Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!

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Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!
Series Overview
Director(s)	Jason Groh Campbell Bryer Sean Jeffrey
Producer(s)	Rick Suvalle Suzie Gallo
Composer(s)	Erica Porcunier
Release Details
No. of episodes	104 episodes + 2 specials
Released	23 August 2021 (MEX) 13 September 2021 (US; TV) 18 September 2021 (CAN) 29 October 2021 (US; Netflix) 8 November 2021 (UK)

Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! is a reboot of the Thomas & Friends franchise which began airing in the US on Cartoon Network on 13th September 2021 and in the UK on Milkshake! on 8th November 2021. The series was also released via Netflix in the US on 29th October 2021.

Production

In 2020, Mattel Television announced a new co-production partnership with Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Studio. 104 11-minute episodes and two 60-minute specials were greenlit for the “Thomas & Friends” television series over two seasons. The new format will feature "a new look and story structure", original songs and Thomas as the lead character of every episode.

According to executive producer Christopher Keenan, the series will be 2D-animated, allowing the crew to cater to contemporary audiences and introduce more physicality and expressiveness in the characters.

Before the series had an official title, All Engines Go! Series 1 and 2 were commonly referred to as Series 25 and 26 respectively, in line with the numbering of the original twenty-four series of Thomas & Friends. This error carried over into some promotional material and marketing. The series' head writer, Rick Suvalle, has since confirmed that these were only working titles for the series during its production, as it takes place within an entirely different continuity.

Although the 104 episodes were initially planned to be split between two series each containing 52 episodes, they were later broken down into four series containing 26 episodes each for broadcast.

Series

• Series 1 (2021)
• Series 2 (TBA)
• Series 3 (TBA)
• Series 4 (TBA)

Specials

• Race for the Sodor Cup (2021)
• Untitled Second Movie (TBA)

Characters

• Thomas
• Gordon
• James
• Percy
• Hiro
• Nia
• Diesel
• Kenji
• Carly
• Troublesome Trucks
• Annie and Clarabel
• Harold
• Bulstrode
• Cranky
• Skiff
• Sir Topham Hatt
• Emily (does not speak)
• Edward (not named, does not speak)
• Henry (not named, does not speak)
• Big Mickey (faceless, cameo)
• Whiff (mentioned, full role cut)
• Farmer McColl (mentioned)

Characters Introduced

• Ultratrain
• Trainiac
• Kana
• Farona and Frederico
• Riff and Jiff
• Sandy
• Bruno

Cast

UK

• Aaron Barashi as Thomas
• Will Harrison-Wallace as Gordon, Bulstrode and Cranky
• Luke Marty as James
• Henri Charles as Percy
• Dai Tabuchi as Hiro and Kenji
• Sade Smith as Nia
• Henry Harrison as Diesel
• Chloe Raphael as Kana
• Humberly Gonzalez as Farona
• Thomas Santoro as Frederico
• Addison Holley as Riff
• Evany Rosen as Jiff
• Eva Mohamed as Carly
• Holly Dixon as Sandy
• Jai Armstrong as the Troublesome Trucks
• Catherine Disher as Annie
• Linda Kash as Clarabel
• Bruce Dow as Sir Topham Hatt

US

• Meesha Contreras as Thomas
• Neil Crone as Gordon
• Luke Marty as James
• Charlie Zeltzer as Percy
• Kintaro Akiyama as Hiro and Kenji
• Talia Evans as Nia
• Cory Doran as Ultratrain, Trainiac, a Troublesome Truck and Cranky
• Shomoy James Mitchell as Diesel
• Ava Ro as Kana
• Humberly Gonzalez as Farona
• Thomas Santoro as Frederico
• Addison Holley as Riff
• Evany Rosen as Jiff
• Jenna Warren as Carly
• Glee Dango as Sandy
• Jamie Watson as a Troublesome Truck, Bulstrode and Skiff
• Catherine Disher as Annie
• Linda Kash as Clarabel
• Bruce Dow as Harold and Sir Topham Hatt

Trivia

• This marks the first of a few things:
  • The first series animated exclusively in 2D by Nelvana Studio.
  • The first series in which drivers and firemen are not present.
  • The first series to have no narration.
  • The first series in which vehicular characters have coloured irises.
  • The first series in which Thomas is the lead character of every episode.
  • The first series not to feature Toby.
  • The first appearances of Kirk Ronan and Norramby Beach since the fifth and tenth series of the original television series respectively.
• Had Series 1 and 2 both contained 52 episodes as originally planned, both series of All Engines Go! would have been longer than the longest series of Thomas & Friends (the tenth and twentieth series, both featuring 28 episodes respectively).
• Although Whiff's Waste Dump (now Whiff's Recycling Plant) and McColl Farm make appearances and are named as such, both Whiff and Farmer McColl have yet to physically appear.
  • According to producer Rick Suvalle, there were plans for Whiff to make a physical appearance in the first series, however these never came to fruition.
• Partially due to the stylised graphics of the series, many of the engines have different wheel arrangements than they originally had in Thomas & Friends:
  • Edward is depicted as a 6-6-0 (a wheel arrangement which was never used in the real world) and has a four-wheeled tender.
  • Henry and Gordon are both depicted as 2-6-2s with four-wheeled tenders.
  • Hiro is depicted as a 2-6-2, though unlike Henry and Gordon retains his original number of tender wheels.
  • Nia is depicted as a 2-6-0T.
  • Kenji is depicted as a Co-Co.
  • Carly is completely redesigned as an engine and has a six-wheeled chassis.

Gallery

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External Links

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“There's more where that came from!”For more information, check out the All Engines Go! Wiki.