Pucca (TV series)

Pucca
Genre
Created by
  • Boo Kyoung Kim
  • Calvin Kim
Directed by
  • Greg Sullivan (seasons 1–2)
  • Joon Won Lee (season 3)
Voices ofSeason 1-2:
Season 3 (Love Recipe):
  • Jeonghwa Yang
  • Shin Yong-woo
  • Beom-gi Hong (Korean version)
  • Park Si-yoon (Korean version)
  • Doug Erholtz (English version)
  • Melissa Fahn (English version)
Theme music composerPlus-Tech Squeeze Box (season 1–2)
Yoon Joo-Hyeon, Kim-wook (Love Recipe)
Opening theme"Pucca Funny Love" (seasons 1–2)
"Love Recipe" (season 3)
Ending theme"Pucca Funny Love" (Extended) (seasons 1–2)
"Pucca's Sweet Love" (season 3)
ComposerHal Beckett
Country of originCanada (2006–08)
South Korea (2018–19)
Original languagesEnglish (entire run)
Korean (season 3)
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes65 (191 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Chris Bartleman
  • Blair Peters
  • Michael Lekes (season 1)
  • Marc Buhaj (season 2)
  • Yong Wook Kim (season 3)
Producers
  • Kirsten Newlands (season 1)
  • Lori Lozinski (season 2)
  • Byong Pil Kong (season 3)
Running time21 minutes (7 minutes per segment; seasons 1–2, season 3 English version)
2 minutes (1 minute per segment; season 3 Korean version)
Production companiesStudio B Productions (2006–08)
Bazooka Studio (2018–19)
Original release
NetworkToon Disney (Jetix)
ReleaseSeptember 18, 2006 (2006-09-18) –
August 11, 2008 (2008-08-11)
NetworkMBC TV
ReleaseDecember 10, 2018 (2018-12-10) –
October 31, 2019 (2019-10-31)
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Pucca (Korean: 짜장소녀 뿌까; RR: Jjajangsonyeo Ppukka) is an animated comedy television series based on a series of shorts created by the South Korean company VOOZ Character System. The series revolves around Pucca, a young girl who is in love and infatuated with a ninja named Garu. The series has aired on Champ TV and MBC TV in South Korea. The series has also aired on Toon Disney's Jetix block in the U.S., and on the international Jetix channels throughout Europe and Latin America. In Canada, the show had aired on Family Channel.

Pucca premiered in 2006, with a set of 26 episodes (78 segments). The second season of the show, consisting of 13 episodes (39 segments), began airing in 2008 after it was ordered to be created by Jetix Europe. In October 2018, a third season was announced by Planeta Junior, a company within Planeta Group. The third season aired in South Korea on December 10, 2018 on MBC TV, and December 19, 2018 on Tooniverse. It consists of 26 episodes (76 segments). The third season of Pucca, titled Pucca: Love Recipe in English, was released on Netflix on December 31, 2019, before being removed on June 29, 2023.

In total, not including the past online aired episodes of the show, this brought the number of created segments to 191. The main theme song is also sung in Korean.