Plasmo
Australian TV series or program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plasmo (stylised as PLASMO) is an Australian children's science fiction claymation TV series that consisted of a half-hour short film ("Happy Hatchday to Plasmo") made in 1989[1] followed by thirteen 5-minute episodes made in 1996 which aired on the ABC in 1997, and 24 other countries. The series was certified a G rating.[2]
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Plasmo | |
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![]() The main character of the series, Plasmo. | |
Genre | Animation |
Created by | Anthony Lawrence |
Developed by | Anthony Lawrence |
Written by | Anthony Lawrence |
Directed by | Anthony Lawrence |
Voices of | Abbe Holmes Pia Morley Phillip Houghton Vivien Davies Simon Watt |
Theme music composer | Phillip Houghton |
Composer | Phillip Houghton |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Producers | Tony Wright Anthony Lawrence |
Production location | Melbourne |
Editor | Bruce Joy |
Running time | 5 minutes |
Production companies | Plasmo Mega Studios Film Victoria |
Original release | |
Network | ABC (Australia) BBC (UK) TV2 (New Zealand) SABC 2 (South Africa) BFBS (Germany) |
Release | 4 June (1997-06-04) ā 20 June 1997 (1997-06-20) |
Plasmo Mega Studios, the show's production company, was founded in 1993 "with the express purpose of producing the stop motion animation series". The company closed down 11 years later in 2004.[3]
Plasmo models were featured in the 1998 Canberra Design and Construction Exhibition Concepts, at the National Film and Sound Archive.[4]
According to Anthony Lawrence, he "devised, wrote, directed, co-produced and co-animated" the series.[5]
Lawrence has uploaded all 13 episodes in a playlist on his YouTube channel, as well as excerpts of his 20 minutes documentary in a separate playlist.[6]