Ultimate Book of Spells is a German children's animated television series produced by BKN International. It ran for twenty-six episodes, having been cancelled. Inspired by the popular Harry Potter book and movie series, the show presents a trio of "wizards-in-training" at an enchanted private school run by Miss Crystalgazer. Cassy is a junior witch, Gus is a half-elf/half-human junior wizard, and Verne is a promising "mortie", i.e. a non-magical human. With the guidance of the talking Ultimate Book of Spells (aka UBOS), the three have to battle the evil wizard Zarlak, who's trying to steal all of the world's spells. Copyright to the Ultimate Book of Spells series was acquired by EMBA Media Associates Limited from BKN International AG on March 20, 2015.

Characters

Main characters

Supporting Characters

Other voices

Crew

Episodes

In the U.S. DVD release of this series, "Solo Sorceress" is not the final episode as the show was cancelled, and occurs significantly earlier in the play order.

Production

On 19 April 2001, BKN pre-sold the series to CBBC in the United Kingdom. On 20 June 2002, Toon Disney purchased the North American broadcast rights for the series. In 2021, the show started airing on London Live in the United Kingdom.

Home Media

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, Universal Pictures Video released two VHS volumes. The first - "Three is a Charm", was released in 2002, and the second: "Solo Sorceress" was released on 21 April 2003. A double-pack containing both tapes was also released. "Three is a Charm" was later released on DVD by Universal on 10 May 2004.

United States

A VHS tape containing two episodes titled "The Mystic Gem" was released at an unknown date. Budget distributor Digiview Entertainment released three DVDs each containing four episodes in 2007, titled "Three's a Charm", "Fire with Fire" and "Out of Shape". Mill Creek Entertainment released a two-disc boxset containing all 26 episodes on 5 January 2010.

Cancelled Video Game

On 7 October 2001, TDK Mediactive announced they would produce a video game based on the series in 2002, although nothing was confirmed afterwards.