Di-Gata Defenders is a Canadian action/adventure, science fiction,[1] fantasy animated series created by Greg Collinson with Nerd Studios and Nelvana Entertainment. In North America, the show has aired on Teletoon in Canada and on Fox network's 4Kids TV block on July 28, 2007. Internationally, the series aired on the Cartoon Network in Australia, Maori Television in New Zealand, Astro Ceria in Malaysia, Hero TV in the Philippines on November 3, 2006, Jetix and Kix! in the UK. and on Disney XD in The Netherlands.
The series follows the travels and adventures of six teenage children, part of an organization called the Di-Gata Defenders. Their mission as heroes is to defend RaDos against evil factions.
In 2005, Nelvana Entertainment created a project called the Funpack. It was designed to allow creators to pitch and create 5 minute interstitials. At the time, Greg Collinson didn't plan on pitching anything for this project until a colleague of his discussed about it on a trainride. He spent two weeks creating the "bible" for his series idea, which was initially named Power Stone Warriors. In this bible, he planned out the prototype characters, factions, and the universe the series would take place in. He later meets with the executives at Nelvana and Greg pitches his bible to them. Pleased with the promise this series had, Greg Collinson was given the greenlight to produce this series with help from Ken Cuperus, a script writer. The series then launched September 16, 2006 under its new name - Di-Gata Defenders.
