Balto Tv Series

Balto: The Series is upcoming animated adventure television series based on the animated/live-action 1995 film Balto. It will be produced by Universal Animation Studios, Amblin Entertainment and NBCUniversal Television Distribution.
This show revolves around Balto and his friends and family. The show will run for a total of 6 seasons and 25 episodes. A majority of the main characters in the series gets a centric episode. The series will be a canon to the first movie and the second but a non canon to the third film (even though the shows features characters from the third movie). The series as a whole is a comedy/drama with some action episodes here and there. Each episode in the series is 32 minutes long, longer than average episodes in an animated series.
==Cast and Characters== 
*Maurice LaMarche as Balto, a young adult male brown-and-grey wolfdog. Before the events of the show Balto was treated coldly by other dogs and citizens of Nome due to his heritage. After saving the many children of Nome, Balto his hailed a hero. He had a son and a daughter with Jenna named Kodi and Aleu.
** Tara Strong as young Balto
*Jodi Benson as Jenna, a young adult female red-and-white Husky and Rosy's pet as well as Balto's mate, she is the only one in Nome besides Boris that cared for Balto and his well being. She and Balto have a son named Kodi and a daughter named Aleu.
**Kath Soucie as young Jenna
*Danny Mann as Kaltag, a former member of Steele’s sled team and good friends with Balto, Nikki and Star. After the events of the first film, Balto and Kaltag become great friends and often give advice to one another when either one his feeling hopeless or let down. Balto considers Katlag his brother. Kaltag's love-interest is Dixie.
*Cree Summer as Dixie, a female silvery-purple Pomeranian and one of Jenna's close friends. She used to be a former show dog before living in Nome. Kaltag is her main love interest throughout the series.
*Charles Fleischer as Boris, a Russian snow goose and Balto's caretaker and sidekick. Boris is also considered to be Balto's adoptive father since he and Balto share a father/son type relationship. He is also afraid of heights.
*Sean Astin as Kodi, the son of Balto and Jenna. Kodi, just like his father, has a strong sense of duty and responsibility, but also has his faults. He is the leader of his group and has a job selling papers. Kodi’s love-interest is Dusty.
*Kevin Michael Richardson as Kirby, one of Kodi's best friends. He is the cocky member of Kodi's group and lead dog on a sled team. He, along with Balto and Kaltag, has more centric episodes than most other characters.
*Charity James as Dusty, Kodi's love-interest and close friend. She is the only female dog on Kodi's sled team. She is the more calming and good natured one in the group.
* Bill Fagerbakke as Ralph, another one of Kodi's close friends who's also on Kodi's sled team. He is the more laid back of Kodi's group, usually serving as the blunt of pranks yet voice of quiet reason and complaints.
*Max Casella as Nikki, a former member of Steele's team and good friends with Balto, Kaltag, and Star. Nikki out of Balto's group of friends is more straightforward and likes to make jokes. His New York accent adds a unique quality to Nikki, which none of the other dogs have. It revealed he is from New York.
* Robbie Rist as Star, a former member of Steele's team and good friends with Balto, Kaltag, and Nikki. Small, meek, and timid, he is often picked on and bullied. He eventually has a comeback when he able to defeat one the series main villians along with Balto.
*Tress MacNeille as Sylvie, a female cream-and-brown Afghan Hound and another one of Jenna's close friends and has a habit of judging her courtship with Balto, often complaining to Dixie about it. Later in the series she opens up to Balto and more and becomes friends with him.
*Lacey Chabert as Aleu, the daughter of Balto and Jenna who has returned to Nome after living with Wolves. She is honest, funny, and an inspiration towards the younger female dogs of Nome.
*Phil Collins as Muk and Luk, two polar bears who usually like to play pranks on Boris. They are presumably brothers. Unlike the other main characters Muk and Luk don't have as many centric episodes. Muk and Luk live in the forests of Alaska. They are often seen visiting Boris and Balto.
==Reception==
The series has been well received by critics with the first season at a rating of 78% on Rotten Tomatoes. The series has been praised for its voice acting, characters, humor, drama, writing, and for bringing back the traditional 2D animation look the first movie had. Though the series has been criticized for being to mature for children, as there are some elements not sutable for most children. The second season has a rating of 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons having ratings of 82%, 73%, 94%, and 96%.
List Of Balto: The Tv Series Episodes
Category:Balto
Category:Upcoming TV series
Category:Upcoming television series
Category:Television series based on films
Category:Universal Animation Studios
Category:Amblin Entertainment
Category:NBCUniversal Television Distribution