The animated series "Rocco Kangaroo" talks about a kangaroo from Australia who suddenly moves to a permanent residence in the United States. From this moment, the hero is forced to learn a new world unfamiliar to Rocco, at the same time meeting with local peculiar residents, among which there is a glutton goby Heffer, who equates himself to a wolf breed, and a small dog named Spanka. The number of all episodes of "Rocco Kangaroo" is about 50 episodes of 20 minutes.
Cartoon characters
The main character of the animated series is the native Australian kangaroo Rocco. Suddenly, the central character moves to the United States, where he will have to explore the world anew, making new acquaintances. Faithful friends will help you get acquainted with the new and very unusual world for a kangaroo. Heffer is a representative representative of the goby family. However, the hero for some reason equates himself to a wolf breed. As a pet, the kangaroo Rocco contains a small dog named Spanki. The main character's neighbors are the toad family of the Zaderaines and the tortoise with shattered nerves, Philbert.
The plot of the cartoon "Rocco Kangaroo"
O-Town, the city where Rocco resides, is the point where the young kangaroo has to get to know the new world. Each of the local residents is a representative of an original character. With the move to O-Town, Rocco's life is filled with bright colors, because every day the young discoverer has to face various events and adventures in which the hero needs to make a serious and important choice.
The first unforgettable event in his life is his acquaintance with a new friend Heffer. Goby sends invitation to Kangaroo Rocco to visit the new gym. As soon as the heroes appeared on the threshold of the sports complex, they were delayed by security, telling friends that the guest should have not only an invitation, but also the appropriate appearance, because each guest is evaluated using a specially developed system. After that, friends receive minus 10 points and are sent to a clothing store in order to choose the appropriate outfit. Constantly loyal friends find themselves in awkward and funny situations, from which they diligently try to find a way out.
The story of the cartoon
The creator of the animated series about the kangaroo Rocco is Joe Murray. The first episodes of the animated series appeared in 1993, and in 1996 the project was closed. Initially, the main character of the cartoon was created for the unrealized comics of the 1980s.
After a while, the kangaroo Rocco screened the Nickelodeon channel, which at that time was in search of extravagant cartoonists. The channel focused not only on small viewers, but also on an adult audience. Joe Murray has invited many aspiring actors as voice actors. Among the invited actors were Thomas Kenny and Charles Adler, who are very popular in the modern world.
Interesting facts about the cartoon and the advent of a new film adaptation
The first show of the cartoon "Rocco Kangaroo" took place in 1993, September 18, and lasted until November 24, 1996. After the end of the project, the team began work on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. The animated series "Kangaroo Rocco" was a real push in his career for Carlos Alazraki, who voiced Rocco and Spanky. The main creator of the project, George Maestri, was among the nominees for creating a unique script.
After the animated series “New Life of Rocco” was released, Joe Murray in 2005 created the animated film “Camp Lazlo”, the storyline of which was madly like “Rocco”. In 2017, in early autumn, the Nickelodeon channel announced the restart of animated series from the 90s, among which was Rocco Kangaroo.
At the end of the summer of 2016, the Nickelodeon children's entertainment channel gave a positive response to the full-length cartoon, whose producer was appointed creator of Rocco Joe Murray. The first teaser trailer appeared on July 20, 2017, and after a while the creators announced the name of the project. The entire voice-over staff of the animated series “New Life of Rocco” remained unchanged, except for the arrival of two new faces in the image of Cosmo Segursn and Steve Little. "Rocco hopes that nostalgia from the past can protect him from the torment of the present," says Nickelodeon. The creator of the serial series of the nineties talked about a possible increase in animated episodes.
Animated series reviews
In general, the animated series "Kengurenok Rokko" earned positive reviews from viewers, especially from young children. In addition, the animated picture received good marks from critics, who made a serious emphasis on a very specific and in some places sophisticated humor, sometimes hiding the socialist subtext. The painting "Kangaroo Rocco" has an ambiguous plot, where there is both children's humor and adult.