El Chavo Animado

El Chavo Animado
GenreAnimated
Comedy
Slapstick
Created byRoberto Gómez Bolaños
Based onEl Chavo del Ocho
by Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Developed byRoberto Gómez Bolaños
Voices ofJesús Guzmán
Sebastián Llapur
Mario Castañeda
Erica Edwards
Moisés Suárez Aldana
Erika Mireles
Maggie Vera
Leonardo García
Julieta Rivera
Theme music composerHerrera Pérez Adrián
Alejo Flores Luis Fernando
Opening theme"El Chavo"
Ending theme"El Chavo"
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes135
Production
Executive producersRoberto Gómez Bolaños (†)
Roberto Gómez Fernández
Fernando de Fuentes
José C. García de Letona
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesÁnima Estudios
Televisa
Original release
NetworkCanal 5
Univision
ReleaseOctober 21, 2006 (2006-10-21) –
June 6, 2014 (2014-06-06)
Related
El Chavo del Ocho (original series)
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El Chavo Animado (El Chavo: The Animated Series in English) is a Mexican animated series based on the live action television series El Chavo del Ocho, created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, produced by Televisa and Ánima Estudios. It aired on Canal 5, and repeats were also shown on Las Estrellas and Cartoon Network Latin America.[1] 135 episodes aired between 2006 and 2014 and starts a hiatus.[2]

After several years of successful repeats of the original series, on October 21, 2006 Televisa launched in Mexico and the rest of Latin America an animated version of the program by Ánima Estudios to capitalise on the original series' popularity. With the series, Televisa began a marketing campaign which included merchandise tie-ins. For the series' launch event, a set was built (imitating the computerised background) on which the animation was said. Many elements of the original series, including most of the original stories, were included in the animated series.

El Chavo Animado also aired in English via Kabillion's on-demand service in the USA. Although it was part of the video-on-demand service, the series did not appear on the Kabillion website until the site's April 2012 relaunch. The series is currently airing on BitMe and Distrito Comedia as of 2020, and from 2016–2017, and again from 2022–2024, it aired on Galavisión alongside El Chapulín Colorado Animado.

  1. ^ "El Chavo". Slate.com. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  2. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 44–45. ISBN 9781476672939.