Pucca (TV series)
Pucca (짜장소녀 뿌까, Jjajang Sonyeo Ppukka) is an animated television series based on a series of shorts created by the South Korean company VOOZ Character System. The series revolves around Pucca, a young girl who is in love and obsessed with a ninja named Garu. It also has aired on Champ TV and MBC in Korea. Internationally, the series aired on Toon Disney's Jetix block in the United States,[1] Europe,[2] and other locales on the Jetix channel.[3] In Canada, the show aired on Family Channel.
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| Theme music composer | Plus-Tech Squeeze Box (Season 1~2) Yoon Joo-Hyeon, Kim-wook (Season 3~onwards) |
| Opening theme | "Pucca Funny Love" (Season 1~2) "Love Recipe" (Season 3~onwards) |
| Ending theme | "Pucca Funny Love" (Extended) (Seasons 1-2) "Pucca's Sweet Love" (Season 3) |
| Composer | Hal Beckett |
| Country of origin | Canada (Seasons 1-2) South Korea |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (191 segments) (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 21 minutes (whole) 7 minutes (separate) 2 minutes (whole) 1 minutes (separate) |
| Production companies | Studio B Productions (2006–2008) Bazooka Studio (2018–2019) VOOZ Character System |
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| Picture format | HDTV: 1080i/720p |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | September 18, 2006 – October 31, 2019 |
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| Related shows | Canimals |
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Pucca premiered in 2006, with a set of 26 episodes (78 segments). The second season of the show, consisting of 13 episodes (37 segments), began airing in 2008 after it was ordered to be created by Jetix Europe. In October 2018, a third season was announced by Planeta Junior, a company within Planeta Group.[4] The third season aired in South Korea on December 10, 2018 on MBC, and December 19, 2018 on Tooniverse.[5] It consists of 26 episodes (76 segments).[6] The third season of Pucca, titled "Pucca: Love Recipe" in English, released on Netflix on December 31, 2019.
In total, not including the previous online aired episodes of the show, this brought the number of created segments to 191. The main theme song is also sang in Korean.
Summary
The series centers around the adventures of a 11-year-old noodle delivery girl named Pucca, who typically does not speak. She works in a local restaurant called the Goh-Rong in her town called Sooga Village, owned by her three uncles where their main dish is Jajangmyeon noodles. Her love interest is a 13-year-old ninja named Garu, who also does not speak. Garu is a committed ninja in training that has a serious demeanor, valuing his own company and silence. Pucca has a best friend named Ching, an 11-year-old that practices Jian swordsmanship. Ching has a pet chicken named Won who always sits on her head, and is in love with a boy named Abyo, who pays no attention to her and only has interests in Kung-Fu and impressing other girls.
In the third season, there is an overarching plot surrounding the rivalry between Goh-Rong and a new local restaurant titled Dong King Restaurant (which was originally titled to be BonaSera in the trailer[7]). Ring Ring, a local 12-year-old fashion star, who appeared previously in the show and also grows a love interest to Garu, is also revealed to be the daughter of Dong King and works alongside him and his servants against Pucca and Dong King.
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||||
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| 1 | 26 | 13 | September 18, 2006 | December 31, 2006 | Jetix/Disney XD (U.S.) | |
| 13 | January 15, 2007 | May 14, 2007 | ||||
| 2 | 13 | March 3, 2008 | August 11, 2008 | |||
| 3 | 26 | 13 | December 10, 2018 | March 18, 2019 | MBC (South Korea) Discovery Kids (Latin America) Disney Channel (Southeast Asia) | |
| 13 | August 1, 2019 | October 31, 2019 | ||||
Voice cast
Season 1-2
- Tabitha St. Germain as Pucca, Ring Ring
- Brian Drummond as Garu
- Brian Dobson as Uncle Dumpling
- Michael Dobson as Ho
- Dale Wilson as Linguini, Policeman Bruce
- Lee Tockar as Abyo, Dada, Tobe
- Chantal Strand as Ching
- Kathleen Barr as Doga, Ssoso
- French Tickner as Santa
- Richard Newman as Master Soo
- Dave "Squatch" Ward as Muji
- Michael Daingerfield as Chang
Season 3
- Jeonghwa Wang - Pucca
- Yongwoo Shin - Garu
- Doug Erholtz - Abyo
- Melissa Fahn - Ching
- Karen Strassman - Ring Ring
- Kirk Thornton - Uncle Dumpling / Bruce
- Spike Spencer - Ho / Casano / Santa
- Steve Canden - Linguini / Fyah
- Ben Pronsky - Tobe / Ayo / Dandy
- Stephanie Sheh - Granny / Panky
- Todd Haberkorn - Chang / Dada
- Tony Azzolino - Ssoso
- Michael Sorich - Dong King / Jin / Siva
Home media
| DVD title | Season(s) | Episode count | Release date | |
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| Ninjas Love Noodles | 1 | 13 | 18 March 2008 | |
| Kung Fu Kisses | ||||
| Spooky Sooga Village | 11 | 16 September 2008 | ||
| Secret Samurai Santa | 10 | 28 October 2008 | ||
| Sooga Super Squad | 1, 2 | 13 | 3 March 2009 | |
Awards
At the 2006 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the Pucca episode "A Force of Won" was "nominated for two awards, including the Prix Jeunesse in the Animation category." During the same year, Pucca won the Leo Awards for Best Screenwriting, along with "Best Overall in an Animation Program."[8][9][10]
Music tour
A musical show for the series was held in Lima on October 8, 2009. This location was chosen because of Pucca being "one of the most beloved programs on Jetix's Latin American channel." The show repeated itself eight times from October 8 to 11 2009.[11]
See also
References
- "New Episodes Trickle Into CN, Adult Swim, Kids WB". Firefox. 4 March 2008. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- "JCP and PUCCA ::: Jetix". 28 August 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- "Studio B Sees Pucca to TV". Cold Hard Flash. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- "Planeta Junior Brings Pucca Back". 8 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- "Korea-born character Pucca reimagined as 3D animation". 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- "Pucca Episode 26 | TVING". 14 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- "Pucca | Drupal". October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- Ryan Ball (2 October 2006). "Jetix Europe Orders More Pucca". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- "2006 LEO AWARD NOMINEES & WINNERS" (PDF). 14 November 2020.
- CITIA, ©. "Annecy > About > Archives > 2006 > Official Selection". www.annecy.org. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Pucca y sus amigos darán espectáculo en Lima". El Comercio. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2010.