Ryan/Behind the Scenes

Television Series
Ryan is a fictional standard gauge tank locomotive created by Ian McCue and Andrew Brenner.

In 2015, Ryan made his debut in the special, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure.

In his introduction Ryan was voiced by Eddie Redmayne (UK/US) in the CGI version of the series on both English dubs, respectively. Since 2016, Ryan has been voiced by Steven Kynman, also in both English dubs.

Ryan is based on the GNR N2/1.

CGI Model
In 2009, the series introduced Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) as a replacement for the show's long-standing live-action models.

During the creation of Ryan, he was originally going to be in a cream livery, followed by variations of teal, then red before the team finally settled on purple.

In 2015, Ryan was created from scratch in CGI by Arc Productions for the 2015 film, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.

Ryan went through some aesthetic changes in the television series:
 * Series 21:
 * His footplate was changed to a darker shade of grey.
 * His bufferbeam was changed from red to dark red.
 * Series 24:
 * His footplate returned to its original colour.
 * His bufferbeam returns to its original shade of red.

Fonts
The following fonts were used on Ryan's CGI model:
 * Sodor BLD

Voice Actors

 * Eddie Redmayne
 * Steven Kynman
 * Daigo Naitō
 * Katsuhiro Tokuishi
 * Héctor Emmanuel Gómez
 * Marc Winslow
 * Kaihiamal Martínez
 * Oliver Böttcher
 * Timo Kinzel
 * Przemysław Stippa
 * Bartosz Martyna
 * Huub Dikstaal
 * Gilan Shachaf
 * Zvika Fohrman
 * Daniil Eldarov
 * Anton Savenkov
 * Park Sang-u
 * Jeon Tae-yeol
 * Um Sang-hyun