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Kuu Kuu Harajuku
File:Kuu Kuu Harajuku logo.png
GenreComedy
Drama
Created byGwen Stefani
Based onHarajuku Lovers brand
by Gwen Stefani
Developed bySteve Aranguren
Gillian Carr
Madellaine Paxson
Directed byGillian Carr
Voices ofIan Bliss
Natalie Bond
Jacquie Brennan
Lyall Brooks
Maggie Chretien
Paul Henri
Emma Taylor-Isherwood
Sally Taylor-Isherwood
Daisy Masterman
Charlotte Nicdao
Danny Smith
ComposersChristopher Elves
Mark McDuff
Country of originCanada
Malaysia
Australia
United States[1]
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersCherrie Bottger
Gillian Carr
Low Huoi Seong
Gwen Stefani
Frank Taylor
ProducersGillian Carr
Shelley Dresden (season 2)[2]
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesTitle Entertainment Inc.
Vision Animation
Moody Street Productions
Red Flags Fly
DHX Media
Original release
NetworkEleven
ReleaseNovember 1, 2015 (2015-11-01) –
present (present)

Kuu Kuu Harajuku (originally titled KooKoo Harajuku[2]) is an animated children's television series created by Gwen Stefani for Network Ten,[4] based on her Harajuku Lovers brand. The series debuted on Eleven in Australia on November 1, 2015.[5] Kuu Kuu Harajuku is produced by Title Entertainment Inc. and DHX Media in Canada, Vision Animation in Malaysia, Moody Street Productions in Australia, and Red Flags Fly in the United States. Season 2 of the series is currently in production, and season 3 is in pre-production.[6]

Plot

Kuu Kuu Harajuku features G and the Harajuku Girls as they live in Harajuku. They form a band together, HJ5, but something always interrupts their gigs.

Characters

Main characters

  • G (voiced by Maggie Chretien) is the leader of HJ5. She keeps her band together, and is not afraid of any challenge. G's representation colors are white, black, and aqua, and she represents bows.
  • Love (voiced by Daisy Masterman) is the genius of HJ5. She often comes up with inventions, though some of them backfire. Love's representation color is red, and she represents hearts.
  • Angel (voiced by Emma Taylor-Isherwood) is the resident fashionista of HJ5. She loves kawaii fashions and trends, and can cheer others with her jokes. Angel's representation colors are yellow and blue, and she represents stars.
  • Music (voiced by Sally Taylor-Isherwood) is the active tomboy of HJ5. She is a sassy and fierce force of the band, as well as an exceptional fighter. Music's representation color is purple, and she represents musical notes.
  • Baby (voiced by Charlotte Nicdao) is the sweetest member of HJ5. She adores everything that she thinks is cute, and also loves to give hugs. Baby's representation color is pink, and she represents cuteness.
  • Rudolph "Rudie" Rhodes (voiced by Danny Smith) is the manager of HJ5. His back luck tends to get him and the others in trouble, but he deeply cares about their safety. He wears checkered-themed clothes.

Recurring characters

  • Chewie, HJ5's pet dog.
  • Jimmy, Rudie's nephew and aspiring photographer.
  • Twisty T, music producer and millionaire.
  • Mauve Madison, talk show host and TV personality.
  • Colonel Spyke, captain of the Harajuku Defense Squad.

Villains

  • General NoFun, notorious leader of Nofunland.
  • Commander Boring, high-ranking solider of General NoFun.
  • Madame Shhh
  • Sammy Stars, Rudie's rival and music manager.
  • Say Wah
  • Phillipa Crop
  • Monotone

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byStoryboarded byAustralian air dateU.S. air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1a"Totally Teen Genie"Gillian CarrTim BainRod AmadorTBAOctober 3, 20161.09[7]
Angel uses a teen genie's three wishes to help HJ5 win a trophy.
1b"Angel's Flight"Gillian CarrRhonda Smiley and James HerethLeisl AdamsTBAOctober 3, 20161.09[7]
When an unflattering picture of Angel is posted online, she's determined to restore her reputation.
2a"Music Baby"Gillian CarrMadellaine PaxsonMike GeigerTBAOctober 4, 20161.00[8]
The girls have been booked in an underground club in Newfunland.
2b"Wanted Audience"Gillian CarrBrendan LunoMichelle KuTBAOctober 4, 20161.00[8]
HJ5's audience is missing from their gig.
3a"Game Over"Gillian CarrTania LacyJeff WhiteTBAOctober 5, 20161.03[9]
Say Wah sucks the band into a computer game.
3b"Phony Ponies"Gillian CarrTim BainMike GeigerTBAOctober 5, 20161.03[9]
Baby and her pet unicorn compete in the Pony-Corn Cup.
4a"Hello Puppy"Gillian CarrElizabeth KeyishianJeff White and Mike GeigerTBAOctober 6, 20160.91[10]
G is given a puppy, Chewie.
4b"G, This Is Awfully Deep"Gillian CarrRhonda Smiley and James HerethJosé PouTBAOctober 6, 20160.91[10]
HJ5's stage drops into a sinkhole.
5a"Baby's Birthday"Gillian CarrAnn Austen and Obie Scott WadeJeff WhiteTBAOctober 7, 20160.87[11]
Baby opens up her birthday present before its ready and releases one of Love's inventions.
5b"Labor of Love"Gillian CarrRhonda Smiley and James HerethMichelle KuTBAOctober 7, 20160.87[11]
A computer virus Sparkski is unleashed on HJ5's headquarters.
6a"Bad Boy and Little Girl"Gillian CarrMadellaine PaxsonMike GeigerTBAOctober 8, 20160.82[12]
Baby gets stuck in the cockpit of Harajuku's Mecha Robot.
6b"Yummy Bear Nado"Gillian CarrAdam Long and Steve ArangurenLeisl AdamsTBAOctober 8, 20160.82[12]
Love befriends a Monster Pet who upgrades her latest weather invention.
7a"Drums of Doom"Gillian CarrBecky OvertonMichelle KuTBAOctober 15, 20160.84[13]
When Angel forgets to practice drumming, the magical drums fight back.
7b"Adventures in Housesitting"Gillian CarrEddie GuzelianMike GeigerTBAOctober 15, 20160.84[13]
Rudie gets HJ5 an audition with Twisty T, a music producer.
8a"The Kawaiifier"Gillian CarrSue RoseLiesl AdamsTBAOctober 22, 20160.82[14]
Love reveals the Kawaiifier for the Kawaii-fication Festival.
8b"Super Kawaii Sunday"Gillian CarrMirith J. ColaoAllan JefferyTBAOctober 22, 20160.82[14]
A photographer's camera for a cover magazine contest goes wrong due to an overload on kawaii.
9a"Delectabubbles"Gillian CarrElizabeth KeyishanMike GeigerTBAOctober 29, 20160.76[15]
The band play at Bubble Land.
9b"Kablooey Chewie"Gillian CarrBrendan LunoJosé PouTBAOctober 29, 20160.76[15]
Chewie is launched into space and clones himself inside the rocket.
10a"Water Baby"Gillian CarrBrendan LunoMichelle KuTBANovember 5, 20160.65[16]
A group of Octacorns crack the dome ceiling during HJ5's gig.
10b"Music Zoo"Gillian CarrSteve Aranguren (story)
Ann Austen and Obie Scott Wade		Jeff Amey and Jamie LeClaireTBANovember 5, 20160.65[16]
Music becomes her alter-ego Muzaka, but the girls need to get the real Music back when their concert at the zoo is ruined.
11a"The Dotted Line"Gillian CarrEddie GuzelianJosé PouTBANovember 12, 20160.73[17]
HJ5 is offered a record contract only if they change everything about themselves.
11b"Life Is but a Dream"Gillian CarrAdam Long and Steve ArangurenJennifer MyersTBANovember 12, 20160.73[17]
Love invents a machine that lets the girls share a dream concert to help G with her case of stage fright.
12a"Oh, G"Gillian CarrRhonda Smiley and James HerethLeisl AdamsTBANovember 19, 20161.18[18]
A painting by Pigment comes to life and roams the city.
12b"Greenhouse"
"Green House"[19]		Gillian CarrEddie GuzelianLeisl AdamsTBANovember 19, 20161.18[18]
Rudie forgets to tell HJ5 that he promised Twisty T the girls will take care of his prize rose garden.
13a"Control + Alt + Dimension"
"Control Plus Alt Plus Dimension"[20]		Gillian CarrEddie GuzelianMichelle KuTBAFebruary 4, 20170.71[21]
Love invents a gizmo that sends her to another dimension.
13b"Angel Hair"Gillian CarrMadellaine Paxson (story)
Ann Austen and Obie Scott Wade		Mike GeigerTBAFebruary 4, 20170.71[21]
Rudie gives Angel a makeover.
14a"Inside Job"Gillian CarrBrendan LunoMike GeigerTBAFebruary 11, 2017TBD
Rudie accidentally shrinks the girls and a Monster Pet eats them.
14b"Sea Monkeying Around"Gillian CarrBrendan LunoJosé Pou and Leisl AdamsTBAFebruary 11, 2017TBD
Another one of Rudie's promotions go wrong at the Lo Lo Sea Mall.
15a"Trust Your Inner Uniphant"Gillian CarrElizabeth KeyishanJeff WhiteTBAFebruary 25, 2017TBD
Rudie tells Zookeeper Smythe that the girls are experts in handling the Uniphants.
15b"Starr Power"Gillian CarrKevin NemethMichelle KuTBAFebruary 25, 2017TBD
Sammy Starr signs HJ5.
16a"Zero G"Gillian CarrMadellaine PaxsonTBATBAMarch 4, 2017TBD
Aliens are insulted by an HJ5 song and interrupt their concert.
16b"Angel Food"Gillian CarrSteve ArangurenTBATBAMarch 4, 2017TBD
A hoard of hungry Monster Pets mistake HJ5 for their next meal when the band dress in food costumes for their gig.
17a"Happy Slam"Gillian CarrSteve Aranguren and Adam LongJeff WhiteTBAApril 7, 2017TBD
Rudie borrows one of Love's discarded experiments, the Movement Enhancer.
17b"Retro Fiasco"Gillian CarrTim BainJose PouTBAApril 7, 2017TBD
A shop full of retro clothing takes over the mall.
18a"HJ10"Gillian CarrBrendan LunoMike GeigerTBAApril 14, 2017TBD
Alien shape-shifters who look like HJ5 arrive in Harajuku for their upcoming invasion.
18b"Waves of Love"Gillian CarrTania Lacy and Steve ArangurenLeisl AdamsTBAApril 14, 2017TBD
Love has to choose between staying with the band and taking a job at Harajuku University.
19a"Sand and Deliver"Gillian CarrBrendan LunoRod AmadorTBAApril 21, 2017TBD
A lightning strike brings the sand bunnies at the Harajuku Sand Sculpture competition to life.
19b"Moods Meow"Gillian CarrMirith ColaoJosé PouTBAApril 21, 2017TBD
HJ5 must rescue Moods Meow the grumpy cat before their gig is cancelled.
20a"Yeti in the House"Gillian CarrSue RoseMichelle KuTBAApril 28, 2017TBD
HJ5 help a misunderstood yeti make it back home.
20b"The Young and the Reckless"
"The Young and Reckless"[22]		Gillian CarrTim BainJeff WhiteTBAApril 28, 2017TBD
Stegosaurus Stan changes everyone in the Harajuku Retirement Home into children to win back glory.
21a"Brodie on Board"Gillian CarrTim BainMichelle KuTBAMay 5, 2017TBD
HJ5 hires Rudie's young cousin Brodie as an intern.
21b"Womzilla"Gillian CarrKevin NemethJeff WhiteTBAMay 5, 2017TBD
Rudie accidentally unleashes a great wombat on Harajuku when trying to make a film.
22a"Emotizoms"Gillian CarrTim BainLiesl AdamsTBAMay 12, 2017TBD
Rudie brings a box of emoticuddles to the wedding of the year.
22b"The Big Time"Gillian CarrRhonda Smiley and James HerethMike GeigerTBAMay 12, 2017TBD
Baby's interactive Queueby doll becomes big when he runs into an experimental fertilizer.
23a"Un-Bear-able"Gillian CarrJames BatesTBATBAMay 19, 2017TBD
Rudie uses a new toy bear that says uncomfortable things to apologize to Angel for hurting her feelings.
23b"Snowy the Frostman"TBATBATBATBAMay 19, 2017TBD
The Sporty Fun Sports mascot tries to destroy Rudie.
24a"Kawaii Cake Mix Up"Gillian CarrBecky OvertonMichelle KuTBAJune 2, 2017TBD
The girls shrink themselves onto the top of a cupcake to search for a micro-sized USB key that contains their latest song.
24b"Angel Fever"Gillian CarrSteve Aranguren and Adam LongNeil HunterTBAJune 2, 2017TBD
The city of Harajuku falls under the spell of Angel's new shoes.
25a"Candy Blossom Flower Festival"Gillian CarrMirith J. ColaoMichelle KuTBAJune 9, 2017TBD
Shu Shu the Silver Shimmer Squirrel transfers some of his powers onto Music when he gives her a kiss on the forehead.
25b"Princess Power"Gillian CarrBrendan LunoLeisl AdamsTBAJune 9, 2017TBD
Rudie accidentally causes a mechanical dragon stage prop to go berserk at one of the girls gigs.
26a"Hark! A Quarkle!"Gillian CarrRay BoseleyMichelle Ku and Leisl AdamsTBAJune 16, 2017TBD
Love accidentally creates the Quarkle, an energy organism, and the girls have to track it down before it runs Jo Jo Julie's new fashion launch.
26b"The Ends of the Earth"Gillian CarrEddie GuzelianDrew EdwardsTBAJune 16, 2017TBD
G and the gang use Love's time machine to keep returning to the past until they find a way to play their gig without ending the world.

Release

Broadcast

Kuu Kuu Harajuku debuted on Eleven in Australia on November 1, 2015,[5] and later premiered on ABC Me on December 6, 2016.[23] In the United States, the series premiered on Nickelodeon on October 3.[24] Later, it was moved to Nick Jr. on February 3, 2017.[25] The series also aired on Family Channel in Canada on November 1, 2016.[26]

Home media

Shout Factory owns the home video rights in North America.[27]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients and nominees Result References
2016 Asian Television Award Best 2D Animation Programmme Vision Animation, Network Ten, Eleven Nominated [28]

Notes

References

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  3. ^ ""KUU-KUU HARAJUKU KICKS OFF GLOBAL TOUR"". Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help). DHX Media.
  4. ^ Mercedes Milligan (April 12, 2015). "Gwen Stefani's 'Kuu-Kuu Harajuku' Unveiled". Animation Magazine. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Jenny (October 27, 2015). "'Kuu Kuu Harajuku' Premiering in Australia Nov. 1 (Updated)". Beacon Street Online. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  6. ^ "Kuu Kuu Harajuku". Moody Street Productions. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (October 4, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.3.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  8. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (October 5, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.4.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  9. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (October 6, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.5.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  10. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (October 7, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.6.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  11. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (October 10, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.7.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  12. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (October 11, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.8.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  13. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (October 18, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.15.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  14. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (October 25, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.22.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  15. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (November 1, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.29.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  16. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (November 8, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.5.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  17. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (November 15, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.12.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  18. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (November 22, 2016). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.19.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  19. ^ "Oh, G; Green House". Screener. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  20. ^ "Control Plus Alt Plus Dimension; Angel Hair". Screener. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  21. ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (February 7, 2017). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.4.2017". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  22. ^ "Yeti in the House; The Young and Reckless". Screener. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  23. ^ Kuu Kuu Harajuku (December 2, 2016). "Hello Australia!". Facebook. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  24. ^ "Nickelodeon to Premiere New Animated Series Kuu Kuu Harajuku from Global Superstar Gwen Stefani on Monday, Oct. 3, at 4:00 p.m. (ET/PT)". Business Wire. September 13, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  25. ^ "Nick Jr". Screener. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  26. ^ Kuu Kuu Harajuku (November 1, 2016). "Hello Canada!". Facebook. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  27. ^ http://kidscreen.com/2017/02/07/shout-factory-stays-home-with-stefanis-harajuku/
  28. ^ "FULL LIST: Winners, Asian Television Awards 2016". Rappler. December 3, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
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