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Oswaldo
Promotional poster. From left to right, Tobias, Oswaldo, and Leia.
Genre	Comedy Adventure
Created by	Pedro Eboli
Directed by	Pedro Eboli (S1) Antônio Linhares Beto Gomez (S2-)
Voices of	Joel Vieira Melissa Garcia Vini Wolf Mabel Cezar Francisco Jr. Pedro Eboli
Ending theme	"MEOW MEOW" by StevenAL
Composer	Submarino Fantástico
Country of origin	Brazil India
Original languages	Portuguese English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Luciana Eguti Paulo Muppet Vanessa Remonti
Producer	Janaína de Castro Alves
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Birdo Studio Symbiosys Entertainment
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network TV Cultura
Release	October 11, 2017 (2017-10-11) – January 27, 2021 (2021-01-27)

Oswaldo is an animated television series created by Pedro Eboli for Cartoon Network. The series was produced in Brazil by Birdo Studio, while the second season to the fourth and final season was produced in association with the Indian studio Symbiosys Entertainment. It first premiered on Cartoon Network in Brazil on October 11, 2017 and on TV Cultura on October 29, 2017.

The series is produced by Birdo Studio, which is notoriously recognized as one of the main Brazilian animation studios and gained worldwide fame by creating and developing the mascots of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics. The studio also developed the short films involving the 2 mascots that were shown on Cartoon Network Brazil during the period prior to the games.

The show was a runner-up for an idea pitching project in Brazil, back in 2014, with 'Cartoon.Job' being the overall winner, however it was eventually picked up for a full series.

On September 23, 2017, it was announced that the series had its international distribution rights secured by Kid Glove. On February 7, 2018, it was announced the show had been renewed for a 39-episode second season starting June 3, 2019.

The title sequence of the show was done by Dutch-American director Fons Schiedon.

Plot

Oswaldo shows the daily life of a 12-year old penguin who is in the 6th grade. Together with his friends Tobias and Leia, he faces the challenge of surviving school. With agile humor and a lot of bites from Brazilian pop culture, the series follows the title character and his immense ability to transform the simplest situations in life into epic journeys. Oswaldo's oddities are part of the daily life of his family and friends who understand that it is our eccentricities that make each of us special.

Characters

Oswaldo (voiced by Joel Vieira) A 12-year-old penguin.
Leia (voiced by Melissa Garcia) Oswaldo's best friend.
Tobias (voiced by Vini Wolf) Oswaldo's best friend.

Voice cast

Brazilian Portuguese cast

Joel Vieira as Oswaldo
Melissa Garcia as Leia
Vini Wolf as Tobias

Episodes

Main article: List of Oswaldo episodes

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	13	October 11, 2017 (2017-10-11)	January 1, 2018 (2018-01-01)
2	13	June 3, 2019 (2019-06-03)	August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26)
3	13	January 6, 2020 (2020-01-06)	March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18)
4	13	November 4, 2020 (2020-11-04)	January 27, 2021 (2021-01-27)

International release

Country / Region	Channel	Series premiere	Title in country

Brazil	Cartoon Network TV Cultura	October 11, 2017 October 29, 2017	Oswaldo
France	Gulli Canal J	November 30, 2019	Oswaldo
South Korea	Tooniverse	February 1, 2019	크레이지 펭! 오스왈도 (Crazy Penguin Oswaldo)
Southeast Asia	Disney Channel	February 2, 2019	Oswaldo
Middle East and North Africa	Cartoon Network MENA	18 August 2019	أوزوالدو
Latin America	Cartoon Network	August 16, 2018	Oswaldo
Israel	Arutz HaYeladim	2019	אוסוולדו
Italy	Boing (Italy) Cartoon Network (Italy)	January 28, 2019	Oswaldo
Turkey	Cartoon Network Turkey	2019	Oswaldo
Hungary Romania Czech Republic Slovenia Serbia	Minimax	2021	Oswaldo (Hungary/Romania) Osvaldo (Czechia/Slovenia/Serbia)
United Kingdom	CBBC	July 25, 2022	Oswaldo

References

"Birdo, Symbiosys partner for Oswaldo". C21media. Archived from the original on 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
(September 15, 2017), "Oswaldo New Show Premieres 11th October On Cartoon Network Brazil," Regular Capital. Retrieved September 15, 2017
(October 6, 2017) "Oswaldo: TV Cultura premieres Brazilian animation this month Archived 2018-08-31 at the Wayback Machine," ANMTV Brasil (in portuguese). Retrieved October 6, 2017
(October 6, 2017), "Pitching Cartoon Network," Fórum Brasil de Televisão (in portuguese, retrieved through Wayback Machine). Retrieved October 6, 2017
(October 26, 2017), "Oswaldo," Kid Glove. Retrieved October 26, 2017
"Oswaldo: Brazilian Animation Receives New Season" ANMTV Brasil (in portuguese). Retrieved June 1, 2018
"Oswaldo, la nouvelle série d'animation venue tout droit du Brésil fait son arrivée sur Canal J à partir du 30 novembre".

External links

Cartoon Network co-productions

American

Former

2000s debuts	Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–05) Transformers: Animated (2007–09)
2010s debuts	Pink Panther and Pals (2010) Robotomy (2010–11)

European

Current

Totally Spies! (since 2003) (also Canadian)
The Amazing World of Gumball (since 2011)
Kral Şakir (since 2016)
Jade Armor (since 2022)
The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe (since 2022) (full series)

Former

2000s debuts	Fat Dog Mendoza (2000–01) The Cramp Twins (2001–06) Spaced Out (2001–05) Robotboy (2005–08) Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (2006–07) The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers (2006; also Canadian) Skatoony (2006–08) My Spy Family (2007–10) Skunk Fu! (2007-08) The Mr. Men Show (2008–09) Chop Socky Chooks (2008; also Canadian) The Garfield Show (2009–16)
2010s debuts	Hero: 108 (2010–12) The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe (2017) (miniseries) Power Players (2019–20)
2020s debuts	Elliott from Earth (2021)

Canadian

Current

Total Drama Island (since 2023) (revival series)

Former

1990s debuts	O Canada (1997–2002)
2000s debuts	Atomic Betty (2004–06) (also European) Gerald McBoing-Boing (2005–06) Storm Hawks (2007–09) Best Ed (2008–09) Johnny Test (2008–14) Total Drama (2008–14) George of the Jungle (Season 1 only, 2007–08) Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (2009–11)
2010s debuts	Grojband (2013–15) Supernoobs (Season 1 only, 2015–16) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (TV series) (2017) Mega Man: Fully Charged (2018–19; also Asia Pacific) Bakugan: Battle Planet (2018–21; also Asia Pacific) Total DramaRama (2018–23)

Asia Pacific

Former

2000s debuts	The Big O II (2003) Pecola (2003) Immortal Grand Prix (2003, 2005–06) Powerpuff Girls Z (2006–07) Transformers: Animated (2007–09)
2010s debuts	Roll No 21 (2010) Exchange Student Zero (2015) Lamput (2017–22)
2020s debuts	Monster Beach (2020) Tom and Jerry (in Singapore) (2023)

Latin American

Current

Villainous (since 2017)

Former

2000s debuts	Santo vs The Clones (2004)
2010s debuts	La CQ (2012–14) Jorel's Brother (2014-present) Oswaldo (2017–21) Ninjin (2019–21)
2020s debuts	Frankelda's Book of Spooks (2021)

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