Action Man (2000 TV series)
Action Man is a 2000 CGI animated TV series based on the . The show is not directly related to the 1995 show, however in some details and plot twists demonstrates itself as a prequel. In this series, Alex Mann is an extreme sports athlete known as "Action Man" and is a member of Team Xtreme. A video game named "" was released based on the 2000 series. The show's theme song "Amp it up Action Man" was written and performed by Saban Entertainment's Paul Gordon. Synopsis. Alex Mann, Action Man's civilian identity, is  an extreme sports athlete of Team Xtreme, taking part in the Mastervision Network's Acceleration Games, a series of unconventional televised sporting activities all over the world. Danger and adrenaline trigger hidden mental powers called AMP (Advanced Macro Probability) Factor, a result of secret experiments by his former high school coach Simon Grey. With it, Alex is able to calculate all future possibilities, choosing the best course of action. Alex "Action" Mann, Desmond "Grinder" Sinclair, Agnes "Fidget" Wilson, and Ricky Singh-Baines must stop arch-enemy Doctor X, a brilliant geneticist and bio-engineer, who will stop at nothing to  duplicate Alex's AMP Factor to rebuild Earth with the genetically enhanced neo-humanity. Episodes. Season 1 (2000). Dr. X captured and physically tested Alex Mann repeatedly, as well as his best friend Brandon Caine. Dr. X also added nanotech enhancements to Brandon, making him superior to Alex in battle and in athletics. The culmination of the experiments was to mind transfer Dr. X into Brandon's body to become a nanotech cyborg, able to change his appearance and infect others. Following the ninth episode the series becomes more simplified. Dr. X founded the Council of Doom with his evil  cohorts: Asazi and Tempest. Dr. X's nanotech trilobites appeared to gain collective intelligence and rebel against him; but this was actually Brandon Caine's uploaded mind punishing Dr. X. Season 2 (2001). The Council of Doom continues to grow after Brandon was saved from Dr. X. Featuring new villains: Gangrene & Quake. Home media releases. In many regions, the series was released on VHS by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and later Buena Vista Home Entertainment, containing three episodes per tape. The series has only seen DVD releases outside of the United States by many distributors. In the United Kingdom , the complete series was released by Maximum Entertainment throughout 2004-2008. Awards. In 2001, the show won a Golden Camera Award at the U.S. and International Film and Video Festival for 'Best Animation' in the episode "The Swarm: Part 2".