Taste Buds (TV series)



Taste Buds  (also named Taste Buds, Taste Buds: The Series or Taste Buds: Adventures in Flavoria) is a Canadian-American-French computer-animated series. It is a co-production by Gaumont Animation, France Animation 76, Mikros Animation Paris, Squeeze Studio Animation, DreamWorks Animation, Mikros Animation Montreal, HORA 3D STUDIO - ANIMATION 3D, and MIKIMO STUDIO. It premiered in the United States, on Disney Channel, and the rest of the world (excluding Canada and France) starting in summer of 2017. The show was formally licensed by and premiered on Family Channel in the Canada, with Netflix currently holding the series and online streaming rights in that country.

The first season has 7 half-hour episodes and a 10 episode web series, with additional web exclusive content released afterwards Stephan Franck confirmed that a second season and third season are being worked on. Plans for a fourth, fifth, and sixth season were also revealed.

Synopsis
''A group of cute, plucky monsters, each the champion of a specific taste; Sweet, Sour , Salty , Spicy , Bitter and Umami team up to stop the nefarious Happy Monster Company from replacing all their delicious food with bland, addictive goop. Together, these heroes are the TASTE BUDS and each member has a unique talent.''

Mix them together, add a pinch of humour and a scoop of fun, and you get a potent potluck, just what is needed for the mother of all food fights to come!

Cast and crew
To view a complete list of everyone who has worked on Taste Buds related material, see Taste Buds (TV series)/Credits.

Production
Taste Buds' voice cast is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with the Landry/Morrison casting agency being responsible for the casting.

Episodes
See Episode list here

Broadcast
Gaumont Animation and France Animation 76 licenced Taste Buds for platforms in Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe (excluding Southeastern Europe), Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. Disney Channels Worldwide is the distributor in the United States, while Corus Entertainment, is the distributor of Taste Buds internationally. The series debuted on Family Channel in mid-fall of 2017 in Canada, and on Canal+ Family in France in winter of 2018.. In India, the series premiered on January 29, 2018, on Disney International HD. The series will be shown in Germany by Super RTL in 2018 and also on CBBC Channel in the UK the same year.