Vic the Viking is a children's animated television series, which premiered on Network Ten on 4 July 2013, and continued on Eleven on 5 October 2013. It is based on the 1974âÂÂ1975 anime series Vicky the Viking, and the book series it was originally inspired. The show aired 39 episodes for a total of 78 segments, and ended in 2014.
The main characters are Vic, a young, frail and ingenious Viking boy; his father Halvar, the Captain of the Drakkar and chief elect of Flake the home village, and the villagers, mainly the other plunder crewmen, including druid Urobe, the ever-quarreling companions Tjure and Snorre, the simple giant Flaxe, squeaky-voiced navigator Gorm and bard Ulme; also Vic's bossy mother Ylva, mischievous urchin-rival Gilby, who is jealous that Vic is allowed to sail with the men, and Vic's equally inquisitive little cousin, Ylvi. Halvar's sworn enemy is the rascally captain Sven and his crew of incompetent oafs, but most episodes have other antagonists.
The series has been aired overseas, as in Flanders by Ketnet since autumn 2013 (dubbed in Dutch). In the UK it is aired on Pop. There are also two Catalan language dubs, corresponding to Televisió de Catalunya and àPunt Mèdia, in València.
Voice director: Nathalie Homs
Voice recording studio: Piste Rouge
Development for the series was announced on April 2011, when Studio 100 launched its French animation division Studio 100 Animation to produce revivals of classics like Vicky the Viking back in 2009, the series was ordered when French broadcaster TF1 and German network ZDF (which aired the 1974 anime) had commissioned the series to air the series in its home countries.
On 31 January 2013, the series became a French/Australian co-production when Australian broadcasting networks Network Ten and The Australian Broadcasting Corporation had ordered a revival of the classic 1974 anime series Vic the Viking with the series became an Australian/French co-production with Studio 100's Australian animation studio Flying Bark Productions co-producing alongside Studio 100's in-house French animation division Studio 100 Animation whilst Arvill Stark's entertainment company ASE Studios had came aboard as co-producer.