Wait, Hoho, Wait!
Series title: Downward Doghouse (Working Title)
- Studio
- Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Wang Films
- Animation studio
- Wang Films
- Distributor
- Nickelodeon Network
Characters
Kai-lan, YeYe, Tolee, Howard, Hoho, San San, Mr. Grasshopper, Ants, Mei Mei, Rintoo, Fox, Bear
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Julie Morgavi
Producing
- Producer
- Mary Harrington (Executive Producer)
- Line Producer
- Debby Hindman
- Supervising Producer
- Dave Marshall
Writing
- Writer
- May Chan, Spencer Walker
- Head Writer
- Sascha Paladino
- Staff Writer
- Bradley Zweig
- Story Editor
- Chris Nee
- Creator
- Karen Chau
Voices
- Voice
- Jade-Lianna Peters (Kai-lan), Clem Cheung (YeYe), Ben Wang (YeYe), Khamani Griffin (Tolee, Howard), Angie Wu (Hoho), Zachary Gordon (San San, Mr. Grasshopper), Terrence Hardy Jr (Ants), Laura Marano (Mei Mei), Jack Samson (Rintoo), Preston Strother (Fox, Bear)
Editing
- Editor
- Philip Malamuth
Crew
- Art Director
- Paul Stec
- Production Manager
- Macgregor Middleton
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Farnaz Esnaashari
- Voice Recordist
- Rob McIntyre
- Sound Recordist
- Frank Verderosa
- Research Staff
- Yasmine Brito
- Production Coordinator
- Andrew Garda
- Language Consultant (Mandarin Chinese)
- Dyana Liu
- Script Coordinator
- Spencer Walker
Production notes
This series introduces pre-schoolers to the many aspects of Chinese culture and language through a five-year-old Chinese-American girl named Kai-lan. Following in the tradition of Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!, this new play-along series features an intergenerational Chinese-American family and teaches the Mandarin language to pre-schoolers at home- a first for pre-school television. Each show centers on Kai-lan and her relationships with her grandfather, her animal friends and the natural world. Kai-lan is an emotionally gifted child who is driven to understand the world and how things are linked together both physically and emotionally. Every episode follows the adventures of Kai-lan and her friends as they learn to identify their emotions and stop to consider the feelings of others. The series explores the colorful aspects of Kai-lan's upbringing and background, including family, food and language, while encouraging pre-schoolers to care for others and their environment.
Animation took place in both Shanghai and Taiwan. In addition to animation work, key episode designs were created and produced at the Wang studio in China.
Animation took place in both Shanghai and Taiwan. In addition to animation work, key episode designs were created and produced at the Wang studio in China.