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Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat was an educational Chinese and Canadian-American animated television series based on a 1994 novel by Amy Tan which aired on PBS Kids and Sprout, produced by Canadian animation studio CinéGroupe and Sesame Street creator Sesame Workshop. In the series, which is set c. 1861-1912, during the late Qing Dynasty, Sagwa has fun in her day-to-day life while learning and teaching valuable life lessons. The show was notable for its setting and messages about family obligations and loyalty. The series was developed and produced for television by executive producers George Daugherty and Michel Lemire, and producers David Ka Lik Wong and Leon G. Arcand.
It aired for one season and 40 episodes, premiering on September 3, 2001 replacing Wishbone (and The Big Comfy Couch on KUHT) and was quietly cancelled in 2002, but still aired as reruns on some PBS affiliates until as late as September 2008. The Arizona PBS Kids station aired it until as late as February 2009.
Voice Cast[]
- Holly Gauthier-Frankel as Sagwa
- Oliver Grainger as Dongwa
- Jesse Vinet as Sheegwa
- Arthur Holden as Baba Wim Bao Miao
- Ellen David as Mama Shao Fun Miao
- Sonja Ball as Nai-Nai Miao
- Neil Shee as Yeh-Yeh Miao
- Hiro Kanagawa as Shan-Tai-Yeh Soon
- Khaira Ledeyo as Tai-Tai Soon
- Kathy Tsoi as Ba-Do
- Leanne Adachi as Luck-Do
- Rosa Yee as Huang-Do
- Raugi Yu as Ku-Keh the Cook
- Russell Yuen as See-Yeh Shi-Yi
- Rick Jones as Fu-Fu
- Jaclyn Linetsky as Shei-Hu / Shei-He
Funding[]
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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