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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) Catharine 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 |
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 a preschool animated television series based on Dan Yaccarino's book An Octopus Followed Me Home. The series originally aired on Qubo in the United States (and has been put back on Qubo's schedule from 2019 to 2020), [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]
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