Code Lyoko: Evolution
Code Lyoko: Evolution is a French teen drama science fiction television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by the MoonScoop Group for France Télévisions, Lagardere Thematiques and Canal J, in association with Sofica Cofanim and Backup Media. It is a live-action reboot of the French animated television series Code Lyoko.
| Code Lyoko: Evolution | |
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| Genre | Action-adventure Teen drama Science fiction Superhero Cyberpunk |
| Created by | Tania Palumbo Thomas Romain |
| Directed by | Luccio di Rosa (live-action) Florian Ferrier (CGI) |
| Starring | Léonie Berthonnaud Marin Lafitte Gulliver Bevernage Quentin Merabet Mélanie Tran Diego Mestanza Pauline Serieys Bastien Thelliez Frank Beckmann Sophie Fern |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers | Christophe di Sabatino Benoît di Sabatino Maia Tubiana |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
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| Network | France 4 Canal J |
| Release | 5 January – 19 December 2013 |
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The series centers on a group of teenagers who travel to the virtual world of Lyoko to battle against a malignant artificial intelligence known as XANA who once again threatens Earth with its extraordinary abilities to access the real world and cause trouble via activating one of ten towers on each of Lyoko's five regions, excluding its Forest and Ice regions.
The scenes in the real world employ live-action with hand-painted backgrounds, while the scenes on Lyoko and the Cortex are presented in 3D CGI animation. It premiered on January 5, 2013 on France 4 and 30 November 2013 on Canal J. It blends live-action with 3D CGI animation, picking up where the original series left off. In addition to improving upon the CGI in the original series, the soundtrack has been overhauled as well.
Although Evolution was never subtitled into English, as of 29 October 2019, the episodes have been uploaded with French audio and English subtitles on the official Code Lyoko YouTube channel.