Nina's World
Nina's World | |
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Created by | Andrew Beecham, Lisa O’Brien |
Written by | Rosemary Contreras, Sheila Dinsmore, Maria Escobedo, Michele Lepe, Madellaine Paxson, Dave Poche, Betty Quan, Atul Rao, Jagjiwan Sohal, John Van Bruggen |
Directed by | Kevin Micallef |
Voices of |
Rita Moreno Isabella Farrier Michele Lepe Bronwen Holmes Mandy Patinkin |
Theme music composer | Daniel Ingram |
Composer(s) |
Caleb Chan Daniel Ingram |
Country of origin |
Canada United States |
Original language(s) |
English Spanish |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26[1]+over 11 shorts (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Michele Lepe, Lisa O’Brien |
Editor(s) | Jonas Crawley |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Sprout |
Original release |
September 9, 2015[2][3][4] (on Sprout) |
External links | |
Official website |
Nina's World is an Canadian-American animated children's television series. In relation to the preceding Sprout TV network block The Good Night Show it has been interpreted as a prequel.[6] It focuses on Nina, a 6-year-old Latina. It was originally premiered on September 2015 on the Sprout network.[7] There are at least 13 episodes. This incarnation of Nina was introduced by Cat Greenleaf in August 2015.[8]
Broadcast
The show debuted as part of NBC Kids on Saturday 2 January 2016, with new episodes airing weekly through February, scheduled for 10:00am Saturday mornings.[5]
2 July 2016, on Telemundo in block MiTelemundo 2 new episodes every Saturday mornings 09:30am to 10:30am with Spanish dubbing.[9]
Cast
- Isabella Farrier as Nina
- Rita Moreno as Abuelita
- Michele Lepe as Mami
- David Torres as Papi
- Ulka Mohanty as Dr. Kapur
- Evans Johnson as Mavis the Post Master
- Dhirendra Miyanger as Mr. Kapur
- Mandy Patinkin as Mr. Lambert
- Douglas Quan as Mr. Lin
- Darcy Han as Mrs. Lin
- Dayton Wall as Aiden
- Enrique Lopez as Carlos
- Bronwen Holmes as Chelsea B.
- Ethan Luu as Eddie Lin
- Cristiano Batista as Nico
- Gigi Saul Guerrero as Rosie
- Tiana Jung as Skye Lin
- Kira Tozer as Suzy
- Edwin Perez as Tio Javier
- Tabitha St. Germain as Claire, Mrs. Goldstein and Star
Characters
Adult humans:
- Abuelita Yolie[10] is the grandmother of Nina (abuelita is a Spanish term of endearment for abuela which means grandmother) and Mami's mother[11] who teaches Nina and others stretches each episode, voiced by Rita Moreno. She is considered one of the main characters.[12] Yolie moved from Mexico to a new home with her daughter (Nina's mami) prior to Nina's birth.[13]
- Carmen is Nina's cousin
- Claire (also spelled Clair in closed captions) is the mother of Chelsea[14] voiced by Tabitha St. Germain
- Dr. Kapur is voiced by Ulka Mohanty
- Jorge is Carmen's fiance
- Mami aka Mrs. Flores[15] is voiced by Michele Lepe, who voices the adult Nina in The Good Night Show. Nina is Mami's daughter.[16] Like her mother Yolie, she is a Mexican immigrant.[13]
- Mavis the Post Master is voiced by Evans Johnson
- Mr. Kapur is voiced by Dhirendra Miyanger
- Mr. Lambert the town librarian voiced by Mandy Patinkin
- Mr. Lin is voiced by Douglas Quan
- Mrs. Lin is voiced by Darcy Han
- Mrs. Goldstein voiced by Tabitha St. Germain
- Papi aka Mr. Flores is Nina's father, voiced by David Torres
Child humans:
- Aiden is the new kid who just moved to town and was seen as a bully and is now a friend and is voiced by Dayton Wall
- Carlos is the best human male friend of Nina, voiced by Enrique Lopez
- Chelsea B. is the best female friend of Nina, voiced by Bronwen Holmes. She is the daughter of Claire.
- Eddie Lin is a male relative of Skye voiced by Ethan Luu
- Nico is voiced by Cristiano Batista
- Nina Sabrina[17]Flores[18] (also called Ninala[19]) is the titular protagonist, voiced by Isabella Farrier. She is six[5][20] years old and celebrates birthdays with Star and feeding her pet at night.[21] She has the same name as an adult who appears in The Good Night Show.[22] Her middle name is mentioned by her mother in "Nina Rides a Bike".
- Rosie is voiced by Gigi Saul Guerrero
- Skye Lin is an older friend of Nina who designs kites, voiced by Tiana Jung
- Suzy is voiced by Kira Tozer
- Tio Javier is voiced by Edwin Perez
Non-humans:
- Hoppy is a female frog that Nina and her friend meet on the way to the library
- Hush is the pet fish of Nina, who later guest-hosts The Good Night Show with Melanie Martinez and Star before Leo replaced Melanie and then Nina replaced Leo
- Lucy is a firefly who provides light at Nina's bedside, who later guest-hosts The Good Night Show with Leo before Nina replaces him
- Max the Dog is Carlos and Nico's mischievous, but friendly, dog
- Star is the best friend of Nina who is a Star as his name suggests, voiced by Tabitha St. Germain. He appears 2D in this show[23] and later appears as a 3D puppet in The Good Night Show.[24] which he originally hosts with Melanie Martinez then Leo before Nina came to replace them.
- Zinky is the green alien companion of Chelsea
Crew
- Executive Producers: Luis Lopez, Juan Lopez, Michele Lopez
- Producers: Angelica Lopez, Darin J. Bristow
- Associate Producers: Mac Holyoke, Javier Lopez
- Executive Story Editor: Bernice Vanderlaan
- Script Coordinator: Jagjiwan Sohal
- Assistant Directors: Shane Doyle, Stephen Baker
- Art Director: Natasha Sasic
- Music By: Caleb Chan, Daniel Ingram
Episodes
Shorts
In addition to the main full episodes there are a number of titled shorts associated with them:
- Nina's Birthday Party[25]
- Nina's Imagination[26]
- Nina's World EPK[27]
- Nina and Papi's Best Day Ever[28]
- Nina and the Yard Sale[29]
- Nina Cupcake[30]
- Nina Dog Sits[31] aka Nina Dogs Sits[32] is a short based on episode 14
- Nina Good Night[33]
- Nina Shops with Abuelita[34]
- Nina Speaks Spanish[35]
- Nina with Something Completely Silly[36]
- Stretches with Abuelita[37]
- Tio Missing Party[38]
Season 1
Numbers known:
- Episode 1[2] Birthday/Adventure (full titles Nina's Birthday; Nina's Big Adventure) debuted 9 September 2015
- Episode 2[3] Nurse/Super Nina! (full titles Nina the Nurse; Super Nina) debuted 9 September 2015
- Episode 3: ?
- Episode 4[4] Kite/Sleep Over (full titles Nina the Kite Flyer; Nina's First Sleepover) debuted 9 September 2015 - Nina and Carlos wreck a kite together; Chelsea is a guest at Nina's home and they become space pirates (aired 8 February 2016 in Canada)
- Episode 5: ?
- Episode 6: ?
- Episode 7[39] Unplugged/Great (full titles Nina Unplugged; Nina the Great) debuted 1 October 2015 in US, 10 October 2015 in Canada
- Episode 8: Nina and Papi Play Baseball; Nina the Shadow Chaser (aired 22 February 2016 in Canada) both segments also aired individually 30 August 2016[40][41]
- Episode 9: ?
- Episode 10: ?
- Episode 11[42] Nina Rides a Bike/Takes the Cake (full titles "Nina Rides a Bike" and "Nina Takes the Cake") debuted 27 June 2016, the latter also being available in part as a free short[43]
- Episode 12[44] Hijinx/Garden (full titles Nina's Henna Hijinx; Nina's Everything Garden) debuted 3 November 2015 in U.S., 7 November 2015 in Canada (aired 14 March 2016 as well)
- Episode 13[45] Museum/Dives In (full titles Nina's Family Museum; Nina Dives In) debuted 3 November 2015 (November 14 in Canada)
- Episode 14: Dog Sit/On Track (full titles Nina Dog Sits / Nina Gets on Track) 7 April 2016 on Sprout / 11 September 2016 on NBC / 22 April 2016 on the web[46]
- Episode 15: ?
- Episode 16: ?
- Episode 17: ?
- Episode 18: [47] Yard Sale/Papi's Best Day (full titles Nina and the Yard Sale / Nina and Papi's Best Day Ever) debuted 13 September 2016
- Episode 19: ?
- Episode 20: ?
- Episode 21: ?
- Episode 22: ?
- Episode 23[48] Game Day / Karate debuted 22 June 2016
- Episode 24: ?
- Episode 25: ?
- Episode 26[1] Color/Amigos debuted 25 May 2016
Not yet assigned number in above-reference list:
- Nina Wants to Grow; Nina's Everything Theater
- Nina's Show and Tell; Nina's Snow Day
- Nina Delivers; Nina's Library Hop (aired 7 March 2016 in Canada) after having a pretend wedding between Star and Lucy, Nina mentions that the upcoming wedding between cousin Carmen and Jorge will be her first ever
- Nina the Artist; Nina and the Missing Myna Bird (debuted 17 October 2015 in Canada)
- Nina From Space; Nina Makes Music
- Nina's Special Dress / Nina Hunts for Treasure debuted 14 April 2016, reran July 19, both segments aired individually 29 August 2016[49][50]
- Nina Cleans Her Room / Nina's Brother for the Day debuted 18 April 2016, scheduled for July 26 rerun, latter segment ran as "Brother for the Day" 29 August 2016[51] while the first retained its original title[52]
- Nina Gets Packing / Nina Camps It Up (aka Nina Camps Out) debuted 25 April 2016 on Sprout, August 28 on nbc
- Nina the Babysitter / Nina's Thanksgiving 27 August on Sprout / 30 August on NBC
- To Mami, Love Nina / Nina's Lemonade Stand 6 May 2016 on Sprout / September 6 on NBC
Games
References
- 1 2 "Color/Amigos". Archived from the original on 19 July 2016.
Nina and her friends are decorating the courtyard with a chalk mural. Season 1, Episode 26 05/25/2016
- 1 2 "Birthday/Adventure". SproutOnline.Com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
It’s Nina’s birthday and she’s super duper excited.
Season 1, Episode 1 09/09/2015 - 1 2 "Nurse/Super Nina!". SproutOnline.Com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
Nina learns that Abuelita is under the weather.
Season 1, Episode 2 09/09/2015 - 1 2 "Kite/Sleep Over". SproutOnline.Com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016.
Nina is making a butterfly kite for the kite festival with Carlos.
Season 1, Episode 4 09/09/2015 - 1 2 3 "NBC Kids". NBC.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015.
Nina’s World tells the story of imaginative six-year-old Nina and her best friend Star. Together, the pair explores Nina's vibrant and colorful neighborhood. Every day transforms into a new excursion that celebrates family, community, diversity, and wonder.
- ↑ Hassan, Mohamed (25 September 2015). "Rita Moreno: 'Nina's World' Children's Show Reflects True Diversity". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
Nina's World is an animated prequel to "The Good Night Show" featuring Nina as a six-year-old girl.
- ↑ del Barco, Mandalit (25 September 2015). "Move Over, Dora: 'Nina's World' Brings Another Bilingual Girl To TV". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
Starring Rita Moreno and Mandy Patinkin, it's about a 6-year-old Latina girl and the multicultural neighborhood she grows up in.
- ↑ "Nina's Introduction". SproutOnline.Com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2015.
Nina talks to Cat Greenleaf about her age and her "Best Day Ever" book.
- ↑ "Nina's World". zap2it.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2016.
- ↑ Chelsea. "Nina's First Sleepover". Nina's World. 3 minutes in.
Thanks for inviting me Nina's Grandma... I mean Abuelita Yolie
- ↑ "Nina The Great". Nina's World.
- ↑ "Abuelita". SproutOnline.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015.
- 1 2 "To Mami, from Nina". Nina's World.
- ↑ Nina's First Sleepover, closed captions attribution
- ↑ Lin, Skye. "Nina the Shadow Chaser". Nina's World. 0 minutes in.
Thanks Mrs. Flores, but don't worry, we'll be just fine.
- ↑ "Mami". sproutonline.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015.
- ↑ Mami. "Nina Rides a Bike". Nina's World.
Nina Sabrina Flores!
(said at end to scold her for riding a bike alone without permission) - ↑ "Nina Speaks Spanish".
Nina Flores
- ↑ Goldstein, Mrs. "Nina Unplugged". Nina's World. 3 minutes in.
Oy vey! You startled me Ninala... and these old bones have had enough excitement thanks to the power pickle we're in!
- ↑ "Nina's World". SproutOnline.com.
Nina’s World tells the story of imaginative six-year-old Nina and her best friend Star.
- ↑ "Nina". SproutOnline.com.
Hi! I'm Nina! I love to celebrate my (my birthday) with my best friend named (Star). We like to go on adventures around the neighborhood! At night, I feed my pet
- ↑ "Nina-1". SproutOnline.com.
Hi! I'm Nina! Hola. It's me, Nina! At the end of everyday my bestfriend (Star) and I begin our great Good Night adventures with all of you!
- ↑ "Star". SproutOnline. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015.
- ↑ "Star-1". sproutonline.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Birthday Party".
- ↑ "Imagination".
- ↑ "World EPK".
- ↑ "Best Day Ever".
- ↑ "Nina and Yard Sale".
- ↑ "Cupcake". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
- ↑ "Nina Dog Sits". Archived from the original on 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Nina Dogs Sits". Archived from the original on 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Good Night". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
- ↑ "Shops Abuelita".
- ↑ "Speaks Spanish".
- ↑ "Something Completely Silly". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
- ↑ "Stretches Abuelita".
- ↑ "Tio Missing Party".
- ↑ "Unplugged/Great". SproutOnline.Com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016.
A neighborhood blackout causes chaos on the block
Season 1, Episode 7 10/01/2015 - ↑ "Nina and Papi Play Baseball". Archived from the original on 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Nina the Shadow Chaser". Archived from the original on 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Nina Rides a Bike/Takes the Cake". SproutOnline.Com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016.
Nina's friends build her a bike school./Nina & Abuelita deliver Mami's cakes. Season 1, Episode 11 06/27/2016
- ↑ "Nina Takes the Cake". Archived from the original on 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Hijinx/Garden". SproutOnline.Com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
In "Nina's Henna Hijinx," Dr. Kapur, a talented henna (or "mehndi") artist needs someone to practice on for a niece's upcoming wedding. In "Nina's Everything Garden," Nina learns to be open to new and different things.
Season 1, Episode 12 11/03/2015 - ↑ "Museum/Dives In". SproutOnline.Com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016.
In "Nina's Family Museum," when Nina, Mami and Abuelita miss out on a day at the museum, Nina decides to create her own mini-museum! In "Nina Dives In," Nina really wants to learn how to swim, but she and Star are afraid of going into the new pool.
Season 1, Episode 13 11/03/2015 - ↑ "Dog Sit/On Track". Archived from the original on 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Yard Sale/Papi's Best Day". SproutOnline.Com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016.
Father's Day doesn't go as planned, so Nina is determined to make it up to Papi.
Season 1, Episode 18 9/13/2016 - ↑ "Game Day/Karate". Archived from the original on 19 July 2016.
Chelsea and Carlos, can't decide what game to play./Nina has too much energy. Season 1, Episode 23 06/22/2016
- ↑ "Nina's Special Dress". Archived from the original on 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Nina Hunts Treasure". Archived from the original on 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Brother Day". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Nina Cleans Her Room". Archived from the original on 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Nina's Big Adventure". Archived from the original on 1 January 2016.
- ↑ "Nina Match Up". Archived from the original on 1 January 2016.
- ↑ "Spot the Differences". Archived from the original on 8 September 2015.