Production Notes
The show was developed by BBC and AAC Kids, with Rick Siggelkow as executive producer and creator of the show, and Jim Corston as head writer. Originally, the program's plot was to feature a superhero from a comic book coming to life but it was changed due to children playing videos games more as a pastime than reading comics. The series was in pre-production for two years, and took a year and a half to complete the first season. Matt Ficner designed the computer-generated characters for the series, and also provided the voices of Zip and Snip in the first season. Several characters were scrapped or did not make it into the series, including "Scrambler" (an early design of Kilobyte), "Buzzbeast", "Candy Floss" (who was to appear in the third season), "Mortar" and a group of villains referred to as "Carnival Grunts". Some characters were quite detailed in concept art, but their designs had to be simplified to meet the program's budget. The series was shot in Toronto. Several characters were based on iconic comic book characters, Mark Hollander being similar to Peter Parker, and Ace Lightning similar to Superman. The rock band Four Square did most of the music for the series, including the program's theme song.
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