3000 Whys of Blue Cat

3000 Whys of Blue Cat (Chinese: 蓝猫淘气3000问) is the first large-scale Chinese animated series in mainland China, with an emphasis on science. The series is produced by "Hunan Sunchime Happy Culture Company". The show remains one of the longest-running children's cartoon series in the world. It is most commonly referred to as "Lan Mao", or "Blue Cat".

3000 Whys of Blue Cat
Traditional Chinese藍貓淘氣3000問
Simplified Chinese蓝猫淘气3000问
Literal meaningBlue Cat and Naughty's 3,000 Questions
Hanyu PinyinLán māo táoqì sānqiān wèn
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes3,057
Release
Original networkBeijing Television
Original release8 October 1999 (1999-10-08) –
present
3000 Whys of Blue Cat

Background
  • 1992: Wang Hong was inspired by "One Hundred Thousand Whys" and started creating Blue Cat in a small workshop on Xiangya Road, Changsha City, Hunan Province.[1]
  • 1993: Wang Hong established Oriental Cartoon Production Co., Ltd. in Changsha City.[1]
  • 1997: Wang Hong and Sun Wenhua, the chairman of Hunan Sanchen Company, established the joint venture of Sanchen Film Library. The cartoon "New 100,000 Whys" was produced.[1][2]
  • 1998: Sanchen Film Library began to adapt this cartoon into "Naughty Blue Cat 3000 Questions". This is when the concept of the Blue Cat was officially introduced.
  • June 1999: Wang Hong gave "Naughty Blue Cat 3000 Questions" to Beijing TV Station to broadcast for free, in exchange for 45 seconds of advertising time per episode. "Blue Cat" garnered a lot of attention in mainland China.[2]
  • 2000: Hong Kong Asia Television purchased this animation and promoted it widely.[1]
  • August 2001: Sanchen Cartoon Group decided to take part in the industrial development of "Blue Cat" cartoon image derivative products. The industrialization of "Blue Cat" began.[2]
  • 2004: Wang Hong withdrew from Sanchen Cartoon Group and established Hongmeng Cartoon Group with He Mengfan.[3][4]
  • December 2004: Sanchen Cartoon Group launched the "Blue Cat" game.
  • January 18, 2005: Sanchen Cartoon sued Wang Hong and Hongmeng Company in the Hunan Provincial Higher People’s Court on the grounds that the defendant cannot engage in the same or similar business as the plaintiff. The court ruled that henceforth, Hongmeng Company may not produce or issue more Howie & Landau cartoons, with the exception of the Howie & Landau Seven Chivalrous Biography series.[5][6]
  • December 2006: Sanchen Cartoon Group signed an agreement with South Korea's Dongwoo Animation to translate and broadcast the cartoon to South Korea. A contract was also signed with Thailand Wisdom Education Group to translate and introduce the "Blue Cat" series of books to the local primary and secondary schools.
  • November 28, 2007: The mutual shareholding of Hunan Hongmeng Cartoon and Sanchen Cartoon was formally integrated,[3] establishing the Hunan Blue Cat Animation Media Co., Ltd.
  • 2009: Hunan Blue Cat Animation Media Co., Ltd. launched the "Blue Cat Dragoon" series.

Story

The color blue signifies dreams. This is why the Blue Cat is blue. The character is always curious and eager to explore different parts of the world. Blue Cat can visit any era of time through his vivid imagination.

Characters
  • Super-cat Blue Cat (main character)[7]
  • Orange fox Fei-Fei (main character)
  • Green mouse Naughty/Taoqi (main character)
  • Pink mouse Ms. Gali
  • Yellow mouse Fatty/Feizai
  • Mother of the kids Aunt Hen/Ji Dashen
  • Red pig Sweet Sister (Tianniu)
  • Strong bear Badou
  • Alien girl Lala, Princess of Ozma

Series titles
  • Humors Stage Series also known as Classical Blue Cat
  • Star Wars Series
  • Dinosaur Times Series
  • Ocean World Series
  • Sports Competition Series also known as Living Olympics
  • Space Series also known as Adventure in Space
  • Safe Driving
  • The Team 119, fire protection
  • Incredible Adventures of Blue Cat
  • MTV of Blue Cat
  • Blue Cat for Kindergarten

Totals
  • 424 eps for Classical Blue Cat[8]
  • 384 eps for Star War[9]
  • 264 eps for Dinosaur Times[10]
  • 312 eps for Ocean World[11]
  • 257 eps for[12] Living Olympics
  • 400 eps for Adventure in Space[13]
  • 108 eps for Safe Driving[14]
  • 119 eps for The Team 119[15]
  • 365 eps for Incredible Adventures of Blue Cat[16]

Merchandise

Along with the cartoon programs, the franchise has produced home videos, books, CDs, kids' clothes and shoes, toys, beverages, and candy.[17] The planning of a "Blue Cat Theme Park" had also entered the appraisal stage in 2006.[18] On 4 August 2006, Sega also announced a collaboration with "Sunchime Cartoon Group" and Suzhou based game software developer "XPEC Entertainment" to jointly develop and release video games or other forms of digital entertainment content based on the Blue Cat.[19]

References
  1. "《蓝猫淘气三千问》". 搜狐读书. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  2. 冯馨 (2003-07-07). "中国卡通品牌"蓝猫"导演王宏-面壁十年图破壁". 《财经时报》. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  3. 翁海华 (2007-11-29). "动漫湘军图谋国内第一股". 21世纪经济报道. Archived from the original on 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
  4. 张宁. "【创酷】宏梦的反思". 中国企业家网. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
  5. "蓝猫与虹猫的谈判". 北方网. 2007-07-24. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
  6. 湖南省高级人民法院 民事调解书(2005)湘高法民三初字第1号
  7. Top Blue Cat Archived 2011-02-03 at the Wayback Machine at www.topbluecat.com Lan Mao likes being called Super-Cat Lan Mao (Chinese: 超威蓝猫; pinyin: Chao Wei Lan Mao) and Big Brother Cat (Chinese: 猫大哥; pinyin: Mao Da Ge). He is also written as a super-cat in fact.
  8. "三辰卡通集团". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
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  12. 257 eps can be found Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine while the official count is 226 Archived 2007-08-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. "三辰卡通集团". Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  14. "三辰卡通集团 新闻". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
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  17. China Copyrights Info. "China Copyrights Info Archived 2006-06-13 at the Wayback Machine." "3000 Whys of Blue Cat Info." Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  18. Blue Cat Homepage. "Blue Cat Homepage Archived 2007-01-08 at the Wayback Machine." "Industry Info relating to Blue Cat." Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  19. Pacific Epoch. "Pacific Epoch Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine." "Sega Headlines." Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
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