House of Anubis

House of Anubis
Genre	Teen drama Mystery
Created by	Hans Bourlon & Gert Verhulst
Written by	Diane Whitley
Directed by	Angelo Abela Tim Hopewell Tom Poole
Starring	Nathalia Ramos Brad Kavanagh Jade Ramsey Ana Mulvoy Ten Bobby Lockwood Tasie Dhanraj Eugene Simon Alex Sawyer Klariza Clayton Burkely Duffield
Theme music composer	Rob Cairnes Tomy Morales
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	150 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Anja Van Mensel Tony Wood
Producer	Susie Liggat
Production location	Liverpool
Camera setup	Videotape; Single-camera
Running time	23 minutes (consisting of two 11-minute segments)
Production companies	Studio 100 Lime Pictures Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) – present
Related
Het Huis Anubis Het Huis Anubis en de Vijf van het Magische Zwaard Das Haus Anubis

House of Anubis is a jointly American/British/Belgian produced teen drama mystery television series based on the Belgian/Dutch television series Het Huis Anubis aired in The Netherlands and Belgium. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst and premiered on Nickelodeon on New Year's Day 2011 in the United States and on 25 February 2011 in the United Kingdom. The series is the first Nickelodeon series to be filmed overseas, the first soap opera created by Nickelodeon and the channel's first soap opera aimed at children and teenagers (sixth in Latin America).

Plot

Anubis House is a building dating from the 1900s, currently serving as a home for nine young people under the watch of the boarding school's strict caretaker, Victor Rodenmaar Jr (Francis Magee). As an American girl named Nina Martin (Nathalia Ramos) moves into Anubis House in England, another resident named Joy Mercer (Klariza Clayton), suddenly disappears without a warning and the school staff eliminate all trace of Joy's existence from the school. Joy's best friend, Patricia Williamson (Jade Ramsey) is dismayed to learn this and accuses Nina of being involved with her disappearance. Forced to spend a night in the attic, Nina makes a bizarre discovery: the recorded diary of a young girl who she met earlier as an old woman, Sarah Frobisher-Smythe (Rita Davies), who had lived in the house long ago. On the tapes, it is revealed the house has a secret history, a mystery that nobody knows anything about. Given an Eye of Horus-shaped necklace by Sarah with mysterious powers, Nina decides to investigate the house's mystery alongside her new friend Fabian Rutter (Brad Kavanagh) and new roommate Amber Millington (Ana Mulvoy Ten). They form a secret group called "Sibuna", (Anubis backwards) whose popularity expands to include Patricia once she makes peace with Nina among learning that Joy's disappearance is connected to the house, and Alfie Lewis (Alex Sawyer), a prankster in the beginning of the series. Eventually, Jerome Clarke (Eugene Simon)joins into the mystery as well. There are also people who live there that are oblivious to the mystery; Mara Jaffray, Mick Campbell and Trudy. In the last episode of Season 1 Nina and Fabian become a couple and get back Joy.

As season one draws to a close, prior to Sarah's death, the Sibuna club learns that Victor is the son of Victor Rodenmaar Sr, Sarah's childhood guardian who was after what is revealed to be the Cup of Ankh that gives immortality to the one who drinks from it. Furthermore, Victor is the current leader of the Society dedicated to finding the cup and obtain immortality through the Chosen One: Joy. However, a former Society member named Rufus Zeno attempts and succeeds in getting the Cup after Nina is revealed to be the real Chosen One. After Jerome and Fabian attacked Rufus to get everybody out, they headed to Victor's 'lair' to only find out that Nina is the real Chosen One (but nobody knew but Rufus Zeno at the time). Once Nina finished assembling the Cup of Ankh, Rufus shows up and demands that he gets the cup or he kills Amber. He drinks all of the elixir and burns the Cup of Ankh. But as soon as Rufus had left it was revealed that Fabian had swapped the elixir. As everybody left for the dance, Nina stayed behind and Sarah showed up with her parents and tells Nina to hide the Cup of Ankh in a safe place. After Nina and Fabian kissed and became prom king and queen it showed the cup glowing.

Season 2 revolves around finding the Mask of Anubis. The Mask of Anubis can be found under the house. Underneath the house there are sealed tunnels that can only be opened or passed through after solving a puzzle or using artefacts hidden throughout the house. Nina, Fabian, Patricia, Amber and Alfie all have a mark called the Mark of Anubis resembling a tattoo placed on them by a mysterious ghost-like figure named Senkhara that will take their lives from them if they do not solve the puzzles and recover the mask in time. Senkhara is only seen by Nina unless the other Sibunas are shocked by the Mark of Anubis.

A new student arrives at Anubis House called Eddie Miller (Burkely Duffield). Nina's grandmother is in the hospital due to Senkhara's wrath. Vera, the new house mother, is after the mask and is secretly working for Rufus. Victor is after the mask and thinks he is working with Vera. Rufus is back and is after the mask with help from Vera. Trudy is kidnapped by Vera and Rufus but the Sibuna gang rescue her. Joy wrote a bad article on Nina, so now Joy's friends have turned on her. Patricia and Eddie started a new relationship. Vera has the Mark of Anubis now because Senkhara has frozen Vera alive and of finding about the Sibuna's plan for going after the Mask. The doll house (their only help to find the mask) is destroyed by Alfie because he was trying to save Trudy and Sibuna. Trudy has amnesia, but it all starts to come back to her. Joy is then allowed to write more articles on the Jackal, and so is Mara. Joy apologizes, but nobody forgives her. The Sibunas find out their last task, a game called Senet. Nina falls through the floor due to Fabian's mistake. Since they had already lost Nina and then Alfie, Fabian turns to Joy for help since she is a master at chess. Later, due to a mistake, Amber and Patricia fall through the floor. Minutes later in the episode, they win the game. Fabian and Joy find two keys on a podium, but it was one or the other; the Mask, or fallen friends. They choose their fallen friends, but shortly after they rescue Nina and the others, the podium disappears, leaving them unable to get the Mask. Later, Jerome is taken hostage by Rufus for blackmail purposes. Patricia and Eddie's relationship starts to crumble because Eddie is dismayed that she is keeping secrets from him.

Senkhara tells Nina that if they don't give her the mask soon that she, her grandmother, and the Sibunas will die at sundown the next day. Additionally, Victor now knows that Vera is working for Rufus Zeno. Senkhara plans to take Nina to the afterlife when Nina puts on the mask. Sibuna found the mask and needed the gem that Jerome found for his father, possibly placed in the Frobisher shield by Frobisher-Smythe. It is revealed that Eddie is the Osirian, the protector of the chosen one (Nina) and Nina needed his help. Nina put on the mask, which shot Fabian with an electricity ball. However, Joy took the blow for Fabian. Then Rufus takes the mask from Nina after Eddie had used a spell and killed Senkhara. Rufus is banished to the underworld because only a good heart may enter the afterlife and becomes a god. Later Nina discovered that the mask had a few drops of the tears of gold. Victor uses it all on Joy, even though the tears of gold is the last ingredients to the elixir. Nina then gives Victor a ring from his father who Nina met when trapped underground. Mick came back and saw that Mara and Jerome have become a couple. Jerome's father was released from jail. Amber and Alfie get back together on Alfie's conditions. Nina's grandmother is released from the hospital and, later, Nina and Fabian kiss and restart their romantic relationship. In the last scene, Victor finds a tear of gold in his ring that Nina gave him, ending season 2. The series uses facts based on Egyptology.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of House of Anubis characters

Main cast

Name	Actor/Actress	Episode	Year
Nina Martin	Nathalia Ramos	1-150	2011–2012
Fabian Rutter	Brad Kavanagh	1-present	2011–present
Patricia Williamson	Jade Ramsey	1-present	2011–present
Amber Millington	Ana Mulvoy Ten	1-present	2011–present
Jerome Clarke	Eugene Simon	1-present	2011–present
Alfie Lewis	Alex Sawyer	1-present	2011–present
Mara Jaffray	Tasie Dhanraj	1-present	2011–present
Mick Campbell	Bobby Lockwood	1-present	2011–present
Joy Mercer	Klariza Clayton	1-present	2011–present
Eddie Miller	Burkely Duffield	75-present	2012–present

Supporting Cast

Name	Actor/Actress	Episode	Year
Victor Rodenmaar Jr.	Francis Magee	1-present	2011–present
Trudy Rehmann	Mina Anwar	1-present	2011–present
Mrs. Daphne Andrews	Julia Deakin	1-108	2011–2012
Mr. Eric Sweet	Paul Anthony-Barber	1-present	2011–present
Rufus Zeno	Roger Barclay	12-150	2011–2012
Sarah Frobisher-Smythe	Rita Davies	3-60	2011
Esther Robinson	Catherine Bailey	15-60	2011
Gran	Gwyneth Powell	63-present	2012–present
Senkhara	Sophiya Haque	63-150	2012
Poppy Clarke	Frances Encell	60-present	2012–present
Vera Devenish	Poppy Miller	73-present	2012–present
Piper Williamson	Nikita Ramsey	115-124	2012

Episodes

Main article: List of House of Anubis episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired	Network
1	60		January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)	February 19, 2011 (2011-02-19)	Nickelodeon
2	90		January 9, 2012 (2012-01-09)	March 9, 2012 (2012-03-09)
3	40	12	January 3, 2013 (2013-01-03)	February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07)
		28	February 25, 2013 (2013-02-25)	April 11, 2013 (2013-04-11)	TeenNick
Special			June 14, 2013 (2013-06-14)

Production and development

Production began in August 2009, but in March 2010 Studio 100 announced that the series was sold to Nickelodeon in the United States. The series was filmed in the summer of 2010 in Liverpool and was first broadcast in the United States on 1 January 2011.

The series is the first original series produced for the flagship U.S. Nickelodeon channel to be produced outside of North America, and is Nickelodeon's first original drama series since the 2000-2002 series Caitlin's Way. The series is structured in a different manner from other live-action television series in that each episode consists of two eleven-minute segments, a format commonly used in half-hour animated series (although the events of each subsequent segment pick up from the events of the previous segment); and the series' episodes are formatted to be broadcast in the five-day-a-week format that is typically common with soap operas.

On 10 March 2011, Nickelodeon confirmed that they will make a new season of House of Anubis at its annual Upfront presentation to advertisers and media. On 29 June, Entertainment Weekly reported that Nickelodeon had confirmed a second season of House of Anubis and that production would begin on 21 July 2011. A total of 45 half-hour episodes (90, 15-minute episodes) were aired in 2012.

On 16 April 2012, a third season was confirmed by Nickelodeon and Lime Pictures. Nathalia Ramos (who plays Nina Martin) will not be returning for the third season so she can focus on finishing college. Eugene Simon (who plays Jerome Clarke) confirmed that filming of the third season will begin in the summer of 2012.

Reception

Critical Reception

Youth Television News review commending Nickeldoeon's attempt at a drama series, saying "a good story always outdoes a repetitive sitcom."

Audience Reception

The hour-long series premiere on 1 January 2011 was watched by an average of 2.9 million viewers for the first two episodes. The series scored a 4.0 share (846,000 viewers) among teens 11-17, a 4.4 share (952,000 viewers) among kids 11-15 and a 3.5 share (1.2 million) among kids 11-18, ranking #1 amongst all broadcast and basic cable programs in its timeslot in all pre-teen and teen demographics.

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2011	Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Award	Favorite Show	House of Anubis	Won
2011	British Academy Children's Awards	Best Drama	House of Anubis	Nominated
2011	British Academy Children's Awards	Best Independent Production Company	Lime Pictures	Nominated
2011	Kids' Choice Awards Argentina	Favorite International TV Show	House of Anubis	Nominated
2012	Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Award	Favorite UK TV Show	House of Anubis	Nominated
2012	Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Award	Favorite UK Actor	Brad Kavanagh	Nominated
2012	Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Award	Favorite UK Actress	Ana Mulvoy Ten	Nominated

International distribution

The series is the international version of the Belgian-Dutch series Het Huis Anubis, made by Studio 100 and thus will be broadcast on the international channels of Nickelodeon around the world. In Germany is the series with different actors but still on the original set of Het Huis Anubis recorded. There it's called Das Haus Anubis.

The show has premiered in the following nations/regions:

Country/Region	Channel	Season 1		Season 2
		Preview	Premiere Date	Preview	Premiere Date
United States	Nickelodeon	NONE	1 January 2011	7 January 2012	9 January 2012
	TeenNick	NONE	26 September 2011	TBA	TBA
Australia	Nickelodeon	NONE	7 February 2011	NONE	7 May 2012
New Zealand	Nickelodeon	NONE	7 February 2011	NONE	7 May 2012
United Kingdom	Nickelodeon	NONE	25 February 2011	13 April 2012	16 April 2012
	Sky1	NONE	26 March 2012	TBA	TBA
Ireland	Nickelodeon	NONE	25 February 2011	13 April 2012	16 April 2012
	RTE Two	NONE	9 January 2012	TBA	TBA
Philippines	Nickelodeon (Philippines)	NONE	1 April 2011	NONE	16 July 2012
Brunei	Nickelodeon (South East Asia)	NONE		NONE
Singapore		NONE		NONE
Indonesia		NONE		NONE
Malaysia		NONE		NONE
Hong Kong		NONE		NONE
North Macedonia	Sitel Televizija	NONE	Fall 2011	TBA	TBA
Hungary	Nickelodeon	NONE	23 June 2011	NONE	14 May 2012
Poland	Nickelodeon	NONE	11 June 2011	NONE	28 May 2012
Portugal	Nickelodeon	4 June 2011	13 June 2011	NONE	18 June 2012
Romania	Nickelodeon (Central & Eastern Europe)	NONE	13 June 2011	NONE	14 May 2012
Russia	Nickelodeon	NONE	11 June 2011	NONE	28 May 2012
Argentina	Nickelodeon Latin America	23 June 2011	4 July 2011	NONE	25 June 2012
Chile				NONE
Uruguay				NONE
Paraguay				NONE
Bolivia				NONE
Peru				NONE
Ecuador				NONE
Colombia				NONE
Venezuela				NONE
Mexico				NONE
Guatemala				NONE
El Salvador				NONE
Honduras				NONE
Nicaragua				NONE
Costa Rica				NONE
Panama				NONE
Cuba				NONE
Dominican Republic				NONE
Brazil	Nickelodeon	23 June 2011	4 July 2011	NONE	25 June 2012
Spain	Nickelodeon	4 June 2011	6 June 2011	NONE	4 June 2012
Canada	Nickelodeon	NONE	5 September 2011	NONE	2 April 2012
	YTV	NONE	22 October 2012	TBA	TBA
	VRAK.TV	NONE	18 June 2012	TBA	TBA
Croatia	Nickelodeon	18 June 2011	1 November 2011	TBA	TBA
Africa	Nickelodeon	NONE	1 August 2011	TBA	TBA
Italy	Nickelodeon	NONE	17 October 2011	TBA	TBA
France	Nickelodeon	NONE	5 February 2012	TBA	3 September 2012
Turkey	Nickelodeon	NONE	1 March 2012	TBA	TBA
	CNBC-e	NONE	28 May 2012	TBA	TBA

External links

• Official website
• House of Anubis at IMDb
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