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Bali is a French-Canadian animated television series, based on a series of French children's books written by Magdalena Guirao-Jullien (under the mononym Magdalena), illustrated by Laurent Richard, and published by Editions Flammarion. It was produced by Planet Nemo Animation and Subsequence Entertainment, in association with Radio-Canada, TVOntario, Knowledge Network, France 5, Disney Channel France and RTBF, and with the participation of the Shaw Rocket Fund, the Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, Telefilm Canada, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and the Canadian Television Fund (or the Fonds canadien de television in French). Currently, the distribution rights to the series are held by French animation studio Xilam.

In 2011, Planet Nemo, in association with Disney Junior (France), produced a spin-off series entitled J'apprends la langue des signes avec Bali. Using a combination of 3D animation and live-action footage, this series focuses on Bali and his new friend Cléo, who is Deaf. Due to heavily featuring French Sign Language, the show was never released internationally, although an official English title exists - Bali Signing Time, along with official English subtitles for one episode.

A second season was in development beginning in 2007 (alongside plans for Banzai! Bali, a feature film which never materialized), and was officially ordered by TVO, PBS[2], and Radio-Canada in 2012, slated for a 2013 release. However, due to Planet Nemo's impending bankruptcy, production on the second season abruptly shut down in January 2013, and never resumed. This season would have seen the show's original language change to English.[3]

In 2013, production on Nie martw się, Tamaro, a 23-minute special episode, began at Studio Miniatur Filmowych - the studio responsible for the Polish dub of the first season. The special has a copyright date of 2016, but only premiered on TVP ABC on October 30, 2019.[4] This is likely due to the legal battle between Planet Nemo and Xilam, over the distribution rights to the show, that was occuring around the same time.[5] No English or French dubs exist of this special, although there is an official English title - Cheer Up, Tamara.[6]

There also exists a set of 13 episodes, known as Bali II in TV listings. These are remakes of 13 episodes from the first season - renimated by Studio Minitaur Filmowych, shortened to 8 minutes, and with all dialogue changed to a narrator describing the character's actions and performing their voices. Despite having copyright dates of 2017, they did not premiere until September 2019, on TVP ABC. These episodes have only aired in Poland, and likely will not be distributed internationally.

Cast[]

The original French version of the initial 52-episode run of the show was recorded in Belgium.

Character Actor
Bali (Bali)
Bali
Nathalie Stas
Tito (Bali)
Tito
Stéphane Excoffier
Madame Olga (Bali)
Madame Olga
Nanou (Bali)
Nanou
Tamara (Bali)
Tamara
Marie Van R
Léa (Bali)
Léa
Papa (Bali)
Papa
Mathieu Moreau
Maman (Bali)
Maman
Mariline Gourdon
Additional voices
Stéphane Flamand
Technical staff
Voice director
Daniel Dury

Music[]

Song Singer(s)
Theme song (and all episodic songs)
Pakita

Nie martw się, Tamaro[]

Character Actor
Bali (Bali)
Bali
Lucyna Malec
Tito (Bali)
Tito
Anna Apostolakis
Tamara (Bali)
Tamara
Dorota Lanton
Ming Ming (Bali)
Ming Ming
Karolina Kalina-Bulcewicz
Lily (Bali, Nie martw się, Tamaro)
Mama Tamary
Papa (Bali)
Tata Baliego
Tomasz Kozłowicz
Maman (Bali)
Mama Baliego
Agnieszka Czekańska
Mop (Bali, Nie martw się, Tamaro)
Tata Tamary
Sławomir Głazek
Additional voices
Monika Wierzbicka

Music[]

Song Singer(s)
Jacek Bończyk
Hop w górę (Hop Up)
Aleksander Matuszewski
Cicha noc (Silent Night)
Anna Apostolakis
Agnieszka Czekańska
Tomasz Kozłowicz
Dorota Lanton
Lucyna Malec
Monika Wierzbicka

Bali II[]

Character Actor
Narrator
Tomasz Kozłowicz

Music[]

Song Singer(s)
Jacek Bończyk
Episodic songs
Jacek Bończyk
Lucyna Malec
Mieczysław Morański
Monika Wierzbicka

International versions[]

Language Title Channels
Bali - logo (French) Albanian Bali Pikaboo (formerly)
Bali - title card (Arabic) Arabic حبوب Baraem (formerly)
Gulli Bil Arabi (Gulli Doo block)[7]
OSN TV Kidzone (formerly)
Shahid[8]
Bali - logo (Cantonese) Cantonese Bali 學做聽話好孩子 direct-to-video[9]
Bali - logo (French) Catalan Bali Super3 (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Croatian Bali Mini TV (formerly)
Pikaboo (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Czech Bali ČT1 (formerly)
Déčko (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Dutch Bali unknown
Bali - logo (French) English Bali TVO (formerly)
Knowledge Network (formerly)
Syndication (via American Public Television, formerly)
WGBH (formerly)[10]
TVNZ Kidzone (formerly)[11]
ABC Kids (formerly)[12]
ABC2 (formerly)[13]
Nick Jr. (Australia) (formerly) [14]
OSN TV Kidzone (via SAP, formerly)
Amazon Prime Video (US only)
iTunes (US only)
Kidoodle.TV (excluding US & Canada)
Shahid[8]
Bali - title card (Finnish) Finnish Pauli Yle TV2 (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) German Bali KiKA (formerly)
ORF 1 (formerly)
Junior (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Hungarian Bali M2 (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Indonesian Bali TVRI (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Italian Bali Rai Yoyo (formerly)
Bali - title card (Korean) Korean 발리는 귀여워 EBS (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Macedonian Бали Pikaboo (formerly)
Bali - title card (Chinese Mandarin) Mandarin (China) 小乐比 CCTV-14 (formerly)
TVS-5 (formerly)
Aniworld Satellite TV (formerly)
Fujian TV Children's Channel (formerly)
HaHa TV (formerly)
Youku
iQiyi
Bali - logo (French) Norwegian Bali NRK Super (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Persian بالی Filimo
Bali - logo (French) Polish Bali
Piesek Bali (Polsat JimJam)
TVP1 (formerly)
TVP ABC
MiniMini+ (formerly)
Polsat JimJam (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Portuguese (Portugal) Bali RTP1 (formerly)
RTP2 (formerly)
Bali - title card (Russian) Russian Бали Tiji (formerly)
BTV (formerly)[15]
Bali - logo (French) Serbian Бали Pikaboo (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Slovene Bali TV SLO 1 (formerly)
TV SLO 2 (formerly)
Pikaboo (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Spanish (Latin America) Bali Canal Once (Once Niños block, formerly)[16]
ZAZ (formerly)[17]
Semillitas
¡Sorpresa! (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Turkish Bali Yumurcak TV (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Ukrainian балі Tonis (formerly)[18]
ВІТА ТБ (formerly)[19]

Language Title Channels
Bali - logo (French) Lithuanian Šuniuko Bali nuotykiai LTV (formerly)
LTV2 (formerly)
Bali - logo (French) Romanian Bali TVR 1 (formerly)
Moldova 1 (formerly)[20]
Bali - logo (French) Vietnamese Nhóc Bali
Hình Bali
VTVCab 6 (formerly)

References[]

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyWPWJA0GmY
  2. https://www.latribune.fr/regions/nord-pas-de-calais/20121116trib000731501/television-les-series-animees-made-in-france-de-planet-nemo-s-exportent-dans-plus-de-100-pays.html
  3. https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-le-bars-ab3425b9/details/experience/
  4. https://dubbingpedia.pl/wiki/Bali_(serial_animowany_2016)
  5. https://xilam.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Rapport_annuel_2014_light.pdf
  6. https://kipa.pl/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/KATALOG_KIPA.pdf
  7. https://youtu.be/kSjBn2WGDa4?t=210
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://shahid.mbc.net/en/series/Bali-season-1/season-361221-361222
  9. https://www.digilearnebuy.hk/panorama-corporation-ltd/bali-1?sort=rating&order=DESC&page=3
  10. https://issuu.com/wgbh_members_guide/docs/explore_september10
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20121005034424/http://tvnz.co.nz/kidzone24/schedule-4124000
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20110413174639/http://www.abc.net.au/abcforkids/shows/s2981962.htm
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20100430183440/http://www.selectv.com:80/index.cfm?objectID=30A57B40-E9B3-46B5-2B7767C62ECD4CEC
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140308191106/http://www.nickjr.com.au/shows/bali/
  15. http://tvp.netcollect.ru/prog.php?id=274714
  16. https://canalonce.mx/REST/data/defensoria/informes/InfoTrimOctDic2010.pdf
  17. https://doblaje.fandom.com/es/wiki/Bali
  18. https://issuu.com/livoberezhna/docs/_87-88_2009/7
  19. http://tvp.netcollect.ru/prog.php?id=198555
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20071015104944/http://trm.md/index.php?module=program&location=1
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