Astroblast! (found Sprout animated series based on books; 2014-2015)
Astroblast! Is an American animated television series that originally aired on the Sprout Channel starting on July 12th, 2014, and later airing on NBC Kids starting on October 4th, 2014, co-produced by Scholastic Media and Soup2Nuts and created by author and illustrator Bob Kolar, based off a book series of the same name, with 2 Seasons and 52 Episodes created and aired between 2014-2015.
Premise
Astroblast! is about a group of 6 Animal Friends "Comet, Hailey, Sputnik, Radar, Jet and Sal" that live in outer space at the Astroblast Space Station that houses a smoothie cafe called The Frosty Star; in each episode, they learn the values of friendship and team leadership, and when something goes wrong they also learn that it’s okay to ask for help or forgiveness, along with clever storylines, relatable characters, humor and more.
History
In October 2013, it was announced that Sprout and Scholastic were teaming up to create another original series for the network called Astroblast! and was slated for a release in Summer 2014,[1] And this was the final show that Soup2Nuts created before going out of business later in 2015.[2]
Availability
While you can find some of the show's episodes online, the majority are lost or incomplete and is arguably one of the harder sprout shows to find because there is currently no official digital or home media release. However, when it was originally airing, episodes were available on Youtube TV,[3] Sprout Now,[4] Google Play[5] and might have been on Hulu at one point, but as of January 15th, 2021 are no longer available on any of these platforms.
Syfy Airings
On July 13th, 2014, One day after premiering on the Sprout Channel, Six Episodes of Astroblast! aired on one of NBCUniversal's Sister Networks called SYFY between 9am-10:30am [6], but the airings are currently lost, and 8 Commercials were made as mini In-Between Segments with Carly & Chica from The Sunny Side Up Show, although only 3 of them are currently available online
Commercials
Episode List
Season 1 | |||||
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Episode | Segment A | Status | Segment B | Status | |
1 | Spic 'n Span | Found | Smoothie Operator | Partially Found | |
2 | Take Off! | Lost | Oh, Brother... | Partially Lost | |
3 | Bend it Like Radar | Lost | Lost and Found | Lost | |
4 | I'll Save You! | Lost | Growin' Crazy | Lost | |
5 | Twice the Talent | Lost | Buliding the Perfect Present | Found | |
6 | Glippi's Visit | Found | Don't Touch! | Found | |
7 | Are You My Piffin? | Lost | Halley's Wannabe | Found | |
8 | Sputnik the Spoiler | Found | Don't Fear the Surfboard | Found | |
9 | Billy Starrider | Found | Sore Loser | Found | |
10 | Halley Goes Solo | Found | Z-Max Mania | Found | |
11 | What a Mess! | Found | Beck and Call | Found | |
12 | Sputnik Takes Charge | Found | Clean Machine | Found | |
13 | Comet's Gift | Partially Found | A Star Is Born | Found |
Season 2 | |||||
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Episode | Segment A | Status | Segment B | Status | |
1 | A Bird in the Hand | Found | How Do You Get to Carnegie Nebula? | Lost | |
2 | Who Let the Stuffie Out? | Lost | Lights Out | Lost | |
3 | Shape Up! | Lost | Surfin' Space Safari | Lost | |
4 | I Love a Parade... Sometimes | Lost | Radar Sleeps Over | Partially Found | |
5 | Stop Booging Me! | Lost | Just Peachy | Lost | |
6 | Hole in One | Lost | Treasure Hunt | Lost | |
7 | Something Borrowed, Someone Blue | Lost | Be Mine | Lost | |
8 | GamGam Knows Best | Lost | Three's a Crowd | Lost | |
9 | Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Alligator? | Lost | Sing Along to the Bouncing Monkey | Lost | |
10 | I Feel Fine! | Lost | Shoes Blues | Lost | |
11 | Radar for a Day | Lost | A Gift From Halley | Lost | |
12 | Best Guests | Lost | Puzzle Hunt | Lost | |
13 | Bop 'til You Drop | Lost | Kapowsers! | Found |
Gallery
Clips
External Links
- *Aya Fukuda's website with sample art style and frames of episodes from the show. Retrieved 15 Jan '21
- PRNewswire article about the release of Astroblast!. Retrieved 15 Jan '21
- Wikipedia article listing all the episodes of Astroblast!. Retrieved 15 Jan '21
- The official Astroblast! website on Scholastic (requires Flash). Retrieved 16 Jan '21
References
- ↑ Scholastic Press release from Oct 4th, 2013 on Astroblast. Retrieved 17 Jan '21
- ↑ CartoonBrew article stating the closure of Soup2Nuts. Retrieved 17 Jan '21
- ↑ Youtube TV listing for Episodes that are currently not streamable. Retrieved 16 Jan '21
- ↑ Old screenshot with proof it was once on Sprout Now. Retrieved 16 Jan '21
- ↑ The now-defunct Google Play page. Retrieved 16 Jan '21
- ↑ NYTimes Article with mentions of Astroblast & the syfy airings. Retrieved 18 Feb '21