Tabaluga (TV series)
| Tabaluga | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Fantasy Animated series |
| Created by | Helme Heine Peter Maffay Gregor Rottschalk Rolf Zuckowski |
| Based on | Tabaluga by Peter Maffay |
| Written by | Gregor Rottschalk Heike Lagé John Palmer Dale Scott Susan Beak Geoff Beak David Witt Malcom McGookin Christopher Plowright David Evans Yoram Gross Athol Henry Sally Odgers Michael Maurer Phil Sanders Melanie Alexander Adam Bowen Grant Fraser Chris Phillips Rhett Walton |
| Directed by | Yoram Gross (Season 1–2) David Evans (Season 3 & TV movie) |
| Voices of | Jamie Oxenbould Keith Scott Robyn Moore Troy Planet (Season 2–3) Sarah Aubrey (Season 3 & TV movie) Shane Withington (TV movie) |
| Opening theme | "Tabaluga's Song", performed by Peter Rudolph Heinen |
| Ending theme | "Nessaja's Song", composed by Peter Maffay "Tabaluga's Song" performed by Peter Rudolph Heinen (TV movie) |
| Composers | Peter Wagner (Season 1–2) Andy Sedlmaier (Season 1–2) Clive Harrison (Season 3) Guy Gross (TV movie) |
| Country of origin | Germany Australia |
| Original languages | German English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Sandra Gross (Season 1) Tim Brooke-Hunt (Season 1) Dr. Sylvia Rothblum (Season 2) Matthias Schulze (Season 3) Hans-Jürgen Steimer (Season 3) Geoff Watson (Season 3) |
| Producers | Yoram Gross (Season 1–2) Franziska Guderian (Season 3) Andre Kussmaul (Season 3) Anke Steinbacher (Season 3) Rodney Whitham (Season 3) |
| Editors | Antonietta Sisinni (Season 1) Andrew MacNeil (Season 1) Christopher Plowright (Season 1) Roger Grant (Season 2) Dee Liebenberg (Season 2) David Stiven (Season 2) |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | ZDF Enterprises Yoram Gross Film Studios (Season 1) Yoram Gross-EM.TV (Season 2–3 & TV movie) EM.Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | ZDF Seven Network |
| Release | October 4, 1997 – June 19, 2004 |
Tabaluga is a German-Australian animated television series. The show was made by Yoram Gross Film Studios and Yoram Gross-EM.TV, The show was about the character Tabaluga created by Peter Maffay.[1] In this series, Tabaluga is the last dragon and lives in Greenland. Greenland is a magical place with talking animals.[2] Tabaluga must defend his home from Iceland. Iceland is a cold tundra that is ruled by the evil snowman Arktos. In Season 2, he must also defend against a desert. The desert is ruled by the sand spirit Humsin.
The series was shown on Seven Network in Australia and ZDF in Germany. It was also shown on the Fox Family Channel from 1998 to 2001 in the United States.[3]
Episodes
[change | change source]Season 1 (1997–1998)
[change | change source]| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last One of His Kind | 4 October 1997 (Germany) |
| 2 | Happy Without Ending | 11 October 1997 (Germany) |
| 3 | A Very Hot Thing | 18 October 1997 (Germany) |
| 4 | Servant of Two Masters | 25 October 1997 (Germany) |
| 5 | Dubious Dealings | 1 November 1997 (Germany) |
| 6 | One Dragon Too Many | 8 November 1997 (Germany) |
| 7 | The Wiser Head Does Not Give Up | 15 November 1997 (Germany) |
| 8 | Two Birds With One Stone | 22 November 1997 (Germany) |
| 9 | Moonstruck | 29 November 1997 |
| 10 | Dragons Do not Cry | 6 December 1997 (Germany) |
| 11 | The Big Cloud | 13 December 1997 (Germany) |
| 12 | The Visitors Who Came in From The Cold | 20 December 1997 (Germany) |
| 13 | A Fatal Present | 27 December 1997 (Germany) |
| 14 | A Ruined Premiere | 3 January 1998 (Germany) |
| 15 | A Matter Full of Seeds | 10 January 1998 (Germany) |
| 16 | Someone Is Cheating | 17 January 1998 (Germany) |
| 17 | Mister Nice Guy | 24 January 1998 (Germany) |
| 18 | Too Much Salt Is Detrimental to the Health | 31 January 1998 (Germany) |
| 19 | The Tree of Life | 7 February 1998 (Germany) |
| 20 | Queen For One Day | 14 February 1998 (Germany) |
| 21 | A Splendid Couple | 21 February 1998 (Germany) |
| 22 | A Fiery Encounter | 28 February 1998 (Germany) |
| 23 | Tabaluga and Lilli | 7 March 1998 (Germany) |
| 24 | The Abducted Scamp | 14 March 1998 (Germany) |
| 25 | The Flow of Time | 21 March 1998 (Germany) |
| 26 | Chocolate Ice for Everybody | 28 March 1998 (Germany) |
Season 2 (2001–2002)
[change | change source]| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince Tabaluga | 27 October 2001 (Germany) |
| 2 | Humsin | 3 November 2001 (Germany) |
| 3 | Dangerous confidence | 10 November 2001 (Germany) |
| 4 | Big Freeze | 17 November 2001 (Germany) |
| 5 | Prophecy | 24 November 2001 (Germany) |
| 6 | Digby, The Hero | 1 December 2001 (Germany) |
| 7 | Potato Festival | 8 December 2001 (Germany) |
| 8 | A Spiny Danger | 15 December 2001 (Germany) |
| 9 | Flood | 22 December 2001 (Germany) |
| 10 | The Day of the Cactus | 29 December 2001 (Germany) |
| 11 | The Big Change | 5 January 2002 (Germany) |
| 12 | Sand Fleas | 12 January 2002 (Germany) |
| 13 | The Lost Dragon | 19 January 2002 (Germany) |
| 14 | My baby | 26 January 2002 (Germany) |
| 15 | The Ice Beast | 2 February 2002 (Germany) |
| 16 | Double Trouble | 9 February 2002 (Germany) |
| 17 | Peace Play | 16 February 2002 (Germany) |
| 18 | Genie | 23 February 2002 (Germany) |
| 19 | Kidnapped | 2 March 2002 (Germany) |
| 20 | Sweet Dreams Humsin | 9 March 2002 (Germany) |
| 21 | The Thunderbird | 16 March 2002 (Germany) |
| 22 | Bully for You | 23 March 2002 (Germany) |
| 23 | The Scrying Game | 30 March 2002 (Germany) |
| 24 | Dragon Mountain | 6 April 2002 (Germany) |
| 25 | The Sands of Doom | 13 April 2002 (Germany) |
| 26 | Majority Rules | 20 April 2002 (Germany) |
Season 3 (2003–2004)
[change | change source]| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dragon Pendant | 27 December 2003 (Germany) |
| 2 | The Quest | 3 January 2004 (Germany) |
| 3 | Scary Story | 10 January 2004 (Germany) |
| 4 | Tabaluga's Challenge | 17 January 2004 (Germany) |
| 5 | Fire Stone | 24 January 2004 (Germany) |
| 6 | Little Wonder | 31 January 2004 (Germany) |
| 7 | Arktos The Good | 7 February 2004 (Germany) |
| 8 | The Gloomy Forest | 14 February 2004 (Germany) |
| 9 | Mother Arktos | 21 February 2004 (Germany) |
| 10 | Eye in the Sky | 28 February 2004 (Germany) |
| 11 | Do not Forget to Remember | 6 March 2004 (Germany) |
| 12 | Fool's Gold | 13 March 2004 (Germany) |
| 13 | Where is Winter? | 20 March 2004 (Germany) |
| 14 | Whale of a Tale | 27 March 2004 (Germany) |
| 15 | Arktos' Last Gasp | 3 April 2004 (Germany) |
| 16 | Troubled Waters | 10 April 2004 (Germany) |
| 17 | Hidden Treasures | 17 April 2004 (Germany) |
| 18 | Wish Upon a Star | 24 April 2004 (Germany) |
| 19 | Who's Who | 1 May 2004 (Germany) |
| 20 | The Hidden Chamber | 8 May 2004 (Germany) |
| 21 | Ready, Set, Go! | 15 March 2004 (Germany) |
| 22 | Digby's Promise | 22 March 2004 (Germany) |
| 23 | Kayo: Friend or Foe? | 29 March 2004 (Germany) |
| 24 | Menace in the Mountains | 5 June 2004 (Germany) |
| 25 | Dragon World | 12 June 2004 (Germany) |
| 26 | Pendant Lost | 19 June 2004 (Germany) |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 820. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ↑ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 306–307. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ↑ "FOX FAMILY CHANNEL UNVEILS KIDS SCHEDULE". Bloomberg. 13 January 1998. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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