Wakfu | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Anthony Roux |
Based on | Wakfu |
Developed by | Ankama Animations France Televisions Frakas Productions Pictanovo |
Directed by | Anthony Roux Fabrice Nzinzi |
Voices of |
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Theme music composer | Guillaume Houzé |
Composer | Guillaume Houzé |
Country of origin | France |
Original language | French |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 78 (+ 4 specials & 3 OVAs) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producers |
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Running time | 22-25 minutes |
Production companies | Ankama France Télévisions Frakas Productions Pictanovo |
Original release | |
Network | France 3 France 4 |
Release | October 30, 2008 – March 15, 2024 |
Wakfu: The Animated Series or simply Wakfu is an anime-influenced French animated television series produced by Ankama Animation, based on the video game Dofus . The first season of 26 episodes began airing on 30 October 2008, and new episodes would continue to air into January 2010 on France 3. The series is directed by Anthony "Tot" Roux, and character design is handled by Xavier "Xa" Houssin and Kim "Tcho" Etinoff. [1]
A successful Kickstarter campaign to produce an English-language dub of the series was launched in January 2014. [2] [3] There were two prior English dub attempts. The first two episodes were shown for the first time in English during the 2009 London MCM Expo; this dub pilot is believed to have been recorded in France by expats, many of whom previously worked on the English version of Code Lyoko. [4] A second English dub pilot recorded by Ocean Studios was shown at Anime Expo in 2011. [5]
The third season of the series premiered in France on September 2, 2017. [2] [6] Season 3 premiered on Netflix worldwide on April 6, 2018. The release was originally planned for April 1, but was delayed to avoid conflicts with the Easter holiday weekend and the respective holiday event in the Wakfu game. [7]
On May 7, 2020, Ankama announced that season 4 would premiere in early 2024, intended as the final chapter of the story, and a Kickstarter campaign to fund its production was launched on June 8, 2020. [8] [9] On January 16, 2024, Ankama announced that season 4 will be released on February 9, 2024. [10]
They are a humanoid species who are close to all things Mother Nature, and are most noticeable for being barefoot, having green hair, dark skin, and wearing clothes made out of leaves. The males have their hair covering their entire heads. They are all connected to the Tree of Life.
A Pandawa bamboo farmer
The Shushus are a race of demons that has the abilities of possessing objects and people. They came from an dimension called Fab'hugruta.
Later in the OVA once the Fab'hugruta portal was closed, Goultard stayed to face Rushu for six years, but in the end of episode 2, he was finished intro a skin rug under Goultard's feet.
The main antagonists of season 3. A secret Guild where all the members are demigods or children of Dragons, thus they are semi-immortal. Their stated goal is to replace their parents and become the new gods of the World of Twelve, believing that the gods don't care about them and that the world has become horribly corrupt under their rule. They threw down the gauntlet against the Brotherhood of Tofu in Season 3 because their leader, Oropo, desires both the Percedal family children and Ruel to join their new pantheon. Furthermore, he has an unspecified need for Yugo's help as well in his plan. To that end, he is using the weaknesses and doubts in the characters to try to bring them to his side. However, later episodes reveal that not everyone in The Siblings fully trusts their leader and some begin to move on their own.
Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 26 | October 30, 2008 | June 5, 2010 | |
Specials | 4 | July 7, 2007 | November 17, 2023 | |
2 | 26 | February 26, 2011 | March 3, 2012 | |
OVAs | 3 | November 15, 2014 | November 29, 2014 | |
3 | 13 | September 2, 2017 | September 17, 2017 | |
4 | 13 | February 9, 2024 | March 15, 2024 | |
The series was animated with Adobe Flash, all the production is done at Ankama's headquarters in Roubaix, with the expection of some episodes of season 3 that were outsourced at Kaibou Productions and Caribara in Montreal alongside Waooh! in Liège and the special episodes "Noximilien l'Horloger" and "Ogrest, la Légende", both produced in Japan, the episode was directed by Eunyoung Choi with Masaaki Yuasa on character designs and features a radically different art style made by the same team of animators who worked on Kaiba and Kemonozume .
Wakfu has received generally positive reviews. [16] [17] [18] Writing for Common Sense Media, reviewer Emily Ashby gave an overall positive review, praising the plot and graphics, but warned parents of elements potentially unsuitable for younger kids. [16] The show has a rating of 8.1 on IMDb. [17] Writing for thereviewgeek.com, Greg Wheeler praised the plot and characters but opined that the show has a slightly overlong runtime. [18]
Netflix acquired the right to the show and started showing it on its streaming, according to Variety Ted Sarandos, Netflix's CCO, said "Animation has a very strong history in France and French animators are among the best and most innovative in the world." Sarandos added that Netflix expected "to further strengthen our relationship with Ankama and other French animation studios." [19] The series started airing on Netflix in September 2014. [19] The dub for Season 3 uses an entirely new voice cast based in Los Angeles. [20]
On January 20, 2014, Ankama launched a Kickstarter campaign to produce an English-language dub of the series for release on region-free Blu-ray Disc in English speaking territories. [3] The campaign had a target of $80,000 Canadian Dollars to dub the first season, with stretch goals to produce dubs of the second season and various original video animation episodes. [21] The campaign's goal to dub Season 1 was met on January 21, 2014, and the campaign's goal to dub Season 2 was met on January 30, 2014.
On June 8, 2020, Ankama launched yet another Kickstarter campaign for the production of the fourth and final season of the series, with an initial target of €100,000; the target was reached within an hour after the campaign was started. [22]
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