Kenji (AEG)/Behind the Scenes

Background Information
Kenji is a fictional standard gauge electric locomotive created by Laura Beaumont, Paul Larson and Ian McCue.

He first appeared in the first series episode A Wide Delivery, which first aired in 2021.

2D animated rigs
Kenji in All Engines Go uses a series of complicated 2D rigs created by Nelvana Studio. These rigs are made up of different assets, which can be stretched, squashed and posed to create the desired movements and poses. Kenji's movements are handled by an animation team, with a posing team to create specific poses as required for certain shots.

Kenji's 2D design has undergone many changes from the design used in the original series:
 * He has brown irises.
 * He is much shorter.
 * He has a light silver stripe running across his bodywork.
 * His face is noticeably larger.
 * He has gained an extra set of wheels on each bogie, making him a Co-Co.
 * His Push-Along toy is a Bo-Bo, much like he is in the original series.
 * His windscreen wipers have been removed.
 * The two doors on his sides near his back end have been removed.
 * He no longer speaks with a Japanese accent in the US dub.

Voice Actors

 * Kintaro Akiyama
 * Dai Tabuchi
 * Frank Chung
 * Rodrigo Carralero
 * Emmanuel Bernal
 * Sergio Rodríguez-Guisán
 * Kōtarō Nishiyama
 * Gilberto de Syllos
 * Simeon Damyanov
 * Peter Zhelder
 * Petri Hanttu
 * Arnaud Crèvecoeur
 * Paweł Rutkowski
 * Shin Yong-u