Beta Heroes

Beta Heroes is an American 2D superhero animated television series produced by Firebasket Studios and Beta Cartoon and Beta Initiative Program, for Beta Cartoon. It is one of Beta Cartoon's premier programs.

Synopsis
When Earth is in trouble, a group of heroes team up to stop the villains terrorizing their home.

Characters

 * Phoen-X, leader, big brain guy
 * Ice Queen, secondary leader, ice powers and strategy
 * Helon, superpower: Ice Manipulation, Evil Projections,
 * Premonitions, Plasma Blasts
 * The Fast Spectacle, real name Dawson Gilbert, superpower: increased speed and agility
 * The Fast Spectacle, real name Dawson Gilbert, superpower: increased speed and agility
 * The Fast Spectacle, real name Dawson Gilbert, superpower: increased speed and agility
 * The Fast Spectacle, real name Dawson Gilbert, superpower: increased speed and agility

Background
Firebasket Studios president Scott Bailey announced in the summer of 2018 that new animated series were being produced, with a animated franchise also being produced by Zachary Jordan. This was revealed in August of 2018 as the Beta Initiative Program, a production studio which also serves as an alternative name to the franchise. Firebasket Studios invested $25,000,000 for the B.I.P project.

In September of 2018, Beta Cartoon was announced and a project titled Beta Initiative Program Series #1 was unveiled at the press conference, with a date of May 2019.

Writing
Writing for the first season was Zachary Jordan and three other writers who were friends to Jordan. Jordan created the bulk of the characters, while the writers were encouraged to write their own as well. Writing for Season 2 lasted from June 2019 to August 2019.

Animation
Animation work was done in house at Studio Acesky's USA and Canadian animation studios, as well as animation from Firebasket Asian Animation Studios. Sketches and storyboarding takes place at Beta Cartoon New York. Animating for the first season took place from July 2018 to April 2019. Animating for the second season started in July 2019 and will end in February 2020.

Casting
Voice over work was done at Bang Zoom! Entertainment and NYAV Post and featured Californian and New York based voice actors. Zachary Jordan casted actors to fit their characters. Zachary Jordan alongside Marc Diraison did the voice direction of the series.

Future
Zachary Jordan announced in July of 2019, that the series was a hit on Beta Cartoon, and so a second season was ordered, and a third season is under consideration. At SDCC 2019, Beta Cartoon announced two new series, Phoen-X & Helon, to air in November of 2019 for six episodes, and a untitled Beta Initiative Program seires, currently titled B.I.P. Series #3.

Jordan announced that Season 2 of Beta Heroes will introduce the Legendary Swords of Justice.

Broadcast
The show premiered in the United States on Beta Cartoon.