Pucca (TV series)

Pucca
Genre
Created by
  • Boo Kyoung Kim
  • Calvin Kim
Directed by
  • Greg Sullivan
  • Joon Won Lee (season 3)
Voices ofJetix/Canada era:
Season 3 (Love Recipe):
Theme music composerPlus-Tech Squeeze Box (season 1–2)
Yoon Joo-Hyeon, Kim-wook (Love Recipe)
Opening theme"Pucca Funny Love" (seasons 1–2)
"Love Recipe" (season 3)
Ending theme"Pucca Funny Love" (Extended) (seasons 1–2)
"Pucca's Sweet Love" (season 3)
ComposerHal Beckett
Country of originCanada (2006–08)
South Korea
Original languagesEnglish
Korean
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes65 (193 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Chris Bartleman
  • Blair Peters
  • Michael Lekes (season 1)
  • Marc Buhaj (season 2)
  • Yong Wook Kim (season 3)
Producers
  • Kirsten Newlands (season 1)
  • Lori Lozinski (season 2)
  • Byong Pil Kong (season 3)
Running time21 minutes (whole)
7 minutes (separate)
2 minutes (whole)
1 minutes (separate)
Production companiesStudio B Productions (2006–08)
Bazooka Studio (2018–19)
Original release
NetworkToon Disney/Jetix
Release18 September 2006 (2006-09-18) –
1 August 2008 (2008-08-01)
NetworkMBC TV
Release10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) –
31 October 2019 (2019-10-31)
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Pucca (Korean: 짜장소녀 뿌까; RR: Jjajang Sonyeo Ppukka) 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 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.[1][2][3] In Canada, the show had aired on Family Channel.

Pucca premiered in 2006, with a set of 26 episodes (78 segments). The second season of the show, consisting of 13 episodes (39 segments), 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.[4] The third season aired in South Korea on 10 December 2018 on MBC TV, and 19 December 2018 on Tooniverse.[5] It consists of 26 episodes (76 segments).[6] The third season of Pucca, titled "Pucca: Love Recipe" in English, released on Netflix on 31 December 2019 before being removed on 29 June 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.

  1. ^ "New Episodes Trickle into CN, Adult Swim, Kids WB". Firefox. 4 March 2008. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  2. ^ "JCP and PUCCA ::: Jetix". 28 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Studio B Sees Pucca to TV". Cold Hard Flash. 22 January 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Planeta Junior Brings Pucca Back". 8 October 2018. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Korea-born character Pucca reimagined as 3D animation". 9 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Pucca Episode 26 | TVING". 14 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.