
Bad Luck's Back
- Studio
- Nicktoons Productions, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, THQ, Avalanche Software
- Animation studio
- Nicktoons Studios.
Character Animation (Main Characters and Elephant): Red Eye Animation Studios - Distributor
- Nickelodeon Network, Viacom
Synopsis
When more bad luck plagues the tribe, the scheming twins known as Blod and Bleeta convince the villagers that Tak is to blame. He must be angering the Jujus! Tak feels horrible… until he discovers that Blod and Bleeta are the ones causing the bad luck in order to tarnish his reputation! And when he realizes that their next prank may go too far, Tak jumps into action to save the day and clear his name!
Characters
Tak, Jeera, Lok, Squire, Zaria Admirer, Bleeta Ungataka, Donna the Sheep, Chief, Log Hermit, Spider Juju, Blod Ungataka, Jibolba, Mask Guy, Oonga Ungataka, Zaria, Linda the Sheep, Chaka Ungataka, Slog, Pupununus
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Heiko Drengenberg, Lane Lueras, Mark Risley, Jim Schumann
Producing
- Producer
- Mitch Watson (Co-Producer)
- Supervising Producer
- Audu Paden
Writing
- Writer
- Brandon Auman, Nicole Dubuc, Mitch Watson
- Story Editor
- Mitch Watson
Voices
- Voice
- Hal Sparks (Tak, Squire, Zaria Admirer), Kari Wahlgren (Jeera, Bleeta Ungataka), Patrick Warburton (Lok), April Winchell (Donna the Sheep), Maurice LaMarche (Chief, Log Hermit, Spider Juju), Rene Mujica (Blod Ungataka, Pupununu #2), Lloyd Sherr (Jibolba, Mask Guy, Oonga Ungataka, Dannah Feinglass (Zaria, Linda the Sheep), Mindy Sterling (Chaka Ungataka), Megan Cavanagh (Slog)
Animation
- Animation Supervisors
- Randy Dormans, Jason Meier, Chris Neuhahn
- Animator
- Michael Franceschi
- Story Artists
- Dean Criswell, Heiko Drengenberg, Michael Daedalus Kenny, Lane Lueras, Alex Mann, Al Zegler
- CG Creative Director
- Josh Book
- Lead CG Artist
- Joseph R. Alessandra
- CG Artists
- Joe Brogno, Alex Rial, Ant Ward
- CG Apprentices
- Andrew Bina, Elyse Hartey, Joy Johnson, Sergio Lorenzo, Danielle Powers, Harry Sanchez, Candice Stephenson
- Lead Effects Artist
- Matt Cawood
- Technical Director
- Jon Finch
- Lead Texture Artist
- Angela Ursillo
- Texture Artists
- William Dely, Sonserae Leese, George Taylor
Sound
- Sound Editor
- Michael Petak
- Sound Effects Editor
- Jake Allston
- Foley Mixer
- Roy Braverman
Production Management
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Oliver Pearce
Production notes
This adventure comedy series follows the slightly skewed comic adventures of fun-loving, mischievous 14-year old Tak, who has gained access to the magical, mythical realm of the always colorful and powerful Jujus. Based on the hit Nick/THQ video game, Tak and the Power of Juju, is Nickelodeon's first CG-animated series produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank.
The series follows the teenage jungle-boy Tak and his fellow Pupununu villagers as they deal with their fate as the unluckiest tribe in the world. Their lives are sometimes helped – and frequently made more complicated – by the strange and mystical Jujus, magical beings with whom Tak has a special bond.
Tak is the only Pupununu who holds the “Power of Juju,” which allows him to access magic usually only available to 177-year-old shamans. For most, Juju power could be a recipe for success, but because of Tak's particular combination of imagination and irresponsibility, his powers only get him, the Pupununu villagers, and sometimes the Jujus, into outlandish trouble.
Tak is joined by a colorful cast of characters in this fantastical jungle setting: Chief, Jibolba, Jeera, Zaria, Lok and Keeko.
The series follows the teenage jungle-boy Tak and his fellow Pupununu villagers as they deal with their fate as the unluckiest tribe in the world. Their lives are sometimes helped – and frequently made more complicated – by the strange and mystical Jujus, magical beings with whom Tak has a special bond.
Tak is the only Pupununu who holds the “Power of Juju,” which allows him to access magic usually only available to 177-year-old shamans. For most, Juju power could be a recipe for success, but because of Tak's particular combination of imagination and irresponsibility, his powers only get him, the Pupununu villagers, and sometimes the Jujus, into outlandish trouble.
Tak is joined by a colorful cast of characters in this fantastical jungle setting: Chief, Jibolba, Jeera, Zaria, Lok and Keeko.
