Tabaluga

The little green Dragon Tabaluga is a cartoon character, who lives in the fictional place of Greenland. He is around 7 dragon-years old (700 human years, as one year for a dragon is 100 for a human). He is the creation of the German Rock musician Peter Maffay, children's song writer Rolf Zuckowski and the author Gregor Rottschalk. The artist Helme Heine drew the image of Tabaluga as we know it currently.

The musical "Tabaluga & Lilli" celebrated its premiere on 24 September 1999 in the TheatrO CentrO, Oberhausen, and ran there until 30 June 2001. The little dragon managed to unite the High Society of German musical actors, with stars such as Andreas Bieber, Ross Antony, Paul Kribbe, Carolin Fortenbacher The first studio album "Tabaluga or the journey to reason." (1983) was the step to success: within the next years some Helme Heine books, four studio albums, a resounding tour and many TV Cartoons which have been broadcasting in over 100 countries round the world followed. Over 100 kindergartens and child care groups carry the word "Tabaluga" in their names.

Flying Bark Animation (previously known as Yoram Gross Films) has also 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.



Tabaluga on TV
In Tabaluga tivi, the television show (90 min.), you will see the little green dragon, Tabaluga, his friend Happy (a snow hare) and his enemy Arktos, the wicked snowman. In the show, two teams play against each other in 5 competition rounds to win prizes for themselves, and to win the contents of a treasure chest, which they can donate to their school, a children's home, etc. The broadcast is transmitted by ZDF and also KI.KA. In Summer 2005 the show celebrated its 400th transmission. The show is made for ZDF in co-production with Munich Production Company MingaMedia and is made in the Bavaria-Studios in Unterföhring, near Munich.



Residents of Greenland

 * Tabaluga: He is a small green dragon who is main protagonist of the series. He is the king of Greenland. Son of Tyrion.
 * Happy: Snow hare who lives in Greenland and is one of Tabaluga's best friends.
 * Digby: A mole from greenland who wears glasses
 * Nessaja: giant turtle who acts as a mentor and advisor to Tabaluga
 * Buzz the bee
 * Bilingua: a snake who is a minor villain. She had shown in at least one episode that she had the power of hypnosis
 * Tyrion: previous ruler of greenland and father of Tabaluga. When he died, he turned into a star, like all dragons.

Iceworld

 * Arktos: the main antagonist, he is an evil snowman who aims to make Greenland a frozen wasteland. He is king of Iceworld. He has a hall containing animals who have been frozen by him, and is fond of icecream.
 * James: The polite and gentle penguin who is loyal to Arktos and pilots his master's transport, The Arktoplane. When the penguins of Iceworld temporarily left the evil snowman, James was the only one who remained at his side
 * Attila the walrus: Arktos' cook
 * Shouhu: an owl has a magic crystal ball. He, along with Nassaja help advise the young dragon. At some point chained and held captive by Arktos. In the penultimate episode of Series One, he is freed by Tabaluga.
 * Vultur: previously worked for Arktos, changed allegiance to Humsin.
 * Fritz: Arktos' pet shark, who often tries to eat his carrot nose.

Desert Realm

 * Humsin: ruler of the desert realm, willing to make Greenland into a desert. He appears as a whirlwind of sand.
 * Kayo: chameleon who worked for Humsin, but later works for Arktos

Season 1

 * 1) The Last of His Kind
 * 2) Happy Without Ending
 * 3) A Very Hot Thing
 * 4) A Matter Full of Seeds
 * 5) Servant of Two Masters
 * 6) Moonstruck
 * 7) The Wiser Head Does Not Give Up
 * 8) A Fatal Present
 * 9) Two Birds With One Stone
 * 10) The Tree Of Life
 * 11) Dubious Dealings
 * 12) The Visitors Who Came In From The Cold
 * 13) The Big Cloud
 * 14) Dragons Do not Cry
 * 15) One Dragon Too Many
 * 16) Someone Is Cheating
 * 17) Mister Nice Guy
 * 18) Too Much Salt Is Detrimental To The Health
 * 19) A Ruined Premiere
 * 20) Queen For One Day
 * 21) A Splendid Couple
 * 22) A Fiery Encounter
 * 23) The Abducted Scamp
 * 24) Tabaluga and Lilli
 * 25) The Flow of Time
 * 26) Chocolate Ice for Everybody

Season 2

 * 1) Prince Tabaluga
 * 2) Humsin
 * 3) Dangerous confidence
 * 4) Big Freeze
 * 5) Prophecy
 * 6) Hero
 * 7) Potato Festival
 * 8) A Spiny Danger
 * 9) Flood
 * 10) The Day of the Cactus
 * 11) The Big Change
 * 12) Sand Fleas
 * 13) The Lost Dragon
 * 14) My baby
 * 15) The Ice Beast
 * 16) Double Trouble
 * 17) Peace Play
 * 18) Genie
 * 19) Kidnapped
 * 20) Sweet Dreams Hamsin
 * 21) The Thundwerbird
 * 22) Bully for You
 * 23) The Scrying Game
 * 24) Dragon Mountain
 * 25) The Sands of Doom
 * 26) Majority Rules

Season 3

 * 1) The Dragon Pendant
 * 2) The Quest
 * 3) Scary Story
 * 4) Tabaluga Challenge
 * 5) Fire Stone
 * 6) Little Wonder
 * 7) Arktos The Good
 * 8) The Gloomy Forest
 * 9) Mother Arktos
 * 10) Eye in the Sky
 * 11) Do not Forget to Remember
 * 12) Fool's Gold
 * 13) Where is Winter?
 * 14) Whale of a Tale
 * 15) Last Gasp
 * 16) Troubled Waters
 * 17) Hidden Treasures
 * 18) Wish Upon a Star
 * 19) Who's Who
 * 20) The Hidden Chamber
 * 21) Ready, Set, Go!
 * 22) Digby's Promise
 * 23) Kayo: Friend or Foe?
 * 24) Menace in the Mountains
 * 25) Dragon World
 * 26) Lost Pendant

Broadcast History
The cartoon series of Tabaluga originally shown on ZDF in Germany is presently being shown in the UK on the following channels:
 * UK
 * Cartoon Network (1998–2000)
 * POP! (January 2007 - 26 February 2007)
 * Ireland
 * TG4
 * Poland
 * TVP1
 * Mini Mini (2006–present)
 * Portugal
 * Cartoon Network (1998–2000)
 * Canal Panda (2001–2005)
 * RTP 2
 * USA
 * Fox Family (1998–2000)
 * Romania
 * TVR 1
 * Czech Republic
 * TV Prima (2008)
 * France
 * TF1
 * France 5 (2010)
 * Russia
 * STS (2001)
 * Telenyanya (Теленяня, 2008)
 * Ukraine
 * ТЕТ
 * Finland
 * MTV3
 * Indonesia
 * TVRI (2004)
 * Slovenia
 * SLO1

History

 * 1983: "Tabaluga oder... Die Reise zur Vernunft" (engl. "Tabaluga or... The Journey to Reason"), first concept album (LP / CD)
 * 1986: "Tabaluga und das leuchtende Schweigen" (engl. "Tabaluga and the Luminous Silence"), second concept album (LP / CD)
 * 1988: "Tabaluga and the Magic Jadestone", UK version of the second concept album (LP)
 * 1993: "Tabaluga und Lilli" (engl. "Tabaluga and Lilli"; with Alexis playing and singing the part of "Lilli"), third concept album (CD)
 * 1994: Rock fairytale tour "Tabaluga & Lilli" (90 appearances with a total attendance of around 700,000), based on the first and second concept album
 * 1994: "Tabaluga und Lilli – Live" (engl. "Tabaluga and Lilli Live"), first live album (tour of 1994; 2CD)
 * 1994: "Tabaluga und Lilli – Live" (engl. "Tabaluga and Lilli Live"), first live video (tour of 1994; VHS)
 * 1997: "Tabaluga" TV cartoon series – first 26 episodes (at children's game show "Tabaluga tivi"; ZDF und KI.KA)
 * 1998: Tabaluga premieres on Cartoon Network Europe
 * 1999: "Tabaluga & Lilli" musical (essentially the same as the tour version, but with a different cast) was premiered at TheatrO CentrO in Oberhausen
 * 1999: Stamp "Für die Jugend − Tabaluga" (engl. "For the youth − Tabaluga")
 * 2001: "Tabaluga" TV cartoon series – second 26 episodes (again on ZDF und KI.KA)
 * 2002: "Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück" (engl. "Tabaluga and the Gift of Luck"), fourth concept album (CD)
 * 2003: Rock fairytale tour "Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück", based on the fourth concept album
 * 2003: "Tabaluga und Leo – Das Weihnachtshörspiel" (engl. "Tabaluga and Leo – The Christmas radio play"), based on the TV cartoon series (CD)
 * 2003/04: "Tabaluga" TV cartoon series – third 26 episodes (again on ZDF und KI.KA)
 * 2004: "Tabaluga und das verschenkte Glück – Live" (engl. "Tabaluga and the Gift of Luck – Live"), second live video (first live DVD; tour of 2003)
 * 2004: "Tabaluga viatja buscant el seny", Catalan version of the first concept album (MC and CD)
 * 2005: "Tabaluga" was also staged for the first time in Majorca, and drew an exceptionally large audience. The singers, Josep Carreras and Cris Juanico, along with Udo Jürgens and Peter Maffay bought the concept to the stage.
 * 2005: "Tabaluga und Leo" (engl. "Tabaluga and Leo"); Christmas cartoon film; based on the TV cartoon series
 * 2006: "Tabaluga und Lilli − Live" ("Tabaluga and Lilli − Live"), first live VHS video now released as live DVD (second live DVD; tour of 1994)
 * 2007: "Frohe Weihnachten mit Tabaluga" ("Merry Christmas with Tabaluga"), christmas album (CD)
 * 2010: "Tabaluga und Leo – Weihnachtsspecial" (engl. "Tabaluga and Leo − Christmas special"), video of the 2005 Christmas cartoon film (DVD)
 * 2011: "Tabaluga tivi" is shot after 14 Years!
 * 2011: "Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit" (engl. "Tabaluga and the signs of the times"; with Mandy Capristo as "Lilli"), fifth concept album (CD)
 * 2012: Rock fairytale tour "Tabaluga und die Zeichen der Zeit", based on the fifth concept album (planned for autumn)