Jane is a live-action animation educational adventure children's television series, created by J.J. Johnson, and premiered on Apple TV+ on April 14, 2023. The series was produced by the Jane Goodall Institute and Canada-based Sinking Ship Entertainment.
Based on the missions of Jane Goodall, the series is about a 9-year old girl, named Jane Garcia who is an aspiring environmentalist whose mission is to save endangered species. Using her imagination, she goes on adventures with her friends David and Greybeard (a chimpanzee) to protect wild animals from around the world.
Each episode focuses on an endangered species and towards the end of each episode, Jane interviews various zoologists to help answer her research question.
The second season was released on April 19, 2024. The third and final season was released on April 18, 2025.
Contents
Premise
A young environmentalist, who idolizes Jane Goodall, goes on an adventure with her best friend and a chimpanzee in order to protect the wild animals of the world.
Production
The series was ordered by Apple TV+ in February 2021, with it being a live action-animation hybrid series. It was produced alongside the Jane Goodall Institute. The cast for the series was revealed in January 2023, with Ava Louise Murchison starring in the titular role. The entire series was entirely filmed in Canada (mostly in Toronto), while some episodes were filmed in a location of Costa Rica and Africa.
Cast and characters
Main
Ava Louise Murchison as Jane Garcia, a 9-year old girl of a Filipino and Mexican descent, who is an aspiring environmentalist whose mission is to protect endangered species, using her imagination.
Mason Blomberg as David, Jane's best friend who goes on adventures with Jane, to protect endangered species. He has the same imaginative traits as Jane.
Tamara Almeida as Maria, Jane's mother who lives in an apartment building.
Greybeard, a stuffed animal that Jane owns and turns to an animated form of a real chimpanzee from her imagination.
Recurring
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Mr. Jin
Al Rodrigo as Tata, the ex-husband of Maria Garcia and Jane's father.
Dan Abramovici as Lucas, David's father.
Sam Marra as Kevin
Jazz Allen as Millie
Armando Alera as Cashier
Lucian-River Chauhan as Kurtis
Marium Carvell as Dawn
Mark McKinney as Mr. Harrison
Mary-Louise Parker as Robin
Dion Johnstone as Andre
Samantha Walkes as Toni
Brian George as Mr. Siddartha
Jayne Eastwood as Mrs. Joseph
Wilfred Lee as Alex
Marnie Brunton as Lauren
Graham Greene as James
Elise Bauman as Annisa
Sydney Kuhne as Host
Reha Sandill as Saadiya
Ali Hassan as Amir
Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves as Yasmin
Chris Pang as Fisherman Max
Jackie Richardson as Valerie
Guest
Jane Goodall as herself
Episodes
Release
Jane debuted on Friday, April 14, 2023 on Apple TV+. All 10 episodes debuted as part of its first season. The second season was released on April 19, 2024. The third and final season was released on April 18, 2025. Unlike the first season, the following two seasons each contained 5 episodes.
