Topo Gigio | |
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Created by |
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Based on |
Topo Gigio by Maria Perego |
Directed by |
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Voices of |
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Theme music composer | Diego Maggi |
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Country of origin | Italy |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 52 [2] [3] ( list of episodes) |
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Producer | Cecilia Quattrini (RAI) |
Running time | 11 minutes [2] [3] |
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Original release | |
Network | Rai YoYo |
Release | October 5, 2020[a] – present |
Topo Gigio is an Italian animated children's television series produced by Topo Gigio s.r.l. and Movimenti Production for Rai Ragazzi. It premiered on Rai YoYo on October 5, 2020. The series is based on the 1958 character of the same name by Maria Perego; this is the last project for the franchise she had worked on, with her husband, before her death in 2019.
This marks the second television series for Topo Gigio to be produced, following the 1988 anime series.
Topo Gigio follows the adventures of the title character. Accompanying him are his best friend Zoe, a little girl who helps to make things right, his buddy Bike Bob, who he rides with in the city of Townville, and the G-Team (Mole, Pigeon, Bunny Twins, Turtle, and Toad) — a pair of cute critters who only Gigio can understand — who he can call upon using his Gigio Watch. Together, they make it their mission to solve any problem in the city of Townville, travelling with the help of the G-Bus that Bob built. [1]
Topo Gigio is an animated adaptation of the character of the same name that was created by Italian artist Maria Perego, and her husband Federico Caldura, in 1958. It was produced entirely in Italy between Milan and Florence by Topo Gigio s.r.l. and Movimenti Production, in collaboration with Rai Ragazzi. Both Perego and Caldura had worked on this show, the former also being a creator of it, up until her death on November 7, 2019. [4] The show is now dedicated in "loving memory" of her, as shown by a card at the end of each episode.
Early promotional material reveal that the show was originally titled "Topo Gigio: The New Animated Series". Zoe and her parents underwent severe design changes, although Gigio remained the same. Just as well, the G-Team had completely different members, including that of a flamingo, a panda, a toucan, a wolf cub, a cat, and a beaver. [4] [5]
Despite being produced in Italy, the original version of the show is English, as opposed to Italian. The English version was produced by Centauro Comunicaciones in their Miami, Florida division.
The series is distributed worldwide by For Fun Distribution, and in the United States by the New York-based Lacey Entertainment. [2]
No. | Title [3] | Story by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original release date | English air date |
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1 | "The Hiccup" "Il singhiozzo" | Maria Perego and Ilenia Provenzi | Ilenia Provenzi | Emiliano Bruzzone and Margherita De' Pazzi | 5 October 2020[b] | [c] |
2 | "Lucky Gigio" "Il portafortuna" | TBA | Unknown | TBA | 7 October 2020[b] | TBA |
3 | "Journey to Mars" "Viaggio su Marte" | Maria Perego, Stephen Levinson, and Jesse Nicholas | Stephen Levinson and Jesse Nicholas Mike De Seve (head writer) | Fabio Idali and Margherita De' Pazzi | 9 October 2020[b] | [d] |
4 | "The Judo Lessons" "La lezione di Judo" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
5 | "Bob the Bomb" "Bolide Bob!" | Maria Perego and Alessandro Gatti | Alessandro Gatti | Ambra Arioli and Francesca Falasca | TBA[b] | [e] |
6 | "The Ghost" "Il fantasma notturno" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
7 | "Special Agent Gigio" "Agente speciale Scuola" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
8 | "I'm So Attractive" "Super attraente" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
9 | "Mr. Garden" "Il tagliaerba robot" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
10 | "Bling Bling" "Bling Bling!" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
11 | "The Comet" "La cometa" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
12 | "Zoe's Secret Diary" "Il diario segreto di Zoe" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
13 | "Disaster Flavor Cookies" "Biscotti al gusto disastro!" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
14 | "The Great Escape" "La grande fuga" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Topo Gigio first premiered in Italy on Rai YoYo on October 5, 2020, [6] with an Italian dub, although 13 episodes were released prior to RaiPlay on April 8, 2020, [4] in order to cheer up Italian families during wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
The original English version was first broadcast on Canal Panda's Spanish feed, on its English-language audio track, [8] on July 1, 2021. [9] It also aired on the English-language audio track [10] of Discovery Kids in Latin America on October 18, 2021. [11]
Two episodes were released prior to ForFun Entertainment's Vimeo channel on October 1 and October 3, 2019 ("Journey to Mars" and "Bob the Bomb" respectively). These two episodes have a different opening sequence for the show that was not used in the finalized version; the footage of it still remains remotely the same. Another episode was uploaded on July 2, 2020, "The Hiccup", now using the proper intro. [12]
Topo Gigio | |
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Genre | |
Created by |
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Based on |
Topo Gigio by Maria Perego |
Directed by |
|
Voices of |
|
Theme music composer | Diego Maggi |
Composers |
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Country of origin | Italy |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 52 [2] [3] ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producer | Cecilia Quattrini (RAI) |
Running time | 11 minutes [2] [3] |
Production companies |
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Original release | |
Network | Rai YoYo |
Release | October 5, 2020[a] – present |
Topo Gigio is an Italian animated children's television series produced by Topo Gigio s.r.l. and Movimenti Production for Rai Ragazzi. It premiered on Rai YoYo on October 5, 2020. The series is based on the 1958 character of the same name by Maria Perego; this is the last project for the franchise she had worked on, with her husband, before her death in 2019.
This marks the second television series for Topo Gigio to be produced, following the 1988 anime series.
Topo Gigio follows the adventures of the title character. Accompanying him are his best friend Zoe, a little girl who helps to make things right, his buddy Bike Bob, who he rides with in the city of Townville, and the G-Team (Mole, Pigeon, Bunny Twins, Turtle, and Toad) — a pair of cute critters who only Gigio can understand — who he can call upon using his Gigio Watch. Together, they make it their mission to solve any problem in the city of Townville, travelling with the help of the G-Bus that Bob built. [1]
Topo Gigio is an animated adaptation of the character of the same name that was created by Italian artist Maria Perego, and her husband Federico Caldura, in 1958. It was produced entirely in Italy between Milan and Florence by Topo Gigio s.r.l. and Movimenti Production, in collaboration with Rai Ragazzi. Both Perego and Caldura had worked on this show, the former also being a creator of it, up until her death on November 7, 2019. [4] The show is now dedicated in "loving memory" of her, as shown by a card at the end of each episode.
Early promotional material reveal that the show was originally titled "Topo Gigio: The New Animated Series". Zoe and her parents underwent severe design changes, although Gigio remained the same. Just as well, the G-Team had completely different members, including that of a flamingo, a panda, a toucan, a wolf cub, a cat, and a beaver. [4] [5]
Despite being produced in Italy, the original version of the show is English, as opposed to Italian. The English version was produced by Centauro Comunicaciones in their Miami, Florida division.
The series is distributed worldwide by For Fun Distribution, and in the United States by the New York-based Lacey Entertainment. [2]
No. | Title [3] | Story by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original release date | English air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The Hiccup" "Il singhiozzo" | Maria Perego and Ilenia Provenzi | Ilenia Provenzi | Emiliano Bruzzone and Margherita De' Pazzi | 5 October 2020[b] | [c] |
2 | "Lucky Gigio" "Il portafortuna" | TBA | Unknown | TBA | 7 October 2020[b] | TBA |
3 | "Journey to Mars" "Viaggio su Marte" | Maria Perego, Stephen Levinson, and Jesse Nicholas | Stephen Levinson and Jesse Nicholas Mike De Seve (head writer) | Fabio Idali and Margherita De' Pazzi | 9 October 2020[b] | [d] |
4 | "The Judo Lessons" "La lezione di Judo" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
5 | "Bob the Bomb" "Bolide Bob!" | Maria Perego and Alessandro Gatti | Alessandro Gatti | Ambra Arioli and Francesca Falasca | TBA[b] | [e] |
6 | "The Ghost" "Il fantasma notturno" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
7 | "Special Agent Gigio" "Agente speciale Scuola" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
8 | "I'm So Attractive" "Super attraente" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
9 | "Mr. Garden" "Il tagliaerba robot" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
10 | "Bling Bling" "Bling Bling!" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
11 | "The Comet" "La cometa" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
12 | "Zoe's Secret Diary" "Il diario segreto di Zoe" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
13 | "Disaster Flavor Cookies" "Biscotti al gusto disastro!" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA[b] | TBA |
14 | "The Great Escape" "La grande fuga" | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Topo Gigio first premiered in Italy on Rai YoYo on October 5, 2020, [6] with an Italian dub, although 13 episodes were released prior to RaiPlay on April 8, 2020, [4] in order to cheer up Italian families during wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
The original English version was first broadcast on Canal Panda's Spanish feed, on its English-language audio track, [8] on July 1, 2021. [9] It also aired on the English-language audio track [10] of Discovery Kids in Latin America on October 18, 2021. [11]
Two episodes were released prior to ForFun Entertainment's Vimeo channel on October 1 and October 3, 2019 ("Journey to Mars" and "Bob the Bomb" respectively). These two episodes have a different opening sequence for the show that was not used in the finalized version; the footage of it still remains remotely the same. Another episode was uploaded on July 2, 2020, "The Hiccup", now using the proper intro. [12]