Dino Dana

Dino Dana is a Canadian television series created and directed by J. J. Johnson. The series was developed as a follow-up to Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures 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 Dana, titled Dino Dex, is set to premiere sometime in 2024.

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; and 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

Awards
2017: won the Kidscreen Award for Best New Series

2018: won the Kidscreen Award for Best Non-Animated or Mixed Series

2019: won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Performer in a Children's Program

2019: won the 2019 YMA Award for Best Program, Live Action Scripted and Non-Scripted, Preschool

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 Latin America, it premiered on Nat Geo Kids Latin America.