The Bellflower Bunnies Explained

Alt Name:La Famille Passiflore (France)
Die Häschenbande (Germany)
La Famiglia Passiflora (Italy)[1]
A Família Cenoura (Portugal)[2]
Tappancs család (Hungary)
Pupu Pitkäkorva (Finland)[3]
De Knuffel Konijntjes (Netherlands)[4]
Rodzina Rabatków (Poland)
까르르 토끼 친구들 (South Korea)[5]
Os Coelhinhos Bellflower (Brazil)[6]
Los Conejitos Bellflower[7]
Russian: Истории папы Кролика
Genre:Children's animated series
comedy
Creator:Geneviève Huriet (original book series, Beechwood Bunny Tales)
Director:Season 1:
Moran Caouissin
Seasons 2 & 3:
Eric Berthier
Voices:See below
Composer:Season 1:
Daniel Scott
Valérie Baranski
Seasons 2 & 3:
Alice Willis
Country:France
Canada
Language:French
English
Num Seasons:3[8]
Num Episodes:52 [9]
List Episodes:List of The Bellflower Bunnies episodes
Executive Producer:Entire series:
Patricia Robert
Seasons 2 & 3:
Yves Pont
Franck Algard
Producer:Patricia Robert
Editor:Season 1:
Graham Chisholm
Robert Newton
Seasons 2 & 3:
Lysanne Villeneuve
Runtime:26 min.
Company:Season 1:
Protécréa
TVA International
Banco Production
Melusine Productions
Seasons 2 & 3:
Euro Visual
Tooncan
Bigcash (Season 2)
Network:TF1 (France)
Playhouse Disney (France season 2)
TVA (Canada season 1)

The Bellflower Bunnies (French: '''La Famille Passiflore''') is a French animated series based on the Beechwood Bunny Tales book series by Geneviève Huriet. The show debuted on TF1 with four episodes airing between December 24 and December 28, 2001.[10] It is a co-production between France's TF1 and several Canadian companies.

52 episodes were produced.

The show centers on the adventures and exploits of the Bellflower family, a clan of seven rabbits who live in Beechwood Grove, which is called Blueberry Hill in the English version. The two adults in the family, Papa Bramble and Aunt Zinnia, take care of their five children: Periwinkle, Poppy, Mistletoe, Dandelion and Violette.

Production

Early on in its run, the series was produced as a package of four specials by TF1 and its subsidiary, Protécréa, along with TVA International of Montreal and Melusine of Luxembourg;[11] Moran Caouissin, an animator from Disney's DuckTales movie, served as the director. Production of the series began in the fall of 2000, at a cost of over US$2 million,[11] or US$600,000 per episode.[12]

Starting in 2004, later episodes were produced by Euro Visual,[13] Tooncan, Megafun,[14] Big Cash, Dragon Cartoon[15] and Disney Television France. This time, Eric Berthier directed, and Alice Willis composed.

Home video and DVD

Europe

At least six DVD volumes of The Bellflower Bunnies have been released by TF1, Beez Entertainment and Seven Sept in the franchise's native France, separately and in a box set.[16] In Germany, edelkids released the first sixteen episodes in February[17] and August 2008.

North America

Feature Films for Families released the first two volumes of the English version on VHS (in 2001) and DVD (in 2003), as part of a marketing deal with TVA.[11] In 2005, another four DVDs were released under the Direct Source brand. Each disc in this version consists of two episodes. Since the DVDs are now next to impossible to find in the USA; Amazon Prime Video, Kimcartoon and YouTube are the currently only known options in the USA.

Episodes

See main article: List of The Bellflower Bunnies episodes. Fifty-two episodes of The Bellflower Bunnies were produced over the course of three seasons.[8] and all of these have aired in the show's native France; although episodes 39-52 were first aired on German channel KI.KA in May 2008.[18]

Voice cast

Season 1

Seasons 2 & 3

English version

French version

See also

References

Works cited

External links

Notes and References

  1. La Famiglia Passiflora at AntoniaGenna.net's Il Mondo Dei Doppiatori. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
  2. A Família Cenoura at rtp.pt. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  3. Pikku Kino at YLE TV2 site. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  4. Web site: Arnan Samson biography . 2008-04-07 . Arnan.nl . nl . ...en heeft hij de stem ingesproken van Roderick de Vos in de tekenfilm The Bellflower Bunnies (De Knuffel Konijntjes). . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060114180525/http://www.arnan.nl/DaviWB/Pagina1.html . 2006-01-14 .
  5. C4U Media: 까르르 토끼 친구들. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
  6. Boomerang lança séries para adolescentes e crianças pequenas (2006, October 2). UOL Crianças. Retrieved March 13, 2008.
  7. ¡Octubre de estrenos y diversión en Boomerang! (2006, October 24). Cantv.net. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  8. Web site: Les interventions du CNC dans l'animation . 2008-04-05 . 2005 . PDF . Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) . 14 . fr . La Famille Passiflore n° 3 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071020013831/http://www.ficam.fr/upload/documents/bilan_anim_2005_.pdf#page=14 . 2007-10-20 .
  9. Web site: La Famille Passiflore episode list . 2008-04-04 . AnimezVous.com . fr.
  10. News: Films d'animation. 2001-12-23. subscription . Le Monde. Paris. 2008-07-25. fr.
  11. Web site: Bunnies bent on broadcast (Up Next: What's developing in kids production) . 2008-07-25 . 2001-05-01 . registration . KidScreen Magazine . Brunico Communications . 2021-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210817175929/https://kidscreen.com/2001/05/01/30855-20010501/3/ . dead .
  12. Web site: Canada at the market - animation. 2008-07-25 . Staff . 2001-04-01 . . Brunico Communications.
  13. Web site: Corporative profile for Euro Visuel (Franck Algard) . 2008-07-25 . 2005-06-05 . PDF . Canada-France Mini-Immersion . Telefilm Canada/SPFA . 57 . en, fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090320002037/http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/upload/projectx/MIA_catalogue_participants.pdf#page=57 . 2009-03-20 .
  14. Web site: Productions Mégafun Inc. company profile . 2008-03-29 . . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20081208091627/http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/04/6511.asp?f=4419 . 2008-12-08 . dead .
  15. Web site: La Famille Passiflore . 2008-01-08 . AnimeKa Network / Association AnimeKa . fr.
  16. La Famille Passiflore, Vol. 1-5. Chapitre DVD. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  17. edelkids: Unterhaltungsspaß mit Pettersson und Findus und der Häschenbande (2008, January 17). Brandora. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
  18. Web site: Episode list for Die Häschenbande. https://web.archive.org/web/20140212044852/http://www.kika.de/scripts/fernsehen/a_z/index.cfm?b=d&a=4&i=1007. dead. 2014-02-12. 2008-03-10. KI.KA (kika.de). de.
  19. http://www.platypustheatre.com/presenters/emily/prespkg-emily.pdf#page=9 Platypus Theatre - Emily Saves the Orchestra

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