Wild Things | |
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Created by | Smocko Productions / Stanford Productions |
Directed by | Jeremy Stanford |
Starring | Maria Roman / Tiara Russell / Cassandra Cass |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | March 22, 2010 |
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Trantasia |
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