Fantadroms
| Fantadroms | |
|---|---|
| Genre | science fiction |
| Directed by | Ansis Bērziņš |
| Country of origin | Latvian SSR, Latvia |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 7 min |
| Production company | |
| Release | |
| Original network | Latvijas Televīzija |
| Original release | 1985 – 1995 |
Fantadroms is a Latvian children's cartoon by the production company . It first aired in the Soviet Union in 1985. The show has no dialogue and drama unfolds through pantomime and expressive noises such as grunts, groans, and laughter. This allows the show to cross language barriers.
The episode "Salt" won the Lielais Kristaps award for best animation in 1985,[1] and further episodes were made sporadically until 1995.
In the early 1990s, Streamline Pictures was planning to release Fantadroms in the United States, but it was scrapped because the company thought the series was too bizarre for American audiences and that the person representing it did not actually have the rights to it.[2]
Plot[]
The main character of the show is a yellow shape-shifting robot called Indriķis XIII, who usually takes the form of a cat. He flies through the universe mediating various disputes between the other characters or saving them from disaster. One recurring dynamic in the show is the love triangle between Indrikis, Receklite (a flying purple cat-octopus with whom Indrikis is in love), and the rat (who is in love with Indrikis). Other recurring characters include a cow, two young humans, and an amorphous pink blob.
Episode list[]
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | pilot | "Takeoff Field of Fantasy" | TBA | TBA | 1984 |
| 1 | 1 | "The Laugh" | TBA | TBA | 1985 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Salt" | Ansis Bērziņš | TBA | 1985 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Fire" | TBA | TBA | 1985 |
| 4 | 4 | "Flowers" | Ansis Bērziņš | Ansis Bērziņš | 1992 |
| 5 | 5 | "Milk" | Ansis Bērziņš | Ansis Bērziņš | 1993 |
| 6 | 6 | "Ice Cream" | Ansis Bērziņš, | 1993 | |
| 7 | 7 | "The Contest" | Uģis Segliņš | 1993 | |
| 8 | 8 | "Earthquake" | Uģis Segliņš | 1993 | |
| 9 | 9 | "Feeding Bottle" | Aivars Rušmanis | Uģis Segliņš, Ansis Bērziņš | 1994 |
| 10 | 10 | "A Little House" | Jānis Kārkliņš | Ansis Bērziņš, | 1994 |
| 11 | 11 | "Rainbow" | , Ansis Bērziņš | 1994 | |
| 12 | 12 | "Cocoa" | Ansis Bērziņš, Aldis Linē | 1995 | |
| 13 | 13 | "Daddy" | Ilze Ruska | Ansis Bērziņš, Aldis Linē | 1995 |
References[]
- ^ "Laureāti". LielaisKristaps.lv.
- ^ "Streamline Pictures-Part 2". Cartoon Research.
External links[]
- Pasakas.net (in Latvian)
- Fantadroms at IMDb
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- 1990s children's television series
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- Latvian animated television series
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