Grami's Circus Show

**Grami's Circus Show** is a South-Korean children's 3D animated slapstick comedy 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 green 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 blue 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

**Grami's Circus Show** - **Studio Gale** & **KBS**

**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.

## Gallery

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