| My Big Big Friend | |
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| Also known as | Meu Amigãozão (Brazil) |
| Genre | Children's television series Adventure Comedy Fantasy |
| Created by |
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| Developed by | Mary Mackay-Smith |
| Story by | Mary Mackay-Smith |
| Directed by | Andrés Lieban |
| Voices of | See below |
| Theme music composer | Meiro Stamm |
| Composer | GeoHarmonic Music Corporation |
| Country of origin | Brazil Canada |
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| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (103 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | André Breitman Ira Levy Peter Williamson |
| Producers | André Breitman Stephanie Betts (S1) Meghan Read (S2) |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | 2D Lab Breakthrough Animation |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Brasil |
| Release | August 9, 2010 – 2014 |
| Network | Treehouse TV |
| Release | September 5, 2011 – December 15, 2014 |
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My Big Big Friend (Portuguese: Meu Amigãozão / French: Mon grand grand ami) is an animated children's television series created by Andrés Lieban and Claudia Koogan Breitman, co-produced by Brazilian studio 2D Lab and the Canadian company Breakthrough Animation.[1]
It had its first showing on July 19, 2010 on Discovery Kids Latin America in Spanish as Amigazazo or Mi amigazazo and on May 9, 2011 on TV Brasil. It also premiered in Canada on Treehouse TV on September 5, 2011. It was financed with the laws of federal tax incentives, the Procult (BNDES) and the Audiovisual Sector Fund – FSA.
The show centers around the friendships of three children, Yuri, Lili and Matt, each of whom has a "Big Big Friend" who is invisible to adults and other children but seen by all three friends.[2]
The show is flash-animated with Toon Boom Harmony. A feature-length film based on the series titled: Meu AmigãoZão - O Filme, was released on May 12, 2022 in Brazilian theaters while an English dub version is yet to be released.
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 266. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ ""Animação 'Meu amigãoZão' mostra amizade de crianças e 'superanimais'". G1, 9 de agosto de 2010". 9 August 2010.