El camino de Xico

Mexican release poster

***El camino de Xico*** (***Xico's Journey*** in English) is a 2D animated fantasy adventure film. It is co-produced with Comercializadora y Promotora Xolo, S.A. de C.V. ("XICO"), and is a feature film adaptation of the "Xico" character created by Cristina Pineda.

It was released in Mexico on 12 November 2020, and later as a Netflix exclusive worldwide on 12 February 2021.

## Plot

A girl, her best friend, and her dog, Xico, journey to the mountain to protect it from a greedy corporation, in order to save their home village.

## Voices

### Spanish

* Pablo Gama Iturrarán as Xico
* Verónica Alva as Copi
* Luis Angel Jaramillo as Gus
* Verónica Castro as Carmen
* Lila Downs as Nana Petra
* Randy Ebright as Señor Caradura
* Enrique Guzmán as Don Viejo
* Daniel Habif as Don Manuel
* Alex Lora as Tlacuache
* Carla Medina as Lupita
* Elena Poniatowska as Cuca
* José Miguel Pérez-Porrúa Suárez as Previer
* Marco Antonio Solís as Tochtli
* Víctor Trujillo as Venado Azul

### English

* Adan Rocha as Xico
* Lola Raie as Copi
* Diego Olmedo as Gus
* Tonantzin Carmelo as Carmen
* Anita Ortega as Nana Petra
* Miguel Perez as Señor Caradura
* Ruben Garfias as Don Viejo
* Anthony L. Fernandez as Don Manuel
* Dino Andrade as Tlacuache
* Roxana Ortega as Lupita
* Norma Maldonado as Cuca
* Gabriel Romero as Previer
* Tony Amendola as Tochtli
* Rene Mujica as Venado Azul

## Crew

* Director: Eric D. Cabello Diaz
* Writers: Enrique Renteria
* Producers: Cristina Pineda, Fernando de Fuentes, José C. García de Letona
* Editor: Carlos Dayan Motta
* Music: Magda Rosa Galbán, Juan Antonio Leyva
* Art director: Magdalena Vazquez
* Line producers: Mariana Arroyo Aguayo, Paulina Chico Quintero, Karin Salazar González
* Original idea: Cristina Pineda
* Sound studios: Disruptiva Sound (foley editing & recording), Manhattan Beat (editing)
* Additional animation: Top Draw Animation
* Dubbing studios: Labo (Spanish), Manhattan Beat (Spanish), Igloo Music (English)
* Sound mixing: Manhattan Beat

## Gallery

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### Conceptual

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## Videos

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## Trivia

* Jay de la Cueva also dubbed Balthazar Bratt in Spanish for *Despicable Me 3*.
* It is the second partnership with Netflix, follwing *Legend Quest*, and the first for a feature.
* It was the fourth time a film was distributed by a different company one time, after *Gaturro: The Movie*, *Kung-Fu Magoo*, *Magos y gigantes*.
* It was Ánima's first film to have a large ensemble celebrity cast, and the second after Átomo's *El Santos vs. la Tetona Mendoza*.
* It was Eric Cabello's directional debut.
* The music composers are from Cuba.
* It is seemingly Ánima's last film to be released theatrically as their following films would be released on streaming platforms.

**Co-production only:**
*Gaturro: la película* (2010) | *Ana y Bruno* (2018)

**Átomo Films**
*El Santos vs. la Tetona Mendoza* (2012)