TV series

Tabaluga

1997–2004 · 3 seasons

A gentle, colourful fantasy adventure with a young dragon hero, simple morals, and mild peril that never feels truly threatening.

Overview: Flying Bark Animation produced an animated cartoon series of Tabaluga. In this series, Tabaluga is the last of the dragons and the crown-prince of Greenland, a magical place inhabited by talking animals of many different species. Tabaluga must defend his home from two rival kingdoms on either side of Greenland; a frigid arctic tundra, ruled by the evil snowman Arktos and a searing desert, ruled by an evil sand-spirit named Humsin.
How it feels: Warm, whimsical, earnest and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Coming-of-age, identity, friendship, survival
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
friendship
survival
nature
Places: fantasy world
wilderness
Era: timeless
Audience: kids
Form: animated
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: animation, sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure
Created by: Peter Maffay
Written by: Geoff Beak, John Palmer, Malcolm McGookin, Susan Beak
Starring: Dietmar Wunder, Björn Schalla, Sabine Manke, Edeltraut Elsner, Santiago Ziesmer, Frank Ciazynski, Inken Sommer, Andreas Mannkopff
Length: 3 seasons, 78 episodes, 22 min each
Network: ZDF
Country: Germany, Australia
Languages: German