Het Huis Anubis
Het Huis Anubis (English: The House of Anubis) is a Dutch-Belgian children's television mystery drama based on elements of Egyptian mythology devised/created by Anjali Taneja, produced by Studio 100 and aired on Nickelodeon in the Netherlands and Flanders. It first aired in September 2006 and the last episode was broadcast on December 4, 2009.
| Het Huis Anubis | |
|---|---|
Replica of the house used in the series | |
| Genre | Mystery-drama |
| Created by | Anjali Taneja (idea) Hans Bourlon Gert Verhulst |
| Written by | Anjali Taneja |
| Starring | Loek Beernink Iris Hesseling Lucien van Geffen Vincent Banic Liliana de Vries Vreneli van Helbergen Achmed Akkabi Kevin Wekker Sven de Wijn Marieke Westenenk Gamze Tazim Walter Crommelin Patrick Wessels Claartje Janse |
| Theme music composer | Gert Verhulst Hans Bourlon Johan Vanden Eede |
| Opening theme | Het Huis Anubis by Loek Beernink (2006) Het Geheim by Loek Beernink Seasons 3 & 4: Kunnen Stenen Iets Vertellen? by Loek Beernink |
| Composer | Johan Vanden Eede |
| Country of origin | Netherlands Belgium |
| Original language | Dutch |
| No. of seasons | 4 (seasons 1, 2 and 3 were split in two parts) |
| No. of episodes | 404 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Anja Van Mensel |
| Camera setup | Videotape; single-camera |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Production company | Studio 100 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon |
| Release | September 26, 2006 – December 4, 2009 |
| Related | |
| Het Huis Anubis en de Vijf van het Magische Zwaard, Das Haus Anubis & House of Anubis | |
The show was a large commercial and critical success in the Benelux and obtained a cult status in the Dutch-language television world. The series was dubbed and released throughout Scandinavia as well. In the Netherlands, the series quickly attracted around half a million viewers per episode. In Flanders, the series was watched by over 300.000 viewers at its peak. The series was nominated for a Rose d'Or and won numerous local television award, including the Gouden Stuiver, the most prestigious Dutch children's television prize of its time. The series finale attracted 477.000 viewers in the Netherlands, easily becoming Nickelodeon's most-watched programme in 2009.
The European success of the series made the American branch of Nickelodeon interested in producing their own remake, which eventually became House of Anubis, which was broadcast between 2011 and 2013. The American Nickelodeon producers stated to Studio 100 that they had no interest in broadcasting the original version.