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Pucca
Genre	Action-adventure Martial arts Slapstick comedy
Created by	Boo Kyoung Kim Calvin Kim
Directed by	Greg Sullivan Joon Won Lee (season 3)
Voices of	Jetix/Canada era: Tabitha St. Germain Brian Drummond Chantal Strand Lee Tockar Season 3 (Love Recipe): Jeonghwa Yang Shin Yong-woo Beom-gi Hong (Korean version) Park Si-yoon (Korean version) Doug Erholtz (English version) Melissa Fahn (English version)
Theme music composer	Plus-Tech Squeeze Box (season 1–2) Yoon Joo-Hyeon, Kim-wook (Love Recipe)
Opening theme	"Pucca Funny Love" (seasons 1–2) "Love Recipe" (season 3)
Ending theme	"Pucca Funny Love" (Extended) (seasons 1–2) "Pucca's Sweet Love" (season 3)
Composer	Hal Beckett
Country of origin	Canada (2006–08) South Korea
Original languages	English Korean
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	65 (191 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Chris Bartleman Blair Peters Michael Lekes (season 1) Marc Buhaj (season 2) Yong Wook Kim (season 3)
Producers	Kirsten Newlands (season 1) Lori Lozinski (season 2) Byong Pil Kong (season 3)
Running time	21 minutes (whole) 7 minutes (separate) 2 minutes (whole) 1 minutes (separate)
Production companies	Studio B Productions (2006–08) Bazooka Studio (2018–19)
Original release
Network	Toon Disney/Jetix
Release	18 September 2006 (2006-09-18) – 1 August 2008 (2008-08-01)
Network	MBC TV
Release	10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) – 31 October 2019 (2019-10-31)

Pucca (Korean: 짜장소녀 뿌까; RR: Jjajang Sonyeo Ppukka) is an animated comedy television series based on a series of shorts created by the South Korean company VOOZ Character System. The series revolves around Pucca, a young girl who is in love and infatuated with a ninja named Garu. The series has aired on Champ TV and MBC TV in Korea. The series has also aired on Toon Disney's Jetix block in the U.S., and on the international Jetix channels throughout Europe and Latin America. In Canada, the show had aired on Family Channel.

Pucca premiered in 2006, with a set of 26 episodes (78 segments). The second season of the show, consisting of 13 episodes (39 segments), began airing in 2008 after it was ordered to be created by Jetix Europe. In October 2018, a third season was announced by Planeta Junior, a company within Planeta Group. The third season aired in South Korea on 10 December 2018 on MBC TV, and 19 December 2018 on Tooniverse. It consists of 26 episodes (76 segments). The third season of Pucca, titled "Pucca: Love Recipe" in English, released on Netflix on 31 December 2019 before being removed on 29 June 2023.

In total, not including the past online aired episodes of the show, this brought the number of created segments to 191. The main theme song is also sung in Korean.

Summary

The series focuses on the adventures of an 11-year-old noodle delivery girl named Pucca, who typically does not speak. She works in a local restaurant called the Goh-Rong in her town called Sooga Village, owned by her three uncles where their main dish is Jajangmyeon noodles. Her love interest is a 13-year-old ninja named Garu, who also does not speak. Garu is a committed ninja in training that has a serious demeanour, valuing his own company and silence, often seeing moments in which Pucca chases Garu and tries to kiss him. Pucca has a best friend named Ching, an 11-year-old that practices Jian swordsmanship. Ching has a pet chicken named Won who always sits on her head, and is in love with a boy named Abyo, a 14-year-old who pays no attention to her and only has interests in Kung-Fu and impressing other girls.

In the third season, there is an overarching plot surrounding the rivalry between Goh-Rong and a new local restaurant titled Dong King Restaurant (which was originally titled to be BonaSera in the trailer). Ring Ring, a local 12-year-old fashion star, who appeared previously in the show and also grows a love interest to Garu, is also revealed to be the daughter of Dong King and works alongside him and his servants against Pucca and Dong King.

Episodes

Voice cast

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Pucca (TV series)

• Tabitha St. Germain as:
  • Pucca, the titular protagonist who communicates with giggling instead of speaking.
  • Ring Ring, Pucca's rival who is shown to be a good opera singer, ballerina, and contender.
• Brian Drummond as Garu, the ninja warrior of Sooga Village whom Pucca loves. The two of them interact by screaming and laughing.
• Chantal Strand as Ching, Pucca's best friend who manages Turtle Training Hall with her father.
• Lee Tockar as:
  • Abyo, an energetic and competitive, yet stubborn boy who is Garu's best friend.
  • Dada, a clumsy dishwasher and waiter at Goh-Rong Restaurant.
  • Tobe, the main antagonist who has a rivalry with Garu.

Pucca: Love Recipe

Korean version

• Yang Jeong-hwa [ko] as Pucca (uncredited)
• Shin Yong-woo [ko] as Garu (uncredited)
• Hong Beom-gi [ko] as Abyo
• Park Si-yoon [ko] as Ching
• Kim Hyeon-ji [ko] as Ring Ring
• So Junghwan [ko] as Uncle Dumpling
• Lee Sang-ho as Ho
• Hong Seung-hyo [ko] as Linguini
• Park Seung-tae [ko] as Tobe
• Hyeon Gyeong-soo [ko] as Fyah
• Kim Shin-woo as Chang
• Kang Seong-woo as Bruce

English version

• Yang Jeong-hwa [ko] as Pucca (archived recordings; uncredited)
• Shin Yong-woo [ko] as Garu (archival recordings; uncredited)
• Doug Erholtz as Abyo
• Melissa Fahn as Ching
• Karen Strassman as Ring Ring
• Kirk Thornton as Uncle Dumpling and Bruce
• Spike Spencer as Ho, Cassano, and Santa Claus
• Steve Canden as Linguini and Fyah
• Ben Pronsky as Tobe, Ayo, and Dandy
• Stephanie Sheh as Granny and Panky
• Todd Haberkorn as Chang and Dada
• Tony Azzolino as Ssoso
• Michael Sorich as Dong King, Jin, and Siva

Telecast and home media

Pucca has aired on Champ TV and MBC TV in Korea. The series has also aired on Toon Disney's Jetix block in the U.S., and on the international Jetix channels throughout Europe and Latin America. In Canada, the show had aired on Family Channel.

Awards

At the 2006 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the Pucca episode "A Force of Won" was "nominated for two awards, including the Prix Jeunesse in the Animation category." During the same year, Pucca won the Leo Awards for best screenwriting, along with "best overall in an animation program".

Music tour

A musical show for the series was held in Lima on 8 October 2009. This location was chosen because of Pucca being "one of the most beloved programs on Jetix's Latin American channel". The show repeated itself eight times from 8 to 11 October 2009.

See also

• Pucca – information about the Pucca franchise in general
• Canimals – another children's television series created by Voozclub

References

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2. "JCP and PUCCA ::: Jetix". 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
3. "Studio B Sees Pucca to TV". Cold Hard Flash. 22 January 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
4. "Planeta Junior Brings Pucca Back". 8 October 2018. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
5. "Korea-born character Pucca reimagined as 3D animation". 9 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
6. "Pucca Episode 26 | TVING". 14 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
7. "Pucca | Drupal". October 2018. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
8. "New Episodes Trickle into CN, Adult Swim, Kids WB". Firefox. 4 March 2008. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
9. "JCP and PUCCA ::: Jetix". 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
10. "Studio B Sees Pucca to TV". Cold Hard Flash. 22 January 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
11. Ryan Ball (2 October 2006). "Jetix Europe Orders More Pucca". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
12. "2006 Leo Award Nominees & Winners" (PDF). 14 November 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2020.
13. "Annecy > About > Archives > 2006 > Official Selection". annecy.org. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
14. "Pucca y sus amigos darán espectáculo en Lima". El Comercio. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2010.

External links

• Pucca at IMDb

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