Howie & Landau

Howie & Landau (Chinese: 虹猫蓝兔), also known as Hongmao and Lantu, is a Chinese animated series in mainland China. The series is produced by "Hunan Greatdreams Cartoon Communications Limited". They are most commonly referred to as "Hongmao" and "Lantu", or "Howie" and "Landau". The show uses a combination of 2D animation and CGI.

Howie & Landau
GenreAnimated series
Created byWang Hong
He Mengfan
Directed byWang Hong
He Mengfan
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
Production
Running time10-17 minutes
Production companyGreatdreams Cartoon
Release
Original networkHBS (Aniworld), CCTV, Jiangsu TV (Youman Cartoon), Guangdong TV (Jiajia Cartoon), Beijing TV, Shanghai TV (Toonmax)
Picture format576i (SDTV)
Original release6 February 2005 (2005-02-06)

Background

Their first show was produced in 2004 by the Great Dreams Cartoon (宏梦卡通), who was unable to finish the whole series (originally 100+ in the plan, while only the first 10 of which are actually produced).

Characters
  • Howie (Hongmao/虹猫） - male red cat
  • Landau (Lantu/蓝兔） - female blue rabbit
  • Sally （Sha Li/莎莉） - female pink squirrel
  • Tease (Dou Dou/逗逗） - male brown dog
  • Big Ben (Daben/大奔） - male polar bear
  • Jumper (Tiao-tiao/跳跳） - male brown monkey
  • Dada （达达） - male panda bear

Overall
Season Original Title English Translation Runtime Original AirDate
1 虹猫蓝兔小幽默 Howie & Landau Little Humor[1] 20 episodes 2005
2 虹猫蓝兔七侠传 Howie & Landau Seven Chivalrous Biography[2] 108 episodes 2006
3 虹猫蓝兔阿木星 Howie & Landau Jupiter[3] 30 episodes 2007
4 虹猫仗剑走天涯 Howie & Landau Sword Go to the Horizon [4] 108 episodes 2008
5 虹猫蓝兔光明剑 Howie & Landau Light Sword [5] 79 episodes 2009
Movie 虹猫蓝兔火凤凰 Howie & Landau Phoenix Rising 85 minutes February 5, 2010
6 虹猫蓝兔之勇者归来 Howie & Landau Brave Return[6] 104 episodes 2011
Sample Cartoons
  • 11 eps (originally intended to have over 100) for Explore the Space with Hongmao and Lantu [7]
  • 84 eps for Howie & Landau's Humorous Theatre [8]
  • 65 eps for Howie & Landau's Cartoon Happy World [9]
  • 95 eps for Howie & Landau's Happy Moments [10]
  • 84 eps for Howie & Landau's You Asked Me [11]
  • 80 eps for Howie & Landau's Fairy Tales Adventures [12]
  • 80 eps for Howie & Landau's Happy Literacy [13]
  • 47 eps for Howie & Landau's Happy Chi Qu Yuan [14]
  • 100 eps for Howie & Landau's Universe [15]
  • 90 eps for Howie & Landau's Dinosaurs [16]
  • 52 eps for Howie & Landau: Seabed Adventures [17]
  • 56 eps for Howie & Landau: Dream Adventures [18]
  • 52 eps for Howie & Landau: Austrian Adventures [19]
  • 52 eps for Howie & Landau Sidequels: Tiao-tiao the Guardian [20]

References
  1. "广电总局关于推荐2005年度第三批优秀国产动画片的通知" (in Chinese). Sarft.gov.cn. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. "虹猫蓝兔七侠传—中国特色功夫题材动画【欢迎订阅】 - YouTube". YouTube.
  3. "虹猫蓝兔阿木星【欢迎订阅】 - YouTube". YouTube.
  4. "虹猫蓝兔仗剑走天涯【欢迎订阅】 - YouTube". YouTube.
  5. "虹猫蓝兔光明剑【欢迎订阅】 - YouTube". YouTube.
  6. "虹猫蓝兔之勇者归来【欢迎订阅】 - YouTube". YouTube.
  7. GreatDreamersCN (22 March 2010). "Sample Cartoon: Explore the Space with Hongmao and Lantu: Episode 1: Hongmao is Coming" – via YouTube.
  8. "虹猫蓝兔小幽默 - YouTube". YouTube.
  9. "虹猫蓝兔乐翻天 - YouTube". YouTube.
  10. "虹猫蓝兔之开心一刻 - YouTube". YouTube.
  11. "虹猫蓝兔之你问我答 - YouTube". YouTube.
  12. "虹猫蓝兔之童话王国历险记 - YouTube". YouTube.
  13. "虹猫蓝兔快乐识字 - YouTube". YouTube.
  14. "虹猫蓝兔开心智趣园 - YouTube". YouTube.
  15. "虹猫蓝兔之猫眼看宇宙 - YouTube". YouTube.
  16. "虹猫蓝兔之恐龙世界【欢迎订阅】 - YouTube". YouTube.
  17. "虹猫蓝兔海底历险记 - YouTube". YouTube.
  18. "虹猫蓝兔梦之国历险记【欢迎订阅】 - YouTube". YouTube.
  19. "虹猫蓝兔奥悠国历险记 - YouTube". YouTube.
  20. "虹猫蓝兔七侠外传 跳跳篇 - YouTube". YouTube.
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