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Silverwing
Silverwing DVD cover
GenreAnimation, Fantasy
Based onSilverwing novel series by Kenneth Oppel
Written by
  • Gary Jones
  • Richard Side
Directed byKeith Ingham
Voices of
Composers
  • Brian Carson
  • Ari Wise
Country of originCanada
Original languages
  • English
  • French
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerCathy Schoch
EditorDon Briggs
Running time22 minutes
Production companyBardel Entertainment
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 6 (2003-09-06) –
December 14, 2003 (2003-12-14)

Silverwing is a 2003 Canadian animated television series based on Kenneth Oppel's novel of the same name.

Synopsis

Long ago before the first migration, the animals initiated the Great Battle to establish the balance of nature and the territory limits of every species. The birds and beasts banished all bats into the darkness for not choosing sides. As Shade mistakenly breaks the law, he sets out to reason with the animals.

Characters

Bats

  • Shade: (Bill Switzer) A young heroic Silverwing bat who learns to use echo projection, whom Zephyr taught.
  • Marina: (Sharon Alexander) A young Brightwing bat living alone on the island. The humans gave the silver band to Marina and the colony banished her, thinking that the band was a bad omen. In the series, Shade and Marina remain friends.
  • Goth: (Michael Dobson) A villainous cannibal bat brought from South America to the city for laboratory studies. After escaping from there, he tricks Shade into leading him to the colony. However, Shade and Marina foil the plan.
  • Throbb: (Richard Newman) Goth's brother in-law.
  • Frieda: (Pam Hyatt) The banded chief elder and main leader of the Silverwing colony.
  • Bathsheba: (Shirley Millner) A selfish member of the Silverwing elders who dislikes Frieda and Shade. Bathsheba later abandons the colony.
  • Ariel: (Randall Carpenter) Shade's mother whose mate, Cassiel leaves the colony.
  • Mercury: (Ian James Corlett) Frieda's male loyal guardian and leader of the female bats.
  • Chinook: (Matt Hill) Shade's best friend.
  • Zephyr: (Richard Newman) A wise and blind albino bat living in the cathedral spire, serving as "traffic controller" and wishing the colony to be safe. He teaches Shade and Marina with star navigation for extensive knowledge, herbal remedies and echo projection.
  • Scirocco: (Ian James Corlett) The charismatic shapeshifting leader of the colony of banded bats dwelling in the mountain's cabin.
  • Penelope: (Randall Carpenter) Marina's best friend and one of the banded bats, whom Shade rescues.
  • Hector: (Lee Tockar) Chinook's father and one of the Silverwing elders. He later reunites with the colony at Hibernaculum.

Others

  • Brutus: (Richard Newman) The main leader of the owls who destroyed Tree Haven. He later declines the war and forgives the group of bats.
  • Orestes: (Richard Ian Cox) Brutus' son fearing to study about spiders. After saving Shade and Marina, he saves Brutus from Goth and Throbb.
  • Atlas: (Michael Dobson) Brutus' assistant and the supporting leader of the owls.
  • Ursa: (Candus Churchill) The Kermode bear who later serves as the leader of the beasts and protects the animals from wolves.
  • Luger: (Lee Tockar) The evil leader of the wolves whom Goth recruited.
  • Remus: (Richard Ian Cox) The selfish king of the rats and Romulus' brother.
  • Romulus: (Lee Tockar) Remus' brother who trusts Shade and Marina, banishes Remus and becomes the new king of the rats.

Differences from the novel

  • In the novel, Orestes is King Boreal's son, but changes into Brutus' for the series.
  • In the novel, Throbb is killed by a thunderstorm. However, he survives in the series and is pursued by the owls.
  • In Sunwing, King Boreal forgives the colony of bats. However, in the Silverwing television series, Brutus does the same thing.

Episodes

Note: The episodes were also released in miniseries format as three television films, including episodes 1-5 were released as A Glimpse of the Sun, episodes 6-9 as Towers of Fire and episodes 10-13 as Redemption.

# Title Original air date (Teletoon)[1]
1"A Glimpse of the Sun"September 6, 2003 (2003-09-06)
As Shade looks at the sun and mistakenly breaks the law, the owls destroy Tree Haven.
2"No Bat Is an Island"September 7, 2003 (2003-09-07)
During the early migration after being separated from his colony, Shade ends up on the island and meets Marina, who explains that she got a band on her arm and the colony banished her. Shade suggests Marina to meet up with Frieda.
3"Pigeon Court"September 14, 2003 (2003-09-14)
Arriving at the city, Shade and Marina evade the pigeons.
4"Bat in the Belfry"September 21, 2003 (2003-09-21)
Before leaving, Shade and Marina meet Zephyr, who teaches them how to use echo projection.
5"Dark Alliance"September 28, 2003 (2003-09-28)
Confronting Goth and Throbb, Shade and Marina learn that the two are killing a few animals.
6"Friends in Deed"October 5, 2003 (2003-10-05)
Orestes frees the bats, and escape from the group of owls. After Orestes force the bats to leave the station, Goth chases Shade but gets electrocuted.
7"Everything Is Not Black and White"October 12, 2003 (2003-10-12)
Shade and Marina meet and suggest Ursa to defend the animals from the pack of wolves. The recovered Goth kills the crow.
8"Deception"November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)
Shade and Marina continue to evade Goth and Throbb, while Bathsheba shortly becomes the leader.
9"I'm With the Band"November 9, 2003 (2003-11-09)
After meeting up with banded bats at the mountain, Shade saves Marina's colony from Goth and Throbb, who steal the rest of all bands. Meanwhile, the colony arrives at the airport.
10"Rats"November 23, 2003 (2003-11-23)
After Romulus banishes Remus at the junkyard, Shade and Marina see Orestes again. As the colony and Bathsheba leave, Ariel, Frieda and Mercury escape from the airport.
11"Strange Batfellows"November 30, 2003 (2003-11-30)
Shade echo-projects Zotz to distract Goth and leaves the mine with his allies.
12"Hibernaculum"December 7, 2003 (2003-12-07)
As Shade, Marina and Orestes arrive at Hibernaculum, Shade reunites with his colony, Goth and Throbb recruits the wolves, and Bathsheba asks Brutus to remove Shade from the colony.
13"Day of Judgment"December 14, 2003 (2003-12-14)
After the bears defeat the wolves and Goth is killed by collapsing icicles, the animals congratulate and permit the bats to fly outside.

References

  1. ^ "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2016-03-02. Archived from the original on 2016-05-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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