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Paddle Pop Adventures | |
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Also known as | Max Adventures |
Genre | Animated sitcom Fantasy Adventure Comedy Satire |
Written by | Gerard Maurez Lee Croudy Salvador Simó Gary Sparks |
Directed by | Tod Polson Salvador Simó |
Composers | Pantawit Kiangsiri Erick Schroder |
Country of origin | Thailand |
Original languages | English Thai |
Production | |
Producers | Chadaporn Mitinunwong Suponwich Juck Somsaman Valthip Srinaka |
Production companies | The Monk Studios (2007-2012, 2014-present) Egg Story Studios (2013-2014) Unilever |
Paddle Pop Adventures, also known as Max Adventures, is a Thai animated television series that saw its first release in 2005. Based on the mascot of the Australian ice cream brand Paddle Pop from manufacturer Streets, named the Paddle Pop Lion, the series was produced by The Monk Studios and Egg Story Studios (in 2013-2014) and is owned by the British-Dutch company Unilever. [1] [2] [3] [4] The series was used to promote the brand worldwide.
It was launched in more than 33 countries including Indonesia, Spain, France, India, Italy, Portugal and Brazil. In Australia, the series was called Paddle Pop Adventures, where each season was condensed into a single movie.
Paddle Pop: Cyberion was the first appearance of Paddle Pop in CGI, released in 2007, with the rest of the series following this trend. Paddle Pop: Kombatei was released in 2009 as 13 episodes under the original title Max Adventures. Each episode ranged around the 8 minute mark. Following serial releases such as Paddle Pop: Begins and Paddle Pop: Magilika were also as short episodes, which were later condensed into films. The films were dubbed from Indonesian into English and renamed from Max Adventures to Paddle Pop Adventures for an Australian audience.
In Brazil, the episodes for Paddle Pop: Begins (2011) and following releases were adapted by Unilever to be aired on Nickelodeon. [5] In Indonesia, Paddle Pop: Begins was released in cinema in 2011. In 2012, Begins and following serial releases were condensed and renamed to the precursor title Petualangan Singa Pemberani and released in Indonesian movie theatres such as Cinema XXI in 2D, 3D [6] and 4D [7] formats.
The story follows the adventures of Max, or Paddle Pop, a young lion heir to the throne of the Lion Kingdom. He lost his parents to the antagonist Shadow Master, who had attempted to steal the Lion Crystals and achieve supreme power. However Max is saved by his tutor Professor Higgabottom. Together, he and his friends Higgabottom, Leena, Twitch, Spike, Kara and others attempt to collect the crystals themselves and stop the Shadow Master.
The main set of movies are animated in 3D.