Ferdy the Ant (TV series)

Ferdy the Ant

Logo as seen in the opening of the various dubs outside of Germany
Genre Adventure
Based on Ferda Mravenec
by Ondřej Sekora
Developed by Entertaining Cartoon Productions
Harmony Gold USA
Screenplay by Iva Hercíková
Liane Novotony
Directed by Jerry Hampeys
Ralph Newman
Opening theme "Ferdy is your Friend" (English dub only)
Composer(s) Evzen Illinois
Zdenka Liska
Country of origin Germany
Czechoslovakia
Original language(s) German
English
Arabic
French
Spanish
Hungarian
Persian
Indonesian
No. of episodes 52
Production
Running time 25 minutes
Release
Original release 1984 – 1985

Ferdy the Ant (also simply referred to as Ferdy) is a 1984 German children's animated television series based on the picture books of the same name by Czech author Ondřej Sekora. It was produced by Entertaining Cartoon Productions,[1] and animated by Harmony Gold USA.

The show is primarily aimed towards children from ages 3 to 10,[1] and has been owned by Entertaining Cartoon Productions and Licensing AG since 2000.

Premise

The series revolves around a little boy-ant named Ferdy as he embarks on a variety of adventures in the insect Utopia of Käfertal with his close insect friends.[2]

Episode format

Story-arcs usually last up to seven episodes.

Main characters

Video game

A 3D episodic arcade video game based on the series was developed by Centauri Productions and released by Cenega in 2002 for the PC.[3]

Home media

In 2002, select episodes of the English dub of the series received a small VHS release in the US. While in 2003, the Czech Republic released the entire series in DVD format.

References

  1. 1 2 Oscar A. Mojica. "Ferdy". ferdy.tv. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  2. http://www.fernsehserien.de/ferdy
  3. Centauri Production & Karel Hejkal. "Centauri Production - Ferdy the Ant". centauriproduction.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
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