''Howie & Landau'' (), also known as Hongmao and Lantu, is a Chinese animated series in

mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

. The series is produced by "Hunan Greatdreams Cartoon Communications Limited". They are most commonly referred to as "Hongmao" and "Lantu", or "Howie" and "Landau". The show uses a combination of

2D animation Traditional animation (or classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation) is an animation technique in which each frame is drawn by hand. The technique was the dominant form of animation in cinema until computer animation. Proce ...

and CGI.

Background

Their first show was produced in 2004 by the Great Dreams Cartoon (宏梦卡通), who was unable to finish the whole series (originally 100+ in the plan, while only the first 10 of which are actually produced).

Characters

*Howie (Hongmao/虹猫） - male red cat *Landau (Lantu/蓝兔） - female blue rabbit *Sally （Sha Li/莎莉） - female pink squirrel *Tease (Dou Dou/逗逗） - male brown dog *Big Ben (Daben/大奔） - male

polar bear The polar bear (''Ursus maritimus'') is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the largest extant bear specie ...

*Jumper (Tiao-tiao/跳跳） - male brown monkey *Dada （达达） - male

panda bear The giant panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca''), also known as the panda bear (or simply the panda), is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes use ...

Overall

; Sample Cartoons *11 eps (originally intended to have over 100) for Explore the Space with Hongmao and Lantu *84 eps for Howie & Landau's Humorous Theatre *65 eps for Howie & Landau's Cartoon Happy World *95 eps for Howie & Landau's Happy Moments *84 eps for Howie & Landau's You Asked Me *80 eps for Howie & Landau's Fairy Tales Adventures *80 eps for Howie & Landau's Happy Literacy *47 eps for Howie & Landau's Happy Chi Qu Yuan *100 eps for Howie & Landau's Universe *90 eps for Howie & Landau's Dinosaurs *52 eps for Howie & Landau: Seabed Adventures *56 eps for Howie & Landau: Dream Adventures *52 eps for Howie & Landau: Austrian Adventures *52 eps for Howie & Landau Sidequels: Tiao-tiao the Guardian

References

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