Apple TV+ is launching Wonder Pets: In the City (13 x 22 minutes, photos), Nickelodeon Animation’s new preschool series based on the popular Little Airplane Productions cartoon that aired on Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. from 2006 to 2016. pulled back the curtain. .
The reboot, scheduled for worldwide release on December 13th, will be directed by executive producers Jennifer Oxley and Jeffrey Lesser, who were heavily involved in creating the original series’ animation style (Oxley) and musical framework (Lesser). Developed with participation. The Nick Animation iteration continues to feature the same unique 2D animated photo-puppetry look that defined the IP in its heyday. This is accomplished using a method of animating real photos in After Effects.
In the City, which stars three new classroom pets (Izzy the guinea pig, Zuri the bunny, and Tate the snake), builds on the foundation of the first successful musical rescue mission. It is faithfully reproduced.
WonderPets follows three main characters, a turtle, a guinea pig, and a duckling, as they hop into their trusty “flyboat” and set out to help their fellow animals in need, singing their dialogue in an operetta style. Masu.
Oxley told KidScreen that the new wonder pets will travel around the world in a brand new vehicle called a jet car and even have adventures inside Japanese ink paintings. Looking back on the strengths of the original work, she says: “The show exuded heart and had a fun, euphoric feel that appealed to people of all ages.”
Regarding its trademark symphonic roots, Oxley says, “For every episode, we recorded a live orchestra that creates a unique musical sound,” and In the City features an old band and familiar composers. returns, as well as a host of diverse new voices, including Natsumi Osawa, Georgia Stitt, Vicente Carrasco, and Salim and Sulaiman Merchant.
With this announcement, Apple TV+ sticks to the same strategy of revamping legacy IP that produced The Snoopy Show, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, and most recently Yo Gabba GabbaLand!, which premiered on the streamer in August. It seems like it is.
