July 12, 2014 (2014-07-12) – February 7, 2015 (2015-02-07)
Astroblast! is an American animated children's science fiction television series created by Bob Kolar for Sprout. The series follows Comet, an extroverted dog, Sputnik, an adventurous and loving pig, Halley, a smoothie-delivering rabbit, Radar, a bouncy monkey, and Jet, a mute alligator, who live together with an octopus named Sal in the Astroblast Space Station to the fictional smoothie café known as the Frosty Star. It is based on the book series of the same name by author and illustrator Bob Kolar.
The series was co-produced by Scholastic Entertainment[1] and Soup2Nuts and premiered on July 12, 2014. The series also started airing on NBC Kids, a Saturday morning programming block on NBC, in October 2014.[1] This was the final series produced by Soup2Nuts before the company closed on March 27, 2015.
An early promo for the series featured a variation on the theme music from The A-Team.[2]
Premise
The series follows the adventures of a group of high-spirited and fun-loving animals, Comet, Halley, Sputnik, Radar, and Jet. They live with their alien octopus friend in the Astroblast Space Station, which also houses a large library and a smoothie café called the Frosty Star.
Cast
Vinnie Penna as Comet, an easily excitable, easygoing, optimistic and determined red dog who goes on adventures. Penna also voices Morg, Bloodoo, and Flash, as well as additional voices
Gigi Abraham as Halley, a pink rabbit who likes smoothies the most and makes high-speed deliveries. Abraham also voices Zelda, Sal's GamGam, Glippi, Bippity-Bops and more additional voices
Veronica Taylor as Sputnik, a pink-peach pig who has smoothies in time and tends to get overly passionate about things. Taylor also voices Carly Cosmos, Bippity-Bops, and Laney, as well as additional voices
Joe Gaudet as Radar, a lazy and feisty but well-meaning and practical brown monkey who loves to bounce. Gaudet also voices Bob, Cosmo Carson, and additional voices
Jet, a stoic green alligator who has a quiet disposition. He is silent and unlike most characters, cannot speak. Instead he is mute, and he can only communicate by using gestures and sign language in many ways.
John Taylor as Sal, a level-headed, rational and advice-giving purple three-eyed octopus who founded the Frosty Star. Taylor also voices Doobloo, and more additional voices
The series was dubbed into different languages and has aired in other countries internationally. Finnish network Yle TV2 began broadcasting the series in November 2016, during the "Pikku Kakkonen" programming block. In Ireland, it aired on TG4, in Spain, it aired on Clan and RTVE Play, and in Thailand, it aired on True Spark. The series was previously available on Hulu before 2019. In 2021, the FilmRise multimedia platform picked up the show for distribution,[11] and it was available on The Roku Channel,[12]Pluto TV and Tubi TV,[13] but as of March 2025, it has been removed from nearly every streaming website.
Notes
^A team of music composers consisting of Steve D'Angelo and Terry Tompkins
