Keymon Ache

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Keymon Ache
Keymon Ache wallpaper.jpeg
A wallpaper created by Nickelodeon. From left to right: Mishra Sir, Sid, Rahul, Mini, Rohan, Keymon, Mom (Radha), and Dad (Shyam).
Genre Comedy
Voices ofBrian D'costa
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes164 (list of episodes)
Production
Editors
  • Vinayak Raj
  • Venkat Reddy
  • Venugopal Reddy
  • Sarath Babu
Production companyDQ Entertainment International
Original release
Network Nickelodeon India
Release2011 (2011)

Keymon Ache is an Indian animated television series produced by DQ Entertainment International ,aired on Nickelodeon India. It was the first Indian non-mythological animated show that was produced completely locally. [1] [2]

Contents

The show is about the life of an ordinary boy who has a magical school bag named Keymon which was brought by his dad from Japan. [3] [4]

Mobile video games based on the series have been released by Indian software companies such as MobiTrail. [5]

Synopsis

9 year old Rohan Tendulkar gets a gift from his father. The gift is a magical school bag from Toyland called Keymon Ache from Japan. It can speak and enchant other toys. This changes Rohan's life forever.

Characters

Main characters

Supporting characters

Episodes

Film

A film named Keymon & Nani in Space Adventure based on the series was released in theatres on 9 November 2012. [6] The character of Nani in this film was played by an animated version of Usha Uthup. [7] [8]

Home video

Nickelodeon released a DVD containing 6 episodes of 11 minutes of Dance Dance, featuring Keymon doing dance sequences. Each episode has a theme that teaches children the importance of values such as cleanliness or friendship. [4] [9]

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