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 | Studija Dauka |
| Original release | |
| Network | Latvijas Televīzija |
| Release | 1985 – 1995 |
Fantadroms is a Latvian children's cartoon by the production company Studio Dauka. 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 eponymous hero of the show is a yellow shape shifting robot called Indrikis, who usually takes the form of a cat. He flies through the universe mediating various disputes between the other characters. One recurring dynamic in the show is the love triangle between Indrikis, Receklite; the flying purple cat-octopus with whom he is in love with, and the rat – who is in love with him. Other recurring characters include a cow, a (human) woman, 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" | TBD | TBD | 1984 |
| 1 | 1 | "The Laugh" | TBD | TBD | 1985 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Salt" | Ansis Bērziņš | TBD | 1985 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Fire" | TBD | TBD | 1985 |
| 4 | 4 | "Flowers" | Ansis Bērziņš | Ansis Bērziņš | 1992 |
| 5 | 5 | "Milk" | Ansis Bērziņš | Ansis Bērziņš | 1993 |
| 6 | 6 | "Ice Cream" | Aivars Rušmanis | Ansis Bērziņš, Uģis Segliņš | 1993 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Contest" | Dzintars Krūmiņš | Uģis Segliņš | 1993 |
| 8 | 8 | "Earthquake" | Jānis Kārkliņš | Uģis Segliņš | 1993 |
| 9 | 9 | "Feeding Bottle" | Aivars Rušmanis | Uģis Segliņš, Ansis Bērziņš | 1994 |
| 10 | 10 | "A Little House" | Jānis Kārkliņš | Ansis Bērziņš, Aldis Linē | 1994 |
| 11 | 11 | "Rainbow" | Dace Liepa | Ilze Skrastiņa, Ansis Bērziņš | 1994 |
| 12 | 12 | "Cocoa" | Ilze Ruska | 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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