Dino Dana


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 2018, it was announced that Dino Dana is about to be made into a feature film.

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 and prehistoric mammals. Other characters include her older stepsister, Saara; her mother, Ava; her stepfather, Ahman; and Gloria, her maternal grandmother. Jason Spevack and Trek Buccino also make periodic guest appearances as Dan and Trek Henderson from the last 2 shows.
The series combines live action with CGI animation.

Cast

Episodes

Main article: List of Dino Dana episodes

Awards

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.