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Dino Dana
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Genre Children's television series
Created by J. J. Johnson
Starring
  • Michela Luci
  • Saara Chaudry
  • Nicola Correia-Damude
  • Amish Patel
  • Bill Cobbs
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 39
Production company(s) Sinking Ship Entertainment
Release
Original network TVOKids
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24) – present

Dino Dana is a Canadian television series that was created and is directed by J. J. Johnson. The series was developed as a followup to Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures and premiered on Amazon Prime on May 27, 2017. In September 2020, Dino Dana: The Movie was released on Prime Video after being announced in 2018. It was originally going to be a theatrical release on March 21, 2020, but was delayed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

Plot

Dino Dana is about a nine-year-old girl named Dana Jain who sets out to achieve "Dino experiments" that teach her more about dinosaurs, pterosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles Mix-Tilecers Tagsmas Synapsids prehistoric insects and prehistoric mammals. Other characters include her older stepsister, Saara; her mother, Ava; her stepfather, Ahman; and Gloria, her maternal grandmother, and Dexter, her baby half-brother born at the beginning of season 3. Jason Spevack and Trek Buccino also make periodic guest appearances as Dan and Trek Henderson.

The series combines live action with CGI animation.

Cast

  • Michela Luci as Dana Jain
  • Saara Chaudry as Saara Jain, Dana's older step-sister
  • Nicola Correia-Damude as Mom (Ava Jain)
  • Amish Patel as Dad (Aman Jain)
  • Bill Cobbs as Mr. Hendrickson, Dana's neighbour
  • Laaibah Alvi as Young Saara
  • Anna Cathcart as Robyn (recurring)
  • Millie Davis as Riley (recurring)
  • Jason Spevack as Dan Henderson
  • Trek Buccino as Trek Henderson

Broadcast

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 13 May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24) August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17)
2 13 March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24) August 4, 2018 (2018-08-04)
3 13 May 22, 2019 (2019-05-22) July 3, 2019 (2019-07-03)

Episodes

Awards

Awards and nominations for 'Dino Dana'
Award Year Category Recipients Result
Canadian Screen Awards 2018 Best Direction, Children's or Youth J.J. Johnson Nominated
Best Performance, Children's or Youth Michela Luci Nominated
Canadian Screen Awards 2019 Best Pre-School Program or Series Dino Dana Won
Best Cross-Platform Project - Children's and Youth Dino Dana Digital Won
Best Direction, Children's or Youth J.J. Johnson Nominated
Best Writing, Children's or Youth J.J. Johnson, Christin Simms and Nathalie Youglai Nominated
Best Performance, Children's or Youth Michela Luci Nominated
Best Performance, Children's or Youth Saara Chaudry Nominated
Daytime Emmy Award 2018 Outstanding Preschool Children's Series Dino Dana Nominated
Daytime Emmy Award 2019 Outstanding Preschool Children's Series Dino Dana Nominated
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Family Viewing or Special Class Program Michela Luci Won
Outstanding Writing in a Children's, Pre-school Children's or Family Viewing Program J.J. Johnson, Christin Simms and Nathalie Younglai Nominated
Outstanding Directing in a Children's, Pre-school Children's or Family Viewing Program J.J. Johnson Nominated
Outstanding Art direction/Set Direction/Senic Design Amanda Vernuccio, Tyler McFarland and Kevin Morra Nominated
Outstanding Lighting Direction George Lajtai CSC Nominated
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Live Action Program Sean W. Karp, Will Preventis, Noah Siegel, Charles Duchesne, Blag Ahilov and Jakob Thiesen Nominated

2017: won the Kidscreen Award for Best New Series

2018: won the Kidscreen Award for Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series

2019: won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Performer in a Children's Program

2019: won the 2019 YMA Award for Best Program, Live Action Scripted and Non-Scripted, Preschool

Broadcast

On October 6, 2016, on YouTube, short introductory Dino Dana clips were first published, reusing footage from the past two shows. Dino Dana premiered on May 26, 2017 on Amazon Prime in the US and UK. TVO Kids picked up the show in June 2017. In Australia Dino Dana screens on ABC Kids., On Latin America premiered through Nat Geo Kids Latin America

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Dino Dana para niños

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