Spike Team

Spike Team
The Spike Team with Lucky
Created byAndrea Lucchetta
Developed by
Written by
Voices of(Italian version)
Perla Liberatori as Jo
Gaia Bolognesi as Victoria
Eva Padoan as Beth
Gemma Donati as Patty
Letizia Ciampa as Susan
Laura Lenghi as Ann Mary
Andrea Lucchetta as Lucky
Theme music composer
  • Giovanni Cera
  • Angelo Poggi
Opening theme"Spike Team", performed by Jenny B
Country of originItaly
Original languageItalian
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time26 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkRai 2, Rai Gulp
ReleaseNovember 21, 2010 (2010-11-21) –
present
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Spike Team is an Italian animated series created by Andrea Lucchetta,[1] and produced by Rai Fiction, Lucky Dreams and Graphilm. It revolves around a volleyball team of six girls and their coach, Lucky.

The first season aired in Italy from November 2010 to May 2011,[2][3] while the second season debuted on July 17, 2014;[4] the third one, along with a live-action,[5] is in production.[6]

A special 40-minute-long episode, Il sogno di Brent (Brent's Dream), was presented in September 2012 during the Paralympic Games[7] and opened, on December 3, the European Day of People with Disabilities.[8] It then aired in Italy on December 1, 2013.[9]

  1. ^ "Andrea Lucchetta si "anima": arriva "Spike Team"" (in Italian). April 2010. Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  2. ^ "Al Kazachok 2010 con Andrea Lucchetta e il suo Spike Team!" (in Italian). November 11, 2010. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "Spike Team, il cartoon di Andrea Lucchetta al via su RaiDue" (in Italian). November 20, 2010. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  4. ^ "Spike Team 2 di Andrea Lucchetta arriva in prima tv su Rai Gulp" (in Italian). July 11, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  5. ^ "The view from Foothill". July 17, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  6. ^ "Le ultime novità per Spike Team" (in Italian). April 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Il sogno paralimpico di Brent: questa sera, a Casa Italia, la proiezione integrale del film. Presenti l'ideatore Andrea Lucchetta, il Presidente Pancalli ed il Capo Missione De Sanctis" (in Italian). September 3, 2012. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  8. ^ "Sognando le Paralimpiadi" (in Italian). Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  9. ^ "Il sogno di Brent, domenica in onda il cartoon sulla disabilità" (in Italian). November 27, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2013.