''Musti'' is a

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animated children's television series created by

Ray Goossens Ray Goossens (14 August 1924 – 10 December 1998) was a Belgian artist, animator, writer, and director best known for creating the cartoon character Musti. Biography Ray Goossens was born in Merksem, Belgium in 1924. Interested in animation fr ...

. It first aired in 1968, but new episodes have been made over the decades in more sophisticated animation, even going to 3D animation from 2007 on.

Concept

Musti is a small childlike anthropomorphic cat. He lives with his parents and friends Mr. Rabbit, Miss Tortoise, Miss Hedgehog and Mr. Dog. The stories are simple tales, usually not longer than five minutes in length. The show's target audience are

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s. In total, 156 episodes have been made, airing in Belgium, the

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, Canada,

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, Japan,

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, and 18 other countries. In 2007, a new television series has been created. Instead of the flat 2D images with a white background, the new series is entirely rendered in 3D. The new series airs in Belgium, The Netherlands, Israel, Norway, Japan, Croatia, Portugal and the United States on BabyFirst TV. Al-Jazeera also airs the series throughout the Arabic world.De Standaard Online – Avonturen van Musti binnenkort te zien op Al Jazeera
/ref> The original narrator was Rachel Frederix. Since 2007, her successor is Kristel Van Craen. In the Netherlands, Musti appeared on television in 1980. The narrators were Arnold Gelderman and Marijke Merckens. The series was shown on BabyFirst TV in the United States. In France, Belgium and Canada, the narrator since 2007 was Emmanuelle Delchambre.

Books

The Flemish publisher

Standaard Uitgeverij Standaard Uitgeverij is a Belgian publisher, and the leading publisher in the Dutch language market of Flanders. History In 1919, the Standaard group was created, mainly consisting of a chain of bookshops ( Standaard Boekhandel), a newspaper (''De ...

carries an extensive portfolio of Musti children's books, targeting children 3–6. Another publisher

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, printed a number of Musti children's comics in French, based on its appearances in the magazine Bonne Soirée.

Software

Recently, a number of educational software programs were developed with Musti as the lead character. They are currently only available in Dutch.

International airings

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* Australia: Canal ABC * Bolivia: Red ATB * Canada:

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: Canal 13, on the children's show

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* Colombia:

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: Multivisión *

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* El Salvador: Canal 19 (Nickelodeon) * France: France 5

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* Germany: KiKa * India:

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* Israel:

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* Italy: Rai YoYo and

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* Japan: WOWOW *

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* Mexico: Canal 5 *

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: FETV Canal 5 *

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: TVP1 *

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and

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: Disney Channel *

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: KBS * Spain: Clan and

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* Sweden: SVT and STVB *

: TRT *

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: Canal 5 - Televisión Nacional Uruguay * United States: BabyFirst * United Kingdom:

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and Cartoon Network

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