Bernard (TV series)

*Bernard*
Bernard
	M6 Métropole Télévision; RG Animation Studios; Screen21; Synergy Media (season 2); SK Broadband (season 3)
Original release
Network	EBS; M6; AnimaKids; Cartoon Network
Release	January 3, 2006 –; present (South Korea and China)

Bernard, known as Backkom (

cel animation. The stories are written by the creative studio Screen21, the directors are José Luis Ucha Enríquez and Claudio Biern Lliviria. The music was written by Oscar Maceda Rodríguez. Bernard also was a part of Cartoon Network

's Sunday Pants.

In South Korea, season 1 aired on EBS TV in 2005 and consists of 52 episodes. Season 2 aired in 2008, and it also consists of 52 episodes.^[2]

Plot

The show centers on a curious

chihuahua

.

Episodes

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	52	2005 (2005)	2007 (2007)
2	52	2008 (2008)	2009 (2009)
3	52	2009 (2009)	2010 (2010)
4	51	2010 (2010)	2011 (2011)
5	49	2011 (2011)	2012 (2012)
6	5	2020 (2020)	Unknown (Unknown)

Films

A feature film based on Bernard, titled Mug Travel in South Korea and My Friend Bernard in English, was first released in South Korea on 22 March 2007. It was directed by Lim Ah-ron and produced at RG Animation Studios.

Another film, titled Backkom Bear: Agent 008 was released in China on 13 January 2017 and South Korea on 3 May 2017.

A third film, titled Agent Backkom: Kings Bear was released in China and South Korea on July 23, 2021.

A fourth film, titled Backkom Bear: Mars Mission was released in China on September 28, 2023.

Award history

Bernard has been nominated for a number of awards, including Best Animation series at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (2006), Mipcom Jr. Licensing Challenge Award (2004), Prize in Children and Education at the Dong-A International Festival of Cartoon & Animation (2004) and was a finalist at the

Annecy International Animation Festival (2003).^{[citation needed}

]

Nominated for The Best Animation Series at Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (2006)
Mipcom Jr. Licensing Challenge Award (2004)
Won the Prize in Children and Education at DIFECA (Dong-A International Festival of Cartoon & Animation) (2004)
Was the finalist in Annecy International Animation Festival (2003)

References

^ Yoon Go-eun (4 June 2008). EBS 국산 애니 '빼꼼' 시즌2 방송 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
^ "EBS 국산 애니 '빼꼼' 시즌2 방송". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

External links

[yonhap-1] Yoon Go-eun (4 June 2008). EBS 국산 애니 '빼꼼' 시즌2 방송 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2010.

[2] "EBS 국산 애니 '빼꼼' 시즌2 방송". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

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