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| Masha and the Bear | |
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| Created by | Oleg Kuzovkov |
| Screenplay by | Oleg Kuzovkov Oleg Užinov Natalya Rumiantseva Denis Chervyatsov Nikolai Kuzovkov Joe Ksander Kevin R. Adams Ernest Kataev Greg Nix Marina Sycheva Alex Budovsky Hunter Cope Aleksey Karanovich Aleksandr Filyurin Vadim Golovanov Ekaterina Kozhushanaya |
| Directed by | Denis Chervyatsov Oleg Kuzovkov Oleg Uzhinov Marina Nefedova Olga Baulina Roman Kozich Georgiy Orlov Vladislav Bayramgulov Natalya Malgina Andrey Belyaev Ilya Trusov Vasily Bogatyrev |
| Voices of | Yulia Zunikova (Masha) Alina Kukushkina (Dasha) Boris Kutnevich & Irina Kukushkina (Bear) Mark Kutnevich (Panda & Rabbit) Eduard Nazarov (Santa Claus) |
| Music by | Vasily Bogatyrev |
| Opening theme | Masha and the Bear Theme Song |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 117 ( list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Andrey Dobrunov Oleg Kuzovkov Dmitry Loveyko Marina Ratina Maria Demina Sergey Martynov |
| Animators | Darya Matreshina Tatyana Bolotnova Alexey Borzykh Sergey Kuligin (35 episode Fotografia) Sergey Sharigin Elena Saraeva Vadim Smaga Sergey Artyukh Yana Zavyalova Michael Milotvorskiy Mihail Tarasov |
| Running time | 7-8 minutes |
| Production company | Animaccord Animation Studio |
| Original release | |
| Release | 7 January 2009 – present |
Masha and the Bear ( Russian: Ма́ша и Медве́дь, romanized: Máša i Medvéd' Russian pronunciation: [ˈmaʂə i mʲɪdˈvʲetʲ]) is a Russian preschool comedy computer-animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov and produced by Animaccord Animation Studio, loosely based on the oral children's folk story of the same name. The show focuses on the adventures of a very young girl named Masha and her caring friend, the bear (miška) that always keeps her safe from disasters.
Masha and The Bear is the most watched preschool series in the world, with 36 times more requests than the average. It is also the fifth most-watched youth series (0–18) worldwide, just ahead of Peppa Pig. [1]
Many of the episodes have been successful on YouTube. In particular, the Russian-language version of the episode "Маша плюс каша" ("Maša plûs kaša" or "Recipe for Disaster") has almost 4.5 billion views as of April 2022, making it the site's twelfth most viewed video of all time, and the most viewed video on YouTube that is not a music video. [2]
The show was first launched in June 2016. It was the first Russian-produced animated TV show to be released in 4K.[ citation needed]
Plot
Masha is a four-year-old girl who lives in the forest with her pig, goat, and dog. In the first episode, it is shown that all the animals in the forest are afraid of her, as she is constantly forcing them to play with her. Then Masha sees a butterfly and inadvertently follows it inside the home of the Bear, who has gone fishing. While playing there, she makes a big mess. When he returns, he sees the disaster caused by Masha. The Bear tries to get rid of Masha but after multiple failed attempts, the unlikely duo become friends. [3]
In each episode of the show, Masha is portrayed as a bright little girl who loves exploring the world around her. Masha's shenanigans result in unexpected but entertaining situations that are at the heart of the show's episodes. The kind-hearted Bear is always trying to keep Masha out of trouble. There are several supporting characters in the series, including Masha's cousin Dasha, a penguin adopted by the Bear, a young panda cub from China (the Bear's cousin), two wolves who live in an old UAZ ambulance, a tiger that used to work with the Bear in the circus, and a Female Bear that is the object of the Bear's affections. Characters also include a hare, squirrels and hedgehogs, a pig called Rosie, a goat, and a dog who all live in Masha's front yard. [4]
Characters
Main
Masha
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- Masha (a diminutive form of Maria) is a 4-year-old girl who is portrayed as naughty and hyperactive, and always thinks about playing. She lives in a house near a railway station; near her house there is a path that leads to the Bear's house. Masha loves the bear very much, but in her games she tends to create problems for him. In the series, neither Masha's parents nor the parents of her friends are shown. She loves sweets, jumping in a bucket, and looking at drawings of her and Bear. Masha's character combines the characteristics of 4-year-old (making grammatical errors when speaking, crying when she is not given what she wants) with adult skills (playing tennis, fishing, making preserves, playing electric guitar and throwing tantrums). In the episode "God Save the Queen", it is revealed that Masha has super strength, as she managed to pull a multi-ton train near her house just to give an elegant reception for the Lion King. She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina in Russian, and in English by Elsie Fisher. [5] In subsequent seasons, Masha was dubbed by Rebecca Bloom (ep. 27–39), Angelica Keamy (ep. 40–52), Giulia De Carvalho (53-91), and now dubbed by Kaitlyn McCormick. She is usually shown wearing a white shirt under a purple dress with a purple kerchief covering her short blonde hair.
Bear
- The bear is a retired circus Kamchatka brown bear who lives in a house hollowed out of a tree in the forest. His past occupation makes him very talented in performing arts (like juggling, unicycling, and even stage magic) although he's also known to dabble into other hobbies and even some intellectual pursuits. Some episodes feature flashbacks in which he remembers his childhood as a cub in the same house. In the Russian-language version, Masha calls him "Mishka" (Russian: Мишка, a diminutive form of Russian name Misha, lit. "Mikey", fig. "Little Bear"), the traditional name given to bears in Russian tales. He is a huge bear with a big heart and he is Masha's father-like figure, as well as a friendly figure to her. He was voiced by Boris Kutnevich & Irina Kukushkina. He earlier also resided in Moscow.
Masha's Pets
- A terrier, a goat and a pig (and in the episode "How They Met", three chickens) who live outside Masha's house in her front yard, but almost every time Masha comes out, they hide themselves to avoid her. The Pig is often forced to play with Masha, who makes it dress up like a baby in a stroller. In the episode "Dance Fever" it is revealed that the pig's name is Rosie.
The Wild Animals
- The wild animals are a Rabbit, red squirrels, hedgehogs and two wolves. Masha and a certain Hare—in “One, two three! Light the Christmas Tree”, Father Frost’s list calls him ‘Bunny’, and in “Surprise! Surprise!” he delivers painted eggs—often play hockey together (and make a mess or accidentally hurt someone). The Hare is occasionally an antagonist of the Bear, due to stealing carrots from the Bear's garden. The two Wolves live in a derelict ambulance car on top of a hill, often looking for something to eat, and act as medics for any apparent injuries or illnesses, though they sometimes fear Masha (living in an ambulance cab and acting as medics is a pun on the Russian idiomatic expression Волки — санитары леса, "wolves are orderlies of the woods").
She-Bear
- The She-Bear is a female grizzly bear. The Bear has a crush on her and sometimes goes out of his way to impress her. The first time she rebuffed him in favor of the Black Bear, only to later realize how self-absorbed the Black Bear is. Another time, she turned her nose up at the Bear's classical guitar playing as she preferred more modern music. [6] Even so, the She-Bear usually opens up to the Bear, such as the time she agreed to have a dinner with him, and she is sometimes kind to Masha, such as giving her a fashion magazine, helping to train her for her tennis match against the Black Bear, and helping her learn to ice-skate.
Dasha
- Dasha is Masha's cousin from Moscow, who looks like Masha, but is more "ladylike", has platinum-blonde hair and blue eyes (Masha's are green), wears boxy blue-rimmed glasses and an orange dress. She is afraid of the Bear and calls him "Shaggy", "Monster" and "Beast". [7] She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina.
Panda
- Panda is a panda cub and the Bear's young cousin from China. He and Masha are rivals, often bickering every time he comes for a visit, but they occasionally get along and have fun together.
Recurring
Lion
- A lion wearing a crown, who is a good friend of the bear. He sometimes visits the bear, to play together the game of chess or for collective outdoor adventures. He was always disturbed by Masha, sometimes being advised to him not to help bear as a king is not supposed to help anyone. Once the lion offered his crown to Masha, making her a queen for temporary basis.
Whiskers n' Stripes
- A Siberian tiger who is Bear's best friend from their days performing together in the Moscow circus.
The Black Bear
- A Himalayan black bear, who is Bear's worst enemy and Bear's chief rival for the attentions of the She-Bear. The Black Bear has an arrogant and unsportsmanlike personality, cheating to win against Masha in a tennis game, and laughing at her when she grows gigantic. Bear's biggest fear is if Black Bear and She-Bear marry, which is shown in Game Over when Bear imagines what will happen if he plays games his whole life.
Penguin
- An Adélie penguin that first appears in "The Foundling", as an egg that Masha finds and makes the Bear hatch. The Penguin quickly imprints on the Bear as his parental-figure and the Bear forms a sincere bond with him, but chooses to send the Penguin to live in Antarctica for his own health. [8] Even so, they stay in touch and the Penguin once visited.
Ded Moroz (fig. Grandfather Frost)
- A Russian version of Santa Claus (from Russian fairy tales) who appears in Christmas-themed episodes.
Four-eyed aliens
- A trio of alien specimens who accidentally crashed on Earth, they were helped by Bear and Masha to get back to their spaceship.
Sources
According to the project's director, Denis Chervyatsov,
Masha was based on a real person… In the 1990s, the project's artistic director, Oleg Kuzovkov, was on holiday when he saw a little girl on the beach. The child was so genuine and open that she could easily walk up to a stranger and play chess with him or pick up his flippers and go swimming. However, after a few days, the vacationers began to hide from the girl – she was too active and intrusive. [9]
Production
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The series' production has been handled domestically at Animaccord Animation Studio since 2008. [9] The scenario for each episode is written by Oleg Kuzovkov, creator of the cartoon. Then the storyboarding is developed in accordance with the script and, in general, consists of at least 2000 slides. After the team finalizes the plot of an episode, the work for the 2D animatic kicks off. At this stage, animators define the duration of each scene in an episode, how characters are placed in it and interact with each other. After this step of the production is finished, the episode is passed for dubbing. Dubbing must be completed before 3D animation is applied, as the 3D animators need to know the characters' dialogue, intonations, and emotions in advance in order to keep their lip movements synchronized to the audio and make their facial expressions look realistic. [10]
3D animation
The 3D animation process begins right after dubbing has been finished. Animators manipulate all the movements that happen during the scenes, such as opening doors, taking books from bookshelves, and creating all the bodily movements required to bring the characters to life.[ citation needed]
Rendering Manager
Rendering Manager brings all the processes together. Renderers colorize grey 3D models and add such details as the Bear's fur, Masha's hair, etc. They create the lighting and weather in the scene as determined by the script.[ citation needed]
Compositing
Compositing is the final stage of production, where the compositors review all shots of an episode, checking the color intensities, smoothing the edges of 3D models, adding 2D/3D effects and bringing all the components together to form a complete episode. Then the work is approved by the director and script-writer and uploaded to the show's official YouTube channel 'Masha and the Bear - Official Channel' formerly 'MashaBearTV' before it can be shown on TV. [ citation needed]
Actors
Masha, her cousin Dasha, and Father Frost are the only characters who speak. The others communicate through pantomime or wordless sounds.[ citation needed]
For the first two seasons, Masha's voice in the original Russian version was performed by Alina Kukushkina, who was 6 years old when she began to dub Masha. For the third season (seven years later in 2015), the officials of Animaccord studio confirmed that the new voice of Masha would be 6-year-old Barbara Sarantseva and then replaced again by Yulia Zunikova in 2020. The show's sound designer, Boris Kutnevich, provides the voice of The Bear. Mark Kutnevich provides the voice of The Hare.[ citation needed]
For the English version, Elsie Fisher – the voice of Agnes in the Despicable Me films – dubbed the voice of Masha in the first season. In subsequent seasons Masha was dubbed by Rebecca Bloom (ep. 27–39) and Angelica Keamy (ep. 40–52) and now is Kaitlyn McCormick.
For Indonesian version, Azelia Rashika Andini was Masha's voice. [ citation needed]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for each episode is written by Russian composer Vasily Bogatyrev [ better source needed]. Many compositions are stylized for famous works: Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, a circus theme from the movie Soviet Circus, and in the episode “One-Hit Wonder” the rockstar Masha performs a song in the style of the group AC/DC. Most of the songs used in the cartoon, such as the soundtracks of “Laundry Day” and “The Grand Piano Lesson” episodes, became popular in Russia and abroad.[ citation needed]
Awards and achievements
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- In January 2015, the cartoon was included into a list of "TV Shows Destined to be Classics," which was compiled by the cartoon industry's periodical Animation Magazine to mark its 250 issue.[ citation needed]
- In February 2015, Masha and the Bear won a 2015 Kidscreen Award for Best Animation in the Creative Talent. [11]
- In October 2015, Kidscreen Magazine named Animaccord Animation Studios as one of the top 50 leaders in the world of animation (Kidscreen Hot50) and the top 10 production companies of the year.[ citation needed]
- In 2018, the cartoon was included in the Guinness World Records as the most-watched animated video on YouTube, with the episode “Recipe for Disaster” that today counts over 4.4 billion views. [12] The episode was included in the most viewed video of all time, together with such well-known artists as Ed Sheeran with “Shape of you” video and Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee with “Despacito”.[ citation needed]
According to the Associated Press, "Masha, who is dressed in a folk costume with a headscarf, became a household name in many Muslim nations including Indonesia." [13] Dmitry Loveyko, managing director of Animaccord, said that "It's a Muslim country, so we thought we're lucky she wears a headscarf and her legs are covered!" [13]
Mobile apps
The first Masha and the Bear mobile app was released by Apps Ministry in August 2011.[ citation needed] In 2013 the first mobile game Masha and the Bear: Search and Rescue was published by Apps Ministry. Later more publishers such as Indigo Kids, PSV Studio, Noviy Disk developed and released games and apps featuring Masha and the Bear.[ citation needed]
Distribution
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Netflix has released 27 of the first 29 episodes in 9 episodes of 3 segments each.[ citation needed] Many of the videos were uploaded multiple times on three different YouTube channels ("Маша и Медведь", "Get Movies" and "Masha and The Bear") so their view counts across up to three channels have been combined. [14] [15] [16]
Episodes
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| 1 | How They Met | 1.1.1 | 4. 94
A girl named Masha Ends up in a bear’s house after wandering away from her home country. She then gets into three bowls of porridge, sleeps in the bed, and breaks three wooden chairs. Meanwhile, a bear is out playing checkers and fishing And when he returns home, he discovers the house a wreck. When he finds Masha, he gets ready to throw her out until Masha hugs him, and the bear soon hugs her as well making them great friends. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Don't Wake Till Spring! | 1.1.2 | 3. 54
Bear is getting ready for his hibernation and wants Masha to not awaken him till spring. Masha discovers that his calendar has gone mixed up and she tries Lumos was to wake up bear, who doesn’t want to get out of bed. And one last effort, she switches the calendar to April, Bear wakes up from his winter sleep and shows him the calendar. Bear, who notices that he mixed up, discovers he is hungry and fixes he and masha some lunch. |
3 | One, Two, Three! Light the Christmas Tree! | 1.1.3 | 1. 68
After Bear runs out of Christmas lights, he goes to search for more. Masha on the other hand, is trying to get the animals to play with her who do not want to play with her due to them sleeping from the cold. She discovers and tries to help him find Christmas lights, not knowing Santa is on his way. They end up accidentally knocking Santa out and giving him amnesia, but they decided to set things right and deliver presents for him, getting an amount of Christmas lights. |
4 | Tracks of Unknown Animals | 1.3.1 | 3. 75
Masha discover some animal prince and mistake some for the great elephant wander, a Mystic elephant that gives wishes. She goes to search for him and comes across the cave. Meanwhile, bear tries to tell her that the wood elephant is not real. |
5 | Prances with Wolves | 1.2.2 | 3. 52
The two wolves are faking to be hurt so they won’t have to go to Masha’s animal school, But Masha always makes them. Finally, Masha signed them to an animal doctor school with their van, and becomes a doctor to try to make them healthy. After being exhausted from getting up the hill, the wolves fall asleep, and one of them has a nightmare about being chased by multiple surgeons resembling Masha. Masha then decides to make them take their shots, but the wolves don’t want to until at last they give in and run away once their vaccine shots are done. |
6 | Jam Day | 1.2.1 | 9. 09
Leaving to go play checkers and fix Masha a special lunch later. But Masha gets hungry and wants to eat; She decides to make some jam for some animals that may be hungry. She gives them all of the jam. They could possibly want until she makes some jam for herself, but she ends up, overflowing it, and it ends up exploding once the bear gets home. She cleans up the mess and tells bear that she is hungry, so bear makes some jam for her, pleasing her. |
7 | Springtime for Bear | 1.2.3 | 2. 18
It is springtime in the forest, the bear is not in the mood for spring time. Masha in the animals trying to help him get used to, including getting honey and sniffing flowers. Bear doesn’t want to do any of those things discovers how fun time can be, so he decides to be a jolly Easter bunny to impress himself. |
8 | Gone Fishing | 1.4.1 | 2. 51
Bear is on a fishing trip Where he tries to catch a legendary fish to cook for dinner. Eventually, he catches one, but he discovers that the fish can talk and mistakes as Magic. Eventually, he begins gaining everything he could possibly want. Masha, on the other hand, is trying to lead some fishes on a grand Symphony The fishes don’t want to. |
9 | Call Me Please! | 1.4.3 | 2. 36
Masha wins a Telephone for her birthday and begins calling numerous times. What she does know is that the telephone is used to call bear whenever she’s in danger. Soon the wolves chase her, so she calls and he arrives right in the nick of time to save her. |
10 | Holiday on Ice | 1.6.1 | 4. 09
The lake is frozen, so that means that everyone can skate on ice. Interested in catching fish, but he discovers that the fish are on hibernation. Masha decides to teach him how much fun skating can be. |
11 | A jokester Lady | 1.8.1 | 3. 06
Beer, polled love with a bear, called lady bear, but he has trouble making out. Masha wins the bear over for him by inviting her to a spaghetti dinner, but the spaghetti dinner turned out to be a disaster, but the lady bear like the chaos is antiques and gives bear a kiss. |
12 | No Trespassing! | 1.8.3 | 1. 34
Masha’s animal friends are feeling of Masha rough playing So they pretend they are grumpy neighbors, and won’t let mash or trespass. Nasha tries to trespass on their property, and she eventually managed to, but the animal friends have been tricking her, so Masha gets them big time. |
13 | Hide and Seek is not for the Weak | 1.5.2 | 3. 37
Masha is amazing at Heidi at several hiding spots, and it’s all until she accidentally gets lost in the woods. Bear tries to find her, but is afraid of the dark, until he over it to rescue Masha from getting swooped away by The wolves. |
14 | Watch Out! | 1.3.2 | 2. 18
After an accident involving with a owl crashing into a tree branch, the bear takes him in until a rabbit stub his foot. They still find themselves caring for numerous animals and Masha begins to think they’re playing Hospital. |
15 | Little Cousin | 1.6.3 | 7. 58
The bear has a tiger named whiskers from a nearby circus that he ran away from, So Masha begins to think they’re his cousin and keeps it bothering him when he tries to spend time with bear. Finally whiskers runs away, but becomes lost at night, but Masha and bear find him in the woods after discovering a trace of his orange fur. |
16 | Get Well Soon! | 1.9.2 | 4. 08
The bear is sick and is lying in bed to cure from his fever. Masha Go for him and gives him some Castor oil For medicine , but the bear doesn’t want it. Masha tries to make the bear take castor oil, until she gives him some after the bear discoveries a drop of Jam On the top of it and soon feels better after a few days. |
17 | Recipe for Disaster | 1.7.1 | 6. 44
The bear is trying to make whiskers some lunch, but Masha only wants to help make lunch. Bear begins to make Masha his cook and they try numerous recipes, but they all fail chaotically. Eventually, they make one lunch that whiskers won’t forget and whiskers pretends. He likes it, but when bear and Masha leave to give him some dessert, he runs to the lake to clear his mouth. |
18 | Laundry Day | 1.5.1 | 4. 65
Is trying to give her baby pig some milk, but gets dirty after his carriage grows out of control. Bear gives her a bath, but she gets dirty after getting a whole jug of milk. Soon, she ends up getting dirty once again, getting jam on her, and especially after getting Chimney soot on herself. The bear soon won’t let her into the house, so she eats from an Until she’s dirty. This goes on until they run out of clothes, so bear dresses mash up as a baby and the pig drives The Carriage away while Masha yells at bear that they forgot her regular outfit. |
19 | The Grand Piano Lesson | 1.8.2 | 3. 31
After a fall out of the sky, Masha mistakes as the grand piano and begins to play it. The wolves discovered that the lost, and they tried to get it back until they discovered their witty ways. |
20 | Stripes and Whiskers | 1.4.2 | 2. 60
Whiskers loses his strap while taking a bath. So bear pains some stripes from black paint for him, But I wash out in the rain. Whisker soon feels embarrassed about losing his stripes and runs off, but Masha cheer him up, saying that he can be without his stripes, or without. So, the stripes come back. |
21 | Home Alone | 1.3.3 | 2. 33
After the wolves van crashes into a tree, they take refudge at Bears house. Bear doesn’t feel like having any houseguest until Masha tells him that the van broke, so he lets them in until the van gets repaired. But the wolves begin to hog and start making a van for themselves, until at last bear kicks them out. The end, they find out that the van was repaired by Masha all along in the last couple days, and they drive it only to end up, breaking it once again. |
22 | Hold Your Breath | 1.7.2 | 3. 13
Bear gets the hiccups after eating too much honey lately. Masha tries to get rid of his hiccups through various ways while lady discovers that bear forgot her date and goes to find out what is the matter. |
23 | The Foundling | 1.7.3 | 0. 17
After a baby fox Wind up at Bears house, becomes a father for himself and begins to care for the baby fox, despite his disliking for foxes. Masha discovers their parent and becomes a mom for the fox, but Becomes mischievous and begins, ruining the furniture, the television set, and even the jam cupboard. Finally, they put the baby fox away and the mishap starts all over again. |
24 | Bon Appétit! | 2.6.2 | 6. 17
Bear is hungry and tries, making a salad for grandfather, bear, Who went to come for a visit. Masha becomes a chef and begins making jam salad for them, But grandfather bear has just gotten some honey for them. |
25 | Hocus-Pocus | 1.6.2 | 8. 18
Masha becomes a wizard and begins granting wishes. Bear delivers a box filled with baby bunny, rabbits, and he tries to tell Masha to do a bunny rabbit out of a magic cat. Masha begins to pull various animals out of the hat, bear ends up, getting transported, and begins to think that she ended up sending her best friend to the moon. |
26 | Home Improvement | 1.5.3 | 4. 20
Whiskers is revealed he doesn’t have a home, So bear and Masha tried to cheer him up by making a home at a various items for him. Makes a bear makes a cave, but they all start disliking their way until it turns out that whiskers actually wanted to live in bears home, just like Masha.
International versions
Masha and the Bear left Universal Kids in the US on January 1, 2023, but cable TV providers like Charter Spectrum & DirecTV state that it's still there, and also streaming services like FuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu with Live TV, and DirecTV Stream. The show returned to Universal Kids in the US on August 4, 2023, after 7 months of being gone off the air. [23] [ citation needed] Spin-offsMasha's Tales A spin-off series to the show titled Masha's Tales is also available on Netflix. In the show Masha (voiced by a much older actress) tells classic Russian fairy tales as well as some Grimms' Fairy Tales to her toys. However, Masha makes up her own way of telling the stories (Such as putting a magical nutcracker who turns into a prince when she adapts Cinderella). She also mixes up the morals of the stories by often adding an additional ending so that way it could fit with what she's telling her toys. Masha's Tales premiered on Cartoon Network UK's sister pre-school channel, Cartoonito on June 20, 2016. [24] Debut dates listed per Treehouse TV:
Masha's Spooky StoriesAnother spin-off of the Masha and the Bear franchise, Masha's Spooky Stories, premiered on Cartoonito UK and Netflix in Halloween 2016. [24] Debuts dates listed are for English releases in Canada on Treehouse TV, original air dates in Russia unknown:
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- 2000s animated comedy television series
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- 2009 Russian television series debuts
- 2010s animated comedy television series
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- Animated preschool education television series
- Animated television series about bears
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- Carousel (TV channel) original programming
- Fictional duos
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- Russia-1 original programming
- Russian children's animated adventure television series
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- Russian computer-animated television series
- Boomerang (TV network) original programming
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- Russian-language television shows
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