The Magic School Bus Rides Again
| The Magic School Bus Rides Again | |
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| Genre | Adventure, Children's, Educational |
| Based on |
The Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole Bruce Degen |
| Voices of | |
| Theme music composer | Peter Lurye |
| Opening theme | "Ride on the Magic School Bus", performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Scholastic Entertainment 9 Story Media Group (Season 1) Nelvana (Season 2) |
| Distributor | Netflix |
| Release | |
| Original network | Netflix |
| Original release | September 29, 2017 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Magic School Bus |
The Magic School Bus Rides Again is a Canadian-American animated children's television series, based on the book series of the same name by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It also serves as a continuation of the 1994 PBS Kids series The Magic School Bus with Lily Tomlin reprising her voice role from the previous series. The series premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017. The second season premiered on April 13, 2018.
In a sequel to the original 1994 series, Valerie Frizzle retires from teaching and passes the keys of the Magic School Bus over to her younger sister, Fiona Frizzle, to embark on new adventures with her class. As they journey on their exciting new field-trips, they discover new locations, creatures, time periods and more to learn about the wonders of science, educating young viewers along the way.
In 2014, the series was first announced by Netflix and Scholastic Media, and was entitled The Magic School Bus 360°. The new iteration of the franchise features a modernized "Ms. Frizzle" (replacing Valerie with her younger sister Fiona) and a high-tech bus that stresses modern inventions such as robotics, wearables and camera technology. The hope is to captivate children's imaginations and motivate their interest in the sciences. It was produced by 9 Story Media Group. Producer Stuart Stone, who voiced Ralphie in the original series, stated that The Magic School Bus 360° will feature some of the original voice actors in different roles. The show's voice cast is based in Los Angeles, California, United States and Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Susan Blu as the Los Angeles voice director and Alyson Court as the Toronto voice director. In February 2017, Netflix announced that Kate McKinnon was cast in the role of Ms. Frizzle (without clarifying it was Fiona, the younger sister of Valerie, now Professor Frizzle, still voiced by Tomlin). The series then changed its name to The Magic School Bus Rides Again.Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton sings the theme song. Phoebe Terese, a character from the original series, is replaced by a new student named Jyoti, as it was revealed that Phoebe transferred back to her old school. The series was released on Netflix on September 29, 2017. The second season was released on April 13, 2018 in association with Nelvana A Corus Entertainment Company.
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