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Willa's Wild Life | |
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Genre | Fantasy Nature Supernatural |
Created by | Dan Yaccarino |
Developed by | Steven Sullivan |
Written by | Steven Sullivan Dan Yaccarino |
Directed by | Gary Hurst (Canada) Catherine Méziat (France) |
Voices of | Jordan Todosey Danny Wells Samantha Reynolds Dwayne Hill Darren Frost Sunday Muse Lisa Norton Peter Keleghan Katie Bergin Jay T. Schramek |
Composers | Geoff Bennett Andre Hirz Ben Johannesen |
Country of origin | Canada France |
Original languages | English French |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (52 segments) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Dan Yaccarino Philippe Delarue Scott Dyer Doug Murphy Paul Robertson |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production companies | Futurikon Nelvana Limited |
Original release | |
Network | YTV (Canada) TF1/Piwi+ (France) |
Release | October 6, 2008 – January 31, 2009 |
Willa's Wild Life is an animated television series based on Dan Yaccarino's book An Octopus Followed Me Home. The series originally aired on Qubo in the United States, [1] YTV in Canada and TF1 and Piwi+ in France. The series is Flash-animated with Toon Boom Harmony. 26 episodes were produced.
The series is about a girl named Willa who has a giraffe, a camel, two elephants, an alligator, and many more zoo animals as pets, all of whom she can speak to, though it's a secret only she and the animals know. Simply put, she has something of a backyard zoo.
No. | Title | Original release date |
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1 | "Happy Willa's Dad's Day / Willa's Wild Pony Tale" | 6 October 2008 |
2 | "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Vet? / Long Gone to Hong Kong" | 7 October 2008 |
3 | "Willa's Wild Walk / Willa's Top Dogs" | 9 October 2008 |
4 | "Willa Sets the Stage / Willa in the Wilderness" | 10 October 2008 |
5 | "Willa Willa Everywhere / Party Animals!" | 11 October 2008 |
6 | "Unbearable Bear / Willa's Fun Raiser" | 12 October 2008 |
7 | "An Alligator Ate My Homework / Hammering Away" | 15 October 2008 |
8 | "Hidden Treasure / Up, Up and Away" | 16 October 2008 |
9 | "Disappearing Act / Great Eggspectations" | 19 October 2008 |
10 | "Over the Fence / It Came from the Attic" | 20 October 2008 |
11 | "The Jenny Bus Fuss / Willa's Bedtime Story" | 14 January 2009 |
12 | "Baby It's You / Willa's Bad Hare Day" | 15 January 2009 |
13 | "Willa's Wild News / Willa's Journal" | 16 January 2009 |
14 | "Spider Girl / Willa on Ice" | 17 January 2009 |
15 | "Pas de Dooley / Perfect Partners" | 18 January 2009 |
16 | "Don't Let Go / Vet for a Day" | 21 January 2009 |
17 | "Willa's Not So Peaceable Kingdom / Go to Sleep Bert" | 22 January 2009 |
18 | "Nurse Willa / Willa and Dooley Sitting in a Tree" | 23 January 2009 |
19 | "Company's Coming / Growing Pains" | 24 January 2009 |
20 | "Willa Awards / To Ski or Not to Ski" | 25 January 2009 |
21 | "Dad's Big News / Little Miss Fitness" | 26 January 2009 |
22 | "Walk a Mile in Alligator Shoes / A Tall Walrus Tale" | 27 January 2009 |
23 | "The Girl Who Cried Ouch / When Dad's Away" | 28 January 2009 |
24 | "Feathered Friends / Forgetting Sara" | 29 January 2009 |
25 | "Willa's Sleepover / High Flying Willa" | 30 January 2009 |
26 | "Big Brother Gus / Willa's Wonderful Life" | 31 January 2009 |
In 2010, Art Director Adrian Thatcher received a Daytime Creative Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for his work on Willa's Wild Life. [5]
I still can't believe it's been a whole year since we met
And discovered how much cooler we are than everybody else!