Alt Name: | The Jungle Bunch to the Rescue |
Genre: | Comedy Adventure |
Creator: | Jean-François Tosti David Alaux Éric Tosti Julien Fournet |
Developer: | Eric Tosti |
Producer: | , Master Films |
Theme Music Composer: | Olivier Cussac |
Opentheme: | The Jungle Bunch Theme |
Endtheme: | The Jungle Bunch Theme |
Composer: | Olivier Cussac |
Country: | France |
Language: | French English |
Num Seasons: | 3 |
Num Episodes: | 158 |
Channel: | France 3 |
The Jungle Bunch to the Rescue (also known as French: Les As de la Jungle à la Rescousse in French) is a French CGI animated television series. It was created by Jean-François Tosti,, Éric Tosti and produced by Toulouse-based, Seaworld Kids, and Master Films. The series is about Maurice, a penguin that thinks he is a tiger, and his misfit friends.[1] Together, they are the defenders of the jungle. The series' 1st season premiered on December 29, 2013 in France, the second season aired on 2016 and the third season aired on 2020.[2] The Jungle Bunch to the rescue won an International Emmy Award in the category Kids: Animation in 2014 and is aired in more than 180 territories. In the UK it previously aired on Boomerang, and in the US it airs on Universal Kids.
The show focuses on a bunch of animals embodying justice and hope, who are always ready for adventure and funny situations.
See main article: List of The Jungle Bunch episodes.
The series has been adapted from a 52-minute animated film titled The Jungle Bunch: The Movie[3] (originally French: Les As de la Jungle: Opération Banquise; The Jungle Bunch: Back to the Ice Floe). The film aired on France 3, on December 31, 2011 and was released on April 10, 2013. This film was included as premium at the Kidscreen Awards.
In 2017 a feature film simply titled The Jungle Bunch was released.