Aardvark Arthur and his friends

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Television series
German title Aardvark Arthur and his friends
Original title Arthur
Country of production Canada , United States
original language English
Year (s) since 1996
length 30 minutes
Episodes 242+ in 20 seasons
genre Animation , children and youth series
idea Mark Brown
music Raymond C. Fabi
First broadcast Sep 2, 1996 (USA) on PBS
German-language
first broadcast		 December 7, 2001 on Junior
synchronization

Aardvark Arthur and Friends is a Canadian - US animated series that has been broadcast on the US broadcaster PBS since 1996 . Production began in 1994. The series is based on the books of the same name by Marc Brown .

action

The series revolves around the adventures of the young aardvark Arthur, which he experiences with his family and friends in Elwood (originally Elwood City ). Many of the episodes are set at Arthur's home or at school. The series deals with numerous topics of everyday life today.

Characters

Arthur

Arthur is an aardvark and the series title character. He wears glasses, a yellow sweater and blue jeans. Arthur is usually in a good mood and ready to have new experiences. He is also the owner of a dog.

Dora-Wilma

Dora-Wilma (originally Dora-Winifred or just DW ) is Arthur's little sister. She is four years old. Dora-Wilma knows how to annoy her big brother. She has an imaginary friend named Nadine.

Boris

Boris (originally Buster Baxter ) is a rabbit and Arthur's best friend. Boris' hobbies are television, reading (especially science fiction) and video games. His parents are divorced.
A spin-off series called Postcards from Buster also revolves around the rabbit .

Binky

Binky is a bulldog and one of Arthur's classmates. He looks scary to his classmates because of his looks, but is actually a sensitive boy. Binky is interested in classical music and ballet. Like many children, Binky is afraid of the dark.

Franziska

Franziska (originally Francine Frensky ) is Arthur's best friend. Often times she acts more like a boy than a girl. Franziska and her family are Jews and of Polish descent.

More characters

  • Kati (originally Kate ): Arthur's younger sister.
  • Sabine (originally Sue Ellen Armstrong ): One of Arthur's friends.
  • Schlaubi (originally Alan "The Brain" Powers ): Top of the class in Arthur's class.
  • Mr. Rattenmeier (originally Mr. Ratburn ): Teacher in Arthur's class.

Speaker (selection)

The German synchronization was created on behalf of Cinephon Synchron GmbH under the direction of Wolfgang Digit .

Original name Original speaker German speaker
Arthur Michael Yarmush (1996–2000)
Justin Bradley (2001)
Mark Rendall (2002–2003)
Cameron Ansell (2004–2007)
Dallas Jokic (2008–2010)
Drew Adkins (2011–2013)
William Healy (2014)
Jacob Ursumazo (2016)
Dora-Wilma Michael Caloz (1996–1998)
Oliver Grainger (1999–2001)
Jason Szwimer (2002–2006)
Ryan Ehrenworth (2007)
Robert Naylor (2007–2011)
Sofia Sasha Naylor (2010)
Jake Beale (2012–2013)
Andrew Dayton (2014 –2015)
Christian Distefano (since 2014)
Binky Barnes Bruce Dinsmore Jan Rohrbach
Boris Daniel Brochu
Franziska Jodie Resther
Nadine Hayley Reynolds Josephine Schmidt

Charisma

Seasons 1 to 3 and 8 to 15 were completely broadcast in Germany. There is no German dubbed version for seasons 4, 5, 6 and 7, as well as for all specials (previously 5).

music

The theme song is sung by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers .

Movies

There are three films on the series, each one hour long. The third, Arthur's Missing Pal , is computer animated .

Awards

The series has been honored twelve times so far, including seven times the Daytime Emmy :

  • 1998: Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Animated Program
  • 1999: Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Animated Program
  • 2000: Daytime Emmy in the category Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing - Special Class
  • 2001: Daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Children's Animated Program category
  • 2001: Peabody Award
  • 2003: Daytime Emmy in the category Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing - Live Action and Animation
  • 2003: BAFTA Children's Award in the Best International category
  • 2006: CINE Competition in the Telecast - Professional Non-Fiction Division: Children's Programs for the episodes The Squirrels / Fern & Persimmony Glitchet and Do You Speak George? / World Girls
  • 2007: Daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Children's Animated Program category
  • 2014: Daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program category
  • 2016: Humanitas Prize in the Children's Animation Category

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