# Tommy the Little Dragon

Tommy The Little Dragon (Russian: Дракоша Тоша) is a Russian educational animated film for preschool children, created in 2017 by ToyRoy This is the only animated series created on private capital in Russia.
At the moment, 2 seasons and 52 episodes have already been released. In the fall of 2020, the third season of the animated series is scheduled to be released, with 16 episodes. Also in the same year, the animated series Tommy The Little Dragon was released on Amazon Prime in the United States and Canada and will be released on other streaming platforms in Taiwan, India, China and Pakistan.
The script for the third season of the animated series Tommy The Little Dragon was developed by the author of the script for the cartoons Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Michael Maurer.

## Description

Tommy the Little Dragon is an animated TV series for children from 2 to 4 years old. The length of each episode, 5 min 30 sec, has been chosen so that the parents can stop a child's viewing at any time without any stress. There is no offense or antagonists in the series's world, so parents can safely leave their children in front of the TV and be sure that Tommy the Little Dragon will teach only good things. The series aims to convey a message about the importance of the family values, love for our close people, caring about the young ones and helping the grown-ups and seniors. Each episode is based on a common situation, which children know quite well, so that they can review this situation from a different point of view and find a solution in an easy and playful way.

## Plot

The main purpose of the series is to persuade younger children to practise simple actions, like tying shoelaces or eating soup. Tommy is a toy dragon who came to life (as seen in the intro), who teaches Andy and Mandy(two pandas) important lessons by transporting them into different cities or countries (i.e., Stubbornstan or Bulliville), in which the people living there do the same thing that Andy or Mandy have done. Tommy Andy and Mandy are blue and red, which impacts on their behavior, because when Andy is upset, he often sobs(in which blue represents sadness) and when Mandy is upset, she often complains(in which red represents frustration and anger). Tommy is not allowed to come to life in front of Andy and Mandy's parents, and neither can Dori(Tommy's robot and female counterpart), as it is the biggest secret in the world of toys.

## Creators

* Director: Andrei Bakhurin
* Screenwriter: Inga Kirkiz
* Artists: Anna Umanets, Elena Bryutten-Firsova
* Animators: K. Muravei, M. Kolpakova, Kirill Vorontsov, E. Sedova, Yu. Kutyumov, E. Demenkova, Anelya Gusha, M. Chugunova, Vadim Merkulov, M. Isakova, V. Vasyukhichev, Alla Yaroshenko, A. Oginskaya, D Kravchenko, G. Demin, T. Tishenina, Yulia Lis, A. Ivanova, M. Belyaev, Oleg Sheplyakov
* Producers: L. Vavilova, O. Roy, Samson Polyakov, D. Davydova
* Composer: Alexander Para
* Sound engineers: Igor Yakovel, Denis Dushin
* Roles voiced: Andrey Levin, Julia Rudina
* English Roles voiced by Lorena Robinson, Roger King and George Robinson
* Produced by George Robinson. Robinson Creative for Toy Roy

## Episodes

1. The Case of the Missing Monster 2. My New Pacifier 3. The Angry Trains 4. At the Pond 5. Pirates 6. Meet Bustler and Patlience 7. The Land of Wasteland 8. Good Mood 9. A Forbidden Word 10. A Endless Birthday 11. A Bedtime Story 12. Giant Mandy 13. Sumo Challenge 14. Roll the Dice! 15. For Everlasting Candies 16. Marquise Caprice 17. Imagine That! 18. Draw the World 19. Scribbles the Cat 20. I Can Do It! 21. Empathy 22. Ice Cream, Pacifiers and Teddy Bears 23. Nature is Beautiful 24. Sand Castles 25. The 4 Seasons 26. Silly Monitors

## Recognition

Tommy The Little Dragon occupies the top lines of the ratings of the most popular and popular animated series in Russian online cinemas ivi.ru, Okko, Megogo, Wink, Tvzavr. The animated series is also popular on the main children's TV channels Carousel, Mama, MULT, and, in addition, is the owner of the silver button on YouTube Russia for quickly reaching the audience. To date, its total number per month on YouTube is more than 20 million.

## Awards and festivals

Awards
* 2018 – Open Russian Animated Film Festival in Suzdal: the animated series "Shkola zaboty (Drakosha Tosha)".
Festivals
* 2018 – SUPERTOON – Brač, Croatia;
* 2018 – Constantine's Golden Coin – Niš, Serbia;
* 2018 – San Diego International Kids' Film Festival – San Diego, United States;
* 2018 – FAN CHILE, Festival Audiovisual para Niños – Santiago, Chile;
* 2018 – Biennial of Animation Bratislava – Bratislava, Slovakia;
* 2018 – Cinekid – Amsterdam, Netherlands;
* 2019 – Tehran International Animation Festival – Tehran, Iran;
* 2019 – Golden Kuker – Sofia, Bulgaria.