Luntik
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Comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, training.
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| Theme music composer | Studio "Midi-Cinema" |
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| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 7 (In the production of Season 8) |
| No. of episodes | 439 (planned 480) |
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| Running time | 6 (5,5) minutes |
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| Distributor | UNION Video (СОЮЗ Видео) |
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| Original release | September 1, 2006 – May 25 2016 |
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The Adventures of Luntik and his friends (Приключения Лунтика и его друзей) (or Moonzy) or simply Luntik (Лунтик) is a Russian educational animated series for preschoolers.
The show stars a small furry alien creature named Luntik, who hatched on the moon and fell to Earth. The action takes place in a forest glade near the pond. Most of the characters are mainly small anthropomorphic animals: insects, fish, frogs, etc., playing roles of adults and children. The main characters learn about the world as well as relationships in society. In fact, the series shows a child's view of the world. There are no entirely negative characters; the two mischievous caterpillars and often a hysterical leech have a multifaceted nature in which there are positive traits. The series runs in a format of 6-minute episodes, each unfolding in a separate, complete story. In fact, as each episode's story is complete, viewers can watch the episodes in any order.
The show premiered on the TV channel Russia-1 and was broadcast for 8 years from 1 September 2006 until 15 May 2014. Later it moved to the animated series branch channel "Russian Culture" since 16 June 2014. It is also broadcast on Carousel as of 24 March 2008, on Mul't as of 1 June 2014, and on TET in Ukraine as of February 2011.
Creators
In parentheses indicate the season number.
Scenario author - Darina Schmidt (1), Sarra Anson (Anna Sarantseva), (1-5), Elena Galdobina (2), Fedor Dmitriev (2), Elena Pavlikova (1, 7), Dmitry Yakovenko (1), Marina Bogdanova (1) Marina Komarkevich (1-5), Natalia Stepanova (1-2, 5), Alina Sokolova (1-2, 5), Andrew Chibis (1), Andrei Sazonov (1-4) Kirill Glezin (1), Olga Obraztsova (1, 3-5, 7), Tatiana Gorbushina (2), Victor Perel'man (2), Anna Sosnora (2, 7), Tatiana Ionova (2), Alexander Bogdanov (2-5), Dmitry and Natalia Zakharovs (2), Aleksey Anoshkin (2-3), Tatiana Klein (3), Galina Voropay (3-4), Valeria Tumanova (3), Vladimir Bouriak (3), Pavel Vasilyev (3, 6), Elena Fedyahina (4), Vera Bekeleva (4-6), Konstantin Bronzit (4), Oleg Kim (5, 7), Leonid Magergut (5, 6), Marina May (5), Richat Gilmetdinov (5-6) Alexander Yaskina (5), Yevgeny Skukovsky (5-6), Evgeniya Golubeva (5-6), Svetlana Krupenko (6), Maria Domogatskaya (Montvid) (6), Julia Savchenko (6) Anastasia Chistjakova (6), Vladimir Haunin (6), Vadim Smolyak (7), Tatiana Manetina (7), Svetlana Savchenko (7), Ekaterina Maksymenko (7).
Head writer - Sarra Anson (1-5), Elena Galdobina (3)
Director - Darina Schmidt (1, 3-4, 6), Olga Obraztsova (1-5, 7 and beyond), Lyudmila Steblyanko (1-6), Anton Rudin (1-4), Galina Voropay (1-4, 7), Catherine Shraga (1-6), Elena Galdobina (2-7), Fedor Dmitriev (2-6), Ekaterina Salabay (3), Alexey Anoshkin (3), Olga Kazhanova (4-6), Richat Gilmetdinov (4), Anna Mironova (4-7), Mikhail Safronov (4), Alexey Pichuzhin (4), Evgenia Golubeva (5-6), Alexander Mal'gin (7), Tatiana Gorbushina (7), Alexandra Kovtun (7), Lyudmila Klinova (7)
Art director - Marina Komarkevich (1-2), Darina Schmidt (1), Tatiana Klein (2-6), Irina Fedorova (5-6), Vita Tkacheva (7), Ekaterina Maksymenko (7), Konstantin Bronzit (unknown)
Composer - Maksim Koshevarov (1-6), Sergey Zykov (3-6), Sergey Kuzmin (6), Mikhail Chertishchev (7 and beyond)
Sound Engineer - Maria Barinova (7), Ekaterina Vinogradova (7), Sergey Tarasov (7 and beyond), Maksim Romasevich (1-6), Yevgeny Zhebchuk (7), Kirill Glezin (7), Vladimir Golounin (7).
Compositor and visualization editor - Maya Smorodina (1), Valeria Tarasova (2), Maksim Strogalev (3), Julia Kayugina (5), Alexandra Agrinskaya (7). Previously: Fedor Dmitriev (1), Elena Galdobina (1), Stanislav Pashkov (1), Elena Gorbunova (2), Irina Bravaya (3-5), Mikhail Litvinov (7), Maria Volokushina (7)