Loggerheads is an
animated cartoon
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...
television series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed be ...
by Magma Films. It combines an old
viking
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden),
who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...
storylines with dark humour. It aired for only one season and was shown in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
in 1997, on Britain's
Channel Five in 1998 and later on the
Pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' ( ...
TV channel, and in Italy
TMC2
Transmembrane channel-like protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''TMC2'' gene.
Function
This gene is considered a member of a gene family predicted to encode transmembrane proteins. The specific function of this gene is u ...
in 1999. It was also localized in Spain as ''Villabroncas'' and Portugal as ''O Mundo dos Vikings''.
The Story revolves around the Loggerhead chief Bjorn the Red and the rich Gissur the Pale and his family's attempts to contest the post.
The opening/ending theme of the Italian version was written by Vito Abbonato and
Andrea Ridolfi
Andrea Ridolfi is an Italian musician, composer, and conductor.
Filmography
Composer
* (2023) ''Fiori Sopra l'Inferno'', directed by Carlo Carlei - TV series, 6 episodes (2x3)
* (2021) '' La fuggitiva'', directed by Carlo Carlei - TV ser ...
.
Episodes
*Viking Olympics
*Give and Take
*A Song for Europe
*Rolvo's Big Adventure
*Skeggi and the Fountain of Youth
*The Taxman Cometh
*Pirates
*Queen Irmgard
*Alfred the Admirable
*Law and Disorder
*Preacher Man
*Sealed with a Kiss
*Whale's Tale
*Reversal of Fortune
*Dragon
*Love thy Neighbour
*Five Vikings and a Baby
*Viking Vows
*Club Loggerheads
*The Cowgirl
*Leif the Unlucky
*Rolvo's Pressing Engagement
References
External links
*
Television series set in the Middle Ages
1990s German animated television series
1997 German television series debuts
1997 German television series endings
1990s animated television series
German children's animated adventure television series
ProSieben original programming
Television series set in the Viking Age
{{animation-tv-prog-stub