''Canimals'' (literally can-animals) (, ''kaenimeol''), also known as ''Canimals: We Can Do It!'', is a live-action/
CGI animated
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hybrid television series by Voozclub Co., Ltd. The main characters are Ato, Mimi, Uly, Fizzy, Nia, Oz, Pow, Toki, and Leon. Internationally, the series has aired in the United Kingdom through
CITV
CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...
and worldwide through
ITV Network
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.
The show has received generally positive reviews with praise going to its novel materials and high-quality production.
Plot
Canimals are adorable creatures in the form of cylinders that carry colorful cans. Canimals are always interested in what is going on around them and have a lot of questions. They hide in their cans when humans are nearby. Even the most mundane objects hold something different and fascinating for the Canimals.
Characters
* Ato - A
Beagle
The beagle is a breed of small scent hound, similar in appearance to the much larger foxhound. The beagle was developed primarily for hunting hare, known as beagling. Possessing a great sense of smell and superior tracking instincts, th ...
in a green can. In the episode title cards, he displays the Canimals logo.
* Oz - A
Turkish Angora
The Turkish Angora ( tr, Ankara kedisi, "Ankara cat") is a breed of domestic cat. Turkish Angoras are one of the ancient, natural breeds of cat, having originated in central Anatolia (modern-day Turkey, Ankara region). The breed has been document ...
in a red can. She frequently gets herself into more trouble than she can manage, but she's smart and can get away with just about anything.
* Uly - A hungry
Pug
The Pug is a breed of dog originally from China, with physically distinctive features of a wrinkly, short-muzzled face and curled tail. The breed has a fine, glossy coat that comes in a variety of colors, most often light brown (Fawn (colour) ...
in a orange can. He eats everything he sees without hesitation.
* Mimi - A bossy
poodle
The Poodle, called the Pudel in German and the Caniche in French, is a breed of water dog. The breed is divided into four varieties based on size, the Standard Poodle, Medium Poodle, Miniature Poodle and Toy Poodle, although the Medium Poodle var ...
in a pink can. Her ears are used to target the others on occasion. She treats the other Canimals with a touch of malice of her long ears.
* Pow - A Great
Owl
Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers a ...
in a light brown can. He will debilitate the other Canimals by shooting laser waves from his pupils. He is capable of carrying others with his claws as can be seen in some episodes.
* Fizzy - An
Siamese cat
The Siamese cat ( th, แมวไทย, Maeo Thai; แมวสยาม, Maeo Seeaam) is one of the first distinctly recognized breeds of Asian cat. Derived from the Wichianmat landrace, one of several varieties of cat native to Thailand ( ...
in a blue can. He aspires to live a ninja lifestyle, but everything he does backfires.
* Toki - A hyperactive
Rabbit in a blue can like Fizzy's. He can't manage to keep his footing on the deck. When music is on, he loves to dance.
* Nia - A timid and gentle
Turkish Van
The Turkish Van (pronounced Von) is a naturally occurring breed of domestic cat that originated in the Lake Van area of modern-day Turkey, part of Armenian Highlands. The Van is classified as a semi-long hair, but it has two lengths of hair, ...
in a yellow can. When she is scared or furious, she lets out a sonic scream, but it only happens when something scares her.
* Leon - A
Chameleon in a green and yellow can. He has the ability to turn invisible and move with his tongue.
Other characters
* Woo-ang - A
bull terrier
The Bull Terrier is a breed of dog in the terrier family. There is also a miniature version of this breed which is officially known as the Miniature Bull Terrier.
Appearance
The Bull Terrier's most recognizable feature is its head, descri ...
who's always happy.
* Peng - A
penguin with his twin sister Gwen.
* Boco - A giant
squirrel who is really angry with Ato, Toki and Nia from the episode "Canned Nuts". Boco lives on Nuts. He is the Leader of the Cocoboses.
* Cocoboses are tiny squirrels. They love metal nuts and bolts.
* Gwen - A penguin with her twin brother Peng.
* Wooga - A
gorilla
Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus ''Gorilla'' is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or fi ...
who hates dogs or all kind of animals, but he loves cats. Wooga gets angry sometimes and he roars very loudly.
* Koby - A
turtle
Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked t ...
who hates spicy food. He is kind, grumpy, furious and happy. He gets nervous sometimes.
* Pip - Black and white cat who is Ato's enemy/Friend. She was nicknamed Mini Pip when Mimi and Nia cared for her. But when Pip turns back to a black and white Giant cat, she will become evil.
* Lion De Capri - A
lion who is really angry. He chased the Canimals and he roared very loudly.
* Olive - A
skunk but she is brown instead. She falls in love with a sock puppet and farts from the episode "Trash Can".
* Moo - A
grizzly bear who chased from Ato, Toki and Nia from the episode of Canned Nuts.
* Woong - A
seal
Seal may refer to any of the following:
Common uses
* Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
** Earless seal, or "true seal"
** Fur seal
* Seal (emblem), a device to imp ...
with his twin brother Ung.
* Ung - A seal with his twin brother Woong.
* Dal - A
Dalmatian dog her three youngers called the Dallies.
* Elly - An
elephant
Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae ...
that loves bubbles and blows them with her trunk from the episode "Bubbles".
* Bebes - are
bats
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bir ...
in a can.
* The Dallies are three little Dalmatian puppies who are related to Dal.
Episodes
Season 2
# Ato, Oz, Mimi, Uly and Nia swim in an aquarium with Koby. Ato, Oz, Uly, Mimi, Pow and a new canimal named Elly the elephant blow bubbles, Nia gets stuck in a clay vase, so Ato, Uly, Mimi and Leon try to free her, and Ato, Oz, Mimi, Fizzy and Uly are stranded on a desert island.
# Ato, Oz, Mimi and Wooang make things out of recyclables, Oz, Mimi, Fizzy, Nia and Toki ride a toy plane, Oz, Mimi, Nia, Leon and Uly enjoy a day on a boat and Ato, Oz, Uly and Mimi try to run a kid café for entertaining Dal and her Dallies.
# Ato, Oz, Uly, Mimi, Fizzy, Nia and Leon produce their own movie, Ato, Oz, Uly, Mimi, Fizzy, Nia and Leon solve a mirror mystery, Ato, Fizzy, Nia and Leon play with dominoes and Mimi, Oz, Uly, and Nia make music with raindrops, Woong and Ung like the music.
# Ato, Oz, Mimi and Nia make science experiments, Ato, Mimi, Oz, Uly, Fizzy and Pow have fun with their shadows, Mimi, Nia, Toki, Uly and Pow look at stars through a telescope and Ato, Oz, Mimi and Nia fly kites but Capri does not like that they have kites as well.
# The Canimals protect Christmas presents, Ato, Uly, Mimi, Nia and Pow are scared of Halloween, but they try to enjoy it and Oz helps them, Ato, Oz, Uly, Mimi, Pow, Peng & Gwin bake cookies and Mimi learns a lesson about anger with Nia's help.
# Oz invents a ray gun in her workshop; Fizzy and Leon practice martial arts.
# Fizzy has a standoff over a ball of yarn; Ato's garden yields a crop of fresh carrots.
# Fizzy faces a new martial arts opponent; Uly whips something up in the kitchen.
# Oz tries to tell the squirrels apart; Oz and Nia plan a surprise birthday party for Mimi.
# Mimi's friends throw her an unusual birthday party; Pow eats blueberry seeds.
# Nia befriends a frozen gorilla that is found in Ato's garden.
# The gorilla gets lured back to the jungle by Ato and Oz; Mimi and Nia play hide-and-seek.
# The Canimals join Toki for a dance; Uly gets zapped into Ato's garden.
Development
The show's creation began in 2006.
Aardman
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,
BRB International
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and Vooz Club collaborated on the show.
The voice acting was done by Aardman, while the modeling, animation, and sound processing were handled by Vooz Club and BRB International.
Licensing
BRB International
BRB Internacional S.A.U is a Spanish licensing and production company of animated television series as ''Around the World with Willy Fog'', '' Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'' and '' The World of David the Gnome''. On 31 January 2018, WildBra ...
manages all the series’ rights on the
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
* mwl, Península Eibérica
* eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...
.
The series was picked up by
Netflix
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in November 2015, and the entire series was available until June 2019 when it was pulled.
Canal+
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managed the series rights In
France
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where it aired on TeleTOON+.
Reception
Viewership
In South Korea, ''Canimals'' was first broadcast on EBS in 2011, and it received a high viewership rating and was well-received throughout the country.
In the United Kingdom, ''Canimals'' was a Ratings success. The show achieved a peak viewership of around 153,800 viewers on Feb 4th, 2013 during the after school block. The Show quickly became one of
CITV
CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...
's flagship shows, delivering the second highest average audience viewing figures against competitors in the afternoons. ''Canimals'' also delivered the highest average audience viewing figures against competitors in the mornings.
Merchandise
Toys
For all of Europe, the Japanese toy company
Tomy
is a Japanese entertainment company that makes children's toys and merchandise. It was created from a merger on March 1st 2006 of two companies: Tomy (founded in 1924 as Tomiyama, changing the name to Tomy in 1963) and long-time rival Ta ...
released their Canimals Toys range, which included plushes, toy figures, electronics, arts and crafts, and capsule toys.
Academy Plastic Model Co.
Academy Plastic Model Co., Ltd. (Hangul:아카데미과학주식회사) is a Korean plastic model, chemical, and toy company. It is headquartered in Uijeongbu-Si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea and was established on September 1, 1969.[Samsonite
Samsonite International S.A. () is an American premium luggage manufacturer and retailer, with products ranging from large suitcases to small toiletries bags and briefcases. The company was founded in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Its r ...]
, a luggage manufacturer and retailer released their line of Canimals travel luggage in 2012.
Websites
UK website
On July 7, 2012, the show's website officially launched. Aardman was tasked with creating a website for the series, and the site included clips, games, and downloads. In 2019, the website was shut down.
Apps
Mobile apps
Between February 1, 2011 and January 18, 2012, Canimals had a slew of mobile apps launched.
By April 19, 2013, the Apps Together had received about 3,800,000 downloads.
These apps (with the exception of Canimals Golf.) were taken down at an unspecified time.
Games
Flash games
Flash games were available for fans to play on the Canimals website.
Since the website was shut down in 2019, these games are no longer playable.
Facebook games
= Cantasia
=
Cantasia was a game on the popular social media website
Facebook
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. The game was released sometime in November 2012. The game was developed by online game developer, Playplus. The game put players into the world of canimals and let them create their own Cantasia World. The Game initially Featured one minigame, Canimals Match 3, which was later released as a standout app later that December exclusively on Samsung mobile devices.
The release of the Game was the first time the Canimals brand was brought into the United States. The website was retired and at an unknown date.
Awards and nominations
Canimals won as the best for kids 7–10 at the 2010 Kids' Jury and nominated for the Licensing Challenge in MIPJR 2010.
It was also placed 2nd among more than 1,000 works at MIPCOM Junior 2009 where It won the best animation award.
In 2011, it won the Grand Prize (President Award) at the Korean Content Awards.
Home media releases
In the UK, ITV Studios Home Entertainment released Volume 1 on 29 January 2011.
See also
*
''Pucca'' (TV series)
References
External links
*
*
''Canimals'' on
BRB Internacional
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