Zuzubaland
| 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 |
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]
The feature film of the same name was released exclusively in the Brazilian Cinemark theaters on September 5, 2024.
Plot
[change | change source]The series revolves around the bee girl named Zuzu and her friends in the kingdom of Zuzubaland.
Characters
[change | change source]- 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 | change source]- ↑ 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 | change source]- Official website (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- Zuzubaland on IMDb
- Zuzubaland at TheTVDB