Mouk
- disambiguation: for the language see Mouk-Aria language
| Mouk | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, preschool, educational |
| Created by | Marc Boutavant |
| Developed by | Millimages |
| Directed by | Francois Narboux |
| Voices of |
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| Country of origin | France |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 62 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Roch Lener,Jonothan Peel |
| Editor | Alain Lavalle |
| Running time | approximately 11 minutes per episode |
| Production company | Millimages |
| Original release | |
| Network | France 5 (France) Disney Junior (UK) KI.KA (Germany) ABC Kids (Australia) Carousel (Russia) |
| Release | September 19, 2011 – Present |
| Related | |
| Louie and Friends | |
Mouk is an animated television series (62 x 11') produced by the French company Millimages, adapted from the work of Marc Boutavant, and directed by François Narboux.[1] It premiered on Disney Junior (UK). According to Millimages, a 2nd season of 104 11-minute episodes and 30 1 minute episodes are currently in production.
Synopsis
Mouk and Chavapa are two globetrotters cycling around the world.
From Ouagadougou to New York, from Australia to Madagascar and Greece, the two buddies discover the world and its inhabitants... And as everything's different from home, adventure is always at the end of the road!
Join them as they discover a modern, realistic and colourful world. Surprising characters, breathtaking landscapes or unknown traditions: our two travellers discover foreign worlds... Beyond all differences, they share a beautiful experience and make friends from all over the world.
Each episode begins with Mouk and Chavapa chatting via webcam to their friends Popo and Mita back home. The friends say how excited they are to tell Mouk and Chavapa something interesting that has happened to them, but before they can, Mouk interrupts with a story of his travels. The friends usually do not get the chance to tell their story.
Cast
| Characters | French voices voice direction Thomas Guitard, Philippe Roullier |
English voices voice direction Matthew Géczy |
Polish voices | Japanese voices | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Mouk | Gwenaelle Jegou | Rachel Williams | Agnieszka Mrozińska | Yumi Uchiyama (内山夕実) |
| Chavapa | Céline Ronté | Tania Farchy | Jakub Mróz | Miki Fukui (福井美樹) | |
| Popo | Catherine Desplaces | Lisa Jacobs | - | Ikumi Nakagami (中上育実) | |
| Mita | Maryne Bertieaux | Lisa Jacobs | - | Iho Matsukubo (松久保いほ) | |
| Secondary | Boys | Geneviève Doang, Bruno Méyère Catherine Desplaces |
Lisa Jacobs, Antony Hickling | - | - |
| Girls | Geneviève Doang Maryne Bertieaux |
Lisa Jacobs | - | - | |
| Men | Thomas Guitard, Philippe Roullier Bruno Méyère, Arnaud Arbessier |
Joseph Sheridan, Antony Hickling Saul Jephcott |
- | - | |
| Women | Catherine Desplaces Céline Ronté |
Lisa Jacobs | - | - | |
| Title song performer | Rehann Duplessy | Aurélie Guillier | - | Risa Shimizu (清水理沙) | |
Characters
Main
- Mouk, the show's namesake is a brown bear
- Chavapa, his companion, is a gray beaver( season 1 episode 11, Mita makes a "joke" about a beaver "aka" Chavapa in a scarf)
- Mita is a girl they correspond with via computer
- Popo is Mita's brother, who they also speak with
Recurring
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- Abby/Abey and Tadi are Canadians who appear in "Shooting Star" and "Hockey"
- Bouba lives in Africa and appears in "Good as New" and "The Whistling Language"
- Cassandra lives in Crete in Greece and appears in "Bicycle Race", "Little Fish Grow Up", "The (Olive/Village) Festival", "Pottery" and the game
- Jiropo lives in Venezuela and appears in "Instruments Do Grow on Trees" and the game
- Kalpita lives in India and appears in "Holi" and "The Indian Vase"
- Lin(h) Hue lives in Vietnam and appears in "The Bamboo Plantation" and "Puppet Masters"
- Miko lives in Tokyo in Japan and appears in "Runaway Robot" and the game
Crew
- Director : François Narboux
- Producers : Roch Lener, Jonathan Peel
- Music : Mathias Duplessy
- Studio directors : Sandrine Arnault, Marc Dhrami
- Head of production : Séverine Modzelewski
- Production manager : Marie-Hélène Vernerie
- 1st assistants : Julien Cayot, Michaël Armellino
- Head of storyboard : Jeanne Meister
- Head of backgrounds : Jérôme Florencie, Catherine Chunleau
- Head of colour backgrounds : Prisca Le Tandé
- Head of animation : Christophe Calissoni
- Animation supervisors : Michaël Armellino, Thomas Digard
- Editor : Alain Lavallé
- Script editors : Florence Marchal, Victoria Wilson, Juliette Turner
- 2nd assistants : Balthazar Chapuis, Mathias Cottreau, Hugues Proust, Yann Popelier, Aude Marchand
- Story boarders : Pierre Cerruti, Stéphane Beau, Frédérick Boisseau, Vincent Fouache, Philippe Leconte, Gilles Dayez, Mizuho Zanovello, David Encinas
- Backgrounds : Aleksandar Dzoni, Bruno Couchinho
- Colour backgrounds : Nicolas Pauchont, Aurélie Raphaël, Sejung Kim
- Layout artists : Christian Fiche, Virginie Morgand, Olivier Montenon, Vincent Mahé
- Characters & Props designers : Marc Boutavant, Jessica Das, Virginie Morgand
- Flash designers : Graziella Petrini, Eléonore Richardfoy, Balthazar Chapuis, Bérengère Le Gall
- Videoboarders : Alain Lavallé, Mike Guermyet
- Animators : Christophe N'Guyen, Julien Cayot, Raphaël Chabassol, Adeline Monin, Sébastien d'Abrigeon
- Sound design : Bruno Guéraçague
- Sound mix : Bruno Mercère
- Title sequence : Pozla
List of episodes
 | It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled list of Mouk episodes. (Discuss) (July 2016) |
| N° | Title | Country | Storyboard | Script | Summary | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Charm | Morocco | Jeanne Meister | Muriel Achery, Nathalie Vergès | TBA | TBA |
| 2 | The Desert Archaeologists | Algeria | Vincent Fouache | Muriel Achery | TBA | TBA |
| 3 | Urgent Delivery | Crete | Jeanne Meister | Muriel Achery | TBA | TBA |
| 4 | Stone Giants | Canada | Fred Boisseau | Baptiste Heidrich | TBA | TBA |
| 5 | The Birthday Present | Japan | Mizuho Zanovello | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | TBA | TBA |
| 6 | A Helping Hand | Senegal | Fred Boisseau | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | TBA | TBA |
| 7 | Turtle Time | Madagascar | Vincent Fouache | Gillian Corderoy | TBA | TBA |
| 8 | Whoops, we missed the Bus | Peru | Vincent Fouache | Baptiste Heidrich | TBA | TBA |
| 9 | The Great Crossing | Venezuela | Jeanne Meister | Baptiste Heidrich | TBA | TBA |
| 10 | Small is Beautiful | Japan | Mizuho Zanovello | Keith Brumpton | TBA | TBA |
| 11 | The Stick that walked away | Venezuela | Fred Boisseau | Charles Hodges | TBA | TBA |
| 12 | In the Paddy Fields | Vietnam | Vincent Fouache | Muriel Achery | TBA | TBA |
| 13 | Out of Contact | India | Stéphane Beau | Franck Salomé | in Darjeeling the boys meet Lalila who takes them to her uncle AJ to help fix their computer. | TBA |
| 14 | Holi | India | Fred Boisseau | Keith Brumpton | A little Indian girl named Kalpita aids the boys in celebrating Holi. | TBA |
| 15 | Goal | Brasil | Mizuho Zanovello | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | TBA | |
| 16 | In Search of the Yeti | China | Alexis Ducord | Keith Brumpton | TBA | TBA |
| 17 | Good as New ! | Senegal | Pierre Cerutti | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | Ousman teaches the boys to repair Bouba's bicycle after Mouk breaks it. | TBA |
| 18 | Bicycle Race | Crete | Stéphane Beau | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | Cassandra enters a bicycle race and the boys help her dad water the cyclists. | TBA |
| 19 | Viva la Pinata ! | Mexico | Vincent Fouache | Micha | It is Maya's birthday. | 26 September 2013 |
| 20 | Pink Dolphin | Venezuela | Fred Boisseau | Baptiste Heidrich | TBA | TBA |
| 21 | In Search of the Caribou | Canada | Alexis Ducord | Muriel Achery, Chris Arsonnaud | TBA | TBA |
| 22 | Don't judge a Cactus by its Prickles | United States | Pierre Cerutti | Gillian Corderoy | TBA | TBA |
| 23 | The Best Dressed Elephant | India | Stéphane Beau | Simon Jowett | The boys help the twin tigresses Meena and Mira look for Sabu the elephant so they can paint him for their grandmother's birthday. | 17 February 2013 |
| 24 | Star Struck | Australia | Vincent Fouache | Keith Brumpton | The boys get lost in the Outback. | 24 February 2013 |
| 25 | Yee Ha Cowboy | Argentina | Fred Boisseau | Baptiste Heidrich | Chaco the cowboy needs help gathering his herd of cattle back to his ranch. | 23 February 2014 |
| 26 | The Indian Vase | India | Gilles Dayez | Keith Brumpton | Kalpita welcomes the boys to stay with her. | 3 March 2013 |
| 27 | Paper Chase | Japan | Stéphane Beau | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | The boys hunt for treasure in a Tokyo park. | 10 March 2013 |
| 28 | Above the Trees | Venezuela | David Encinas | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | The boys traverse the Amazon River with Luis. | 17 March 2013 |
| 29 | Baobab Café | Madagascar | Pierre Cerutti | Gillian Corderoy | Anosy introduces the boys to her uncle and aunt. | 24 March 2013 |
| 30 | The Art of Milking a Yak | China | Fred Boisseau | Chris Parker | In Tibet the boys learn to milk a yak from their friend Pasang. | 31 March 2013 |
| 31 | Yummy, Maple Syrup ! | Canada | Vincent Fouache | Muriel Achery, Chris Arsonnaud | The boys learn to harvest maple syrup from a friend. | 7 April 2013 |
| 32 | Nile and Easy | Egypt | Gilles Dayez | Keith Brumpton | The boys visit the Nile River. | TBA |
| 33 | Wallabie's Rock | Australia | Stéphane Beau | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | TBA | TBA |
| 34 | Nazca | Peru | Fred Boisseau | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | TBA | TBA |
| 35 | The Cloud Catcher | Chile | Philippe Leconte | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | TBA | TBA |
| 36 | A Message for You | United States | Vincent Fouache | Baptiste Heidrich | TBA | TBA |
| 37 | Little Fish Grow Up | Crete | Pierre Cerutti | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | The boys help Cassandra's uncle release infant fish. | TBA |
| 38 | Runaway Robot | Japan | Gilles Dayez | Charles Hodges | TBA | TBA |
| 39 | Birdsong | China | Philippe Leconte | Baptiste Heidrich | The boys visit Hong Kong. | 2 June 2013 |
| 40 | Dinosaur Trail | United States | Stéphane Beau | Gillian Corderoy | The boys visit Tucson and his mother Sadona in Utah. Tucson's pet lizard Lucy runs away. | TBA |
| 41 | The Bamboo Plantation | Vietnam | Fred Boisseau | Muriel Achery, Chris Arsonnaud | Linh Hue plays hide and seek with the boys at her aunt's bamboo plantation. | 16 June 2013 |
| 42 | Hanami | Japan | Vincent Fouache | Jean Regnaud | Chavapa loses his camera to a crow during a celebration of Hanami. | 23 June 2013 |
| 43 | Shooting Stars | Canada | Philippe Leconte | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | Abey and Tadi's picnic is stolen. | 30 June 2013 |
| 44 | Wallabies' Clip | Australia | Stéphane Beau | Muriel Achery, Chris Arsonnaud | "The Wallabies" are a musical group but only the girl is named. | 16 November 2014 |
| 45 | Puppet Masters | Vietnam | Gilles Dayez | Chris Parker | Lin Hue puets on a puppet show. | 21 July 2013 |
| 46 | Bossa Nova | Brasil | Philippe Leconte | Sam Wilson | Miguel loses his music sheets. | 14 July 2013 |
| 47 | Rickshaw | India | Fred Boisseau | Micha | Seeking the Taj Mahal the boys must use a rickshaw to get there. | 6 June 2016 |
| 48 | Christmas in the Sun | Madagascar | Vincent Fouache | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | TBA | TBA |
| 49 | Souq Surprise | Morocco | Stéphane Beau | Lauren Beukes | TBA | TBA |
| 50 | Instruments do grow on Trees ! | Venezuela | Pierre Cerutti | Baptiste Heidrich | Mouk and Chavapa make instruments out of fruit with their Warao friends Raina and Joropo. | 24 August 2016 or earlier |
| 51 | Aurora Borealis | Finland | Philippe Leconte | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | It is Chavapa's birthday and the boys are in Lapland (Finland) and witness the aurora borealis with their friends Aki and Aku. | on or before 25 August 2016 |
| 52 | The Parrot Feather | Venezuela | Stéphane Beau | Jean Regnaud | A busted computer forces the boys to find another means of contacting Mina and Mita. | TBA |
| 53 | The Bird Hunt | Borneo | Fred Boisseau | Lauren Beukes | TBA | TBA |
| 54 | A Forgetful Day | Japan | Philippe Leconte | Charles Hodges | TBA | TBA |
| 55 | Two Wheeled Hero | Canada | Fred Boisseau | Chris Parker | TBA | TBA |
| 56 | Windmill | Australia | Philippe Leconte | Sam Wilson | Stranded in the outback the boys must team up with a grandmother, her granddaughter, and a father and his son to repair a windmill to retrieve water from a well. | TBA |
| 57 | Hockey | Canada | Stéphane Beau | Baptiste Heidrich | Abby and Taxi return. | TBA |
| 58 | Kabuki | Japan | Gilles Dayez | Nadège Girardot, Marie de Banville | The boys are introduced to Kabuki theatre in Tokyo. | 8 June 2014 |
| 59 | Pottery | Crete | Pierre Cerutti | Jean Regnaud | Cassandra needs pudding. | 15 June 2014 |
| 60 | The Olive Festival (aka The Village Festival) | Crete | Philippe Leconte | Muriel Achery, Chris Arsonnaud | the xylophone of Cassandra is broken so she can't sing in the festival | 22 June 2014 |
| 61 | The Barter | Morocco | Fred Boisseau | Marie Caroline Villand, Florence Le Couëdic | In the Sahara desert the boys go to a Berbers' camp, Chavapa resists trading. | 29 June 2014 |
| 62 | Whistling Language | Senegal | Stéphane Beau | Muriel Achery, Chris Arsonnaud | The boys reunite with Bouba | 20 December 2014 |
Broadcast
In Canada this airs on TVO Kids.[2]
Games
TVO Kids has a flash game based on the show where several regions can be explored with an associated character.[3]
- Canada with Anaroog
- Crete with Cassandra
- India with Palpita
- Japan with Miko
- Venezuela with Jiropo