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Supernatural Academy

Supernatural Academy is a 2022 animated fantasy television series based on the book series The Supernatural Academy by Australian author Jaymin Eve. It follows twin sisters Jessa and Mischa, separated at birth and raised in the supernatural and human worlds respectively, who reunite at the Supernatural Academy and discover they are both werewolves bearing the Mark of the Dragon, an ancient curse that threatens to enslave them to the evil Dragon King.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Format	Animated series, 16 episodes of about 22 minutes, one season³
Premiere	January 20, 2022, on Peacock (US); all episodes dropped at once³^•⁴
Source material	Book series The Supernatural Academy by Jaymin Eve; 41 Entertainment secured global multimedia and animation rights to Eve's Supernatural Academy and Supernatural Prison books in 2019²^•⁵
Key creatives	Created by Allen Bohbot and Jaymin Eve; head writer Gillian Horvath; director Steve Ball; animation by ICON Creative Studio, Vancouver²^•⁶
Lead voices	Larissa Dias as Jessa Lebron; Gigi Saul Guerrero as Mischa Jackson/Lebron²
Status	Ended after one season; no second season³^•⁷
Follow-up	Two 88-minute animated feature films announced for 2026: Supernatural Academy - Birth of the Dragon Marked and Supernatural Academy - Fate of the Dragon King¹

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Premise

The story centers on twin sisters Jessa Lebron and Mischa Jackson/Lebron. One twin was raised in the supernatural world, confident and popular; the other grew up in the human world as an offbeat outsider. When the twins meet again at the Supernatural Academy, they find out that each of them is a werewolf and that both carry the Mark of the Dragon, an age-old curse that could doom them to bondage under the malevolent Dragon King. The adversarial sisters must learn to trust each other to save themselves, the academy, and the world.¹^•²

The sixteen half-hour episodes, each pairing under titles such as "Parallel Lives," "Trapped," "The Last Dance," "Sins of the Father," "Supernaturals of New York," "Fractured," and "Fateful," follow the twins' adjustment to life together, their investigation of Headmaster Kristov's behavior, the exposure of their dragon marks, and a final confrontation as the rise of the Dragon King approaches.⁸

Production

41 Entertainment (41E), a global animation company, acquired the rights to Jaymin Eve's books in 2019 as part of a strategy to expand into young-adult animation. At the time, Kiersten Halstead, the studio's VP of acquisitions, development and production, said the company saw young adults responding to the genre and believed stories about shape-shifters, vampires, witchcraft and magic could be told in high-quality CG animation.⁵

Development. Showrunner Gillian Horvath, the television writer who adapted Eve's novels for the screen, said the series was originally conceived as eight hourlong episodes covering the storyline, and was pitched to Peacock first, which became the buyer. The deal came together at the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020, writing took place in the summer of 2020, and the long animation production tail ran from writing through voice records to finished animation.⁴ Horvath noted that the adaptation aged the book's characters down and reduced the adult content for television, and that the books take longer to tell the story of the battle with the Dragon King.⁹

The television series was created by Allen Bohbot and Jaymin Eve, with Gillian Horvath as head writer, original songs by John Majkut, and animation services provided by ICON Creative Studio in Vancouver.²

Cast

Larissa Dias, known for Supernatural, Falling Skies, and Hallmark's When Calls the Heart, voices Jessa Lebron, and Gigi Saul Guerrero, known for Marvel Superhero Adventures, Into the Dark, Super Monsters, and Nina's World, voices Mischa Jackson/Lebron.² The wider cast includes Shannon Chan-Kent as Elda Kristov, Bethany Brown as Terra, Alessandro Juliani as Jonathon Lebron, Cardi Wong as Braxton, Vincent Tong as Maximus, Kathleen Barr as Yufon, Barbara Kottmeier as Lienda Jackson/Lebron, and Ali J. Eisner as Jae.¹⁰^•³

Release and distribution

Peacock carried the series in the United States, where all sixteen episodes dropped at once in January 2022.⁴ For the global rollout announced on June 15, 2022, 41 Entertainment secured international partners including ABC Australia, The Walt Disney Company (Japan), Television New Zealand, MBC Middle East, HOT Israel, and Bell Media's Crave in Canada.²

The series later circulated across streaming platforms. In the United States it has been available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, and free with ads on Tubi, with purchase on Amazon Video; it was not on Netflix in the US as of October 2026. In the UK it streams on Prime Video, and in Canada on Prime Video and Netflix.¹¹^•¹² It was added to Netflix UK on March 1, 2024, and removed on September 1, 2025.¹³

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, season 1 holds a Tomatometer of 80% from four critic reviews. Critics gave mixed-to-positive notices: Slant Magazine rated it 2/4, calling it culturally calibrated for 2022 but traditional in its character treatment; But Why Tho? gave 6.5/10, finding the story enjoyable but overstuffed; Common Sense Media gave 3/5, praising the pacing and character rapport while criticizing jerky CGI animation; and Polygon called the pilot intriguing enough for viewers seeking a supernatural school series.¹⁴ The series holds a 6.9 rating on IMDb from about 1,300 user votes.¹¹

Showrunner Gillian Horvath described the intended audience as fourteen-plus, while noting that families were watching with ten-, eleven-, and twelve-year-olds, and that beyond some swear words the show carries little gore or distressing violence.⁴ 41 Entertainment positioned the property at the older kid and young tween demographic.²

Aftermath and feature films

The series ended after its single season, with the final two episodes airing January 20, 2022, and no second season produced.³^•⁷ In 2026, CLS Media announced premieres of two feature-length animated films continuing the property: Supernatural Academy - Birth of the Dragon Marked and Supernatural Academy - Fate of the Dragon King, each 88 minutes long.¹

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Scripted television and comedy series › Animated television series (individual series) › Children's animated adventure and fantasy series › Fantasy and magical series

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 21, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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