Season 1

TV Show · Anime · Animation

"Watch as everyday eleven-year-old Hunter Steele finds himself displaced from the comforts of home and thrown into an epic battle being waged in the Inner World of Arachna. Hunter is welcomed by the elite warrior team, the Spider Riders, and together with his new friends and ten-foot-tall Battle Spider, he must learn to lead the charge to defeat the evil Invectid in jousting battles, save The Oracle, and ultimately, attempt to find his way back home. While on a hiking trip with friends, eleven-year-old Hunter Steele is sucked into the fantastic subterranean world of Arachna. It is a land of eternal day, where the sun is the earth’s molten core and waterfalls flow towards the sky. A world where evolution has taken a different twist. Where the insects have become the dominant species not only in number, but also in size. There Hunter discovers a lost civilization, the Turandot, struggling to survive in this hostile ""Inner World."" They are locked in battle with the Invectids, giant humanoid insects determined to eradicate all human life. The Turandot are defended by a group of elite warriors who ride ten-foot-tall tall battle spiders… the Spider Riders! In the city of Arachna, high upon the Arachna Plateau, Prince Lumen’s royal army defends the center of Turandot culture. It is said the power of one Spider Rider is worth that of one thousand Arachna foot soldiers. Hunter is determined to help the Turandot with their cause and commits to join their ranks. As part of his induction into the ""Spider Riders,"" Hunter must team with a colossal arachnid of his own. He must learn to communicate telepathically with it. Gain its respect. Earn its loyalty. It is a daunting task for someone not of this world. A feat complicated by the fact that Hunter really hates spiders…"

2006 · 21m
  • 7+
Starring Julie Lemieux, Stacey Depass

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    The Inner World
    Adventurous teen Hunter Steele follows his grandfather's directions in search of a doorway to the Inner World. Deep inside an ancient pyramid, Hunter acquires a unique manacle and falls into a new and frightening land deep within the earth. Hunter is almost killed by a giant, talking spider named Shadow until the unlikely pair are forced to team-up as Spider and Rider to combat the Invectid forces of the evil Mantid. But will their uneasy alliance survive the battle?
    22m
  • EPISODE 2
    Never Give Up
    Hunter gets his first lesson in being a Spider Rider from Corona as they travel deeper into the heart of Arachna. But soon Hunter insults Shadow and it looks like their partnership may be over before it starts. When the evil Grasshop threatens to destroy an Arachna village, Hunter rushes to face the challenge alone, despite his inability to summon his powers. Will Shadow unite with Hunter again or will he let the newest Spider Rider pay for his mistake with his life?
    22m
  • EPISODE 3
    First Impressions
    Hunter Steele finally arrives at Arachna Castle and quickly makes a bad impression on his fellow Spider Riders; especially the disdainful Igneous. Forced to prove themselves, Shadow and Hunter enter the arena to show Igneous what they're made of. But the veteran Spider Rider and his Battle Spider, Flame, prove to be an unstoppable force. If Shadow and Hunter can't find a way to work together, they may never discover their true power.
    22m
  • EPISODE 4
    Smells Like Team Spider
    Hunter is quick to volunteer when the Village of Fragrant Blooms calls on the Spider Riders for help against an Invectid assault. Corona and Igneous are overwhelmed by the beauty of the flowers the town is famous for but Hunter is too keyed up to notice. The trio find the village abandoned save for one little girl, Rain. Seeking the villagers, they follow her directions to a cave in which the Blossoms of Darkness grow. The Blossoms turn Corona and Igneous into enemies until Hunter and Shadow destroy the flowers. But it's not until Hunter literally stops to smell the roses that he is able to help his friends and the village overcome an attack by Beerain's drones. There truly is strength in beauty.
    22m
  • EPISODE 5
    Memories of Champions
    Corona takes Hunter to the Hill of Champions; the place where spiders and humans first fought together against the Invectid invaders. They meet Galena, a woman whose Spider Rider husband disappeared many years ago. She cares for the monument while awaiting his return. When Buguese arrives to claim the hill, Galena shocks the Spider Riders by giving it up without a fight. Despite Galena, Hunter and Corona defeat Buguese only to find themselves thrown back by his human ally, Aqune! Through Galena's courageous example, the Spider Riders learn the things that are truly worth protecting lie not in stone monuments, but rather within our hearts and spirits.
    22m
  • EPISODE 6
    Spider Rider's Ball
    Every child in the city is playing with a sparkling sphere but Princess Sparkle. After Hunter discovers where the children found the spheres and gets one for her, Sparkle is afraid to tell him that it turned black when she tried to paint it. But when Grasshop invades the city by controlling the children with his spheres, Sparkle's mistake saves her from its hypnotic effects. The spheres form a giant robot that uses the children as a shield and warps light, rendering it invisible as it pummels Hunter and Shadow. It's only when Sparkle and Hunter realize her black sphere remains visible even when the rest of the robot is not that they are able to turn the tables. And so Sparkle, the youngest Spider Rider, achieves her first victory over the Invectids with the help of Hunter, the newest Spider Rider!
    22m

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Cast & Crew

  • C‌A
    Cameron Ansell
    Prince Lumen
  • Melanie Tonello
    Princess Sparkle
  • J‌L
    Julie Lemieux
    Hunter Steele
  • J‌M
    Joseph Motiki
    Shadow
  • S‌D
    Stacey Depass
    Corona
  • T‌I
    Takaaki Ishiyama
    Director
  • K‌M
    Kôichi Mashimo
    Director
  • T‌A
    Tedd Anasti
    Producer
  • P‌C
    Patsy Cameron
    Producer
  • M‌C
    Mark Chernin
    Producer
  • R‌P
    Robert Pincombe
    Writer

About

Season 1

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"Watch as everyday eleven-year-old Hunter Steele finds himself displaced from the comforts of home and thrown into an epic battle being waged in the Inner World of Arachna. Hunter is welcomed by the elite warrior team, the Spider Riders, and together with his new friends and ten-foot-tall Battle Spider, he must learn to lead the charge to defeat the evil Invectid in jousting battles, save The Oracle, and ultimately, attempt to find his way back home. While on a hiking trip with friends, eleven-year-old Hunter Steele is sucked into the fantastic subterranean world of Arachna. It is a land of eternal day, where the sun is the earth’s molten core and waterfalls flow towards the sky. A world where evolution has taken a different twist. Where the insects have become the dominant species not only in number, but also in size. There Hunter discovers a lost civilization, the Turandot, struggling to survive in this hostile ""Inner World."" They are locked in battle with the Invectids, giant humanoid insects determined to eradicate all human life. The Turandot are defended by a group of elite warriors who ride ten-foot-tall tall battle spiders… the Spider Riders! In the city of Arachna, high upon the Arachna Plateau, Prince Lumen’s royal army defends the center of Turandot culture. It is said the power of one Spider Rider is worth that of one thousand Arachna foot soldiers. Hunter is determined to help the Turandot with their cause and commits to join their ranks. As part of his induction into the ""Spider Riders,"" Hunter must team with a colossal arachnid of his own. He must learn to communicate telepathically with it. Gain its respect. Earn its loyalty. It is a daunting task for someone not of this world. A feat complicated by the fact that Hunter really hates spiders…"

7+

COMMON SENSE

Warriors battle evil bugs in fun anime series.

Information

Studio
CONTV
Released
2006
Rated
TV-G
Regions of Origin
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