Nanook's Great Hunt

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Nanook's Great Hunt (French: La Grande Chasse de Nanook) is a 1996 animated series of 26 episodes. It was co-produced by Elma Animation, Medver International Inc., [1] and TF1, in association with Mediatoon. [2] The series was created and produced by Serge Rosenzweig; the directors were Franck Bourgeron, Marc Perret, and Stéphane Roux; the executive producers were Paul Rozenberg, Dana Hastier, and Lyse Lafontaine; the writers were Françoise Charpiat, Sophie Decroisette and Serge Rosenzweig; music was by Xavier Cobo and Michaël Dune. [3] The series first aired in France on Wednesday September 3, 1997, on TF1's TF! Jeunesse. [4] It also aired in Canada in French on Mondays at 8 pm on Télétoon, [5] and in English on Teletoon on Thursdays at 4:55 pm. [6] A 70-minute special titled Nanook: le grand combat/Nanook - The Great Combat was produced in 1996 as well. The special was directed by Gérald Fleury. [7]

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In February 2000, APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) started airing Nanook on Saturday mornings in Inuktitut. It was the first animated series to be aired in Nunavik dialects. [8]

Synopsis

From Mediatoon's press flyer: "A boy's journey into manhood through his quest to find his missing father... Set in the harsh landscape of the Canadian Arctic, this enchanting tale evolves around Nanook, a twelve-year-old Inuit boy, who embarks upon a journey to find his missing father, undertaking the challenge of hunting down the mythical bear, Suaq Nanok." [9]

Episodes

A total of 26 episodes of 26 minutes were produced, plus a 70-minute special titled Nanook - The Great Combat. [9] Currently the first two episodes are available for free at eToon on Dailymotion. [10] [11] A list of the French title of the episodes is available at Planète Jeunesse.

Voice artists

Nanook was voiced by Charles Pestel  [ fr ] in the French version and Evie Mark in the Nunavik version. [8]

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  2. ↑ Rice-Barker, Leo (Oct 1, 1996). "MIPCOM Report: Co-production diary: Media toon has co-production formula". Kidscreen Magazine. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  3. ↑ "Nanook English opening sequence" . Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  4. ↑ "La Grande Chasse de Nanook" . Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  5. ↑ "Program Time Announcement for Nanook on Télétoon from 1999". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  6. ↑ "Telefilm Canada's ZOOM International European Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 4" (PDF). 1996. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  7. ↑ "Nanook : le grand combat" . Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  8. 1 2 George, Jean (Dec 30, 1999). "Nunavik's triliingual video production firm moves ahead". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  9. 1 2 "Mediatoon Flyer for Nanook" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  10. ↑ "Mediatoon Press Release from Dec 19th, 2008" . Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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