Pecola

*This article is about **the series**, you may be looking for the character of the same name.*
*See also: Pecola (disambiguation)*

## Pecolaペコラ

* English Logo
* Japanese Logo

## Anime television series

### Executive producer(s)

Michael Hirsh
Naomi Iwata
Patrick Loubert
Clive A. Smith
Makoto Toriyama

### Production company(s)

Yomiko Advertising
Nelvana
Milky Cartoon

### Broadcast

Teletoon (2001 - 2002)
TV Tokyo (2002 - 2003)
Cartoon Network (2003)
Qubo (2007 - 2020)

### Original run

**Teletoon (Canada):**
September 3, 2001 –
September 18, 2002
**TV Tokyo (Japan):**
October 10, 2002 -
March 30, 2003

## External links

Milky Cartoon
Pecola on Qubo website (archived)
Pecola.NET (archived)
Pecola on Teletoon website (archived)
Pecola on TV Tokyo website (archived)

***Pecola*** (Japanese: ペコラ, *Pekora*) is a CGI anime series which stars cube-shaped anthropomorphic animals in a place called Cube Town. It is based on a series of children's picture books by Naomi Iwata.

It was produced by Milky Cartoon. It uses the same graphic style as another series created by Iwata: *Gregory Horror Show* and *Midnight Horror School*.

## History

*Pecola* was first created in 1996, created by Naomi Iwata. There is not much information about the origin, but *Paper Pecola*, a digital picture-book software game that was released on the same year.

The merchandises were existed in 1998, they were produced a bunch of items like a keychain, plushies, etc. Some of them were licensed with toy companies such as Iwaya Corporation and SEGA Toys.

In 1998, *Pecola* was broadcasted by Fuji TV with short episodes in the programming's TV show, *P-Kies* (ポンキッキーズ).

A SEGA Pico game, *Pecola no Daibouken Maboroshi no Aisukurīmu wo Sagase!* was released on the same year.

A television series of the same name (with English-language voiceover) was first aired on Teletoon in Canada from September 3, 2001 until September 18, 2002. In Japan, *Pecola* was aired on TV Tokyo at 9.00 am until 9.30 am on Sundays from October 6, 2002 until March 30, 2003.

*Pecola* was aired on Cartoon Network in the U.S. in 2003 in a short time; from April 21st, 2003 until October 31, 2003.

In 2007 until 2020, *Pecola* aired on Qubo in the U.S.

## Story

***The description from Qubo website:***

*"In the quiet village of Cube Town, life is pretty square-mainly because all of the residents are shaped that way! But the peace is often disturbed by a curious young penugin named Pecola, whose search for adventure usually ends up in chaos. But the citizens of Cube Town always find it in their hearts to forgive Pecola. After all, without him, life in Cube Town wouldn't be nearly as exciting."*

## Characters

*For the subject on every Pecola characters, see List of Pecola characters*

## Episodes

*For the subject on all of the episodes of Pecola, see List of Pecola episodes*

## Theme songs

### **English**

* **Opening Theme: "All the World is Square"**
	+ Song - Martin Kucaj / Lyrics - Arlene Bishop and Blair Packham
* **Ending Theme: "All the World is Square (instrumental)"**
	+ Song - Martin Kucaj

### **Japanese**

* **Opening Theme 1: "usual girl"**
	+ Song - Baby.M / Songwriter - Tadano Rinaji / Arrangement - Murayama Shinichiro
* **Opening Theme 2: "Necklace of Love" (愛の首飾り)**
	+ Song - The NaB's / Lyrics - Yamazaki Hikari / Composition - M. Rie / Arrangement - Yoshino Fujimaru
* **Ending Theme: "Blue Experience" (青い経験)**
	+ Song - The NaB's / Lyrics - Yamazaki Hikari / Composition - M. Rie / Arrangement - Yoshino Fujimaru

## Videos

### **Theme songs**

Pecola - Intro (English)Opening Theme (English)Pecola Japanese Opening 1 -ペコラ OP 1- - usual girlOpening Theme 1 (Japanese)Pecola Japanese Opening 2 -ペコラ OP 2- - Necklace of Love - 愛の首飾りOpening Theme 2 (Japanese)Pecola Japanese Ending -ペコラ ED- - Blue Experience - 青い経験Ending Theme (Japanese)
### **Miscellaneous**

Pecola- Paper Craft Transition (From The Japanese DVD) (Higher Quality)Pecola Japanese DVD TVCM
## References

1. ↑ http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/314/314721/index.html
2. ↑ https://www.awn.com/news/cartoon-network-adds-2-cgi-series-weekday-mornings
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20031017044813/http://schedule.cartoonnetwork.com:80/servlet/ScheduleServlet?action=viewAll&showID=307980&show=Pecola