Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!

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Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! is a reboot of the Thomas & Friends franchise slated to air on Netflix and Cartoon Network in 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.

Series

Series 25 (2021 October for the US)
Series 26

Characters

Characters Introduced

Kana - a high-speed electric engine from Japan.
Sandy - a rail speeder who works with Carly.

Trivia

This is the first series 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.
Despite being a reboot, the first series is referred to as series 25.
- Series 25 and Series 26 have the most episodes for any series thus far, at 52. The previous longest series, Series 10 and Series 20, had 28 episodes each.

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