Lana Longbeard

The story follows a 12-year-old girl named Lana Longbeard who sails the Ten Realms with her captain father and unique crew, pursuing her dream of becoming a great adventurer. But Lana must conquer some challenging obstacles: impulsivity, stubbornness, relentless curiosity, disdain for rules, and a love of pancakes.^[2][6]

• Lana Longbeard (voiced by Liana Bdéwi^[7][8]) - A punky 12-year-old girl and adventurer who travels across the world with her dad on the Mighty Windbreaker.
• Helmet Hugo (voiced by Dave McRae^[8]) - When the crew faces a tough opponent, they launch Hugo—literally! A human cannonball with a helmet and a mysterious past, he’s their secret weapon.
• Greta (voiced by Tamara Freeman) - A barbarian with the soul of an artist, Greta does all the repairs and maintenance on the ship.
• Dr. Chopov (voiced by Jordan Stanley^[8]) - A purple cyclops who is part of the crew of the Mighty Windbreaker.
• Andar Longbeard (voiced by Cameron MacLeod^[9]) - The captain of the Mighty Windbreaker and father of Lana.
• Durango (voiced by Marybelle Sagard^[10]) - An independent explorer who loves quests and seeking thrills and Lana's idol.
• Boreas (voiced by Cody Alexander^[11]) - A crew member of the Mighty Windbreaker and Lana's best friend.
• Nana Lovejoy (voiced by Amanda Huxtable^[12]) - Admiral Lovejoy's grandmother and former criminal.
• Baron Buckethead (voiced by Mark La Pointe) - Helmet Hugo's old companion and former enemy (briefly).

In February 2014, Tony Mitchell began working on the series, as he noted in a social media post.^[14] It was later reported that he, along with Andrew Power and Dylan Edward, originally created the series, with all of them working at Copernicus Studios at the time.^[15]

In June 2021, it was announced that Zephyr Animation, the APC Kids production arm and part of APC Studios, had secured a co-development deal with Super RTL in Germany, with both companies said to co-develop the series, which was said to be aimed at kids age six to nine. At the time, Jessica Borutski was directing the series, while David Sauerwein and Paul Rigg, of Zephyr Animation and Copernicus Studios, were executive producing it.^[16] However, it was later stated that the show would be directed by Franz Kirchner and developed by Baljeet Rai.^[2]

In September 2022, Animation Magazine reported that Zephyr Animation was completing the financing for the series, their first 2d animated series, in a co-production with Copernicus Studios, that production would begin before 2022 had ended, and that initial broadcast deals were being finalized.^[17] Previously, it had been stated that the series would begin production in 2021.^[18] Later, at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, in June 2023, APC Kids stated that production had recently begun.^[19]

In June 2023, it was announced that Zephyr Animation had secured its first pre-sales for the series by Warner Bros. Discovery in EMEA, Super RTL in Germany, Gulli in France, and CBC in Canada, while APC Kids continued to hold "worldwide distribution rights" for the series.^[1] Paul Rigg was also described as a series executive producer at the time.^[20]

In April 2024, the series was noted as benefiting from the CMF-Shaw Rocket Fund, which supported animated series.^[21] The series received funding from the Shaw Rocket Fund in 2021.^[22] In October 2024, the TV Kids 2024/2025 Guide was released by World Screen, in which APC Kids Managing Director Lionel Marty said they were "excited to launch" the series at MIPCOM and MIPJunior.^[23] It was also stated that the series would have 52 episodes, each of which is 11 minutes long.^[24][25]

Originally the series was scheduled to be released in 2023,^[15] but that did not happen. The series began airing on CBC Gem on December 20, 2024^[3] and the Family Channel on January 12, 2025.^[4] The series is also streaming on CBC Kids' YouTube Channel.^[26] The series is also scheduled to air on RTL Super, Gulli, and an unnamed platform owned by Warner Bros. Discovery,^[2] on a date that has not been announced, sometime in the second financial quarter of 2025.^[27]

The series received a companion PC video game entitled Lana Longbeard and the Golden Stacks, with a demo phase beginning at the end of January 2025.^[27]