Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (animated series)
| Sítio do Picapau Amarelo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Also known as | Pirlimpimpim (English[1]) |
| Genre | Animated series |
| Created by |
Monteiro Lobato Adapter animated series: Rodrigo Castilho |
| Voices of |
Isabella Guarnieri Larissa Manoela Vini Takahashi César Marchetti Patrícia Scalvi Gessy Fonseca |
| Opening theme | Sítio do Picapau Amarelo theme |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language(s) | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Eliane Ferreira Reynaldo Marchesini Fernanda Senatori João Daniel Tikhomiroff |
| Production company(s) |
Rede Globo Mixer |
| Distributor |
Globo Internacional Cartoon Network |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Rede Globo Cartoon Network Brazil Boomerang Latin America |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | January 7, 2012 – September 26, 2016 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (roughly Yellow Woodpecker Farm or Yellow Woodpecker Ranch) is an animated series loosely based on the eponymous series of books Sítio do Picapau Amarelo by Monteiro Lobato. It was first displayed on January 7, 2012, and is produced by Rede Globo and Mixer.[2] Each episode of the series took five weeks to get ready and were all based on the book of Reinações Narizinho, published in 1931 by Monteiro Lobato.[3]
Background
The animated series began to be produced in October 2010, by Mixer Productions in partnership with Rede Globo. The model sheet of the characters was created by designer Bruno Okada,[3][4] that was chosen after a competition sponsored by Rede Globo. The animation is directed by Humberto Avelar. Each episode of the series took five weeks to complete.[3]
The animation has replaced the violence portrayed in the books by Monteiro Lobato.[5][6][7]
Mrs. Benta's Farm
In the farm lives an old widow, Dona Benta ("Mrs. Benta"), and her two grandchildren, a girl, Lúcia, referred only by her nickname Narizinho (roughly "Little Nose", because of her turned-up nose), and her cousin boy, Pedrinho ("Little Pete"); the servant and cook, a black woman named Nastácia ("Anastacia"), and two talking puppets, the rag doll Emília (animated by some of Doctor Snail's "Talking Pills" she somehow "ingested") and an aristocratic and learned puppet made of corncob Visconde de Sabugosa (roughly "Viscount of Corncob") ("sabugo" means corncob in Portuguese, "Sabugosa" is a parody of the Count de Sabugosa). Viscount always wears a top hat. The farm is home to various animals, including the fat pig Rabicó ("Short-Tail"), the intelligent donkey Conselheiro ("Advisor"), and a rhinoceros called Quindim (named after quindim, a Brazilian dessert), who fled from a circus and was kept hidden by the children.
While in the farm the children have a lot of adventures, with or without the participation of the old widow, get to know many strange creatures, like the noble fish Príncipe Escamado (roughly "Scaly Prince"), the seamstress spider Dona Aranha ("Miss Spider"), and the old snail Doutor Caramujo ("Doctor Snail"); and entities from the Brazilian folklore, like the witch alligator Cuca (an evil monster invoked by Brazilian mothers at night to convince their kids to go to bed), the Saci (an one-legged black elf), or Iara (some sort of river mermaid).
Main characters
- Emília (Emilia) - Lucia's anthropomorphic rag doll, a present she got from Nastácia. Emilia is able to talk through some of Doctor Snail's "Talking Pills".
- Lúcia "Narizinho" (Lucia "Little Nose") - An 8-year-old girl with the turned-up nose, Benta's granddaughter and Pedrinho's cousin. She is an orphan and lives in the farm with her grandmother.
- Pedrinho (Pete) - A 9-year-old boy, he is Benta's grandson and Lucia's cousin. He's a courageous (and usually infatuated) boy who's keen on adventures. He lives in a big city, and spends his holidays at Mrs. Benta's Farm.
- Visconde de Sabugosa (Viscount of Corncob) - A puppet made of corncob, with a high IQ, a love for sciences and tendency to be over-polite. His ability to talk is never fully explained.
- Dona Benta (Mrs. Benta) - The farm's owner and the most frequent 'storyteller'.
- Tia Nastácia (Aunt Anastacia) - Benta's housemaid and cook. She's a middle-aged black woman who knows a lot of folk tales and is quite superstitious.
- Tio Barnabé (Uncle Barnaby) - An old black man who knows a lot about folk superstitions. He works at Mrs. Benta's fram too.
- Rabicó (Short-Tail) - A gluttonous and lazy pig.
- Saci-Pererê - a one-legged trickster elf.
- Cuca - A witch in an alligator's body.
Voice cast
- Gessy Fonseca - Dona Benta
- Patrícia Scalvi - Tia Nastácia
- Larissa Manoela - Narizinho (Season 1)
- Luiza Telles Rosa - Narizinho (Season 2)
- Vini Takahashi - Pedrinho (Season 1)
- Pedro Volpato - Pedrinho (Season 2)
- Isabella Guarnieri - Emília
- César Marchetti - Visconde de Sabugosa / Tio Barnabé
- Hugo Picchi - Rabicó / Doutor Caramujo
- Alessandra Araújo - Cuca
- Fernanda Bock - Saci
- Daniel Figueira - Príncipe Escamado
- Zayra Zordan - Dona Aranha
Episodes
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2012
2013-2014
2015-2016
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International broadcast
| Country | TV Channel | Title | Premiere |
|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil |
Rede Globo | Sítio do Pica-pau amarelo | January 7, 2012 |
| Cartoon Network | April 15, 2012 | ||
| Tooncast | November 4, 2013 | ||
 Argentina |
Tooncast | El Rancho del Pájaro Amarillo | November 4, 2013 |
 Paraguay | |||
 Venezuela | |||
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 Panama | |||
 Mexico | |||
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 Guatemala | |||
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 Puerto Rico | |||
 Peru | |||
 Colombia | |||
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 Ecuador | |||
 Nicaragua | |||
 Chile | |||
 Costa Rica | |||
Reception
The series featured a regular audience among the public, although many fans of the franchise have not enjoyed this compared to other adaptations due to its more childlike version nevertheless became one of the most watched cartoons on Cartoon Network.[8] Moreover, the series was very successful in other countries of Latin America where it is displayed as El Rancho del Pájaro Amarillo through the branches of Cartoon Network and Tooncast including being awarded the "International Festival of Animation Chilemonos" in Chile as the Best Latin American Animated Series.[9]
References
- ↑ Pirlimpimpim (Animation)
- ↑ Keila Jimenez (2011-03-13). "Globo ressuscita "Sítio do Picapau Amarelo" como animação". Folha Online.
- 1 2 3 Casaletti, Danilo (6 January 2012). ""Sítio do Picapau Amarelo" ganha versão em desenho animado para a TV". Revista Época. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ↑ Marcus Ramone (2011-12-19). "Animação do Sítio do Picapau Amarelo estreia no próximo mês". Universo HQ.
- ↑ Padiglione, Cristina (1 November 2010). "Sítio vira animação na Globo, sem resquício escravocrata". Estadão. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ↑ "CNE quer que Monteiro Lobato com trechos racistas tenha nova edição". G1. 30 October 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ↑ "Academia Brasileira de Letras é contra tentativa de censurar livro de Monteiro Lobato". O Globo. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ↑ http://anmtv.xpg.uol.com.br/cartoon-network-audiencia-e-maior-que-a-dos-canais-abertos/
- ↑ http://anmtv.xpg.uol.com.br/sitio-do-picapau-amarelo-e-premiada-em-festival-chileno/
External links
- Official site
- Mundo do Sítio
- Official Monteiro Lobato's site
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (The Animated Series) on Cartoon Network's page