42 | 42 | "On the Rocks" | Madeliene Patton | Mathilde Prevost | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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The crew of the Mighty Windbreaker are pitted against each other by a weird talking rock. | ||||||
| 43 | 43 | "Doomscrolling" | Lisa Gaultier | Olivier Guillaume | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Lana must trust her nemesis Horatius with a vital secret. | ||||||
| 44 | 44 | "A Pearl of Wisdom" | Ben Joseph | Derek Jessome | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Lana embarks on a perilous journey to return the stolen Pearl of Wisdom. | ||||||
| 45 | 45 | "A Haunting, Ahoy" | Alice Prodanou | Adriana Blake | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Lana helps a ghost girl, Millie, complete her Kick the Bucket List. | ||||||
| 46 | 46 | "Best in Quest" | Ashley Mendoza | Bianca Ansems | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Lana and STONK tie for the 'best newcomer' Guild Award and must compete head-to-head. | ||||||
| 47 | 47 | "The Tides of Time" | Alice Prodanou | Adriana Blake | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Lana and Boreas find themselves transported back in time. | ||||||
| 48 | 48 | "The Dark Side of the Pancake" | Alice Prodanou & Cedric Stephan | Mathilde Prevost | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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After ordering the expensive fancy Flap Shack pancake, Lana delivers pancakes to pay off her debt. | ||||||
| 49 | 49 | "Side Kickin' It" | Alice Prodanou | Derek Jessome | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Boreas and Lana argue over who's the hero and who's the sidekick in their relationship. | ||||||
| 50 | 50 | "Chop Chop, Let's Rock" | Henry Gifford | Bianca Ansems | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Lana volunteers Dr. Chopov to lead a small army of Clopses against the dreaded Mangetout. | ||||||
| 51 | 51 | "Reset of the Realms" | Baljeet Rai | Olivier Guillaume | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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The Titans resume their Game of Fates and Lana finds reality shifting around her. | ||||||
| 52 | 52 | "Lana Takes on the Titans" | Baljeet Rai | Olivier Guillaume | November 28, 2025 (2025-11-28) | TBA |
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Lana spreads a message of resistance to the Realms for a final showdown with the Titans. | ||||||
Production and release
In February 2014, Tony Mitchell began working on the series, as he noted in a social media post.14 It was later reported that he, along with Andrew Power and Dylan Edward, originally created the series, with all of them working at Copernicus Studios at the time.15
In June 2021, it was announced that Zephyr Animation, the APC Kids production arm and part of APC Studios, had secured a co-development deal with Super RTL in Germany, with both companies said to co-develop the series, which was said to be aimed at kids age six to nine. At the time, Jessica Borutski was directing the series, while David Sauerwein and Paul Rigg, of Zephyr Animation and Copernicus Studios, were executive producing it.16 However, it was later stated that the show would be directed by Franz Kirchner and developed by Baljeet Rai.2
In September 2022, Animation Magazine reported that Zephyr Animation was completing the financing for the series, their first 2d animated series, in a co-production with Copernicus Studios, that production would begin before 2022 had ended, and that initial broadcast deals were being finalized.17 Previously, it had been stated that the series would begin production in 2021.18 Later, at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, in June 2023, APC Kids stated that production had recently begun.19
In June 2023, it was announced that Zephyr Animation had secured its first pre-sales for the series by Warner Bros. Discovery in EMEA, Super RTL in Germany, Gulli in France, and CBC in Canada, while APC Kids continued to hold "worldwide distribution rights" for the series.1 Paul Rigg was also described as a series executive producer at the time.20
In April 2024, the series was noted as benefiting from the CMF-Shaw Rocket Fund, which supported animated series.21 The series received funding from the Shaw Rocket Fund in 2021.22 In October 2024, the TV Kids 2024/2025 Guide was released by World Screen, in which APC Kids Managing Director Lionel Marty said they were "excited to launch" the series at MIPCOM and MIPJunior.23 It was also stated that the series would have 52 episodes, each of which is 11 minutes long.2425
Originally the series was scheduled to be released in 2023,15 but that did not happen. The series began airing on CBC Gem on December 20, 20243 and the Family Channel on January 12, 2025.4 The series is also streaming on CBC Kids' YouTube Channel.26 The series is also scheduled to air on RTL Super, Gulli, and an unnamed platform owned by Warner Bros. Discovery,2 on a date that has not been announced, sometime in the second financial quarter of 2025.27
The series received a companion PC video game entitled Lana Longbeard and the Golden Stacks, with a demo phase beginning at the end of January 2025.27
References
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- Bdewi, Liana [@lianabdewi]; (December 20, 2024). "My heart is so full right now!! Voicing Lana has truly been a dream come true🥹Thank you and massive congratulations to @copernicusstudios and to the star studded cast! 🤩🤩 @clammacleod @sircheery @jordanstanleyyyy @prince.demon.slayer @davemcrae79 Deb Munroe and Tamara Freeman! And big love to the @tadavoiceworks team 🥹 Check out the trailer above and watch the teaser episode right now on the CBC kids YouTube channel and the @cbcgem app! 💕🌊🐟QUEST. FOR. YOUR. LIFEEEE⚔️⚓️💕#lanalongbeard #lanalongbeardadventures #viking #animationart". Archived from the original on April 30, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025 – via Instagram.
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All our partners are very happy, and production is running smoothly, on schedule. We'll deliver 26 episodes in January 2025, and another 26 in July
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