Urban Vermin | |
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Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Executive producers | Beth Stevenson Anne Loi |
Producer | Kym Hyde |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Decode Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | YTV |
Release | October 8 November 12, 2007 | –
Urban Vermin is a Canadian animated television series produced by Decode Entertainment for YTV.[1] The series takes place in a world of anthropomorphic animals, where two raccoons named Abe and Ken who work together in a war battle between good and evil. Abe's team is called the GLF (Garbage Liberation Front) while Ken's army is simply called TRA (The Rat Army). The series aired from October 8 to November 12, 2007. 26 episodes were produced.
Urban Vermin is a story about two raccoon brothers that were once best friends until Ken decided to assemble an army of rats to help him seize control of all the garbage on their block. Abe decides to strike back against his evil brother and assembles his team of resistance fighters to help him free the block of Ken's reign.
Urban Vermin was broadcast on YTV from October 8 to November 12, 2007.
Jetix Europe acquired Urban Vermin for broadcast in Europe, with Buena Vista International Television as the distributor.[2]
The home video distributor KaBoom! Entertainment have brought the rights to the show with Nelvana distributed by the company. Peace Arch Entertainment released two DVDs in 2008 and they are titled Arms Race and Battle of the Brothers. Each release uses the English and French tracks. Every release contains three episodes.
The Globe and Mail praised the look of the series, stating that the "computer-generated animation is crisp and visually compelling".[3]