New Warner Bros cartoon ‘Iyanu’ to feature an all-Nigerian voice cast

An upcoming American animated superhero epic television series, ‘Iyanu: Child of Wonder,’ based on the graphic novel series by Roye Okupe, will be released in the United States on Cartoon Network and Max in 2025.

According to the announcement by Warner Bros (Cartoon Network and Max parent company), the series follows a teenage orphan girl, Iyanu, who spends her days studying history and ancient arts but wants a normal life. One day, responding to danger, she unknowingly triggers her divine powers, which have not been seen since the Age of Wonders. With newly discovered superpowers, Iyanu joins forces with two other teenagers, Biyi and Toye, as they embark on a remarkable journey to discover the truth about the evil moving around in their homeland. Throughout Iyan’s adventure, she’ll uncover the truth about her past, her parents, and her ultimate destiny to save the world.

The series features an all-Nigerian voice cast with Serah Johnson as Iyanu, Okey Jude as Biyi, Samuel Kugbiyi as Toye, Adesua Etomi-Wellington as Olori, Shaffy Bello as Emi, Blossom Chukwujekwu as Kanfo, Ike Ononye as Elder Alapani and Stella Damasus as Sewa.

The head writer of the series is Brandon Easton (Transformers: War for Cybertron: Seige, Marvel’s Agent Carter) while Godwin Akpan is the art director. The executive producers are David Steward II and Matt Heath from Lion Forge Entertainment, Erica Dupuis of Impact X Capital, Ryan Haidarian of Forefront Media Group and Doug Schwalbe.