Barbapapa (TV series)

Barbapapa is a Dutch–Japanese animated that was created by the French-American couple, Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, in 1973. The series was adapted from the 1970 book series of the same name, and is also the first TV series made for the franchise. It was co-produced by the Japanese animation studios KSS and Topcraft, and the Dutch studio, PolyScope BV.

While the series was originally intended for the French market, the series would not premiere first in France; but rather in the form of a re-packaged "movie", where many of the episodes of the series would be combined in order to make a full-length film. It was released in Italy in 1973 under the title "Le avventure di Barbapapà". The series would then officially premiere on ORTF Télévision in France on October 2, 1974. When ORTF shut down on January 5, 1975, the series would soon premiere days later on TF1, and it would run until 1977.

In France, the series would also air on Antenne 2 from 1987 to 1988, on Canal J in 1993, and on M6 starting April 20, 2005. The series has also aired on Piwi+ and Télétoon+. In Canada, the series aired on Ici Radio-Canada Télé and was available on online streaming from the network TFO. Barbapapa had a total of 2 seasons consisting of 100 episodes; each of them being 5-minutes long. The narrator of the series, Ricet Barrier, did the voices for each of the characters in season one. By season two, all of the characters would be voiced by other voice actors. The series was very popular and successful, and it was distributed to many countries.

In 1999, a spin-off anime series called バーバパパ 世界をまわる premiered on NHK Educational TV in Japan, and it ran for 50 episodes. In June 2017, TF1 announced the production of a reboot of the series entitled Barbapapa en famille !, that would later premiere in France in November 2019. It would be distributed to many Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels the following year.

Plot
Barbapapa follows the daily life of the extraordinary blob-shaped Barbapapa family, who can shapeshift into other forms but retain their original colors. The Barbapapa family consists of parents Barbapapa and Barbamama and their seven children; the bookworm Barbalib, the beauty queen Barbabelle, very strong Barbabravo, inventor Barbabright, animal lover Barbazoo, artist Barbabeau, and musician Barbalala.

Cast and characters
The narrator, Ricet Barrier did the voices for all of the characters in season one. In season two, they were all provided different voices.

Episodes
100 5-minute episodes of Barbapapa were produced, across 2 seasons.

Broadcast
Barbapapa was very popular worldwide, and it was distributed to many places with a lot of foreign dubs of the series being produced.

Songs
The series would have many songs being used throughout various episodes.

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