Pucca (TV series)

{{Infobox television

| image = Pucca Logo.png

| caption =

| genre = {{unbulleted list|Action-adventure|Martial arts|Slapstick comedy}}

| creator = {{unbulleted list|Boo Kyoung Kim|Calvin Kim}}

| director = {{unbulleted list|Greg Sullivan|Joon Won Lee (season 3)}}

| voices = Jetix/Canada era:
{{plainlist|

Season 3 (Love Recipe):
{{plainlist|

Jeonghwa Yang
Shin Yong-woo
Beom-gi Hong (Korean version)
Park Si-yoon (Korean version)
Doug Erholtz (English version)
Melissa Fahn (English version)}}

| theme_music_composer = Plus-Tech Squeeze Box (season 1–2)
Yoon Joo-Hyeon, Kim-wook (Love Recipe)

| opentheme = "Pucca Funny Love" (seasons 1–2)
"Love Recipe" (season 3)

| endtheme = "Pucca Funny Love" (Extended) (seasons 1–2)
"Pucca's Sweet Love" (season 3)

| composer = Hal Foxton Beckett

| country = Canada (2006–08)
South Korea

| language = English
Korean

| executive_producer = {{unbulleted list|Chris Bartleman|Blair Peters|Michael Lekes (season 1)|Marc Buhaj (season 2)|Yong Wook Kim (season 3)}}

| producer = {{unbulleted list|Kirsten Newlands (season 1)|Lori Lozinski (season 2)|Byong Pil Kong (season 3)}}

| company = Studio B Productions (2006–08)
Bazooka Studio (2018–19)

| num_seasons = 3

| num_episodes = 65 (191 segments)

| list_episodes = List of Pucca episodes

| runtime = 21 minutes (whole)
7 minutes (separate)
2 minutes (whole)
1 minutes (separate)

| related =

| network = Toon Disney/Jetix

| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2006|9|18}}

| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|2008|8|11}}

| network2 = MBC TV

| first_aired2 = {{start date|df=yes|2018|12|10}}

| last_aired2 = {{end date|df=yes|2019|10|31}}

}}

Pucca ({{Korean|hangul=짜장소녀 뿌까|rr=Jjajang Sonyeo Ppukka}}) is an animated comedy television series based on a series of shorts created by the South Korean company VOOZ Character System. The series revolves around Pucca, a young girl who is in love and infatuated with a ninja named Garu. The series has aired on Champ TV and MBC TV in Korea. The series has also aired on Toon Disney's Jetix block in the U.S., and on the international Jetix channels throughout Europe and Latin America.{{cite web |date=4 March 2008 |title=New Episodes Trickle into CN, Adult Swim, Kids WB |url=http://firefox.org/news/articles/1267/1/New-Episodes-Trickle-Into-CN-Adult-Swim-Kids-WB/Page1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123071107/http://firefox.org/news/articles/1267/1/New-Episodes-Trickle-Into-CN-Adult-Swim-Kids-WB/Page1.html |archive-date=23 November 2010 |access-date=24 December 2010 |publisher=Firefox}}{{cite web |date=28 August 2008 |title=JCP and PUCCA ::: Jetix |url=http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/press_office/press_releases/jcp_and_pucca.html |access-date=24 December 2010 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713103736/http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/press_office/press_releases/jcp_and_pucca.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |date=22 January 2007 |title=Studio B Sees Pucca to TV |url=http://coldhardflash.com/2007/01/studio-b-sees-pucca-to-tv.html |access-date=24 December 2010 |website=Cold Hard Flash |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112751/http://www.coldhardflash.com/2007/01/studio-b-sees-pucca-to-tv.html |url-status=live }} In Canada, the show had aired on Family Channel.

Pucca premiered in 2006, with a set of 26 episodes (78 segments). The second season of the show, consisting of 13 episodes (39 segments), began airing in 2008 after it was ordered to be created by Jetix Europe. In October 2018, a third season was announced by Planeta Junior, a company within Planeta Group.{{cite web|url=https://www.licenseglobal.com/art-design/planeta-junior-brings-pucca-back|title=Planeta Junior Brings Pucca Back|access-date=18 November 2019|date=8 October 2018|archive-date=22 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822183804/https://www.licenseglobal.com/art-design/planeta-junior-brings-pucca-back|url-status=dead}} The third season aired in South Korea on 10 December 2018 on MBC TV, and 19 December 2018 on Tooniverse.{{cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20181209000181|title=Korea-born character Pucca reimagined as 3D animation|access-date=18 November 2019|date=9 December 2018|archive-date=9 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209112630/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20181209000181|url-status=live}} It consists of 26 episodes (76 segments).{{cite web|url=http://www.tving.com/vod/player/P000737739|title=Pucca Episode 26 | TVING|access-date=18 November 2019|date=14 November 2019}} The third season of Pucca, titled "Pucca: Love Recipe" in English, released on Netflix on 31 December 2019 before being removed on 29 June 2023.

In total, not including the past online aired episodes of the show, this brought the number of created segments to 191. The main theme song is also sung in Korean.

Summary

The series focuses on the adventures of an 11-year-old noodle delivery girl named Pucca, who typically does not speak. She works in a local restaurant called the Goh-Rong in her town called Sooga Village, owned by her three uncles where their main dish is Jajangmyeon noodles. Her love interest is a 13-year-old ninja named Garu, who also does not speak. Garu is a committed ninja in training that has a serious demeanour, valuing his own company and silence, often seeing moments in which Pucca chases Garu and tries to kiss him. Pucca has a best friend named Ching, an 11-year-old that practices Jian swordsmanship. Ching has a pet chicken named Won who always sits on her head, and is in love with a boy named Abyo, a 14-year-old who pays no attention to her and only has interests in Kung-Fu and impressing other girls.

In the third season, there is an overarching plot surrounding the rivalry between Goh-Rong and a new local restaurant titled Dong King Restaurant (which was originally titled to be BonaSera in the trailer{{cite web|url=https://planeta-junior.com/en/pucca|title=Pucca | Drupal|date=October 2018|access-date=18 November 2019|archive-date=4 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104050125/https://planeta-junior.com/en/pucca|url-status=dead}}). Ring Ring, a local 12-year-old fashion star, who appeared previously in the show and also grows a love interest to Garu, is also revealed to be the daughter of Dong King and works alongside him and his servants against Pucca and Dong King.

Episodes

Voice cast

= ''Pucca'' (TV series) =

Tabitha St. Germain as:
Pucca, the titular protagonist who communicates with giggling instead of speaking.
Ring Ring, Pucca's short-tempered rival who is shown to transform in anger whenever something doesn't go her way.
Brian Drummond as Garu, the ninja warrior of Sooga Village whom Pucca loves. The two of them interact by screaming and laughing.
Chantal Strand as Ching, Pucca's best friend who manages Turtle Training Hall with her father.
Lee Tockar as:
Abyo, an energetic and competitive, yet stubborn boy who is Garu's best friend.
Dada, a clumsy dishwasher and waiter at Goh-Rong Restaurant.
Tobe, the main antagonist who has a rivalry with Garu.

= ''Pucca: Love Recipe'' =

== Korean version ==

{{ill|Yang Jeong-hwa|ko|양정화 (성우)}} as Pucca (uncredited)
{{ill|Shin Yong-woo|ko|신용우 (성우)}} as Garu (uncredited)
{{ill|Hong Beom-gi|ko|홍범기}} as Abyo
{{ill|Park Si-yoon|ko|박시윤 (성우)}} as Ching
{{ill|Kim Hyeon-ji|ko|김현지 (성우)}} as Ring Ring
{{ill|So Junghwan|ko|소정환}} as Uncle Dumpling
Lee Sang-ho as Ho
{{ill|Hong Seung-hyo|ko|홍승효}} as Linguini
{{ill|Park Seung-tae|ko|박성태}} as Tobe
{{ill|Hyeon Gyeong-soo|ko|현경수}} as Fyah
Kim Shin-woo as Chang
Kang Seong-woo as Bruce

== English version ==

{{ill|Yang Jeong-hwa|ko|양정화 (성우)}} as Pucca (archived recordings; uncredited)
{{ill|Shin Yong-woo|ko|신용우 (성우)}} as Garu (archival recordings; uncredited)
Doug Erholtz as Abyo
Melissa Fahn as Ching
Karen Strassman as Ring Ring
Kirk Thornton as Uncle Dumpling and Bruce
Spike Spencer as Ho, Cassano, and Santa Claus
Steve Canden as Linguini and Fyah
Ben Pronsky as Tobe, Ayo, and Dandy
Stephanie Sheh as Granny and Panky
Todd Haberkorn as Chang and Dada
Tony Azzolino as Ssoso
Michael Sorich as Dong King, Jin, and Siva

Telecast and home media

Pucca has aired on Champ TV and MBC TV in Korea. The series has also aired on Toon Disney's Jetix block in the U.S., and on the international Jetix channels throughout Europe and Latin America.{{cite web |date=4 March 2008 |title=New Episodes Trickle into CN, Adult Swim, Kids WB |url=http://firefox.org/news/articles/1267/1/New-Episodes-Trickle-Into-CN-Adult-Swim-Kids-WB/Page1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123071107/http://firefox.org/news/articles/1267/1/New-Episodes-Trickle-Into-CN-Adult-Swim-Kids-WB/Page1.html |archive-date=23 November 2010 |access-date=24 December 2010 |publisher=Firefox}}{{cite web |date=28 August 2008 |title=JCP and PUCCA ::: Jetix |url=http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/press_office/press_releases/jcp_and_pucca.html |access-date=24 December 2010 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713103736/http://www.jetixeurope.com/site/press_office/press_releases/jcp_and_pucca.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |date=22 January 2007 |title=Studio B Sees Pucca to TV |url=http://coldhardflash.com/2007/01/studio-b-sees-pucca-to-tv.html |access-date=24 December 2010 |work=Cold Hard Flash |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112751/http://www.coldhardflash.com/2007/01/studio-b-sees-pucca-to-tv.html |url-status=live }} In Canada, the show had aired on Family Channel.

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+Region 1 — American releases by Shout! Factory

! colspan=2|DVD title

! Season(s)

! Episode count

! Release date

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| Ninjas Love Noodles

| rowspan=4|1

| rowspan=2|13

| rowspan=2|18 March 2008

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| Kung Fu Kisses

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| Spooky Sooga Village

| 11

| 16 September 2008

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| Secret Samurai Santa

| 10

| 28 October 2008

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| Sooga Super Squad

| 1, 2

| 13

| 3 March 2009

Awards

At the 2006 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the Pucca episode "A Force of Won" was "nominated for two awards, including the Prix Jeunesse in the Animation category." During the same year, Pucca won the Leo Awards for best screenwriting, along with "best overall in an animation program".{{cite web |url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/jetix-europe-orders-more-pucca |title=Jetix Europe Orders More Pucca |author=Ryan Ball |date=2 October 2006 |publisher=Animation Magazine |access-date=24 December 2010 |archive-date=8 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008175233/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/jetix-europe-orders-more-pucca |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|date=2020-11-14|title=2006 Leo Award Nominees & Winners|url=https://www.leoawards.com/nominees_and_winners/pdf/2006.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116140543/https://www.leoawards.com/nominees_and_winners/pdf/2006.pdf|archive-date=2020-11-16|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Annecy > About > Archives > 2006 > Official Selection|url=https://www.annecy.org/about/archives:en/2006:en/official-selection:tv|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115005040/https://www.annecy.org/about/archives/2006/official-selection:tv|archive-date=2020-11-15|access-date=2020-11-15|website=annecy.org|language=en}}

Music tour

A musical show for the series was held in Lima on 8 October 2009. This location was chosen because of Pucca being "one of the most beloved programs on Jetix's Latin American channel". The show repeated itself eight times from 8 to 11 October 2009.{{cite news |title=Pucca y sus amigos darán espectáculo en Lima |url=http://elcomercio.pe/espectaculos/330658/noticia-pucca-sus-amigos-daran-espectaculo-lima |newspaper=El Comercio |date=20 August 2009 |access-date=24 December 2010 |archive-date=30 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930100656/http://elcomercio.pe/espectaculos/330658/noticia-pucca-sus-amigos-daran-espectaculo-lima |url-status=live }}