Wunschpunsch

Wunschpunsch
German DVD cover featuring the main characters of the show, Jacob (left) and Mauricio (right).
Also known asWounchpounch (French)
Der Wunschpunsch (German)
GenreFantasy
Comedy
Slapstick
Children's series
Inspired byThe Night of Wishes
by Michael Ende
Directed byPhilippe Amador
StarringKathleen Fee
Holly Gauthier-Frankel
Susan Glover
Vlasta Vrána
Mark Gamacho
Robert Hidgen
Harry Hill
Rick Jones
Pier Kohl
Pierre Lenoir
Pauline Little
Ricky Mabe
Joanna Noyes
Michael Rudder
Composers
Country of originFrance
Canada
Original languagesEnglish
French
German
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersJacqueline Tordjman
Jacques Pettigrew
Ralf Fronz
ProducersBruno Bianchi
Hubert Gariépy
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesSaban International Paris
CinéGroupe
Ventura Film Distributors B.V
ARD Degeto
Budget$13 million[1]
Original release
NetworkFox Kids (international)
TF1 (France)
Télévision de Radio-Canada (Canada)
Kika (Germany)
ReleaseOctober 14, 2000 (2000-10-14) –
March 16, 2002 (2002-03-16)
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Wunschpunsch (French: Wounchpounch, German: Der Wunschpunsch lit. "Wish Punch") is a children's animated series, co-produced by Saban International Paris, CinéGroupe and TF1, with the participation of Ventura Film Distributors B.V. and ARD/Degeto, and with the collaboration from Radio-Canada. The series is inspired by the 1989 German novel The Night of Wishes by Michael Ende. The series aired on Radio-Canada in Canada from October 14, 2000 to March 16, 2002, in France on TF1,[2] in the Netherlands on Disney Channel,[3][4] in Europe and MENA on Fox Kids (later Jetix) and Jetix Play,[5] and in Germany on ARD and KiKa.

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