Poppets Town, French title: Les Popilous (also styled as PoppetsTown; Popilouville in French) is a Japanese-influenced Animated series comedy children's television series produced by Decode Entertainment (then DHX Media, now WildBrain) and Neptuno Films in association with the OLC Rights Entertainment. It is based on the characters created by Japan author who first created Poppets Town by Jun Ichihara since 2004. The series formerly aired on Knowledge Kids and TVOKids in Canada. The series premiered on January 1, 2009, and ended on May 1, 2011, with a total of 26 episodes (52 segments) were produced.
Overview
Poppets Town follows the adventures of Blooter and his best friends Patty and Bobby as they solve everyday problems in Poppets Town.
Characters
Main
- Burūtā
- Voiced by: Cory Doran (English); Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese)
- Blooter is a blue anthropomorphic dog who wears no clothes, (the helmet, red collar and yellow backpack as exceptions). He is smart, friendly, fun, and he loves to ride his Kick scooter and being the leader of the Poppets. He is the only poppet who come up with ideas to solve problems, he is Patty & Bobby's best friend. He also likes being a Rapping, and he likes to sing on the microphone as well. He has a spy codename called "Poppet-Scoot". His catchphrases are "Poppets Away!", "Scoot-toot!" and "My brain just popped a great idea!".
- Pati
- Voiced by: Bryn McAuley (English); Shiho Kushima (Japanese)
- Patty is a yellow anthropomorphic cat girl who wears a pink dress with light-colored flowers and a blue bandana around her neck. She is sweet, loving, kind, smart, friendly, and she loves to ride her helicopter called the "Patter-Patter" and carries a laptop when her friends need more info, which she calls her "Patty-puter". She is the only poppet who knows everything, she is also best friends with Blooter & Bobby. Her favorite instrument are the Drum kit. She has a spy codename called "Cookie-Finder". She's also a fun party planner, as she plans to throw Party in every episode.
- Bobī
- Voiced by: Cameron Ansell (English); Tōko Aoyama (Japanese)
- Bobby is an orange anthropomorphic Brown bear who wears a yellow shirt with pink polka-dots, which he calls his "lucky shirt", and a blue hat on his head. He is friendly, helpful, and he loves to ride his van called the "clubhouse" and hangs a camera around his neck when he take photos of stuff. He is the only poppet who helps with the equipment, he is also best friends with Blooter & Patty. His favorite instrument is the Electric guitar. He has a spy codename called "Nail-Hammer".
Recurring
- Ari
- Voiced by: Martin Roach (English); Masanori Machida (Japanese)
- Alli is an anthropomorphic jazzy alligator who wears a shirt with red and white stripes, a red hat on his head, and glasses around his eyes. He also works at a music store and drives a ladybug car. When he sees Blooter, he always says "Blooter-Dooda" as a catchphrase when he passes by. His favorite instruments are the saxophone, piano, and keyboard.
- Kokori
- Voiced by: Julie Lemieux (English); Hikari Yono (Japanese)
- Cocori is an anthropomorphic chicken girl who wears a pink shirt and blue scarf. She has a red helmet and wears roller skate shoes. She also works at a cafe and drives an egg-shaped car, (but she doesn't use it that much). Her favorite hobby is making smoothies.
- Kōjī
- Voiced by: Adam Reid (English); Tsutomu Densaka (Japanese)
- Cozy is a red and white striped anthropomorphic zebra who wears no clothes. He likes to look after the crossroads and rides a blue wooden horse. He also lives in a house with a big horseshoe on top of his roof.
- Kyappu
- Voiced by: Adam Reid (English); Eisuke Asakura (Japanese)
- Captain Cap is an anthropomorphic sheep who used to be a pirate and drives a duck boat and lives on it. He used to have a lot of pirate mates, but he never hangs out with them anymore. He is the oldest and wisest of the Poppets, and he loves to tell his pirate stories to everyone.
- Nakanakaburazāzu
- Voiced by: Richard Binsley (English); Hikari Yono (Japanese)
- The Naka-Nakas are a trio of anthropomorphic monkey brothers. There are three of them, Robin, Jojo and Nicky, who wears a striped shirt of different colors, a ribbon scarf, and a funny hat on their heads. They also lives in a Tree house and loves to ride their banana-shaped car. Their favorite instrument are the bongo drum.
- Kyandi
- Candy is a caterpillar of different colors with 12 legs. She also plays with leaves, and she uses them to fly in the air.
- Machiruda
- Mathilda is a bee with orange and red stripes and loves to ride her fish-shaped airplane called the "Patapata". She is also Candy's best friend.
Episodes
The episodes was completed sometime around 2008-2009.
Broadcast
In addition to its broadcast in Canada on Knowledge Kids and
TVOKids, the show has also been broadcast internationally. Disney Channel Latin America and Disney-ABC International Television Distribution have distributed the show for their channels on
Playhouse Disney, later Disney Junior in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Latin America, Brazil,
Spain, Scandinavia, Italy, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand. In Japan, the series had previously aired on Disney Channel on October 5, 2009, and later aired on TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting on January 31, 2012. In Israel, it was broadcast on the Hop! Channel in 2010. The show aired in the United States on Discovery Familia from 2011 to 2014. It also aired on ABC Kids in Australia.
ZooMoo aired this show in Brazil on September 11, 2013, as well as in Latin America. OLC has distributed the show in Japan.
The series is now available on streaming service on Amazon,
iTunes,
Apple TV, and
Google Play.
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