The Beachbuds

The Beachbuds is an American-Indonesian-South Korean animated television workplace comedy series produced by i-ZERO Entertainment and Media Global and CJ E&M, The series is based on the comic book character of the same name. The series focuses on inspired by the bird species Bali myna, also known as Bali Starling.

The series premiered on RCTI in Indonesia on August 27, 2011. It is also initially debuted on KBS2 & Tooniverse on July 2, 2012 for one season. Two more seasons of the show would then air, starting from October 21, 2013 to April 9, 2015 on KBS1.

The cartoon became enormously popular with Indonesian workplace comedy after its debut in 2010. Cashing in on the cartoon's success, the producer made an animated feature film in 2014. It generated a box office revenue of 79 million yuan (approx. US $11.5 million) during Lunar Chinese New Year that year. It is aired on over 40 local TV stations, including RCTI, Malaysia TV3 and Singapore okto. The show was also aired in India, South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Europe and North America. As of 2011, an English dub has been aired in Taiwan. In 2015, Disney gained the license to broadcast the show on their Disney Channels. i-ZERO terminated the contract with Disney before the expiration date in September 2016 at the expense of US$2 million, thus The Beachbuds has had nothing to do with Disney since then.

In 1995, Toon Express Group, a joint-venture between subsidiary of InfinityOne Comics (owned by CJ E&M) in South Korea, China Media Capital and a Creative Force Entertainment Inc. in China sister company, owns the copyrights to the characters.

Premise
The Beachbuds tells about the adventures of a group of tropical birds that operate a hospitality on a tropical island paradise, known as Zoobak Resort. The series as well teaches children about the harmonization, the hospitality and the humor at the same time.

Main characters

 * Bayo (voiced by Dino Andrade)
 * Alejandro (voiced by Austin Lee Mathews)
 * Mr. Putu (voiced by Jason Marnocha)
 * Ozo (voiced by Christopher Corey Smith)
 * Nola (voiced by Ryan Bartley)
 * Pon Pon (voiced by Kimlinth Tran)

Additional voices

 * Jane Alan
 * Doug Erholtz
 * Larissa Gallagher
 * Barbara Goodson
 * Erika Harlacher
 * Kyle Herbert
 * David Lodge
 * Elizabeth Simmons
 * Michael Sorich
 * Armen Taylor
 * Faruq Tauheed

Broadcast
On July 2011, i-ZERO Entertainment and Media Global and CJ E&M have signed a deal with MNC Media Distribution for premiering the series on the broadcast television channel for Southeast Asia region., especially for Indonesia

The Beachbuds is available to be broadcast on RCTI in Indonesia on August 27, 2011. Internationally, the series was released on the same television broadcast on TV3 in Malaysia on October 8, 2021 and in Singapore through television channel broacast on Cartoon Network on November 12, 2021. It is also initially debuted on KBS2 & Tooniverse on July 2, 2009 for one season. Two more seasons of the show would then air, starting from October 21, 2013 to April 9, 2015 on KBS1.