Bunny Maloney
Bunny Maloney is a 2009 French computer-animated television series created by Studio Tanuki, directed by Stéphane Stoll and produced by Maia Tubiana. It was based on a 2002 pilot called The Attack of the Giant Red Octopus[1] (French: Pinpin le Lapin: L'attaque de rouge geant). The series chronicles the adventures of a pink anthropomorphic rabbit named Bunny Maloney and his friends. The series was canceled after one season, due to low ratings.[2]
| Bunny Maloney | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy Action |
| Created by | Nicolaï "Méko" Chauvet, Utku Kaplan and Nicolas Flory (Pinpin le Lapin) |
| Developed by | MoonScoop Group |
| Directed by | Stéphane Stoll |
| Composer(s) | Fabrice Aboulker, Pascal Stive |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language(s) | French |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Maia Tubiana |
| Running time | 13 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Studio Tanuki |
| Release | |
| Original network | Canal+ Family (France) Rai 2 (Italy) Kabillion (United States) RTP2 & RTP África & Canal Panda (Portugal) Canal Panda & TVE Clan (Spain) Pop Max (formerly Kix) (United Kingdom) |
| Original release | 29 March 2009 – 2011 |
In France, Bunny Maloney was broadcast for the first time on 29 March 2009, on the TV channel Canal + Family.
The show's theme song is sung by Olivia Ruiz and Mathias Malzieu.
Synopsis
The series stars the titular Bunny Maloney, who is a pink anthropomorphic rabbit, and he is often blundering and over-confident. He lives in an apartment with his friends: Candy Bunny (another pink rabbit constantly wearing a red scrunchie, who is also his girlfriend), Jean-François (a blue dog-like creature of an unnamed species with a long tail, who can only say his own name). They also have a small, light blue pet owned by Candy of an unknown species named Potchi, who also serves as the ProtecTeam's mascot, and Bunny's fish (each colored red, cyan, yellow and medium magenta). They live in Bunnyville, a town that is the target of the infamous Professor Débilouman, their sworn enemy, assisted by Modchi, a light purple creature who is smarter than Débilouman.
In almost every episode, as members of Bunnyville's ProtecTeam, they fight Débilouman aboard their robot (called the Bunnyganger-28) with the help of an intelligent brown badger named Stan Ookie, and Débilouman's submarine (called Tsunami) will sink from either missiles aimed at it (either from the ProtecTeam, or backfiring by accident) or by a button somehow getting pressed on its control panel, serving as a running gag as seen in every episode.
The series also includes popular culture and Japanese culture, such as manga and anime in its design, followed by manga iconography and instances of text being written with Japanese language.
Voice cast
French voices
- Martial Le Minoux - Bunny Maloney
- Élisabeth Ventura - Candy Bunny
- Marc Duquesnoy - Professor Débilouman, Louis Picollin
- Corinne Martin - Charlotte
- Laurent Pasquier - Stan Ookie
- Vincent Violette - Modchi
- François Jérosme - Noacak
English voices
- Matt Wilkinson - Bunny Maloney[3]
- Jules de Jongh - Candy Bunny[4]
- Tom Clarke-Hill - Jean-François
- Walter Lewis - Professor Débilouman, ROBOT[5]
- Keith Wickham - Stan Ookie, Modchi
- Phillipa Alexander - Charlotte, Secretary Octopus[6]
- Dan Russell - Additional Voices
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-04-05. Retrieved 2004-04-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.animeland.com%2Fanimebase%2Fanime%2Fvoir%2F2334%2FBunny-Maloney
- https://voiceovers.mandy.com/uk/credit.php?uid=1851146
- http://www.rhubarbvoices.co.uk/artist.php?id=67
- http://walterlewis.com/bunny-maloney-2/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2015-02-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)