Bee and PuppyCat

Bee and PuppyCat
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Genre
Created byNatasha Allegri
Written by
  • Natasha Allegri
  • Madeleine Flores
  • Frank Gibson
Directed by
Voices of
ComposerWill Wiesenfeld
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes10 + pilot
Production
Executive producerFred Seibert
Producers
  • Kevin Kolde
  • Eric Homan
AnimatorDong Woo Animation
EditorRay Valenzuela
Running time6–11 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJuly 11, 2013 (2013-07-11) –
November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28)
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Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
Genre
  • Fantasy
  • Surrealism
  • Comedy-drama
Created byNatasha Allegri
Screenplay by
  • Efrain Farias
  • Hans Tseng
  • Jack Pendarvis
  • Etta Devine
  • Gabriel Diani
  • Pendleton Ward
Story byNatasha Allegri
Directed byJoji Shimura (chief)
Voices of
  • Allyn Rachel
  • Oliver
ComposerWill Wiesenfeld
Country of origin
  • Japan
  • United States
Original languages
  • English
  • Japanese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producers
  • Toshiaki Okuno
  • Junichi Yanagihara
  • Michael Hirsh
  • Fred Seibert
  • Natasha Allegri
Producers
  • Kevin Kolde
  • Eric Homan
EditorRay Valenzuela
Running time22–25 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseSeptember 6, 2022 (2022-09-06)
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Bee and PuppyCat is an American animated television series created and written by Natasha Allegri.[2][3][4] The series revolves around Bee (voiced by Allyn Rachel), an unemployed woman in her early twenties, who encounters a mysterious creature named PuppyCat (voiced by the Vocaloid program Oliver). She adopts this apparent cat-dog hybrid, and together they go on a series of temporary jobs to pay off her monthly rent. These bizarre jobs take the duo across strange worlds out in space. The original series was produced by Frederator Studios with the animation initially outsourced to South Korean studio Dong Woo Animation.

The series originated with a web pilot in 2013, followed by a Kickstarter-supported first season which was released on YouTube from 2014 to 2016.

A second series titled Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space was produced and billed for a 2019 release on VRV, but it was delayed and leaked online in 2020.

Netflix later commissioned three additional episodes re-adapting the pilot and first season, and then packaged these along with the Lazy in Space episodes. The complete rebooted series was released on Netflix in 2022.[4][5][6] KaBoom! Studios also published a comic book adaptation from 2014 to 2016.

On January 4, 2023, Genius Brands announced that they would sell a 50% stake in the series to Toho International, the US-based division of Japanese film studio Toho.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference OLM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Riesman, Abraham (6 November 2014). "Talking to the Top Female Filmmaker on Kickstarter, Bee and PuppyCat's Natasha Allegri". Vulture. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. ^ Smith, Zack. "NATASHA ALLEGRI Gives the Buzz on BEE AND PUPPYCAT". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b Radulovic, Petrana (October 6, 2020). "Cult-favorite cartoon Bee and Puppycat finds a home at Netflix for season 2". Polygon. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Watch Bee and PuppyCat | Netflix Official Site". Netflix. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  6. ^ "Netflix's Bee and PuppyCat Trailer Shows off Life in the Space Temp Agency". 9 August 2022.
  7. ^ "TOHO Invests in Frederator Brands". 4 January 2023.