| Fantadroms | |
|---|---|
| Genre | science fiction |
| Directed by | Ansis Bērziņš |
| Country of origin | Latvian SSR Latvia |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 7 min |
| Production company | Studija Dauka |
| Original release | |
| Network | Latvijas Televīzija |
| Release | 1985 – 1995 |
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Fantadroms is a Latvian children's cartoon by the production company Studio Dauka. It first aired in the Soviet Union in 1985. The show has no dialogue and drama unfolds through pantomime and expressive noises such as grunts, groans, and laughter. This allows the show to cross language barriers.
The episode "Salt" won the Lielais Kristaps award for best animation in 1985,[1] and further episodes were made sporadically until 1995.
In the early 1990s, Streamline Pictures was planning to release Fantadroms in the United States, but it was scrapped because the company thought the series was too bizarre for American audiences and that the person representing it did not actually have the rights to it.[2]