Pucca (TV series)
Pucca is an animated comedy television series based on a series of shorts created by the South Korean company VOOZ Character System. The series revolves around Pucca, a young girl who is in love and infatuated with a ninja named Garu. The series has aired on Champ TV and MBC TV in South Korea. The series has also aired on Toon Disney's Jetix block in the U.S., and on the international Jetix channels throughout Europe and Latin America. In Canada, the show had aired on Family Channel.
Pucca premiered in 2006, with a set of 26 episodes. The second season of the show, consisting of 13 episodes, began airing in 2008 after it was ordered to be created by Jetix Europe. In October 2018, a third season was announced by Planeta Junior, a company within Planeta Group. The third season aired in South Korea on December 10, 2018 on MBC TV, and December 19, 2018 on Tooniverse. It consists of 26 episodes. The third season of Pucca, titled Pucca: Love Recipe in English, was released on Netflix on December 31, 2019, before being removed on June 29, 2023.
In total, not including the past online aired episodes of the show, this brought the number of created segments to 191. The main theme song is also sung in Korean.
Summary
The series focuses on the adventures of a noodle delivery girl named Pucca, who typically does not speak. She works in a local restaurant called the Goh-Rong in her town called Sooga Village, owned by her three uncles where their main dish is Jajangmyeon noodles. Pucca is in love with a serious ninja-in-training named Garu, who values his own company and silence, often seeing moments in which Pucca chases Garu and tries to kiss him. Pucca is friends with Ching, an 11-year-old girl who practices Jian swordsmanship. She has a pet chicken named Won that always sits on her head and is in love with a boy named Abyo, who pays no attention to her and only has interests in Kung-Fu as well as impressing other girls.In the third season, there is an overarching plot surrounding the rivalry between Goh-Rong and a new local restaurant titled Dong King Restaurant. Ring Ring, a local 12-year-old fashion star – who appeared previously in the Jetix series and also grows a love interest to Garu – is also revealed to be the daughter of Dong King and works alongside him and his servants against Pucca and Dong King.
Voice cast
''Pucca'' (TV series)
- Tabitha St. Germain as:
- *Pucca, the titular protagonist who communicates with giggling instead of speaking. She's obsessively in love with Garu, who does not reciprocate at all.
- *Ring Ring, Pucca's short-tempered rival and one of major antagonists of the series who is shown to transform in anger whenever something doesn't go her way.
- Brian Drummond as Garu, the ninja warrior of Sooga Village whom Pucca loves. The two of them interact by screaming and laughing. He does not reciprocate Pucca's feelings at all, and is constantly terrified of her.
- Chantal Strand as Ching, Pucca's friend who manages Turtle Training Hall with her father.
- Lee Tockar as:
- * Abyo, an energetic and competitive, yet stubborn boy who is Garu's friend and sometimes rival.
- * Dada, a clumsy dishwasher and waiter at Goh-Rong Restaurant.
- * Tobe, one of major antagonists of the series who has a rivalry with Garu.
''Pucca: Love Recipe''
Korean version
- as Pucca
- as Garu
- as Abyo
- Park Si-yoon as Ching
- as Ring Ring
- as Uncle Dumpling
- Lee Sang-ho as Ho
- as Linguini
- as Tobe
- as Fyah
- Kim Shin-woo as Chang
- Kang Seong-woo as Bruce
English version
- as Pucca
- as Garu
- Doug Erholtz as Abyo
- Melissa Fahn as Ching
- Karen Strassman as Ring Ring
- Kirk Thornton as Uncle Dumpling and Bruce
- Spike Spencer as Ho, Cassano, and Santa Claus
- Steve Canden as Linguini and Fyah
- Ben Pronsky as Tobe, Ayo, and Dandy
- Stephanie Sheh as Granny and Panky
- Todd Haberkorn as Chang and Dada
- Tony Azzolino as Ssoso
- Michael Sorich as Dong King, Jin, and Siva
Telecast and home media
Pucca has aired on Champ TV and MBC TV in Korea. The series has also aired on Toon Disney's Jetix block in the U.S., and on the international Jetix channels throughout Europe and Latin America. In Canada, the show has aired on Family Channel.In July 2007, Jetix Europe signed a home video deal with Shout! Factory to release Pucca on Region 1 DVD.
All five releases featured episodes from the [|first season]. The fifth and final volume, titled Sooga Super Squad, featured four segment-episodes from the second season.