Dino Dana is a Canadian comedy-drama science fiction television series created and directed by J. J. Johnson. The series was developed as a follow-up to Dino Dan and premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 27, 2017. Dino Dana: The Movie was released on Prime Video in September 2020. It was originally going to be a theatrical release on March 21, 2020, but was delayed and later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. A new spin-off of Dino Dan & Dino Dana, titled Dino Dex, debuted in October 20, 2024.
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Plot
A sequel series to Dino Dan, Dino Dana focuses on a nine-year-old girl named Dana Jain who sets out to complete "Dino experiments" that teach her more about dinosaurs, pterosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles, synapsids, prehistoric insects and prehistoric mammals. She often also increases her understanding of life and grows in her personal life as a result of the lessons learned while solving the experiments. Other characters include her older stepsister, Saara; her mother, Ava; her stepfather, Ahman; Gloria, her maternal grandmother; and Dexter, her baby half-brother born at the beginning of season 3. Jason Spevack and Trek Buccino also make periodic guest appearances as Dan and Trek Henderson.
The series combines live action with CGI animation.
Cast
Michela Luci as Dana Jain
Saara Chaudry as Saara Jain, Dana's older step-sister
Nicola Correia-Damude as Mom (Eva Jain)
Amish Patel as Step-Dad (Aman Jain)
Rayan Mahklouf as Dexter Jain, Dana and Saara's younger half-brother
Maria Vacratsis as Grandma
Eric Peterson as Grandpa
Ali Hassan as Uncle Ravi
Nelu Handa as Anjali, Uncle Ravi’s girlfriend
Bill Cobbs as Mr. Hendrickson, Dana's neighbour
Laaibah Alvi as Young Saara
Loretta Yu as Cai (recurring)
Anna Cathcart as Robyn (recurring)
Olivia Presti as Olivia (recurring)
Millie Davis as Riley (recurring)
Jayne Eastwood as Ms Currie
Jason Spevack as Dan Henderson
Trek Buccino as Trek Henderson
Broadcast
On October 6, 2016, on YouTube, short introductory Dino Dana clips were first published, reusing footage from the past two shows. Dino Dana launched on May 24, 2017 on TVOKids in Canada. Two days later, the show premiered on May 26 on Amazon Prime Video in the US and UK. In Australia Dino Dana screens on ABC Kids.In the United Arab Emirates, it premiered on e-Junior. In Latin America, it premiered on Nat Geo Kids Latin America.