Children are very fond of watching cartoons, and adults like this genre of cinema. Cartoon films are one of the best and most proven ways to cheer up and have a wonderful time.
Not so long ago, the animated film "Zeropolis" was released. She immediately received amazing reviews. Both adults and children like this work, because, as they say, it teaches kindness and bears positive. While watching it, you can both laugh and reflect on who actually turns out to be the main villain. Many who saw the picture say they are happy to watch the life of the main characters once again.
Who is behind Zeropolis?
Before describing in more detail which “Zeropolis” received reviews, you should get to know the cartoon and its team more closely. The picture was shot in several genres at once: cartoon, detective story, comedy and family tape. This is the 55th (anniversary) full-length work of the American Disney studio. The animation is based on an original idea. Zeropolis is a settlement, a large city, created by the animals themselves. They were not just resettled by people there, the beast-heroes themselves created their own habitat.
The cartoon “Zeropolis” was directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, the one who worked on the TV series Futurama and The Simpsons, once so popular. For his directorial career in the field of animated films, Rich Moore has been awarded many prestigious awards. Byron Howard is also a popular personality in his field. He was an assistant director of the animated film "Rapunzel" and the director of the full-length animated film "Volt", he took part in creating other famous projects.
The main screenwriter of “Zeropolis” was Jared Bush, who wrote the scripts for the films “Visit the Robinsons”, “All About Us” and others. And the producers were John Lasseter and Clark Spencer.
What is the picture about
Cartoon “Zeropolis” tells the story of the life of beautiful and intelligent animals. Zeropolis is a flourishing city inhabited by animals of all kinds. Here herbivores and predators are together, their world is free from health risks. As in many megacities, in Zveropolis there is a privileged area and quite inhospitable. The first is called Sahara Square, and the second is Tundratown.
The main character is a cheerful bunny Judy Hopps. “Zeropolis” received the best reviews in many respects thanks to this particular character. Viewers claim that it is this charming rabbit that sets the whole character of the tape, it provokes children to do only good deeds and always act in truth and justice. Judy works as a police officer and tries to prove to her larger and larger colleagues that she can reveal serious and dangerous cases.
The audience also appreciated this character trait of the rabbits positively. To prove her courage, Hopps takes on the first case that she comes across. At the same time, her partner is Nick Wilde, a talkative fox. Heroes will face a complex investigation, the results of which will greatly affect the future life of the entire population of Zeropolis.
What's your name
Many different characters are present in the cartoon "Zootopolis". The names of the heroes are distinguished by creativity, one might say, pretentiousness. The following are the characters of the acclaimed anime:
- Judy Hops is a hare with ambition, a police officer in Zeropolis.
- God is the chief of police. A buffalo weighing 900 kilograms and reluctantly allowed Judy to become a police officer.
- Leodor Lyonhart - measures of Zveropolis, who came up with the slogan that guides Hopps.
- Belluezer is the assistant of Leodor, who is distinguished by an incredibly thin voice and tremendous tail wool.
- Benjamin Clohauser is a cheetah who is the most complacent police officer.
- Yaks is a yak who is known in Zeropolis as the most calm and enlightened artiodactyl.
- Mrs. Otterton is an otter who turned for help to the rabbit already known to the reader.
- Stu and Bonnie Hopps are Judy's dad and mom, supporting her daughter and worried about her fate.
- Duke Wieselton is a fraud weasel that prevents the bunny from investigating.
- Finnik is a small fox of the genus Fenech.
- Flash is the sloth from Zveropolis, which was most liked by the audience. Flash is the fastest sloth in the Department of Mammal Transport.
- Nick Wilde is a fox, a slippery person, Judy has to work with him.
Voice overs
Many viewers are interested in the question of who voiced “Zeropolis”. Now we will try to deal with these persons. So, in the animated film, the chef of God was given a voice by the British artist Idris Elba. Judy's voice is spoken by Jennifer Goodwin, who played the fairy in The Legend of the Beast. When we see Mayor Leodor on the screen, we hear J. K. Simmons behind the scenes, who voiced one of the characters in the third part of Kung Fu Panda.
Belluezer was voiced by Jenny Slate, and Benjamin Clohauser has the voice of Nate Torrens. Tommy Chong got the character Yak Yaks. Mrs. Otterton was the luckiest of all, as her speech was entrusted to the Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer.
Bonnie's voice is Bonnie Hunt's voice, and Don Lake speaks for Stu Hopps. Alan Tudydik got a caress Duke, while Tommy Lister Jr. "related" to Finnik. Sloth voiced by Raymond Percy. And finally, fraudster Nick Wilde got a speech thanks to Jason Bateman.
Names in Russia
In the animated film “Zeropolis”, voiced in Russian, the names of some of the main characters sound slightly different than in the American version. So, the chief of police of God was called captain Buffalo, and Leodor Lyonhart was called the mayor of Goldilocks. Cheetah Benjamin Klaushauser in the Russian version has turned into a Clawhouse. Sloth Flash baptized in Blitz, and Duke Wieselton - in Duke Horkovitsa. Belluezer turned into Miss Baraškis. For fox Finnik, the name Fenech was coined.
Russian version
Who voiced “Zeropolis” in the English version, we already know: among the artists there are both outstanding personalities and newcomers. Now consider which of the Russian actors speaks in a cartoon instead of characters.
“Zeropolis” in Russian was voiced at the Nevafilm studio. The following people took part in the work:
- Maria Ivakova - Judy Hopps;
- Anton Lavrentiev - Nick;
- Boris Khasanov - God;
- Vladimir Menshov - Leodor;
- Maria Aronova - Belluezer;
- Andrey Moshkov - Benjamin;
- Denis Nekrasov - Yaks;
- Inga Smetanina - Mrs. Otterton;
- Denis Nekrasov - Stu;
- Tatyana Shitova - Bonnie;
- Philip Lebedev - Duke;
- Arkady Pekarevsky - Finnik;
- Nikolay Drozdov - Flash.
Interesting fact
The creators of “Zeropolis” tried so hard to please the public on different continents that they turned to such a trick: one of the heroes Peter Musbridge in the Canadian and American interpretations of the tape was a moose. For the inhabitants of Brazil, he was turned into a jaguar, and for the Japanese - into tanuki. When the film was released in New Zealand and Australia, Peter became a koala. But even more fun is that Musbridge is a parody of Canadian television presenter Peter Mansbridge.
More reviews
In general, “Zeropolis” received excellent reviews. The audience liked the cartoon so much that they could not express their enthusiastic words only out loud and began to write praise on various forums and movie sites. Everyone who watched the animation said that everything was done at the highest level in it: the actors' voices were very well chosen for the characters, the colors were rich and vibrant, and the idea of the cartoon was amazing.
The animated film “Zeropolis”, according to the audience, is the picture that they were waiting for and which should have appeared on the screens for a long time.