Valt the Wonder Deer
| Valt the Wonder Deer | |
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 The main characters as they appear in the first two seasons. | |
| Also known as | Valt the Wonder Deer: The Adventures of the Five Worlds |
| Mandarin | 鹿精灵 (season 1) 鹿精灵之寻找兵马俑 (season 2) 鹿精灵之瓷瓶山的秘密 (season 3) |
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| Creative director | Ron Myrick[2] |
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| Composer | Scott Healy[2] |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 208 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 11 minutes(season 1) 13 minutes(season 2) [3] 11 minutes(season 3)[3] 12 minutes(season 4) [3] |
| Production company | DreamEast Pictures |
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| Network | Tencent Video (China) Propeller TV (United Kingdom) |
| Release | December 31, 2016 – present |
Valt the Wonder Deer (Valt's Journey in season 1, subtitled The Search for Terracotta Warriors in season 2, Journey to the Land of Darkness in season 3, Tales of Two Deer in season 4) is an animated television series that was released to Tencent Video in China on December 31, 2016. The series is produced by DreamEast Pictures and is distributed worldwide by Jetpack Distribution.
The second season premiered October 22, 2018, and ended November 26. A third season featuring new anthropomorphic and angular designs for the characters, and was released in 2021. A fourth season featuring new anthropomorphic and angular designs for the characters, was released in 2023.[4]
Plot
[edit]Season 1
[edit]Valt the Wonder Deer follows the adventures of Valt, a wonder deer and his five friends as they journey to obtain special powers granted by the Five Magical Elements, as well as rescue his trapped parents, the Deer King and Queen, from the evil overlords of the Land of Metal.
Season 2
[edit]After peace and harmony has been restored to the Five Lands, Valt starts to miss his friends even though they're a portal away from him. His vacation however is cut short by more monsters suddenly arriving called the Nanomites; dark, flying swarm of bugs that can turn anything into an enemy. Valt reassembles the guardians to protect the Five Lands, but unbeknownst to him, Da-Ming and his bride are controlling the bugs, and they want to regain their throne.[3]
Season 3
[edit]When Valt and his friends left, Kem was all alone until he saw an amulet of darkness. Kem puts on the dark amulet and he became the Lord of Darkness and turned Da-Ming, Mungo, and Drusilla into stone. He wants to destroy the Five Lands and take over the world. Valt and his friends relays that Kem is in danger. So they start their journey to the Land of Darkness and save their friend before it's too late.
Season 4
[edit]When the seven friends are in the protect crystal for many years, then everything changed when the army of dark deer broke the crystal. The lord of the dark deer chained Valt and Valanteen with the collars of chain to stay together. But then they were saved by Miko the bunny warrior and their friends. She tells them about a Dark Deer named Marcus has been free from the amulet and unleashed the army of dark deer. They must find their way back and save the Five Lands.
Characters
[edit]Heroes
[edit]- Valt (voiced by Ogie Banks) – The main protagonist. A wonder deer and young prince of the Land of Wood. During Season 1, Valt learns how to tap into his abilities along with guidance from his new friends. These abilities are also reflected into color category of certain elements. Green for Plant Growth & Plant Line Communication along with Wind Blast. Yellow for Earth Stomp & Sand Blast along with Lightning Blast. Red for Fire Blast & Flame Teleportation. Blue for Water Blast & Ice Blast. Grey for Metal Armor. Other abilities can be casting a Rainbow Shield and others seen pass Season 1. [5] from the Land of Wood.[5]
- Cobalt (voiced by Benjamin Diskin in season 1 and Mick Wingert in season 2) – A blue monkey[5] and Valt's best friend. He's a smart monkey, carries an enchanted bag that carries a bunch of stuff though sometimes it's difficult to get what he actually wants. [5]
- Kem (voiced by Matthew Christo) – A taotie[5] from the Land of Metal. When he eats red berries, grows larger and bulkier for muscle work and eats green berries to return to normal size. During Season 1 it's reveal that he's actual Da-Ming & Drusilla's son, and he was a blue taotie. From Season 1 he was green, but by the start of Season 2 appears in his blue color. [5]
- Trika (voiced by Tara Sands) – A yellow cat from the Land of Earth. She has 3-tails and a magic third eye that sees things, and knows her way around herbs to make medicines. By Season 2, she learns a new transformation magic which gifts her with a 4th-tail. [5]
- Alia (voiced by Lyra Blake) – An orange fire bird[5] from the Land of Fire. She can produce flames to surround the body and blast hot flames at targets. She also can flame-teleport to locations she knows and has been to.[5]
- Yark (voiced by Matthew Christo) – An ice-snorting yak[5] from the Land of Water. He's the biggest member of Valt's team and the strong member next to Kem, and he knows Yak-Fu. Apparently Hairy maybe his first name but prefers to use use middle name Yark by others addressing him.[5]
- Valanteen (voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessy) - A girl Wonder Deer[5] from the Land of Water.[5]
- Tao (voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessy) - A boy made out of clay who is a member of a group of ancient clay guardians. Introduced in Season 2 after a few episodes. Communicates by playing a clay flute which can also be transform into a pole weapon for martial combat.
Others
[edit]- Urgon – (voiced by Benjamin Diskin) - Valt's father.[5]
- Reyna (voiced by Tara Sands) – Valt's mother.[5]
- Miko - a girl bunny warrior [5] from the Land of Wood.[5]
Villains
[edit]- Da-Ming (voiced by Christopher Swindle) – An evil taotie, and the main villain of the series. He is green.[5]
- Mungo (voiced by Christopher Swindle) – Another evil taotie. He is Da-Ming's nephew and assistant. He is purple.[5]
- Drusilla(Sying) (voiced by Beth Payne) – Another evil taotie and Da-Ming's wife. In Season 2 it's revealed that her real name is Sying and she's the twin sister of the real Drusilla she switch places and imprisoned ever since Kem was born. [5]
- Dark Warrior (voiced by Matthew Christo) – An evil samurai theme beetle warrior who wields a double-bladed pole weapon. First appeared in Season 1 as a dangerous enemy who even Da-Ming felt concern over such an adversary against Valt the Wonder Deer. He was defeated and fell into a crack hole in the floor, and believed to have perished. He returns in Season 2 as the mastermind behind the use of the Nanomites that create monster foes to attack Valt. [5]
- Cerulean (voiced by Matthew Christo) - A fire bird from the Land of Fire. Shown to act like a diva on being popular with a no care attitude and only cares about herself. She sees Alia as someone who never be as popular as her. She has two other gals apart of her popular group. During some later events in Season 1, she worked with Da-Ming on trying to stop Valt and his party. Then later appears in Season 2 to work alongside Dark Warrior. In Season 1 she has tan purple and light tan purple feather features, but by Season 2 now has yellow and green feather features.[5]
- Marcus - a male Dark Deer from the Land of Darkness and the main villain of the series.[5]
Episodes
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 52 | December 31, 2016 | February 19, 2017 | |
| 2 | 52 | October 22, 2018 | November 26, 2018 | |
| 3 | 52 | December 1, 2021 | February 11, 2022 | |
| 4 | 52 | January 27, 2023 | February 30, 2023 | |
Broadcast
[edit]The first 26 episodes of Valt the Wonder Deer were released on the streaming service Tencent Video in China on December 31, 2016, which garnered over 9 million views in its first two weeks.[2] The second half of the first season was released on February 19, 2017.
In the United Kingdom, the English dub of the series was broadcast on Propeller TV for one season around June 2017.[when?] The English dub was released onto Jetpack Distribution's YouTube channel on August 24, 2019, but it was later taken down.
The series is now streaming on Tubi and is divided into 9 one hour episodes.
Musical
[edit]On May 1, 2019, a Chinese musical for the series, Deer Elf: In Search of the Rainbow Bridge (鹿精灵之寻找彩虹桥) premiered in the Beijing China Puppet Theater.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jetpack Picks Up Global Rights to DreamEast's 'Valt the Wonder Deer'". Animation World Network.
- ^ a b c d Milligan, Mercedes (January 31, 2017). "DreamEast and Jetpack Ink 'Valt the Wonder Deer' Deal".
- ^ a b c d "54. Valt the Wonder Deer 2". Agogo Studios.
- ^ ""鹿旋风"席卷深圳 国漫新形象展中国动漫新风向". December 10, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "dreameastpictures".
- ^ "儿童动画音乐剧《鹿精灵之寻找彩虹桥》开启全国巡演". new.qq.com.
External links
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