Baby Felix facts for kids
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Promotional image illustrating the main character
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Quick facts for kids ベイビーフィリックス(Beibī Firikkusu) |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Negishi Kunitoshi Okajima (Chief) |
| Produced by | Don Oriolo |
| Written by | |
| Studio | Radix AEON inc. NEC Interchannel |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | NHK (2000–2001) |
| Original run | October 8, 2000 – June 29, 2001 |
| Episodes | 65 |
Baby Felix (ベイビーフィリックス, Beibī Firikkusu) is a fun Japanese cartoon show made for kids. It follows the exciting adventures of a young version of Felix the Cat, along with baby versions of other characters from the older Felix cartoons from the 1950s. This show is the third TV series about Felix the Cat.
The series was started by Don Oriolo, who is the son of Joe Oriolo, in 2000. He worked with Japanese companies like NHK Educational, NEC Interchannel, and AEON inc. There are 26 half-hour episodes in total. Baby Felix is part of a trend where popular cartoon characters were made into baby versions, like Muppet Babies, Baby Looney Tunes, and Tom & Jerry Kids. You can watch Baby Felix on the Peacock streaming service, where it became available on July 15, 2020.
Contents
Meet the Voices!
The people who give voices to the characters are called the voice cast. Here are some of the main voice actors for Baby Felix:
- Baby Felix: Yumi Touma (Japanese voice); Denise NeJame (English voice); Monica Bertolotti (Italian voice)
- Felix: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese voice); Don Oriolo (English voice); Giuliano Santi (Italian voice)
- Marin Kitty/Baby Kitty: Ai Maeda (Japanese voice); Jennifer Brassard (English voice)
- Skippy: Motoko Kumai (Japanese voice)
- Mookie: Noko Konoha (Japanese voice)
- Mimi: Atsuko Enomoto (Japanese voice); Jennifer Brassard (English voice)
- Tattoo: Hisayo Mochizuki (Japanese voice)
- Bull/Biff: Tesshō Genda (Japanese voice)
- Rock Bottom: Kōichi Nagano (Japanese voice)
- Zoo: Kōichi Sakaguchi (Japanese voice)
- Professor: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese voice); Don Oriolo (English voice)
- Master Cylinder: Kōichi Nagano (Japanese voice); Don Oriolo (English voice)
- Poindexter: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese voice); Don Oriolo (English voice)
- Marty: Ryūsei Nakao (Japanese voice)
- Majorina/Esmeralda: Rei Sakuma (Japanese voice); Jennifer Brassard (English voice)
- Play-by-play Announcer: Showtaro Morikubo (Japanese voice)
Adventures in Every Episode
Each episode of Baby Felix is about 22 to 23 minutes long. What's cool is that each full episode is actually made up of four smaller stories, each about 5 minutes long! After the first two mini-stories, there's a short "Music-Time" break.
Volume 1: His Magic Bag of Tricks
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 01 | "Baseball-O-Rama" | TBA | TBA | October 8, 2000
October 15, 2000 October 22, 2000 November 5, 2000 |
001 |
| 02 | "Magic Bag Mania" | TBA | TBA | November 12, 2000
November 19, 2000 December 3, 2000 December 10, 2000 |
002 |
| 03 | "The Professor is Bad News" | TBA | TBA | December 17, 2000
December 24, 2000 January 7, 2001 January 14, 2001 |
003 |
| 04 | "The Great Outdoors" | TBA | TBA | January 21, 2001
January 28, 2001 February 4, 2001 February 11, 2001 |
004 |
| 05 | "Mirror Mirror" | TBA | TBA | February 18, 2001
February 25, 2001 March 4, 2001 March 11, 2001 |
005 |
Volume 2: Magic Bag, Do Your Stuff
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 01 | "Medieval~A~Go~Go" | TBA | TBA | April 30, 2001
May 1, 2001 May 2, 2001 May 3, 2001 |
001 |
| 02 | "Space Case" | TBA | TBA | May 4, 2001
May 7, 2001 May 8, 2001 May 9, 2001 |
002 |
| 03 | "Which Witch is Which?" | TBA | TBA | May 10, 2001
May 11, 2001 May 14, 2001 May 15, 2001 |
003 |
| 04 | "Welcome to Adventure Island" | TBA | TBA | May 16, 2001
May 17, 2001 May 18, 2001 May 21, 2001 |
004 |
Volume 3: I Want my Chocolate!
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 01 | "Brain Power" | TBA | TBA | May 22, 2001
May 23, 2001 May 24, 2001 May 25, 2001 |
001 |
| 02 | "The Professor Strikes Back" | TBA | TBA | May 28, 2001
May 29, 2001 May 30, 2001 May 31, 2001 |
002 |
| 03 | "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" | TBA | TBA | June 1, 2001
June 4, 2001 June 5, 2001 June 6, 2001 |
003 |
| 04 | "Baby Felix's Hijinxs" | TBA | TBA | June 7, 2001
June 8, 2001 June 11, 2001 June 12, 2001 |
004 |
