Oggy and the Cockroaches
Oggy and the Cockroaches () is a French comedy animated television series produced by Gaumont Multimedia (first two seasons) and Xilam Animation (third season onwards), and created by Jean-Yves Raimbaud, co-creator of "Space Goofs", who died during production of "Oggy's" first season. The show employs silent comedy: characters either do not speak, or use unintelligible vocalizations and gestures. The show premiered in September 1998 on France 3, and later expanded internationally. In September 2020, the series was reported to be rebooted as "Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation" in where Oggy takes care of  Piya, a seven-year-old female elephant from India. Synopsis. Oggy, an anthropomorphic cat, would prefer to spend his days watching television and eating, but is continuously pestered by three roaches: Joey, Marky and Dee Dee. The cockroaches' slapstick mischief ranges from plundering Oggy's refrigerator to hijacking the train he just boarded. In many situations, Oggy is also helped by Jack, who is more violent and short-tempered than him and is also annoyed by the cockroaches. Bob, a short-tempered bulldog, also appears in the show, and is Oggy's neighbor. Appearances of characters in related show. The  characters of the series also made their appearance in many episodes of its related show "Space Goofs", like in third episode "Venus Junior" Oggy, Joey, Marky and Dee Dee are seen on aliens television, in "Doodle", the pictures of Oggy, Jack and cockroaches are shown and Monika with Oggy is seen in the episode "The Aliens Show". Production. After a four-year gap in production, season 5 was released in late 2017 with two more seasons coming later. Season 6 episodes began airing on K2 while Season 5 was previewed on Gulli. Broadcast. "Oggy and the Cockroaches" originated from France , and the series originally aired on France 3 (seasons 1 and 2 with reruns of seasons 3 and 4), Canal+ Family (seasons 3 and 4), Gulli (seasons 5-present, who also reran older episodes), with reruns airing on other French networks like Canal J, Canal+, Télétoon+, France 4, and Tiji. In the Philippines, the show started on TV5 in 2010. Later, in 2021 it moved to Kapamilya Channel. In the Arab world, it aired on Ajyal TV, MBC3, and Basma Channel. In Italy, it was broadcast on Italia 1, Hiro, Boing, K2, and Frisbee. It also aired in India from  2009 to 2012 on Nickelodeon. In 2012, the series was tooked by Cartoon Network which broadcast it till season 4. In 2015, Nickelodeon started rebroadcasting the show's older episodes i.e. season 1 to 3. Later, the series was also picked up by Sonic Nickelodeon which broadcast the same seasons as Nick. Season 5 started airing on Cartoon Network from 14 August 2017. Later season 6,7 and 3 (remake) also came in 2018-19 on Cartoon Network. In 2020, Sonic Nickelodeon again started airing season 4. Cartoon Network aired season 5 to 7 till March 2022. From 2021, Sony YAY ! take over the rights of whole seven seasons. Adaptations. Album. A music album titled was released in France on CD and for digital download on 6 September 2010. CD drama. A CD drama, , was released in France on CD and for digital download in October 2012. It contains narrations of five episodes by Anthony Kavanagh. Comics. A French comic series was adapted from the series, first started out in 2010. It is published by Dargaud, written by Diego Aranega, and drawn and colourised by , also known as . An American comic was planned to be released in summer of 2019. The  first issue was released on 11 December 2019, after being delayed two times. It is published by American Mythology Productions. The comic was released on a bi-monthly schedule, but was on a hiatus for four months after two issues were published due to the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on the comic book industry. Issue #3 was published on 24 June 2020. It is currently on hiatus as of 23 October 2020. Home media. Five DVDs came out in 2003 in the United States, with 12 episodes each. In 2005, several VHSs were released in New York City. On 8  October 2008, a French DVD box-set of the complete first season, plus the pilot and the episode "Working Cat", was released. On 6 September 2010, three French DVD box-sets of the complete first, second, and third seasons were made available. In July 2011, a French DVD box-set containing all episodes from seasons 1, 2 and 3 became available. Magazine. A magazine called came out in France in 2009 (two issues), then again in 2011. Film. The film "" (originally ) was released to theatres on 7 August 2013. Spin-off. "Oggy Oggy" which centers on a kitten version of  Oggy released on August 24, 2021. It is CG-animated. The series was released on Netflix and is the first French Netflix Original series. Video game. A video game for the Game Boy Advance based on the television show was planned and developed by Xilam, but was cancelled. Controversy. On 14 March 2015, TMZ reported that a young viewer had pointed out a brief image of a poster in the background with a woman's exposed breasts, shown in the episode "(Un)happy Camper!", which was broadcast on Nickelodeon in the United States on the same day, with some parents complaining  about the incident to the network. However, the series aired in a timeslot (3:30 p.m. ET/PT) on the American Nickelodeon network, before most school-age children got home from school, so the incident did not gain mainstream media attention. The series continued to air on Nickelodeon in that timeslot until the season's episodes were exhausted, and it aired on sister network Nicktoons until 1 May, likely solely for contractual purposes due to Nickelodeon's worldwide deal for the series which requires an airing on its American networks. For future airings of the episode worldwide, and on the official  Oggy channel on YouTube, the poster image is replaced with a neutral beach scene.