Alpha Teens on Machines | |
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"Alpha Teens on Machines" team shown from left to right- Shark, Hawk, Axel, King and Lioness
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Also known as | A.T.O.M. |
Genre | Action |
Created by | Ariane Desrieux Paul-Patrick Duval |
Voices of |
James Arnold Taylor Alli Mauzey Aldis Hodge Charlie Schlatter Brian Donovan Clancy Brown Tom Kenny |
Country of origin | France |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) | Olivier Dumont Michael Lekes Jacqueline Tordjman |
Producer(s) | Sylvie Barro Morincome Bruno Bianchi Greg Klein Thomas Pugsley |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production company(s) | SIP Animation |
Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
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Original network | Jetix (2005–07) |
Original release | August 26, 2005 – February 24, 2007 |
A.T.O.M. (Alpha Teens on Machines) is a French action animated television series produced by SIP Animation. The series focuses on the adventures of five teenagers in the fictional location Landmark City. The eponymous Alpha Teens, which consist of Axel Manning (the main character), Catalina Leone, Crey Kingston, Zack Hawkes, and Ollie Sharker, test prototype vehicles and weapons for Lee Industries, and use these prototypes to combat criminals, particularly the sadistic Alexander Paine.
The series debuted on August 26, 2005 on Jetix with its first season consisting of 26 episodes. It was renewed for a second season, also consisting of 26 episodes, which concluded on February 24, 2007. Following the second season finale, despite high viewership and toy sales, the series wasn't renewed for a third season.
In the United Kingdom, Australia, and Latin America, the series was called Action Man A.T.O.M. and had its own comic book from Panini Comics.
Set in the fictional town of Landmark City, Janus Lee who's the head of Lee Industries, holds a television contest as a front to recruit a group of talented teenagers. The winners of the contest, Axel, King, Lioness, Hawk and Shark are given prototype weapons, gadgets and vehicles and join forces to battle against the criminal mastermind, Alexander Paine who's also responsible for the death of Axel's father. In the end of the first season they manage to defeat him. However, after Paine's defeat, it is revealed that Lee's true purpose was to use the teens' DNA to create clones powered with animal genes. During the second season the Alpha Teens once again have to team up to stop Lee and his army of mutants.