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'''''Blaster's Universe''''' is an American/Chinese/Canadian animated television series, made by Knowledge Adventure and Nelvana, that ran for one season from September 1999 to January 2000 on CBS and Teletoon. Only 13 out of 28 episodes were aired.
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'''''Blaster's Universe''''' is an American/Chinese/Canadian animated television series based on the ''Blaster Learning System'' computer games made by Knowledge Adventure. The series was produced by Nelvana,<ref>[https://m.ranker.com/list/tv-shows-produced-by-michael-hirsh/reference A website that has a list of TV shows produced by Michael Hirsh, including ''Blaster's Universe''.] Retrieved 12 Jun '19</ref> running for a single 13-episode season from September 1999 to January 2000 on CBS and Teletoon.


==Plot==
==Plot==
The main characters are Max Blaster (voiced by Jonathan Wilson), a 12-year-old Earth boy; GC (voiced by Maryke Hendrikse), a 12-year-old alien girl from the planet Omega; and MEL (voiced by Juan Chioran), Blaster and GC's robotic dog (his name is an abbreviation of "Mechanically Enhanced Lapdog"). The episodes follow their adventures as they try to save the universe from intergalactic villains. It was based on the Blaster Learning System universe, as it was reimagined in the late 1990s. The show is in continuity with other games of the era, such as Math Blaster ages 5–7.
The main characters are Max Blaster (voiced by Jonathan Wilson), a 12-year-old Earth boy; GC (voiced by Maryke Hendrikse), a 12-year-old alien girl from the planet Omega; and MEL (voiced by Juan Chioran), Blaster and GC's robotic dog (his name is an abbreviation of "Mechanically Enhanced Lapdog"). The episodes follow their adventures as they try to save the universe from intergalactic villains. It was based on the Blaster Learning System universe, as it was reimagined in the late 1990s. The show is in continuity with other games of the era, such as Math Blaster Ages 5–7.


==Findings==
==Findings==
After the show was canceled, it fell into obscurity and the episodes never saw the light of day for nearly a decade and a half. No reruns have aired in North America, not even on Qubo (which Nelvana/Corus Entertainment owns a stake in), and it doesn't even get a DVD release, though it did rerun on the now-defunct international kids' channel KidsCo (also partially owned by Nelvana/Corus). However, by the end of the 2000s, a fan named Caryna Wright (she goes by the usernames CrazySonic360 on YouTube and Star-Shiner on deviantART) uploaded a compilation of clips from the first episode in three parts that she downloaded from a Taiwanese video website and are also in pure English. Later, on November 2013, she uploaded all 13 episodes of the complete series via her alternative channel "[http://www.youtube.com/user/BlastersUniverse BlastersUniverse]", albeit with Russian dub voiceovers talking over the English dialogue because a friend of hers ripped them from a Russian video streaming website and sent them to her a month earlier on October. However, the full English versions of the episodes are available on Bell Media's website via paid video streaming.
After the show was cancelled, it fell into obscurity, and the episodes never saw the light of day for nearly a decade and a half. No reruns have aired in North America, not even on Qubo (which Nelvana/Corus Entertainment owned a stake in), and it didn't even get a DVD release, though it did a rerun on the now-defunct international kids' channel KidsCo (also partially owned by Nelvana/Corus). In November 2013, the episodes with Russian dub voiceovers talking over the English dialogue were found and uploaded to YouTube. However, the full English versions of the episodes are available on Bell Media's website via paid video streaming.


== List of Found Episodes (with Russian dubbing) ==
==List of Found Episodes (with Russian Dubbing)==
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5vTQ9iL8Xc You're History] (some clips available in full English: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZQQXUDQmPw first], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKrELy27Rdc second] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIengKbn6FE third] parts)
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tis4Xgtd4P4 A Bridge Too Weak]
|-
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wy05EKf894 Misplaced Weekend]
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJrqHz6C2t8 A Spot of Trouble]
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Name
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pC36wRapJE Uncool Copycat]
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0v3dGhvjqE Mind Over Manners]
|-
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibp9t0UNo6U Body Electric]
|1||You're History||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep01-YoureHistory.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuqRiy2-rRA Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow]
|-
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCgWr9ferfg Sound Advice]
|2||A Bridge Too Weak||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep02-ABridgeTooWeak.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En96bTUMrPc Math Schmath]
|-
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7tk7xFQ68M Nowhere to Hide]
|3||Misplaced Weekend||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep03-MisplacedWeekend.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufBFNkxpB2M Gym Nausium]
|-
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU1eyx6rUTA Buggin' Out]
|4||A Spot of Trouble||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep04-ASpotOfTrouble.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|5||Uncool Copycat||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep05-UncoolCopycat.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|6||Mind Over Manners||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep06-MindOverManners.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|7||Body Electric||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep07-BodyElectric.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|8||Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep08-HeroTodayGoneTomorrow.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|9||Sound Advice||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep09-SoundAdvice.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|10||Math Schmath||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep10-MathSchmath.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|11||Nowhere to Hide||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep11-NowhereToHide.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|12||Gym Nausium||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep12-GymNausium.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|13||Buggin' Out||[https://archive.org/details/BlastersUniverse/Ep13-BugginOut.mp4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]
|}
==External Links==
*[http://www.nelvana.com/show/49/blasters-universe Nelvana website on the show.] Retrieved 12 Jun '19
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221026/ IMDb page on the show.] Retrieved 12 Jun '19
*[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/BlastersUniverse TVTropes page on ''Blaster's Universe''.] Retrieved 12 Jun '19
*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster%27s_Universe Wikipedia page on ''Blaster's Universe''.] Retrieved 12 Jun '19
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cje3mJsjRDM&list=PLO6x7JXf8iCmpyWxvCwL38vffwa08eidN&index=1 English Dubs w/o Russian Voice-over for Episodes 2, 3, 4 & 6.] Retrieved 18 Apr '20


They can also be downloaded in a torrent: http://thepiratebay.casa/torrent/10628850/Blaster_s_Universe_(Complete_13_episodes__English_with_Russian_v
==Reference==
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Blasters Universe 3725.jpg

Fan art by spacekadet75 @Deviantart

Status: Found

Date found: Nov 2013

Found by: Bell Media

Blaster's Universe is an American/Chinese/Canadian animated television series based on the Blaster Learning System computer games made by Knowledge Adventure. The series was produced by Nelvana,[1] running for a single 13-episode season from September 1999 to January 2000 on CBS and Teletoon.

Plot

The main characters are Max Blaster (voiced by Jonathan Wilson), a 12-year-old Earth boy; GC (voiced by Maryke Hendrikse), a 12-year-old alien girl from the planet Omega; and MEL (voiced by Juan Chioran), Blaster and GC's robotic dog (his name is an abbreviation of "Mechanically Enhanced Lapdog"). The episodes follow their adventures as they try to save the universe from intergalactic villains. It was based on the Blaster Learning System universe, as it was reimagined in the late 1990s. The show is in continuity with other games of the era, such as Math Blaster Ages 5–7.

Findings

After the show was cancelled, it fell into obscurity, and the episodes never saw the light of day for nearly a decade and a half. No reruns have aired in North America, not even on Qubo (which Nelvana/Corus Entertainment owned a stake in), and it didn't even get a DVD release, though it did a rerun on the now-defunct international kids' channel KidsCo (also partially owned by Nelvana/Corus). In November 2013, the episodes with Russian dub voiceovers talking over the English dialogue were found and uploaded to YouTube. However, the full English versions of the episodes are available on Bell Media's website via paid video streaming.

List of Found Episodes (with Russian Dubbing)

# Episode Name Status
1 You're History Found
2 A Bridge Too Weak Found
3 Misplaced Weekend Found
4 A Spot of Trouble Found
5 Uncool Copycat Found
6 Mind Over Manners Found
7 Body Electric Found
8 Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow Found
9 Sound Advice Found
10 Math Schmath Found
11 Nowhere to Hide Found
12 Gym Nausium Found
13 Buggin' Out Found

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Reference