Red Caps (TV series)

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Red Caps
Genre Fantasy, animation
Country of origin Finland, Italy
Original languagesFinnish, Italian
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Production companiesCartoon-One, Epidem ZOT
Original release
Network Nelonen (Finland), YLE FST5 (Finland), Rai Gulp (Italy)
Release29 September 2011 (2011-09-29) (YLE FST5)
18 November 2011 (2011-11-18) (Nelonen)
11 December 2011 (2011-12-11) (Rai Gulp)

Red Caps (Finnish : Tonttupartio Red Caps) is a Finnish-Italian animated television series. It was produced by Finnish company Epidem ZOT [1] and Italian company Cartoon-One in 2011. The series focuses on the adventures of a group of elves, and it is characterized by educational and moral purposes which gained to it the support of a number of institutions, including UNICEF and the Finnish Ministry of Environment. [2] [3]

Contents

On 29 September 2011, Red Caps began airing in Finland in Swedish on YLE FST5 and, on 18 November 2011, in Finnish on Nelonen. [4] [5] [6] On 11 December 2011, it began airing in Italy on Rai Gulp.

A film based on the series, titled Santa's Magic Crystal , was distributed in 2011 in 3D. [2] [7] In the English-language version, Joe Carey played Santa Claus, Kyle E. Christensen as Yotan and David Dreisen as Grouch. [8]

Plot

It has become impossible for Santa Claus to personally answer all the children's cries for help from all over the world. So Santa has gathered all his best tomties around him and founded the Red Caps Task Force, versus Santa's evil brother Basil with his assistants Grouch and robotics.

References

  1. ↑ Jutila, Niko (22 December 2009). "Kotimainen 3D-animaatio teattereihin marraskuussa 2010" [Domestic 3D animation in theaters in November 2010]. Elokuvauutiset.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 Pietari Kääpä (24 April 2014). Ecology and Contemporary Nordic Cinemas: From Nation-building to Ecocosmopolitanism. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. pp. 101–3. ISBN   978-1-4411-4321-1.
  3. ↑ Ryan Ball (August 22, 2008). "Cartoon One's Vampires, Buttercup, Caps Headed to MIP Jr". Animation Magazine. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Tonttupartio Red Caps". RITVA Database  [ fi ] (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Institute of Finland . Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Tonttupartio Red Caps". RITVA Database  [ fi ] (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Institute of Finland . Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Red Caps". RITVA Database  [ fi ] (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Institute of Finland . Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Hopewell, John; Keslassy, Elsa (February 11, 2011). "TF1 takes a shine to 'Santa's Magic Crystal'". Variety . Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  8. ↑ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 272–273. ISBN   978-1-4766-7293-9.
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