Fantadroms

Fantadroms
Genre science fiction
Directed by Ansis Bērziņš
Country of origin Latvian SSR, Latvia
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time 7 min
Production company(s) Studija Dauka
Release
Original network Latvijas Televīzija
Original release 1985 (1985) – 1995 (1995)

Fantadroms is a Latvian children's cartoon by the production company Studio Dauka. It first aired in the Soviet Union in 1985. The show has no dialogue and drama unfolds through pantomime and expressive noises such as grunts, groans, and laughter. This allows the show to cross language barriers.

The episode "Salt" won the Lielais Kristaps award for best animation in 1985,[1] and further episodes were made sporadically until 1995.

In the early 1990s, Streamline Pictures was planning to release Fantadroms in the United States, but it was scrapped because the company thought the series was too bizarre for American audiences and that the person representing it did not actually had the rights to it.[2]

Plot

The eponymous hero of the show is a yellow shape shifting robot called Indrikis, who usually takes the form of a cat. He flies through the universe mediating various disputes between the other characters. One recurring dynamic in the show is the love triangle between Indrikis, Receklite; the flying purple cat-octopus with whom he is in love with, and the rat – who is in love with him. Other recurring characters include a cow, a (human) woman, and an amorphous pink blob.

Episode list

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
0pilot"Взлётное поле фантазии"TBATBA1984 (1984)
11"Smiekli"TBATBA1985 (1985)
22"Sāls"Ansis BērziņšTBA1985 (1985)
33"Ugunsgrēks"
"Uguns"		TBATBA1985 (1985)
44"Puķes"Ansis BērziņšAnsis Bērziņš1992 (1992)
55"Piens"Ansis BērziņšAnsis Bērziņš1993 (1993)
66"Saldējums"Aivars RušmanisAnsis Bērziņš, Uģis Segliņš1993 (1993)
77"Sacensības"Dzintars KrūmiņšUģis Segliņš1993 (1993)
88"Zemestrīce"Jānis KārkliņšUģis Segliņš1993 (1993)
99"Pudelīte"Aivars RušmanisUģis Segliņš, Ansis Bērziņš1994 (1994)
1010"Mājiņa"Jānis KārkliņšAnsis Bērziņš, Aldis Linē1994 (1994)
1111"Varavīksne"Dace LiepaIlze Skrastiņa, Ansis Bērziņš1994 (1994)
1212"Kakao"Ilze RuskaAnsis Bērziņš, Aldis Linē1995 (1995)
1313"Tētiņš"Ilze RuskaAnsis Bērziņš, Aldis Linē1995 (1995)

References

  1. ↑ "Laureāti". LielaisKristaps.lv.
  2. ↑ "Streamline Pictures-Part 2". Cartoon Research.


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