Grami's Circus Show

**Grami's Circus Show** is a South-Korean children's slapstick comedy 3D animated television series produced by **Studio Gale**. The series aired on KBS1 from 2012-2017 and is available on **Netflix**.

## Premise

A trio of three lions; Grami, Nemo and Sam and their ringmaster, Jack, train, practice and perform for their circus show.

## Characters

**Main Characters**

* **Grami -** The title character of the series. He is a young baby lion. Grami is very optimistic, and never shows feelings of sadness or anger.
* **Jack -** A strict, dignified and hot-tempered ringmaster who plans to become rich by performing circus shows with lions.
* **Nemo -** A blue lion from Africa. He is jealous of Grami. He is dumb, bossy and only uses his power to solve various problems. He always wants to gain recognition from Jack.
* **Sam -** A green weakling lion who used to live in the zoo. Nemo enjoys picking on Sam since Sam is tenderhearted and weak. Sam is lazy, always wanting to relax and sleep.

**Recurring Characters**

* **Baboo -** An intern baboon working at the circus.
* **Rabbits -** The audience of the circus show.

## Crew

* **Director**: Chang Hwan Shin
* **Writers**: Heong Myeong Choe, Chang Hwan Shin
* **Producers**: Eunee Park, Jun Oh and Yu Kyung Lee
* **Executive Producers**: Chang Hwan Shin
* **Supervising Animator**: Ki Hong Gil
* **Art Director**: Seung Min Lee
* **Story Board**: Hyeon Myeong Choe, Hye Lim Chun and Seung Min Lee
* **Animator**: Eun Hee Jung and Gwang Hyun Jung
* **Modeling**: Kwang Il Ahn
* **Lighting Supervisor**: Young Suk Kim
* **Lighting**: Suk Jin Kim, Tae Hwan No, Jun Ho Kim and Hyoung Mo Cho
* **Composite**: Min Hyeong Chang
* **Music By**: Mint Condition
* **Sound Design**: Ji Hee Kim
* **Recording & Mixing**: Hee Jung Kang

## Episodes

**Season 1**

1. **Juggling** / **Tightrope** / **Grami & Jack** / **Grami As A Baby Bird**
2. **A Magic Box** / **A Merry-Go-Round** / **Baboo** / **A Rainy Day**
3. **Gladiator** / **A Voodoo Doll** / **Throwing Stars** / **Gomtang, The Courier**
4. **Moses Basket** / **Pair Skating** / **Gomtang Band** / **The Grim Reaper**
5. **The Swan Lake** / **Lighting** / **An Excalibur** / **A Match Boy**
6. **Hello, Nancy** / **Love Story** / **A Horrible Vacation** / **About Nancy**
7. **Chameleon** / **A Treadmill** / **Astronauts** / **Horang, The Sergeant Tiger**
8. **Guitar Players** / **A Toilet** / **A Rubber Duck** / **Three Lion Cubs**
9. **Escape From Watertank** / **My Lovely Chick** / **A Ring Of Fire** / **Alarm Clocks**
10. **Jack And The Beanstalk** / **Pro-Wrestling** / **Blowing Out Candles** / **Peter Sam**
11. **Kung-Fu Fighting** / **Fists Of Fury** / **A Trapeze** / **Circus Hero**

**Season 2**

1. **A Little Armadillo** / **Nemo In A Swamp** / **A Monster Plant**
2. **A Mosquito Grami Finds A Mosquito** / **Captain Of The Vine** / **Hula Hoop Show**
3. **Jungle Fishing** / **Cork, The Baby Elephant** / **Spider's Revenge**
4. **King Of The Jungle** / **Hiccups** / **Strange Vines**
5. **Jungle Musicians** / **Bananas** / **A Magic Trunk**
6. **Ice Climbing** / **A Freezing Day** / **Jack's Nightmare**
7. **Flying Kites** / **Ice Sculpture** / **Saving The Bonfire**
8. **Grami As A Circus Monster** / **A Baby Harp Seal** / **A Despicable Penguin**
9. **Grami, The Superhero 1** / **Grami, The Superhero 2** / **Christmas Gifts**

## Reception

Stuart Heritage of **The Guardian** wrote, "I have to hold my hands up here and admit that I’m slightly obsessed with Grami’s Circus Show. I boggle at the audacity of it. It is so spectacularly inappropriate that watching it is like picking a scab. Watching it with a toddler, as I’ve done by accident, is like playing chicken with object permanence; it’s fun in the moment, but the second any of it sinks in is the moment we’re all screwed."

**Accolades**

In 2014, the series won a Pulcinella award in the category of "TV Series for Teen", being the only Asian show to do so in that year. The show was also the in the official selections for the SICAF awards but didn't win.

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