Zak Storm

Premise

While surfing with his father's necklace, teenager Zak Storm is pulled into the Bermuda Triangle by a giant wave. He is rescued by a sentient ship named the Chaos and a talking sword called Calabrass. The necklace holds the Eye of Beru, granting him powers. To return home, Zak must captain the Chaos and unite the Seven Seas, assembling a crew of misfits: a ghost boy, an Atlantean princess, a Viking, and a space alien.

Characters

Conrad Zacharie Storm, known as Zak Storm, is a 13-year-old boy who enters the Seven Seas of the Bermuda Triangle while surfing. He is voiced by Michael Johnston in English and Hervé Grull in French. Chrysta Coraline Lejune, called Cece Lejune, is an Atlantean princess and Zak's first mate, keeping him grounded; she is voiced by Christine Marie Cabanos in English and Marie Nonnenmacher in French. Crogar, a 15-year-old Viking pirate, serves as the crew's muscle and often shouts "Ragnarok!"; he is voiced by Chris Smith in English and Marc Duquenoy in French.

Caramba is a small green alien in a yellow robotic exoskeleton who acts as the engineer, voiced by Max Mittelman in English and Olivier Podesta in French. Clovis, a 7-year-old self-described "Ectoplasmic-spectre-of-awesome," is bound to the Chaos and lost his body; he is voiced by Reba Buhr in English and Elodie Menant in French. Calabrass is Zak's magical talking sword that grants him powers and holds the Seven Eyes of the Seven Seas, each giving a different elemental ability; he is voiced by Kyle Hebert in English and Jérôme Wiggins in French.

The Chaos is a living high-tech pirate ship that does not speak but shows personality and loyalty. Skullivar, the ruler of a skeleton army, is Zak's archenemy, voiced by David Roach in English. Golden Bones, Skullivar's lieutenant and captain of the Demoniac, loathes Zak and is voiced by Matthew Mercer.

Broadcast

Zak Storm was originally intended to air on Gulli in France. It was also planned for broadcast on numerous channels worldwide, including Super RTL in Germany, DeA Kids and Super! in Italy, Discovery Family and Netflix in the United States, and Family Channel/CHRGD in Canada, among others in Indonesia, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Latin America, Ukraine, New Zealand, Singapore, the Middle East, South Africa, and Pakistan.

Home media

In 2018, Shout! Factory Kids secured North American DVD rights. In the US and Canada, four DVDs from season one were released: Volume 1 on 13 March 2018, Volume 2 on 6 June 2018, Volume 3 on 17 May 2019, and Volume 4 on 30 January 2020. After Volume 4, Zagtoon stopped producing Region 1 DVDs and focused on Region 2 releases. In the UK, Spirit Entertainment released Volume 1: Origins & Other Stories on 1 July 2019, Volume 2: A Jellyfish of Legend and other Stories on 7 October 2019, and Volume 3: The Labyrinth of the Minotaur and Other Stories on 2 March 2020. After Volume 3, Spirit Entertainment left the project, and Dazzler Media took over, releasing Volume 4: Island of the Lost Storm & Other Stories on 3 August 2020 and the final DVD, Volume 5: Viking Connexion & Other Stories, on 5 October 2020. After that, ZAG shut down plans for a second season.