Cococinel was a French-Belgian children's television cartoon. Directed by Raymond Burlet and written by Yolande Baillet and Jean Montagné, 104 episodes of the animated cartoon were made in 1992, divided into 2 seasons [1] The main character is a ladybird who has a magic four-leaf clover with incredible powers, it made her strong and thanks of this Cococinel defends her forest city called Cocoland from terrible threats. Also some times, aided by her friends, teaches about ecology and the environment.[2]
Synopsis
Cococinel is an adorable heroine who, throughout her adventures, knows how to familiarize young children with the life of Nature and show them that protecting it is an absolute priority today.Oscarabus, the bus beetle, takes a whole jovial gang to the school every morningComposed, among others, of Ben-Oui and Ben-Non : the funny twins, of Cocobleu : the absent-minded poet, of CocoMauve : the eternal complainer, and, of course, of Cococinel, always ready to help her friends solve their little problems.Everything would be fine if Cocoland was not regularly threatened by envious and jealous predators.Fortunately Cococinel watches over, and thanks to the powers of her magic clover, she preserves the balance of the small community.
Home video releases
- In the UK, the English version was released on two VHS cassettes with each of them containing eleven episodes. Exactly the same as the French VHS version with eleven episodes separated by title cards in each episode.
- In Germany it had a single release on VHS. Combining many of the episodes dubbed in German to form a kind of film, the German dubbing was released exclusively for VHS, it was not broadcast on television.
- In 2008, Europacorp released a DVD with the complete series, with quite good resolution. Unfortunately, very few units were manufactured, so few that to this day none can be found, not even second-hand. and it was the first non-vintage article in the series and also the last
- Many of the Cococinel episodes were not edited on VHS video just 1-33, in addition to the fact that more Cococinel episodes were made in addition to the first 52, about 26 more in total in 1993, but these were never edited and Events from these episodes are remembered by many people.
TV Broadcasting
- France : TF1 (1992-1997)
- UK : Tiny TCC (1995-1997)
- Spain : Canal Panda (1997)
- Argentina : Magic Kids (1996-1997)
- Namibia : NBC (1993-1994)
- Slovakia : STV (1993)
- Poland : TVP1 (1993)
- Greece : Makedonia TV (1992)
References
External links
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