Lost in Oz is an American animated television series that premiered on August 7, 2017 on Amazon Prime Video.[1] Originally part of a pilot program, the pilot episode was later re-released as Lost in Oz: Extended Adventure on November 2, 2016, combining the first three episodes. The full series was released later.
| Lost in Oz | |
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| Based on | |
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| Directed by | Craig George |
| Voices of | |
| Theme music composer | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Composer | Adam Berry |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Therese Trujillo |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | Bureau of Magic Amazon Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | June 26, 2015 – June 8, 2018 |
Synopsis
editDorothy Gale is a precocious child who, with her dog Toto, is swept up to the Land of Oz without a clear way home. To travel back, Dorothy must collect all the different types of magical elements with her newfound friends, the streetwise witch West and friendly Munchkin Ojo, while a sinister plot unfolds around them. (Episodes 1–13)
Dorothy and Toto, working together with their friends, must find their way out of the Deadly Desert and save Emerald City from the Nome Kingdom to have any chance of getting back to Kansas. (Episodes 14–26)
Cast
edit- Ashley Boettcher as Dorothy Gale
- Nika Futterman as West
- Jorge Diaz as Ojo
- Chris Cox as Toto, Pugmill, Patchwork Doll
- Alexander Polinsky as Fitz
- Keith Ferguson as Reigh the Cowardly Lion
- Stephen Stanton as Scarecrow, Xandort
- Gina Gershon as Langwidere
- Jennifer Hale as Glinda, the Good Witch
- Allison Mack (originally season 1), Grey DeLisle (season 1 redub-ROS) as Evelyn, Dorothy’s mother.,[2] As of June 2018, Allison Mack was dubbed out of her role for future airings due to her arrest in connection with controversial organization NXIVM.
- Garrett McQuaid as Nome King
- Eric Bauza as Kaliko, Axel
- Bumper Robinson as Smith and Tinker
- Kath Soucie as Cyra
- Fred Tatasciore as General Guph, Jo
- Debra Wilson as Brenda
Episodes
edit| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 13 | June 26, 2015 | August 4, 2017 | |
| 2 | 13 | June 8, 2018 | June 8, 2018 | |
Season 1 (2015–2017)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Go Forth" | Paul Stodolny | Abram Makowka, Darin Mark & Jared Mark | June 26, 2015 | 101 |
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After being transported from Kansas to Oz on a magical tornado, twelve-year-old Dorothy Gale finds herself lost in a strange new land with her trusty dog Toto. With the help of some new Ozian friends, Dorothy and Toto begin their search for the magic they need to get back home. In The Yellow Brick Line Station, Fitz makes West use her "weird evil self". Dorothy arrives, Fitz turns West and Ojo into stone, The look Out arrives, more..... | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Dorothy Meets a Lion" | Jae Hong Kim | Abram Makowka, Darin Mark & Jared Mark | December 2, 2016 | 102 |
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In her search for magic to get home, Dorothy goes looking for Glinda the Good, the most powerful witch in Emerald City. But when she crosses paths with Reigh, the Cowardly Lion, he steals her magic travel journal forcing Dorothy to track him down to retrieve it. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Monkeys Fly" | Jae Hong Kim | Abram Makowka, Darin Mark & Jared Mark | December 2, 2016 | 103 |
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After getting key information from Reigh, Dorothy unravels a puzzle to reveal Glinda's mysterious castle and must outsmart evil apprentice magician Fitz and his Winged Monkeys to get inside. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Dorothy Meets the Scarecrow" | Jae Hong Kim | Shion Takeuchi | August 3, 2017 | 104 |
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Dorothy enters Glinda's castle only to find that the good witch is missing! Dorothy sets out to unravel the mystery with the only other inhabitant of the deserted castle, Scarecrow, whose faulty memory proves less than useful. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Pearl of Pingaree" | Jae Hong Kim | Abram Makowka | August 3, 2017 | 105 |
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Dorothy's investigation into Glinda's disappearance leads her to the Munchkin Farm where she discovers a magical pearl that reveals the truth. Before she can use it to get closer to home, however, she's confronted by an emboldened Fitz. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Wake Up, Wake Up, Wake Up!" | Jae Hong Kim | Jared Mark | August 3, 2017 | 106 |
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After Dorothy identifies Fitz as the Crooked Magician, he kidnaps Toto, forcing Dorothy to team up with Agent Pugmill to go on a mission to rescue her dog. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Little Black Lies" | Jae Hong Kim | Amy Wolfram | August 3, 2017 | 107 |
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West's evil aunt Langwidere persuades the team to retrieve Glinda's magical pearl, but when Dorothy and West can't agree on which rules they're willing to break to get it, Dorothy finds herself even farther from home. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Sticks" | Jae Hong Kim | Darin Mark | August 3, 2017 | 108 |
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Dorothy and West go in search of Langwidere, but come face to face with Glinda herself. The Good Witch has a plan to send Dorothy home... but first they'll have to retrieve the stolen magic of Emerald City. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Down the Yellow Brick Line" | Jae Hong Kim | May Chan | August 3, 2017 | 109 |
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On their way to find the stolen magic, Dorothy, West, Ojo, and Toto are taken prisoner by Fitz. After they're captured, the team must to put aside their differences and work together to defeat a dangerous band of Growleywogs. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Bogspeed, Little Shanks!" | Jae Hong Kim | Shion Takeuchi | August 3, 2017 | 110 |
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As the team zeroes in on the location of the missing magic, and Dorothy's ticket home, they enlist the help of the Growleywogs to defeat the Nomes. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "11:11" | Jae Hong Kim | Abram Makowka | August 3, 2017 | 111 |
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When Langwidere imprisons Dorothy and Toto inside a magical painting, our heroes find a secret portal that leads to an unexpected ally. Together, they must escape their painted prison before Langwidere takes over Emerald City, and makes Dorothy's return home an impossibility. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Welcome Back, Glinda" | Jae Hong Kim | Jared Mark | August 3, 2017 | 112 |
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Dorothy, Toto, and Glinda must escape their painted prison and rally their friends before Langwidere magically erases them from everyone's memories, changes the course of history in Oz, and leaves Dorothy and Toto stranded there forever. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Go For Kansas" | Jae Hong Kim | Darin Mark | August 4, 2017 | 113 |
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Dorothy and her friends must sneak into Glinda's castle, now occupied by Langwidere, and defeat the wicked witch in order to restore Emerald City's memories and finally send Dorothy home. When they reach her house, Dorothy finds Scarecrow and they are not in Kansas. | ||||||
Season 2 (2018)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 14 | 1 | "The Deadly Desert" | Jae Hong Kim | Abram Makowka | June 8, 2018 | 201 |
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When Dorothy, Toto, and Scarecrow find themselves stranded in the Deadly Desert, they follow a mysterious beacon in search of help... but will it lead them to friends or foes? | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Magic from Nothing" | Jae Hong Kim | Jared Mark | June 8, 2018 | 202 |
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West struggles to control the powerful magic she's been experiencing ever since she and Dorothy defeated Langwidere. Meanwhile, in the Nome Kingdom, Dorothy hatches a plan to escape with Toto and Scarecrow before it's too late. | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | "The Still Season" | Craig George | Darin Mark | June 8, 2018 | 203 |
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Dorothy finishes building her escape sandboat, but she'll need the wind in order to get back to Emerald City with her friends, and the Still Season is fast approaching. Meanwhile, West discovers the missing ingredient necessary to control her magical powers. | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Villa Roquat" | Jae Woo Kim | Shion Takeuchi & Abram Makowka | June 8, 2018 | 204 |
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Dorothy, Toto, and Scarecrow sail across the Deadly Desert with their new "frenemy" Roquat along for the ride, but an unexpected detour lands them in serious trouble. | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | "The Magic Map" | Craig George | Amy Wolfram | June 8, 2018 | 205 |
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When General Guph sends his fiercest henchman after Dorothy and her friends, our heroes in both Emerald City and the Deadly Desert find themselves on the run. | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | "Shortcut to Emerald City" | Jae Woo Kim | Shion Takeuchi & Abram Makowka | June 8, 2018 | 206 |
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Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, and Roquat find themselves at the entrance to a mysterious tunnel that connects Emerald City and the Deadly Desert, but nothing can prepare them for what they find on the other side. | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Going Forth" | Craig George | Gavin Hignight | June 8, 2018 | 207 |
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After General Guph fills Dorothy's journal with magic and sends her house flying away on another tornado, she and all her Emerald City friends find themselves lost again. | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | "Kansas Magic" | Jae Woo Kim | Ernie Altbacker | June 8, 2018 | 208 |
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Dorothy and her friends are trapped in Kansas, but with the shocking discovery that magic also exists in Dorothy's world, they may find a way back to Oz. | ||||||
| 22 | 9 | "The Eclipse" | Craig George | May Chan | June 8, 2018 | 209 |
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Dorothy finds all the magic she needs to send her friends back to Oz, but first they'll all have to join forces to save Reigh from Animal Control. | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | "Saving Cyra" | Jae Woo Kim | Abram Makowka | June 8, 2018 | 210 |
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Dorothy and her friends arrive back in Emerald City, where a desperate attempt to save Cyra leads West to seek help from an old foe. | ||||||
| 24 | 11 | "The Nome King’s Belt" | Craig George | Eugene Son | June 8, 2018 | 211 |
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Dorothy and her friends must find the Nome King's Belt before Guph can get his hands on this magical artifact and take control of the Fairylands. | ||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Escape from Nome Kingdom" | Jae Woo Kim | Ernie Altbacker | June 8, 2018 | 212 |
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After Guph swaps the populations of Emerald City and the Nome Kingdom, Dorothy and her friends once again have to escape and find their way home. | ||||||
| 26 | 13 | "We Speak Mirror" | Craig George | Darin Mark & Jared Mark | June 8, 2018 | 213 |
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Outnumbered and out of magic, Dorothy and her friends must outwit Guph to retrieve the Nome King's Belt and save Emerald City. | ||||||
Awards
editAt the 44th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the series won Outstanding Children's Animated Program, Outstanding Sound Editing - Animation, Outstanding Sound Mixing - Animation, and was nominated for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program, and Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series or Special.[3][4]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Ashish Mitra,"Lost In Oz: Extended Adventure Wins Three Emmy Awards", Animation Digital Digest, May 2017. Archived from the Original in 2017-05-07.
- ^ "Allison Mack's voice removed from Amazon's Lost in Oz". Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato. June 5, 2018.
- ^ "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Nominations For the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 22, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 26, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ "The 44th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). New York City: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
External links
edit- Lost in Oz at IMDb