| The Podcats | |
|---|---|
 Promotional banner showing the show’s main characters | |
| Created by | Eric Chevalier Nathalie Blanchard Ian Parovel |
| Based on | Les Podcats |
| Developed by | Okidoki Studio |
| Directed by | Eric Chevalier Antoine Colomb Guillaume Rio |
| Voices of | (French Cast) Alexis Tomassian Diane Dassigny Jessica Barrier Carole Baillien Pierre Hattet |
| Theme music composer | Gustave Rudmann Roddy Julienne |
| Opening theme | We are the Podcats |
| Composer | Roddy Julienne |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Morgane Group |
| Running time | 7-8 minutes |
| Production company | France Télévision |
| Original release | |
| Network | France 3 TVP3 Netflix |
| Release | 7 September 2009 – present |
The Podcats is a French 3D animated television series of 78 episodes, produced by Okidoki Studio with Docks Dog Studio and the TV channel France 3. The first season was aired 7 February 2009 on France 3 in the TV show Ludo. Next seasons were aired to France 4 and France Ô.
Each episode includes two sketches dealing with the same subject, and a third entitled Profcats explaining the theme of the day's show, such as boss, GPS, buzz, ping, etc. The episode ends generally with a musical performance of the Podcats in front of the public.
Overactive animation, manga faces, colorful environments and the many characters from different video game universes are characteristic of the series and give it a very particular style.
The work of animation, lighting and compositing was entrusted to Mokko Studio, a Montreal studio.
Synopsis
Four video game characters create a music group after having been tired of staying in their respective games. This does not prevent them from returning to experience multiple adventures.
Characters
Senzo
- Voiced by: Alexis Tomassian (French)
- He is the lead singer of the band and the guitarist. It comes from a "Guitar Hero", it's probably his super cool attitude that attracts so much Bella (Senzo ignores it). He loves Bella very much, but does not dare to tell her for fear she will laugh at him.
- His style: English pop manga, a "rockmantic" thing that makes girls crack
- His passions: Less heroic in games than behind a guitar
- Its bonus: a mixture of nonchalant charm and communicative enthusiasm
- His items: "Redfire" of course, his guitar "cybervintage" strings stretched with pure energy
Bella
- Voiced by: Diane Dassigny (French)
- She is the band's keyboardist, is a Sims who has some difficulty controlling her emotions that inevitably trigger an avalanche of emoticons . It is for the leader of the group, Senzo, that she secretly has a crush.
- Her style: Stylish
- Her Bonus: Rock and balances
- Her malus: Her emoticons betray all the emotions she has difficulty controlling
- Her bonus: It is a rebel in the skin of a "girly"
- Her items: A book of psychology and an interactive mirror
Gala
- Voiced by: Jessica Barrier (French)
- She is the bass player, she comes from an online multiplayer game, she is a magic elf who never separates from her spellbook. Unfortunately for the people around her, these spells rarely have the expected effect and cause many misfortunes that trigger many adventures.
- Her style: Elvish
- Her Passions: Rock and Magic
- Her bonus: Her obstinacy. Always ready for adventure, she is afraid of nothing
- Her malus: Her anger is noisy
- Her item: A grimoire
Mimo
- Voiced by: Carole Baillien (French)
- He is the drummer, he comes out straight of a game of surfing, snowboarding , skateboarding . It has the relaxed Californian attitude typical of those who only think about finding their waves. He is also one of those video game fanatics who only think of beating their records.
- His style: Californian too cool
- His passions: Rock and DIY
- His bonus: Putting his technological findings to the services of the group
- His malus: Same
- His items: The extension of his feet, a skateboard