The Thunderbirds

It's a rescue drama from ITV
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Thunderbirds takes place in the year 2060, with retired American astronaut Jeff , Tracey's five sons, Scott, Virgil, Gordon, John, and Alan (from oldest to youngest), formed a "family". International rescue team ". They use rockets, spaceships and other advanced means of transportation to reach those in trouble, and use their ingenuity to help them out. [1] The production of the film was inspired by the classic work of the 1960s - the super puppet show "Thunderbirds."
Chinese name
Thunderbirds
alias
Thunderbirds Are Go
Animation type
Heroic rescue
authorship
Super puppet show "Thunderbird"
producer
ITV New Zealand purple water bird film and television company
plot
Britain
Issuing company
ITV
Producer
Weta Studio, New Zealand
Number of sets
26 episodes (Season 1), 22 minutes each
Premiere station
CCTV Children Channel (CCTV-14)
Network playback platform
Tencent Video

synopsis

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Each episode of Thunderbirds begins with an emergency that leaves people stranded. International rescue team Respond to the call in time, first plan accordingly, and then pilot the "Thunderbird" spacecraft to complete the mission. As unexpected situations often arise, our heroes are forced to use their skills to find innovative solutions. Despite having the most advanced vehicles and rescue technology, the key to their rescue mission is still relying on their own ingenuity.

Key audience

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Thunderbird's primary audience is children between the ages of 4 and 11, mostly boys. However, because of its professional rescue scenes, cool flight experience, coupled with a rich storyline and lifelike miniature scenes, it has been loved by children and adults all over the world, and its fans are all over the world.

Thunderbird unit introduction

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Scott Tracy (Thunderbird # 1)
Scott , Tracy's Thunderbird 1 is an ultra-fast aircraft with a top speed of about 15,000 miles per hour. The aircraft is equipped with a large window for visual inspection of the ground during flight, and can be controlled wirelessly through a controller on the pilot's arm, and is also equipped with a steel cable for rescue activities.
Virgil Tracy (Thunderbird 2)
Virgil , Tracy was driving a Thunderbird 2 Large conveyer It is also a vertical lift and can carry water on the water surface. The body is thick green, and has a forward-swept wing design and vertical take-off and landing function. When sorties are made at headquarters, they take off from camouflaged runways for small aircraft using concealed catapults.
Alain Tracy (Thunderbird No. 3)
Thunderbird 3 is a space-fusing rocket responsible for extra-atmospheric rescue activities, led by Alan , Tracy drives. Thunderbird 3 does not need the auxiliary thrusters and external fuel tanks used by ordinary rockets, and can fly directly out of the atmosphere and return to Earth in the original aircraft.
Gordon Tracy (Thunderbird # 4)
Thunderbird 4 is a cutting-edge technology midget With a speed of up to 160 knots, it specializes in underwater search and rescue operations, led by Gordon , Tracy is driving.
John Tracy (Thunderbird # 5 )
Thunderbird 5 is a space station orbiting at an altitude of about 54,000 kilometers. John , Tracy is responsible for receiving rescue signals in the station and organizing information to communicate to other members in a timely manner.
Kayu (Thunderbird S)
The "S" of the Thunderbird S is short for "shadow" and is the landline of secret fighter Kayou.

Production technique

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Thunderbirds is a new animated series that mixes CGI animation and live-action models, It was created by the UK's ITV Studios, New Zealand's Pukeko Pictures and New Zealand's WETA Workshop, which has won five Academy Awards. On the basis of retaining the classic plot of the original Thunderbird, the production team used miniatures to shoot, but also added water, smoke, fog and other practical elements to help the synthesis of CG characters and fighters.

Brand value

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Each episode of "Thunderbird Team" will tell a rescue mission, "Thunderbird" team members in the process of carrying out the task to give full play to their own wisdom, cooperate with other team members, and ultimately help people out of danger. The drama is full of realistic, exciting and exciting international rescue mission, so that the audience can not help but watch the animation at the same time, into the plot, to feel the "Thunderbird" heroes resourceful, brave team spirit.

Overseas viewing highlights

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Thunderbirds was released in 2015 ITV (ITV Studios) worldwide premiere, currently broadcast to more than 40 countries and regions around the world, and continue to increase. After the film was broadcast, the number of playback on major video websites easily broke 10,000, and it was praised by viewers!
Thunderbirds became the highest-rated boys' action cartoon in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Brazil, New Zealand and Australia.