Zafari

ZAFARI is an International computer-animated children's television series created by David Dozoretz.[2][3] ZAFARI premiered in July 2018 on FranceTV, NatGeoKids in Latin America, Sony's TinyPOP network in the UK, and is being distributed worldwide by NBCUniversal/Dreamworks.[4][5] It is also airing on Amazon Prime Video worldwide and is a launch title on NBCUniversal's new streaming network Peacock.[6]

Not to be confused with Safari.
ZAFARI
Genre
Created byDavid Dozoretz
Directed byDavid Dozoretz
Voices of
Composer(s)Rahman Altin
Country of originUnited States
Canada
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Kinga Grabinski
  • David Dozoretz
  • Jan-Fryderyk Pleszczynski
Running time11 minutes
Production company(s)Zafari Holdings
DreamWorks Animation Television
DistributorNBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original networkFrance Televisions[1]
Original releaseFebruary 5, 2018 (2018-02-05) –
present
External links
Website

Premise

Every once in a while, Mother Nature creates animals that are born different. In ZAFARI, one of them, a young elephant magically born have with zebra stripes, is shunned from his herd as they feel he’s bad luck.  And so he goes to live with other one-of-a-kind animals in a valley at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro. There, zoomba learns he is perfect just the way he is... a lesson that he will eventually take back to his herd and the rest of the world.

Set in a valley at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro, the series follows the story of a young elephant with zebra stripes, an place intelligent bushbaby who is often misclassified as a monkey, A giraffe with peacock feathers, a pink flamingo colored lion, and dozens more. ZAFARI teaches kids that our differences should not just be tolerated, but celebrated. ZAFARI stars the voices of Mark Camacho, Holly Gauthier-Frankel, Brian Froud.

ZAFARI is the first television show created in a real-time game engine, Epic’s Unreal 4.[7][8]

Cast

Main

Home media

In UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will publish the series soon on DVD.

References
  1. "Zafari". France.tv (in French). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  2. "Upcoming Animated Series 'Zafari' Is Being Rendered Completely With The Unreal Game Engine". Cartoon Brew. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. "'Zafari' Set to Take a Bow at MIP Junior". Animation World Network. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  4. "Animated Children's Series ZAFARI Springs to Life with Unreal Engine". UnrealEngine. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  5. "Digital Dimension continues its breakthrough in youth animation series with ZAFARI – Digital Dimension". Digitaldimension.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  6. "PEACOCK CONTENT ADDENDUM". NBCUniversal Media Village.
  7. "New Animated Show "ZAFARI" Uses Autodesk Shotgun to Streamline Production". CGSociety. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  8. "The First Animated TV Show Made in Unreal 4: Zafari! | Intel® Software". software.intel.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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