Luntik and His Friends (), or simply Luntik () (also known as Moonzy in its English version), is a Russian animated series for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Plot A little young creature named Luntik was born on the Moon, but he fell down off the moon and landing to the Earth, instead of falling on the ground he landed on the water. Luntik explores the swamp with his friends: Kuzya, Mila, and Luna.
Characters Luntik (voiced by Yekaterina Gorokhovskaya and Anna Slynko) Kuzya (voiced by Yelena Shulman and Yuliya Zorkina) Mila (voiced by Yuliya Rudina) Pchelonok Tema (voiced by Svetlana Pismichenko, Yekaterina Gorokhovskaya, and Anna Slynko) Woopsen and Poopsen (voiced by Oleg Kulikovich) Baba Kapa (voiced by Svetlana Pismichenko, Yelena Shulman, and Yuliya Zorkina) General Sher (voiced by Anatoly Petrov and Aleksandr Boyarsky) Spider Shnyuk (voiced by Aleksandr Boyarsky) Korney Korneevich (voiced by Anatoly Petrov and Mikhail Chernyak) Peskar Ivanovich (voiced by Mikhail Chernyak) Rak Chikibryak (voiced by Konstantin Bronzit and Mikhail Chernyak) Totya Motya (voiced by Konstantin Bronzit, Mikhail Chernyak, and Nataliya Danilova) Piyavka (voiced by Yelena Soloveva) Toad Klava (voiced by Konstantin Bronzit and Nataliya Danilova) Elina (voiced by Olga Semenova, Yuliya Rudina, and Irina Obrezkova) Luna (voiced by Irina Obrezkova)
TV broadcast In Russia, the show premiered on the TV channel Russia-1 and was broadcast for 7 years from 1 September 2006 until 15 May 2014. On 16 June 2014, the show moved to the channel Russia-K. It is also broadcast on since 1 June 2014. It premiered during Good Night, Little Ones!.
In Ukraine the show airs on channels TET (2011–2016) (Russian original and without subtitles) and Novyi Kanal (2017–2022) (with Ukrainian dubbing).
In China the show airs on the channel CCTV Kids (2020—).
Creators In parentheses indicate the season number.
Scenario author - Darin Schmidt (1–7), Sarra Anson (Anna Sarantsevа, 1–5), Elena Galdobina (с 3), Fedor Dmitriev (со 2), Elena Pavlikova (1, с 7), Dmitry Yakovenko (1), Marina Bogdanova (1) Marina Komarkevich (1–2,4-5), Natalia Stepanova (1–2, 5,с 8), Alina Sokolova (1–2, 5, с 8), Andrew Chibis (1), Andrei Sazonov (1–4) Kirill Glezin (1), Olga Obraztsova (1, 3–5, 7), Tatiana Gorbushina (со 2), Victor Perel'man (2), Anna Sosnora (2,с 7), Tatiana Ionova (2), Alexander Bogdanov (2–5), Dmitry and Natalia Zakharovs (2), Aleksey Anoshkin (2–3), Tatiana Klein (3), Galina Voropay (3–4), Valeria Tumanova (3), Vladimir Bouriak (3), Pavel Vasilyev (3, 6), Elena Fedyahina (4), Vera Bekeleva (4–6), Konstantin Bronzit (4), Oleg Kim (5, с 7), Leonid Magergut (5–6), Marina May (5), Richat Gilmetdinov (5–6) Alexander Yaskina (5), Yevgeny Skukovsky (5–6), Evgeniya Golubeva (5–6), Svetlana Krupenko (6), Maria Domogatskaya (Montvid) (6–7), Julia Savchenko (6) Anastasia Chistjakova (6), Vladimir Haunin (6), Vadim Smolyak (с 7), Tatiana Manetina (с 7), Svetlana Sachenko (с 7), Ekaterina Maksymenko (с 7).
Head writer - Sarra Anson (1–5), Elena Galdobina (с 3)
Director - Darina Schmidt (1, 3–4, 6), Olga Obraztsova (1, 3–5, с 7), Lyudmila Steblyanko (1–6, с 8), Anton Rudin (1–4), Galina Voropay (1–4,с 7), Catherine Shraga (1–6), Elena Galdobina (2–7), Fedor Dmitriev (2–6), Ekaterina Salabay (с 3), Alexey Anoshkin (3), Olga Kazhanova (4, с 8), Richat Gilmetdinov (4), Anna Mironova (с 4), Mikhail Safronov (4), Alexey Pichuzhin (с 4), Evgenia Golubeva (5–6), Alexander Mal'gin (с 7), Tatiana Gorbushina ( с 7), Alexandra Kovtun (с 7), Lyudmila Klinova (с 7)
Art director - Marina Komarkevich (1–2), Darina Schmidt (1), Tatiana Klein (2–6), Irina Fedorova (5–6), Vita Tkacheva (7), Ekaterina Maksymenko (7), Konstantin Bronzit (unknown)
Composer - Maksim Koshevarov (1–6), Sergey Zykov (3–6), Sergey Kuzmin (5–6), Mikhail Chertishchev (с 7)
Sound Engineer - Maria Barinova (4–7), Ekaterina Vinogradova (4–7), Sergey Tarasov (с 7), Maksim Romasevich (1–4), Yevgeny Zhebchuk (4–7), Kirill Glezin (4–7), Vladimir Golounin (4–7).
Compositor and visualization editor - Maya Smorodina (1), Valeria Tarasova (2), Maksim Strogalev (3), Julia Kayugina (5), Alexandra Agrinskaya (7). Previously: Fedor Dmitriev (1), Elena Galdobina (1), Stanislav Pashkov (1), Elena Gorbunova (2), Irina Bravaya (3–5), Mikhail Litvinov (7), Maria Volokushina (7)
Episodes Note: Season one only Season 1 (2006–2007)No.Episode titleRelease date1I Was Born 1 September 20062Dream 3 September 20063The Perfect House 5 September 20064How to Become a Friend 7 and 8 September 20065What's in a Name 10 September 20066Grandson 12 September 20067Kind Deed 14 September 20068Leech 15 and 16 September 20069Dandelion 18 and 19 September 200610Fireflies 21 September 200611Box 25 September 200612Mila 28 September 200613What's in the Pond? 30 September 200614Ball 3 October 200615Up & Down 5 October 200616Sock 9 October 200617Bubbles 13 October 200618Cane 15 October 200619Pie 17 October 200620Dew 19 October 200621Blanket 21 October 200622Toy 23 October 2006 Films Note: Films only Films (2024–2026)No.Episode titleRelease date1Moonzy: Homecoming 29 August 20242Moonzy: The other side of the Moon 27 August 2026 (Unreleased)
Film A film adaptation based on the series called Moonzy: Homecoming was released on 29 August 2024.
References
External links Website of the animated series
VKontakte Group