Meta Runner

Meta Runner is an Australian computer-animated web series created by Kevin and Luke Lerdwichagul. It is produced in-house by Glitch Productions, along with production funding provided by Screen Australia, financed with support from Crunchyroll and AMD, and financed in association with Epic Games. It premiered on YouTube on July 25, 2019, with season 2 premiering on the channel GLITCH on October 16, 2020. The third and final season, known as Meta Runner: The Final Season, premiered on July 22, 2022.

Meta Runner
Also known asMeta Runner: The Final Season (season 3)
Genre
Created by
  • Kevin Lerdwichagul
  • Luke Lerdwichagul
Written by
  • Kevin Lerdwichagul (S1)
  • Jasmine Yang
Directed by
  • Luke Lerdwichagul (S1-2)
  • Matthew Peckham (S3)
Voices of
  • Celeste Notley-Smith
  • Jessica Fallico
  • Robyn Moore
  • David J.G. Doyle
  • Brendan Barry-Cotter
  • Hayley Nelson
  • Anthony Sardinha
  • Elsie Lovelock
  • Jason Marnocha
  • Amber Lee Connors
Theme music composerAJ DiSpirito
Opening theme"Always Running" (performed by Matthew Guerra, S1)
"Only Up" (performed by Lizz Robinett, S2)
Ending theme"Breeze" (performed by KIMI, S1)
"Steady" (performed by Matthew Guerra, S2)
"Trade" (performed by Matthew Guerra and Lizz Robinett, S3)
"BlueJay" (performed by Lizz Robinett, S3E08)
ComposerAJ DiSpirito
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes28
Production
Executive producers
  • Kevin Lerdwichagul (S3)
  • Luke Lerdwichagul (S3)
  • Jasmine Yang (S3 E08)
ProducerKevin Lerdwichagul
Running time12–23 minutes
Production companyGlitch Productions
Original release
NetworkYouTube
Release25 July 2019 (2019-07-25) 
9 September 2022 (2022-09-09)
Related
  • Ultra Jump Mania
  • SMG4

The series takes place in a futuristic society where entertainment and lifestyle are based around video games and esports. The best of the best gamers in this society are known as "Meta Runners", many of whom replace one of their arms with a cybernetic arm also called a "Meta Runner" arm in order to optimize their gameplay performance. The series focuses on an amnesiac cyborg girl named Tari, who discovers that she has the ability to warp inside video games, and comes across and helps an undercover group called MD-5 in their mission to expose the corrupt company TAS Corp.

A pilot for a spin-off show titled Ultra Jump Mania, based on the fictional video game of the same name in the show, was released on 4 September 2020. However, as of September 2023, it has not been picked up for a full season.

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