The Kidriends (TV series)

The Kidriends (also known as The Kidriends: The Series or The Kidriends: The Animated Series) is an American animated television series. Based on the Mala Miles franchise of the same name, the series serves as a bridge between The Kidriends 3 (2005).

The series reran on Cartoon Network from September 23, 2003 to January 1, 2011.

As of 2017, reruns of the series started airing on the Starz channel, Starz Encore Family, and the series is also available to stream on Starz's streaming service.

Since the series' cancellation, KidsClick continued to air reruns of the series until 2018.

Characters

 * Main article: List of The Kidriends characters

Main characters
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Recurring characters
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Villains
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Cast

 * Pamela Adlon as Joshua
 * Mona Marshall as Samuel / Sophie
 * Jeannie Eilas as Nick
 * Tom Kenny as Andrew
 * Billy West as Darwin
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Kayson
 * Anndi McAfee as Averie Ji
 * Mala Miles as Paintboy / Lil Rio 2000
 * Tress MacNeille as Molly Peace / Maya
 * Tara Strong as Eleana / Lord Da
 * Cree Summer as Rita
 * June Foray as Ringer Bob
 * Lauren Tom as Huojin
 * Gary LeRoi Gray as Jaxon
 * Lisa Bonet as Dylan
 * E.G. Daily as Waylon / Victoria
 * Candi Milo as Grace
 * Christine Cavanaugh as Kaleb (2001-03)
 * Nancy Cartwright as Kaleb (2003-08)
 * Debi Derryberry as Milia
 * Janice Kawaye as Uzuki, Huojin's older sister
 * Grey DeLisle as Big Baby / Amber Turner
 * Maurice LaMarche as Principal Kicker
 * April Winchell as Principal Willa
 * Charlie Adler as Frank / Ko-Ko
 * Rob Paulsen as Mr. Pample / Robbie
 * Jane Seymour as Ms. Tripper
 * Jim Cummings as Lord De / Major
 * Frank Welker as Mr. Chucklers / Willers
 * R. Lee Ermey as Sgt. Durk

Additional voices

 * Jason Marsden
 * Cam Clarke
 * Jessica DiCicco (seasons 8-10)
 * Charlie Schlatter
 * Maggie Roswell

Episodes

 * Main article: List of The Kidriends episodes

Production
In late 1996, Bear Bones Lineup announced that they would collaborate with Columbia Pictures and Bear Bones Productions to create an animated series based on the The Kidriends films.

The series' produced in association with Wang Film Productions in Taiwan, Thai Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd in Thailand, Mr. Big Cartoons in Australia, and Fil-Cartoons in the Philippines.

Syndication debut
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Kids' WB debut
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Critical response
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Accolades
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Home media
From 2002 to 2004, Columbia-TriStar Home Entertainment released several VHS tapes of the series, each containing four episodes of the series.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has released The Kidriends on DVD. They have released all 9 seasons in Region 1. In Region 2, seasons 1-6 have been released while in Region 4, the first 5 seasons have been released on DVD.

The Complete Series DVD was released on September 22, 2016.

Trivia
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