''Pucca'' (, ''Jjajang Sonyeo Ppukka'') is an animated comedy television series based on a series of shorts created by the South Korean company

VOOZ Character System ''Pucca'' (; ko, 뿌까 ) is a South Korean media franchise from the South Korean company VOOZ Character System. The main and titular character, Pucca, is the niece of three Korean men who run a Chinese-style restaurant. The restaurant, known as ...

. The series revolves around Pucca, a young girl who is in love and obsessed with a ninja named Garu. The series has aired on Champ TV and MBC TV in

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. The series has also aired on Toon Disney's

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block in the United States, and on the international Jetix channels throughout Europe and Latin America. In Canada, the show aired on Family Channel. ''Pucca'' premiered in 2006, with a set of 26 episodes (78 segments). The second season of the show, consisting of 13 episodes (39 segments), began airing in 2008 after it was ordered to be created by

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. In October 2018, a third season was announced by Planeta Junior, a company within

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. The third season aired in South Korea on 10 December 2018 on MBC TV, and 19 December 2018 on

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. It consists of 26 episodes (76 segments). The third season of Pucca, titled "Pucca: Love Recipe" in English, released on Netflix on 31 December 2019. In total, not including the previous online aired episodes of the show, this brought the number of created segments to 191. The main theme song is also sung in Korean.

Summary

The series centers around the adventures of an 11-year-old noodle delivery girl named Pucca, who typically does not speak. She works in a local restaurant called the Goh-Rong in her town called Sooga Village, owned by her three uncles where their main dish is

Jajangmyeon ''Jajangmyeon'' () or ''jjajangmyeon'' () is a Korean noodle dish topped with a thick sauce made of '' chunjang'', diced pork, and vegetables. Variants of the dish use seafood, or other meats. History ''Jajangmyeon'' was introduced in the la ...

noodles. Her love interest is a 13-year-old ninja named Garu, who also does not speak. Garu is a committed ninja in training that has a serious demeanor, valuing his own company and silence, often seeing moments in which Pucca chases Garu and tries to kiss him. Pucca has a best friend named Ching, an 11-year-old that practices

Jian The ''jian'' (pronunciation （劍）, English approximation: ) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the ''jian'' date to the 7th century BCE, during the Spring and ...

swordsmanship. Ching has a pet chicken named Won who always sits on her head, and is in love with a boy named Abyo, a 14-year-old who pays no attention to her and only has interests in

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and impressing other girls. In the third season, there is an overarching plot surrounding the rivalry between Goh-Rong and a new local restaurant titled Dong King Restaurant (which was originally titled to be BonaSera in the trailer). Ring Ring, a local 12-year-old fashion star, who appeared previously in the show and also grows a love interest to Garu, is also revealed to be the daughter of Dong King and works alongside him and his servants against Pucca and Dong King.

Episodes

Voice cast

''Pucca'' (Vancouver, original)

Tabitha St. Germain Tabitha St. Germain, formerly known as Paulina Gillis Germain and also known as Tabitha or Kitanou St. Germain, is a Canadian actress and comedian. She is known for a variety of roles across many different shows. She has been actively doing voi ...

as Pucca, Ring Ring *

Maryke Hendrikse Marÿke Hendrikse ( ; born February 23, 1979) is a Bahamian–born Canadian voice actress who works primarily for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She has played several roles in anime, most notably Revy in '' Black Lagoon'' ...

as Pucca (uncredited) *

Brian Drummond Brian Drummond (born August 10, 1969) is a Canadian voice actor. He formerly served on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. Usually working in Vancouver, h ...

as Garu * John Stocker as Garu (uncredited), Santa Claus (laughing) * Brian Dobson as Uncle Dumpling * Michael Dobson as Ho * Dale Wilson as Linguini, Policeman Bruce *

Lee Tockar Lee William Tockar (born 1969) is a Canadian voice actor and visual artist who works for several studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is also a writer of children's literature, a musician, sculptor, illustrator and collected painter ...

as Abyo, Dada, Tobe *

Chantal Strand Chantal Strand (born October 15, 1987) is a Canadian voice and stage actress as well as former stunt performer known for her vocal roles in animation, anime and video games. Her vocal role credits include those for little female human character ...

as Ching *

Kathleen Barr Kathleen Barr is a Canadian voice actress. She is best known for voicing Marie Kanker and Kevin in ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' and Trixie Lulamoon and Queen Chrysalis in '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''. She also voiced Henri Richard Maurice Du ...

as Doga, Ssoso *

French Tickner French Alexis Tickner (August 26, 1930 – August 26, 2021) was an American–born Canadian voice, film and television actor, known for his work in Ocean Productions. Filmography Anime/Animation * '' Death Note'' - Quillish “Watari” Wammy * ...

as Santa Claus * Richard Newman as Master Soo * Dave "Squatch" Ward as Muji *

Michael Daingerfield Michael Daingerfield is a Canadian actor, acting coach and founder of On The Mic Training, a voice acting school in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his voice roles of Ace Ventura in '' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', playing Gordo ...

as Chang

''Love Recipe''

Korean version

* Jeonghwa Yang as Pucca * Shin Yong-woo as Garu * Beom-gi Hong as Abyo * Park Si-yoon as Ching * Kim Hyeon-ji as Ring Ring * So Junghwan as Uncle Dumpling
Lee Sang-ho
as Ho * Hong Seung-hyo as Linguini * Park Sungtae as Tobe * Hyeon Gyeong-Su as Fyah
Kim Shin-woo
as Chang
Kang Seong-woo
as Bruce *All Korean Actors as Additional Characters

English version

* Jeonghwa Yang (via archival recordings) as Pucca * Shin Yong-woo (via archival recordings) as Garu *

Doug Erholtz Doug Erholtz is an American voice actor. He is best known for his performances as Inspector Zenigata from ''Lupin the Third'', Kisuke Urahara, Gin Ichimaru, and Rudbornn Chelute briefly from '' Bleach'', TK Takaishi from '' Digimon Adventure 02'' ...

as Abyo *

Melissa Fahn Melissa Fahn is an American actress and singer, best known as the voice of Gaz Membrane in ''Invader Zim'', as well as Hello Kitty in ''Hello Kitty's Paradise'' and voicing many anime and video game characters like Edward from '' Cowboy Bebop'', ...

as Ching *

Karen Strassman Karen Strassman (born June 5 is an American stage, television and voice actress who has provided English language voices for Japanese anime shows, animation, and video games. Some of her major roles are Kallen Stadtfeld in the ''Code Geass'' seri ...

as Ring Ring *

Kirk Thornton Kirk Thornton is an American voice actor, director and script writer working mainly with English-language versions of Japanese anime shows. Career His major roles include Brandon Heat in ''Gungrave'', Hotohori in ''Fushigi Yūgi'', Klein in ' ...

as Uncle Dumpling, Bruce *

Spike Spencer Charles Forrest "Spike" Spencer (born December 21, 1968) is an American voice actor and columnist best known for dubbing Japanese anime films. He is known for his roles in ADV Films dubs of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' as Shinji Ikari, ''Martian ...

as Ho, Casano, Santa Claus * Steve Canden as Linguini, Fyah *

Ben Pronsky Ben Pronsky is an American voice and television actor. Career Pronsky studied regularly at the Larry Moss Studio and was founder and director of the Edgemar Film Festival in Santa Monica, California. He currently resides in Los Angeles. He has a ...

as Tobe, Ayo, Dandy *

Stephanie Sheh Stephanie Sheh is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer and producer who has worked for several major companies, including Cartoon Network and Sony. She is often involved with work in English dubs of anime, cartoons, video games and fi ...

as Granny, Panky *

Todd Haberkorn Todd Haberkorn is an American voice actor and director, who has dubbed in anime, films, and video games. Career While Haberkorn was working in theater, he joined Funimation as a voice actor, with minor roles in ''One Piece'', ''Black Cat'', a ...

as Chang, Dada * Tony Azzolino as Ssoso *

Michael Sorich Michael John Sorich ( , born March 23, 1958) is an American actor, writer and director. Biography Sorich has been a prominent and ever-present voice actor for many different characters in the ''Power Rangers'' franchise (until the end of the '' W ...

as Dong King, Jin, Siva

Home media

Awards

At the 2006

Annecy International Animated Film Festival The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (french: Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, officially abbreviated in English as the Annecy Festival, or simply Annecy) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of J ...

, the Pucca episode "A Force of Won" was "nominated for two awards, including the Prix Jeunesse in the Animation category." During the same year, Pucca won the

Leo Awards The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held each May or June in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Leo Awards were founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British C ...

for best screenwriting, along with "best overall in an animation program."

Music tour

A musical show for the series was held in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

on 8 October 2009. This location was chosen because of Pucca being "one of the most beloved programs on

's Latin American channel". The show repeated itself eight times from 8 to 11 October 2009.

References

External links

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