Aurora Borealis and Company

Diana Kaarina

Andrea Libman

Wang Film Productions

Brown Bag Films

***Aurora Borealis and Company*** is a 2018 Canadian animated series, created and written by Jeannie Jimski. It originally aired on Teletoon in Canada and Cartoon Network in the USA. In most dubs, the title is simply shortened to *Aurora Borealis*.

## Plot

The series focuses on Aurora Pekkanen a famous Finnish teenager who is in a band called Aurora Borealis, and her trips around Europe (and sometimes some other countries), and their rivalry with the Soviets, a Russian band of communists lead by Younghee Byeol, who try to push Aurora down the roster so they can be the most popular band and dominate Europe, eventually the world.

## Characters

### Aurora Borealis

* Carly McKillip as Aurora Pekkanen, the lead singer of Aurora Borealis.
* Diana Kaarina as Marja-Liisa Lahti, the very feminine member of the group. She loves British culture and is a complete fangirl when it comes to things from England (such as Doctor Who, Shakespeare and Arthurian legends).
* Andrea Libman as Johanna Mustonen, a member of the group who wears dark colours often, and can get angry easily.
* Kira Tozer as Helena Laukkanen, the energetic member of the group who is almost always happy.

### The Soviets

* Jamie Chung as Younghee Byeol, the lead singer. She is known for being very beautiful and seductive, but also evil, rude and selfish. She is from South Korea and the only member not to be Russian.
* Mila Kunis as Olga Yanovich, a seductive Russian girl who hates being mistaken for Irish or Scottish due to her red hair.
* Josette Halpert as Anna Dimitry, the violent blonde who can't stay calm around weapons, especially an AK-47. She often tells people to go to gulag, and is the only member not to be seductive.
* Rebecca Shoicet as Nadia Ivanov, like Younghee and Olga, is beautiful and seductive. She has tan skin and short purple hair.

### Aurora's Groupies

* Tara Strong as Tiina Busters, a Finnish girl.
* Shannon Chan-Kent as Akiko Ayanaka, a Japanese-European girl.
* Kelly Macdonald as Cassie MacScott, a feminine girl from Scotland. She is proud of her heritage.
* Kazumi Evans as Dagmar and Addison Holley as Zaiga, from Iceland and Latvia respectively. Dagmar can sometimes be overly proud of herself, and Zaiga can be cowardly. Zaiga also bares a strong resemblance to Nadia.
* Chiara Zanni as Gia Lombardi, an Italian girl who is always trying to make Kowalski happier, and often fails. She can also be flirty due to being from Italy.
* Nicole Oliver as Kowalski, the least happy of them all. She is Polish and is often mocked by the Soviets, causing her to be grumpy.
* Britt McKillip as Svetlana, the only good Russian. She is against communism and is kind and caring.
* Grey DeLisle as Koppley, introduced in *Trip to Britain*, is the woman who plans all of Aurora's gigs for their stay in England.
* The Aurora Girls, a group of teenage girls from London who are fans of Aurora Borealis. They get more screen time in *Trip to Britain.*

### The Soviet's comrades

* Rebecca Husain as Lubova, a fangirl of the Soviets who wants to be in the band, but is rejected.
* Tabitha St. Germain as Kseniya Ainsley and Ashleigh Ball as Ludmilla Popoff, Lubova's lackeys.
* Joe, a Danish man who is dating Younghee and helps out with the Soviets' plans.

### Other characters

* Baroness Nordica and Mother Russia, the personifications of Scandinavia and Russia. They often appear to help the groups.
* Lotte Sivonen, the host of *The Lotte Sivonen Show*on Radio-Suomi, and one of the most famous radio hosts ever.
* Agnieszka Kowalczek, Kowalski's cousin who appears in several episodes.
* Marta, a character who is from Andorra. She is a fan of Aurora.
* Erica Lindbeck as Greta Borgsen, a one-time fan of Aurora from Denmark.
* Blanka, a Hungarian talk show host who pretends to like Aurora while on air, but actually hates them.
* Cathy Weseluck as Miss Inga Birginsson, a Swedish talk show host who appears often.
* Cousin Myrtle, Cassie's cousin back home in Scotland.

## Other countries (I can't add to the table so....)

* TV3 Latvia
* ETV (Estonia)
* Lietuvos rytas TV, TV3 (Lithuania)
* Cartoon Network (South Korea)
* Television Malta
* Pop TV (Slovenia)
* Cartoon Network (Poland)
* Nickelodeon  (Switzerland)
* HRT1 (Croatia)
* Bang Bang (Albania)