Zuzubaland
animated television series
Zuzubaland (Portuguese: Zuzubalândia) is a Brazilian Flash-animated children's television series based on the 1997 book Jujubalândia and the animated reboot of the 1998 live-action program of the same name. It was created, directed and written by Mariana Caltabiano. It originally aired on Boomerang in May 25, 2018.[1]
| Zuzubaland | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy Fantasy |
| Created by | Mariana Caltabiano |
| Based on | Jujubalândia Zuzubalândia by Mariana Caltabiano |
| Written by | Mariana Caltabiano |
| Directed by | Mariana Caltabiano |
| Creative directors | Fabiano Perez Hector Barbosa |
| Voices of | Daniel Costa Hugo Picchi Eduardo Jardim Luiza Porto Bruna Guerin Antoniela Canto Luciana Ramanzini |
| Opening theme | Zuzubalândia |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Editor | Renan Maximo |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Production company | Mariana Caltabiano Criações |
| Original release | |
| Network | Boomerang Cartoon Network SBT Tooncast |
| Release | May 25, 2018 – present |
The feature film of the same name was released exclusively in the Brazilian Cinemark theaters on September 5, 2024.
Plot
changeThe series revolves around the bee girl named Zuzu and her friends in the kingdom of Zuzubaland.
Characters
change- Zuzu (Voiced by: Daniel Costa (Portuguese); Dino Andrade (English)) a cute and tomboyish little bee girl with green eyes, black Mary Jane shoes and a pink nose.
- Rocky Cocoa (Voiced by: Hugo Picchi (Portuguese); Zeno Robinson (English)) a black man who loves boxing and judo.
- Hot Dog (Voiced by: Eduardo Jardim (Portuguese); Joe J. Thomas (English)) a sweet tooth dog who likes to lie down and roll around in puddles of mustard and ketchup. He is also Rocky Cocoa's best friend.
- Popcorn (Voiced by: Luiza Porto (Portuguese); Amber Connor (English)) a girl who is Zuzu's best friend. She likes to talk on the cell phone and send messages to his friends.
- Sundae (Voiced by: Hugo Picchi (Portuguese); Aleks Le (English)) a 10 year old boy who is very shy and in love with Popcorn.
- Garfidea (Voiced by: Bruna Guerin (Portuguese); Dale Edwards (English)) a purple spider who is Witch's assistant.
- Fast (Voiced by: Daniel Costa (Portuguese); Shannon McKain (English)) the fastest guy in the world. He is King Appetite's assistant and messenger.
- Marsha Mallow (Voiced by: Bruna Guerin (Portuguese); Ryan Bartley (English)) a lazy girl.
- King Appetite (Voiced by: Hugo Picchi (Portuguese); Jason Marnocha (English)) the King of Zuzubaland.
- Sushiroco (Voiced by: Eduardo Jardim (Portuguese); Khoi Dao (English)) a Japanese chef who lives on the ocean shores. He works at a Japanese restaurant and Karaoke. His pets are two sharks named "Missoshiro" and "Sukiaki".
- The Witch (Voiced by: Antoniela Canto (Portuguese); Wendee Lee (English)) the main antagonist of the series, she hates food, joy and Zuzu's song. She wants to destroy the kingdom of Zuzubaland.
References
change- ↑ Redação (2018-04-11). "Boomerang estreia "Zuzubalândia", sua primeira produção original brasileira". TELA VIVA News (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-07-19.
Other websites
change- Official website (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- Zuzubaland on IMDb
- Zuzubaland at TheTVDB