Barbapapa

Barbapapa is a Japanese-Dutch  that was created by the French-American couple, Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, in. The series was adapted from the book series of the same name. It was co-produced by the Japanese animation studios KSS and Topcraft, and the Dutch studio, PolyScope BV.

The follows the daily life of the extraordinary blob-shaped Barbapapa family, who can morph into other forms but retain their original colors. The Barbapapa family consists of parents Barbapapa and Barbamama and their seven children; the intellectual Barbotine, the coquette Barbabelle, the powerful Barbidur, inventor Barbidul, animal lover Barbidou, artist Barbouille, and musician Barbalala.

In, a  series called バーバパパ 世界をまわる premiered in Japan on NHK Educational TV, and ran for 50 episodes.

In, TF1 announced the production of a reboot of the series entitled Barbapapa en famille !, that would later premiere in France in , and would be distributed to many Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels the following year.

Broadcast
Barbapapa first premiered on ORTF Télévision in France on, and ran until the channel shut down on. On, the series would then run on the Les Visiteurs du mercredi block of TF1 until for two seasons.

The series also aired on Antenne 2 from to, on Canal J in , and on M6 starting on. The series has also aired on Piwi+ and Télétoon+.

In Canada, the series aired on Ici Radio-Canada Télé and was available on online streaming from the network TFO.

Cast
All of the characters were voiced by the narrator, Ricet Barrier in 1. In, they were given their own voices by various actors.


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International versions

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