Dancing Sushi
Encyclopedia
Dancing Sushi is an American
animated television series for Nicktoons Network
. It is a spin-off of the 25-episode, half-hour animated Nicktoon Kappa Mikey
. Animation Collective
produced the series. Although it aired on international Nickelodeon channels in Brazil, Russia, etc., it never aired in the United States. The entire show is available on YouTube through the channel 'The Real Dancing Sushi'.
beings that originally appear in the bumpers of Kappa Mikey, only here they are given names, a bit more concrete personalities, and a fourth female sushi is added to balance the cast. Happy, curious and optimistic, they go about their lives facing little obstacles, having fun, avoiding getting eaten, and of course, dancing. There is no dialogue.
It appears as though the show takes place within the same universe as Kappa Mikey, but none of the principal cast proper has ever appeared at all, and instead takes place in a café similar to the rival restaurant featured in the episode Mikey's Place.
Larry — A shrimp sushi wrapped in seaweed and rice. Larry is the most excitable of the group, and is occasionally dim. He is named after company CEO Larry Schwarz.
Roro - Fish eggs wrapped in seaweed, Roro is the weakest, most impressionable, and most child-like.
Meep - A piece of fish with rice on the back. The only female of the group, Meep is a confident and tactful girl.
Sushi Chef - The lanky but monstrous sushi chef will stop at nothing to gather the sushi up and prepare them for the next order, but always fails.
was in production soon afterward. At one point, there was consideration to reprise some of the Kappa Mikey characters into this series as well.
Since there would be no lines, anyone could hypothetically voice any character. The voices were provided by people from John Angier, the composer of the series, to actual animators, to director John Holt himself.
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animated television series for Nicktoons Network
NickToons Network
Nicktoons is an American digital cable and satellite television network owned by Viacom. It is a sister service of the Nickelodeon cable channel...
. It is a spin-off of the 25-episode, half-hour animated Nicktoon Kappa Mikey
Kappa Mikey
Kappa Mikey is an American animated sitcom created by Larry Schwarz, who chose 4Kids Entertainment as the worldwide licensing, marketing and official promotional agent of the series...
. Animation Collective
Animation Collective
Animation Collective is an American animated cartoon studio formed in 2003. The studio is based in New York City and is founded by Larry Schwarz...
produced the series. Although it aired on international Nickelodeon channels in Brazil, Russia, etc., it never aired in the United States. The entire show is available on YouTube through the channel 'The Real Dancing Sushi'.
Overview
The show stars the three main sushiSushi
is a Japanese food consisting of cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients . Neta and forms of sushi presentation vary, but the ingredient which all sushi have in common is shari...
beings that originally appear in the bumpers of Kappa Mikey, only here they are given names, a bit more concrete personalities, and a fourth female sushi is added to balance the cast. Happy, curious and optimistic, they go about their lives facing little obstacles, having fun, avoiding getting eaten, and of course, dancing. There is no dialogue.
It appears as though the show takes place within the same universe as Kappa Mikey, but none of the principal cast proper has ever appeared at all, and instead takes place in a café similar to the rival restaurant featured in the episode Mikey's Place.
Main characters
Salmon - A piece of salmon sushi. The leader of the group, Salmon is not above causing trouble.Larry — A shrimp sushi wrapped in seaweed and rice. Larry is the most excitable of the group, and is occasionally dim. He is named after company CEO Larry Schwarz.
Roro - Fish eggs wrapped in seaweed, Roro is the weakest, most impressionable, and most child-like.
Meep - A piece of fish with rice on the back. The only female of the group, Meep is a confident and tactful girl.
Sushi Chef - The lanky but monstrous sushi chef will stop at nothing to gather the sushi up and prepare them for the next order, but always fails.
Production
Dancing Sushi was produced from October 2007 to December 2007. It was intended as a way to continue offering fans of Kappa Mikey more of the same kinds of characters in the same universe, and also to keep animators working on the transition between the studio's two major shows; Speed Racer: The Next GenerationSpeed Racer: The Next Generation
Speed Racer: The Next Generation is an American animated television series based on the classic Japanese Speed Racer franchise, in which the internal events take place decades after those in the 1967 Japanese series. It is the fourth television adaptation of the franchise, and is executive produced...
was in production soon afterward. At one point, there was consideration to reprise some of the Kappa Mikey characters into this series as well.
Since there would be no lines, anyone could hypothetically voice any character. The voices were provided by people from John Angier, the composer of the series, to actual animators, to director John Holt himself.