Masha and the Bear
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| Genre | Adventure, comedy |
| Created by | Oleg Kuzovkov |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 61 |
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| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Animaccord Animation Studio |
| Distributor | Animaccord Animation Studio |
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| Original network |
Russia 1, Carousel, Teletoon (Canada) Cartoonito, Boomerang and Milkshake! (UK) Cúla 4 (Ireland) |
| Original release | January 7, 2009 – present |
| External links | |
| Official English Website | |
Masha and the Bear (Russian: Ма́ша и Медве́дь, Masha i Medved; IPA: [ˈmɑʂə i mʲɪdʲˈvetʲ]) is a Russian animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov and produced by Animaccord Animation Studio (Moscow, Russia), loosely based on the oral children's folk story of the same name. The show focuses on the adventures of a little girl named Masha and a fatherly bear that always keeps her from disasters. The first episode “How They Met” was released on the 7th of January, 2009.
The series has been translated into 25 languages and was broadcast in more than 100 countries. The series was released on Netflix and through NBCUniversal.
Many of the episodes have been successful on YouTube; in particular, "Маша плюс каша" ("Recipe for Disaster", in English version) has received over 1.94 billion views, making it the site's sixth most viewed video of all time, and the most viewed non-music video. The other videos with over 300 million views are: "Bon Appétit", with over 710 million views; "Laundry Day", with over 700 million views; "La Dolce Vita", with over 560 million views; "The Foundling", with over 500 million views; "Hocus-Pocus", with over 420 million views; "Two Much", with over 390 million views; "Little Cousin", with over 370 million views; and "One, Two, Three! Light the Christmas Tree!", with over 360 million views.
The show consists of two full seasons, with 26 episodes each. The first three episodes of the third season have been launched recently, and the additional 23 are in work at the moment, to be released over the next three years.
For the first season in English, Elsie Fisher — the voice of Agnes, the youngest of the three girls in the Despicable Me films — was chosen to dub the voice of Masha.
Masha is a Russian girl who lives in the forest with her pig, goat and dog. All the animals in the forest are afraid of her as she forces them to play with her. One morning, Masha sees a butterfly and inadvertently follows it inside the home of a bear who has gone fishing. While playing there, she makes a big mess. When the Bear returns, he sees the disaster caused by Masha. The Bear tries to get rid of Masha, but he is unsuccessful, and he and Masha become friends.
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