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Wikipedia article
'The Happy Cricket' is a 2001 Brazilian animated fantasy film directed by Walbercy Ribas. The film is about Christopher, a happy, singing, guitar-playing, and music-loving cricket who must rescue his friends from the evil and music-hating monitor lizard, King Wartlord, and save Linda the Night Star from that villain's grasp.
Plot
Production
The title character was first seen in local commercials for Sharp Electronics in the 1980s. The film spent over 20 years in development, and 30 months in production.
The English-language dub is dedicated to one of its voice actors, the late Bob Papenbrook.
Animation
The movie was produced by StartAnima in So Paulo, Brazil. It uses both traditional animation (2D animation) and computer animation (3D animation) with Adobe After Effects (compositing and visual effects), Alias Wavefront Maya (compositing, computer animation and modeling), pencil and paper (hand-drawn animation, rotoscoping and storyboards), oil-paint and paper (background art) and Sofimage Toonz (compositing, digital ink and paint, traditional animation and video editing) were created for using software from industries Adobe Inc., Digital Video, Microsoft and Silicon Graphics.Sequel
In early 2009, 20th Century Fox released a CGI sequel, 'O Grilo Feliz e os Insetos Gigantes' ('The Happy Cricket and the Giant Bugs').
Cast
Original version
*Vagner Fagundes - Grilo
*Araken Saldanha - Maledeto
*Rgis Monteiro - Faz Tudo
*Ftima Noya - Bituquinho
*Letcia Quinto - Juliana
*Nelson Machado - Sapo 1
*Renato Master - Sapo 2
*Antonio Moreno - Sapo 3
*Camila Bullara - Pouco Grilo
*Jorge Barcellos - Caracol velho / Geral
*Emerson Caperbat - Pai
*Jos Soares Maya - Tucano
*Isaura Gomes - Saranha
*Rita de Almeida - Caracolino
*Marli Bortoletto - Bacaninha
*Rodrigo Andreatto - Rafael
*Ursula Bezerra - Moreninha
*Tatiana de S. Parra - Linda Estrela Da Noite (singing voice)
*Jos Luiz Burato - Grilo (singing voice)
English version
*Sam Riegel - Christopher The Happy Cricket*Bob Papenbrook - Wartlord
*Cindy Robinson - Honeydew / Spidora
*Peter Doyle (actor) - Magic Toucan / Soldier 1
*Bob Buchholz - Barnaby / Sergeant
*Dave Mallow - Buffuno
*Steve Staley - Leonardo
*Neil Kaplan - Toad 1
*Dan Woren - Toad 2
*Grant George - Father / Toad 3
*Stephanie Sheh - Little Christopher / Sneally
*Steve Kramer - Old Snail / General
*Mona Marshall - Cartibella
*Philece Sampler - Isabella
*Tatiana de S. Parra - Linda The Night Star (singing voice)
See also
*Cinema of Brazil
*List of animated feature-length films
References
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