Happy Merry-Go-Round

Happy Merry-Go-Round
GenreAnimated cartoon
Anthology series
Created byAnatoly Petrov
Galina Barinova
StarringVarious voice actors
ComposerVarious
Country of originSoviet Union
Russia
Original languageRussian
No. of episodes33 (91 segments) (original)
15 (56 segments) (revival)
Production
Running time8–14 minutes
Production companySoyuzmultfilm
Original release
Release1969 (1969) –
2001 (2001)
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Happy Merry-Go-Round (Russian: Весёлая карусель, romanized: Vesyolaya karusel') is a long-running Soviet and Russian animated anthology series created by Anatoly Petrov and Galina Barinova for Soyuzmultfilm in 1969.[1] It is presented as a collection of 2–4 experimental shorts by various young directors. The original series ran from 1969 to 2001 and was released theatrically during the Soviet days and on television in the Russian Federation. 2012 saw the revival of the series.

  1. ^ Giannalberto Bendazzi (2016). Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets. Boca Raton: CRC Press, p. 289. ISBN 978-1-138-85481-9.