Red Caps (TV series) explained

Genre:	Fantasy, animation
Country:	Italy, Finland
Network:	Rai Gulp
Company:	Cartoon-One
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	26

Red Caps is an Italian-Finnish animated television series produced by Cartoon-One in 2011. The series focuses on the adventures of a group of elves, and it is characterized by educational and moral purposes which gained to it the support of a number of institutions, including UNICEF and the Finnish Ministry of Environment.^{[1] [2]}

A film based on the series, titled Santa's Magic Crystal, was distributed in 2011 in 3D.^{[1] [3]} In the English-language version, Joe Carey played Santa Claus, Kyle E. Christensen as Yotan and David Dreisen as Grouch.^[4]

Plot

It has become impossible for Santa Claus to personally answer all the children's cries for help from all over the world. So Santa has gathered all his best tomties around him and founded the RED CAPS Task Force, versus Santa's evil brother Basil with his assistants Grouch and robotics.

Notes and References

1. Book: Pietari Kääpä. Ecology and Contemporary Nordic Cinemas: From Nation-building to Ecocosmopolitanism. 24 April 2014 . Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. 978-1-4411-4321-1. 101–3.
2. News: Ryan Ball. Cartoon One's Vampires, Buttercup, Caps Headed to MIP Jr.. February 2, 2016. Animation Magazine. August 22, 2008.
3. News: Hopewell . John . Keslassy . Elsa . TF1 takes a shine to 'Santa's Magic Crystal' . . February 11, 2011 . February 2, 2016.
4. Book: Crump . William D. . Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film . 2019 . McFarland & Co . 978-1-4766-7293-9 . 272–273.