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1. General |
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Reboot is the first TV series produced entirely with computer graphics. It has been shown in 40 contries including- the U.S., Canada, South Africa, Australia, and those in western Europe and South America. The show is dubbed in several languages, among them- Spanish, French, and German. Reboot premiered in the U.S. on September 10, 1994. |
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Reboot is a highly original, clever show with fast action and dozens of computer puns, in-jokes, and pop culture references. Bur don't worry -- your don't have to be a programmer to get caught up in it. The computer effects (for example, in "Racing the Clock", "The Crimson Binome", and "Firewall") can be astounding. Most of the action takes place in Mainframe, a "city" on the Net. Most episodes center around Bob, Dot, and Enzo, their adventures and misadventures, and their conflicts with the evil Megabyte and Hexadecimal. Often the User will input a game, and the show's characters will "reboot" into characters in the game, for example- wizards, knights, race car drivers, etc. |
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ReBoot takes on a much more serious look and feel in season 3, which began airing in the U.S. March 15, 1999. AndrAIa and Enzo undego major upgrades, Enzo now calling himself Matrix. The relationship between him and AndrAIa develops from puppy love into a serious romance, and Megabyte and Hexadecimal become brutal -- even ruthless -- in their attempts to conquer Mainframe. |
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ReBoot is produced by a team of animators at Mainframe Entertainment in Vancouver, British Columbia using SiliconGraphics workstations running Softimage. Some of the show's staff created the animation for the Dire Straits video "Money for Nothing" in 1985. Each episode requires about three weeks to produce. Mainframe Entertainment is also responsible for the animated series "Beast Wars" and "War Planets". |
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