Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
| Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat | |
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| Created by | Amy Tan |
| Voices of |
Holly Gauthier-Frankel Rick Jones Oliver Grainger Jesse Vinet Ellen David Arthur Holden Sonja Ball Neil Shee |
| Country of origin |
Canada United States China |
| Original language(s) |
English Chinese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 27 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
CinéGroupe Sesame Workshop |
| Release | |
| Original network |
TVOntario, Société Radio-Canada (Canada) PBS Kids (USA) |
| Original release | September 3, 2001 – October 5, 2002 |
| Website | |
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat is an educational Chinese and Canadian-American animated television series based on a 1994 novel by Amy Tan which aired on PBS Kids, produced by Canadian animation studio CinéGroupe and Sesame Street creator Sesame Workshop. In the series, which is set c. 1840, during the Qing Dynasty, Sagwa has fun in her day-to-day life while learning and teaching valuable life lessons. The show is notable for its setting and messages about family obligations and loyalty. It was also a huge ratings success for PBS Kids. The series was developed and produced for television by executive producers George Daugherty and Michel Lemire, and producers David Ka Lik Wong and Leon G. Arcand.
It aired for one season and 40 episodes, premiering on September 3, 2001 replacing Wishbone and was quietly cancelled in 2002, but aired as reruns on some PBS affiliates as late as September 2008.
Sagwa resides in the palace of a magistrate in China of pre-colonial Hong Kong (possibly during the Qing, as shown by the characters' clothes), part of a royal family of cats who have the ability to write with their tails. She and her siblings, along with various other cats and Fu-Fu the bat, partake in adventures that are usually accompanied by moral lessons, as is typical with most children's shows. However, one aspect that sets this show apart is its display of various aspects of Chinese culture, which helps promote awareness and understanding of other ethnicities.
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