My Big Big Friend

My Big Big Friend
Also known as	Meu Amigãozão (Brazil)
Created by	Andrés Lieban Claudia Koogan Breitman
Directed by	Andrés Lieban
Voices of	See below
Country of origin	Canada Brazil
Original language(s)	English Portuguese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	82
Production
Executive producer(s)	André Breitman Ira Levy Peter Williamson
Producer(s)	Stephanie Betts Meghan Read
Running time	12 minutes
Release
Original network	Discovery Kids (Latin America and Brazil) Treehouse TV (Canada)
Original release	Brazil: August 9, 2010 - present Canada: August 20, 2011-present

My Big Big Friend (pt: Meu Amigãozão) is a Canadian/Brazilian children's animated television series created by Canadian and Brazilian Andrés Lieban and Claudian Koogan Breitman, co-produced by Brazilian studio 2D Lab and the Canadian company Breakthrough Animation. Had its first showing on August 9, 2010 on Discovery Kids Latin America and May 9, 2011 premiered on TV Brazil. It premiered in Canada in Treehouse TV on August 20, 2011. It was financed with the laws of federal tax incentives, the Procult (BNDES) and the Audiovisual Sector Fund - FSA.

The show centers around the friendships of three children, Yuri, Lili and Matt, each of whom has a "Big Big Friend" who is invisible to adults and other children but seen by all three friends.^[1]

Characters

• Yuri - Yuri is 5 years old. He is smart, independent and happy, and has a very fertile imagination. He is an only child, and as a result is sometimes lonely, and can be a little selfish.

• Lili - Lili is almost 6 years old, very determined and loyal, and often speaks before she thinks. She is the oldest of four children, and often tries to help take care of her 3 baby brothers; this has given her a tendency towards bossiness, which her friends do not always like, especially when she tries to take control of their games.

• Matt - Matt is 7 years old, loves to play sports, and is very energetic in everything he does. He is very curious, full of ideas and opinions, and very mischievous, which means he is often getting into trouble. He has an older sister who often teases him.

Big Friends

• Golias - Golias, Yuri's Big Big Friend, is a large, round, blue elephant. Golias is affectionate, likes to act, dress up, try new things and play outdoors. He is also very timid, and gnashes his teeth in fear if the lights are out. He loves to give Yuri trunk rides, and is quite sad if he ever feels left out. In Spanish he is called Goliat

• Nessa - Nessa is Lili's Big Big Friend. She is a pink giraffe who can make friends with anyone, and is optimistic and cheerful. Nessa also lets Lili ride on her neck. She is agreeable and mediates conflicts.

• Bongo - Matt's Big Big Friend is named Bongo; he is a green Kangaroo. Like Matt, he is athletic, energetic and constantly jumping. He has a great sense of humor and an infectious, uncontrollable laugh. Bongo is afraid of being ignored and likes attention. Bongo is also very fearful. He has a pouch that Matt rides in despite the fact he is a male kangaroo. His pouch is apparently in more than one spot, since Bongo can be seen pulling things out or putting things into different pouches in various locations, such as, up by his neck, down at his sides (almost like pockets).

Cast

Canada

• Yuri - Nissae Isen

• Matt - Gage Munroe

• Lili - Addison Holley

• Golias - Scott McCord

• Bongo - Rick Miller

• Nessa - Tajja Isen

Brazil

• Yuri - Fernanda Ribeiro

• Matt - Eduardo Drummond

• Lili - Anna Rita Cerqueira

• Golias - Márcio Simões

• Bongo - Sérgio Stern

• Nessa - Lina Mendes

International broadcast

Country	TV Channel	Title	Premiere
Brazil	Discovery Kids	Meu Amigãozão	2010, 9 August - present
	TV Brasil		2011, 9 may - 2014, may
Argentina	Discovery Kids	Amigazazo	2010, 9 August - present
Paraguay
Venezuela
Uruguay
Panama
Mexico
Bolivia
Puerto Rico
Colombia
Honduras
Ecuador
Chile
Costa Rica
Canada	Treehouse TV	My Big Big Friend	2011, 20 August - present

References

1. ""Animação ‘Meu amigãoZão’ mostra amizade de crianças e ‘superanimais’". G1, 9 de agosto de 2010".

External links

• Meu Amigãozão site oficial
• Meu Amigãozão no discoverykidsbrasil.com