Die Bambus-Bären-Bande

The Bamboo Bear gang (Fr. Bambou et Compagnie, Japanese Bamboo Bears (バンブー·ベアーズ, Bambu Beazu ) ) is a 52 -part animated series for children, which deals with environmental problems and conservation. It is a German - Japanese- French-Spanish co-production, which aired from March 25, 1996 by ARD and ZDF then.

Content

In the 52-part series is about the destruction of the environment, and the measures against it. Humanity is in this case represented by rats. These pollute and destroy nature. Almost all places, landscapes and animals and threat scenarios are or were present in reality. The series takes place in the period of the first phase of construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China from late 1993 to mid-2006.

Besides diving in the series four today on extinct species: a Java Tiger ( Panthera tigris sondaica ), a thylacine ( Thylacinus cynocephalus ), a Chinese river dolphin ( Lipotes vexillifer ) and a representative of an extinct subspecies of the chisel tooth kangaroo rat ( Dipodomys microps russeolus ). In each episode, the three main characters encounter animals, which suffer from the influences of the rats. Together with their new friends that they find in their travels around the world, they can prevent worse end up getting. The end of the series is still open.

Main Characters

In parentheses is the original name is given, if known.

• Bambu -Li (Bamboo Lee), male Red Panda ( leader of the bamboo Bärenbande )
• Long -Zu ( Slo -Lee ), male Giant Panda
• Li- Pling ( Dah- Lin), female bamboo rat
• Wai Wai (Ai -Ai ), large, female, pink dragon that can be summoned at risk with the help of a magical bamboo rod from anywhere
• Wao Hao (No -how ), older, male rat (Chief of bamboo Bärenbande )
• Rataleone, male rat, the head of " RATCO " ( company name ), whose true identity is concealed to the last, for example, by cigarette smoke, blueprints, dark rooms with little light, back view, inter alia,
• Rat # 1 (Rat Number 1), tall, slender rat with a light head that sometimes sometimes exposes
• Rat number 2 (Rat Number 2 ), small, fat, brown rat with a bit of sense
• Rat number 3 ( Council Number 3 ), large stupid rat with little understanding

Production

The series was produced in 1995 by Mitsui & Co. Ltd.. , ZDF Enterprises GmbH, ZDF, TF1 SA, TVE SA, 4D Marina and Pixibox Prod. The concept and the figures come from Sicco Kinyma. The book of the series was written by Dennis Livson and Jimmy Hibbert. The most labor-intensive part of the animation was created at the SEC animation studio in North Korea.

Television broadcasting

The German premiere of the first 12 episodes ran 25 March 1996 to 12 April 1996 in ARD and the remaining episodes from 18 September to November 2009 on ZDF. More broadcasts were in KI.KA, ORF1, SF1 and SF2 to see. Finally, the series ran from 27 August 2007 to November 8, 2007 in KI.KA.

The series has also been translated into Spanish, French, English and Japanese. For the German translation the Studio Hamburg was responsible. In France, the series ran on Canal J. first time on September 2, 1995

Music

The title song The song of this world sing singer Nena and the singer Sebastian Krumbiegel. The final song, also performed by Nena, say friends. For more Music Axel Kroell was responsible.

The title and the final song is also published in 1996 along with other songs and explanations of Wao Hao on CD.

More Releases

The consequences of 1-6 have been released in 1996 on VHS video cassette and a book.