Ferdy the Ant (TV series)

Ferdy the Ant
Logo as seen in the opening of the various dubs outside of the UK
Genre Adventure
Based on Ferda Mravenec
by Ondřej Sekora
Developed by Entertaining Cartoon Productions
Screenplay by Iva Hercíková
Liane Novotony
Directed by Jerry Hampeys
Ralph Newman
Opening theme "Ferdy is your Friend" (English dub only)
Composer(s) Evzen Illinois
Zdenka Liska
Country of origin United Kingdom
Germany
Taiwan
Original language(s) English
German
No. of episodes 52
Production
Running time 25 minutes
Release
Original network SWR Fernsehen (Germany)
Original release 1984 – 1985

Ferdy the Ant (also simply referred to as Ferdy and Ferda) is a 1984 German-British children's animated television series based on the Ferda Mravenec series of picture books by Czech author Ondřej Sekora.[1] The animation was handled by Far Eastern Productions.

There are three English dubs. The original British English dub, the short-lived Harmony Gold USA dub and an American-produced 2000 dub.

The show is primarily aimed towards children from ages 3 to 10,[1] and has been owned by Entertaining Cartoon Productions and Licensing AG since 2000 and it was also an animation by Far Eastern Animation in Taiwan.

Premise

The series revolves around a little boy-ant named Ferdy as he embarks on a variety of adventures in the insect Utopia of Käfertal with his close insect friends.[2]

Episode format

Story-arcs usually last up to seven episodes.

Main characters

  • Ferdy
  • Bug Butterfingers
  • Cricket
  • Arambula
  • Woody
  • Gwendolyn (Referred to as Laura in later episodes)
  • Bug Sniffy
  • Bug Gobbler
  • Oskar

Video game

A 3D episodic arcade video game based on the series was developed by Centauri Productions and released by Cenega in 2002 for the PC.[3]

Home media

In 1986, select episodes of the Harmony Gold USA English dub of the series received a small VHS release in the US. The entire series was released on DVD in the Czech Republic in 2003.

References

  1. 1 2 Oscar A. Mojica. "Ferdy". ferdy.tv. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  2. ↑ http://www.fernsehserien.de/ferdy
  3. ↑ Centauri Production & Karel Hejkal. "Centauri Production - Ferdy the Ant". centauriproduction.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
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