Zafari

ZAFARI is an International computer-animated children's television series created by David Dozoretz.[2][3] ZAFARI premiered in July 2018 on FranceTV, NatGeoKids in Latin America, Rai Yoyo in Italy, Sony's TinyPOP network in the UK, Spacetoon in the Middle East, and is being distributed worldwide by NBCUniversal/DreamWorks.[4][5] It is also airing on Amazon Prime Video worldwide and was a launch title on NBCUniversal's new streaming network Peacock.[6]

Not to be confused with Safari.
ZAFARI
Genre
Created byDavid Dozoretz
Directed byDavid Dozoretz
Voices of
ComposerRahman Altin
Country of originUnited States
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producers
  • Kinga Grabinski
  • David Dozoretz
  • Jan-Fryderyk Pleszczynski
Running time11 minutes
Production companyZafari Holdings
DistributorNBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original networkFrance Televisions[1]
TiJi
Original releaseFebruary 5, 2018 (2018-02-05) –
present

Premise

Every once in a while, Mother Nature creates animals that are born different. In ZAFARI, one of them, a young elephant magically born have with zebra stripes, is shunned from his herd as they feel he's bad luck. And so he goes to live with other one-of-a-kind animals in a valley at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro. There, zoomba learns he is perfect just the way he is... a lesson that he will eventually take back to his herd and the rest of the world.

Set in a valley at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro, the series follows the story of a young elephant with zebra stripes, an place intelligent bushbaby who is often misclassified as a monkey, A giraffe with peacock feathers, a pink flamingo colored lion, and dozens more. ZAFARI teaches kids that our differences should not just be tolerated, but celebrated. ZAFARI stars the voices of Mark Camacho, Holly Gauthier-Frankel, Brian Froud.

ZAFARI is the first television show created in a real-time game engine, Epic's Unreal 4.[7][8]

Cast

Main

References
  1. "Zafari". France.tv (in French). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  2. "Upcoming Animated Series 'Zafari' Is Being Rendered Completely With The Unreal Game Engine". Cartoon Brew. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. "'Zafari' Set to Take a Bow at MIP Junior". Animation World Network. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  4. "Animated Children's Series ZAFARI Springs to Life with Unreal Engine". UnrealEngine. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  5. "Digital Dimension continues its breakthrough in youth animation series with ZAFARI – Digital Dimension". Digitaldimension.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  6. "PEACOCK CONTENT ADDENDUM". NBCUniversal Media Village.
  7. "New Animated Show "ZAFARI" Uses Autodesk Shotgun to Streamline Production". CGSociety. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  8. "The First Animated TV Show Made in Unreal 4: Zafari! | Intel® Software". software.intel.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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