Anime Dub Hindi: cartoons from around the world for Indian families, from Masha and the Bear, Pororo and Super Wings to Boonie Bears, The Smurfs, Code Lyoko and Larva, and where to watch them

How Anime Dub Hindi looks

Anime Dub Hindi keeps the bright, friendly look of the site it is named after. The header is a wide band with a soft gradient that runs from a dusty pink on the left to a clear aqua on the right, like a summer sky at sunset. On the left sits the purple comic wordmark with two little cartoon faces above it, one with spiky yellow hair and one with a silver bob, and on the right come the main links, Home, Series, Movie, Pre-school, Heroes, Fairy tales and A to Z, with a blue magnifying-glass icon at the end. On a phone, the links fold into a menu behind a blue three-line button and the logo moves to the centre.

Below the header runs a pale grey strip with a short line of grey text and a round blue button that opens My List. The page itself is a very light blue-grey, and the content sits in two columns. The wider left column holds a white introduction panel and then rows of white cards, three across on a large screen, two on a tablet and one on a phone. Each card has a wide picture from the series or film, a bold dark title and a blue line that says whether it is a series or a movie, with its year and its length.

The narrower right column is a sidebar, just as on the original site. At the top is a Search label with a field and a blue Search button. Below it comes the Populer Posts list, with its heading in a grey serif typeface over a short red rule, showing the eight most popular titles with a small poster each. Further down come the list of shelves and the list of help pages. A white footer closes the page with the main links and a short note about the data.

The colours, the gradient, the cards and the sidebar are drawn from a careful study of the original design, with its serif headings and its clean sans-serif text. The pictures, stories and credits are new, chosen for families, and every part of the page works with a keyboard, a screen reader and a small phone screen.

Pre-school favourites

The youngest viewers need cartoons that are calm, colourful and kind, with simple stories, gentle humour and plenty of songs. The Pre-school shelf gathers 41 of them, and the Pre-school favourites help page picks out a few.

Korea has become a world leader in pre-school animation. Pororo the Little Penguin, first shown in 2003, follows a curious little penguin and his friends Crong, Eddy, Loopy and Poby in a snowy village in the forest, and it is so loved in Korea that Pororo is sometimes called the children's president. Tayo the Little Bus follows a cheerful young bus and his friends as they learn to drive safely around the city, Robocar Poli follows a team of rescue vehicles who transform into robots to help the people of Brooms Town, and Titipo Titipo is the story of a small train who wants to prove he can help his town. Vroomiz, Canimals and The Airport Diary add more friendly vehicles and animals.

Super Wings follows Jett, a little red jet plane who delivers parcels to children all over the world, and each episode visits a new country, from Kenya to Brazil to India, with a short lesson about its culture. With more than six hundred episodes, it is one of the longest series on the site and a wonderful way for children to discover the world.

Europe brings its own gentle classics. Caillou, from Canada, follows a four-year-old boy and his family through the small adventures of everyday life. Simon is a lively little rabbit from the books of Stephanie Blake, Loopdidoo follows a pup and his young owner, and Louie is a little rabbit who draws everything he dreams of. Mouk, Bali, Zou and Charley and Mimmo are soft, simple stories about friendship and family, and Kit ^n^ Kate follows two kittens who explore magical worlds. Papa Beaver's Storytime, based on the French Père Castor books, and Bouli, about a snowman and his family, are classics from the early 1990s.

Some series are built around songs. Super JoJo follows a curious toddler and his family through the day, Baby Shark's Big Show! turns the famous song into a series of underwater adventures, and Cleo & Cuquin, from Spain, follows a big sister and her little brother as they imagine new jobs each day. Mini Beat Power Rockers follows a band of tiny musicians, and Plim Plim, A Hero's Heart, from Argentina, teaches kindness through songs. Connie the Cow explores her colourful farm, and Tish Tash follows a little bear and her family.

For a quiet afternoon, Booba and BabyRiki from Russia, Be-Be-Bears and Tickety Toc are perfect. Booba is a small, curious creature who explores a new place in every episode and tells each story through pictures, music and laughter, which makes it easy to share with children of any language. Mofy, a stop-motion series about a cotton-wool rabbit, is one of the most beautiful series on the shelf.

Cartoons from Korea

South Korea's animation studios have built a remarkable reputation for children's television over the last twenty years, and their series are watched in well over a hundred countries. The Korea shelf holds 31 titles, and the Cartoons from Korea help page offers a short tour.

Alongside the pre-school stars described above, Korea makes some of the most exciting action series for older children. Miniforce follows four animal heroes who transform into robot-suited rangers to protect small creatures in trouble. Tobot Galaxy Detectives follows a young detective named Tyler and his friends as they solve mysteries with transforming robot cars. Turning Mecard follows a schoolboy named Jason who meets a Mecanimal, a toy car that turns into a creature, and Power Top Plate turns spinning tops into the stuff of tournaments. Olympus Guardian, from 2002, retells the Greek myths for young viewers with bright colours and big adventures, and Ki Fighter Taerang is a martial-arts adventure made with a Japanese studio.

Korea also makes some of the funniest cartoons on the site. Larva follows two little worms, one red and one yellow, who live under a city street and find something new and strange in every short episode; it tells its jokes through pictures and sound alone and is loved everywhere. Bernard follows a clumsy polar bear who tries every sport and hobby imaginable, with hilarious results, and Canimals are small animals who hide inside cans and come out to play. Bread Barbershop is set in a town of cakes and pastries, where a talented cake decorator named Bread gives his customers wonderful makeovers.

For girls who love magic, Catch! Teenieping follows a princess and the mischievous fairies who have escaped to Earth, each with a special emotion, and Secret Jouju follows a fairy who has been locked out of Fairy Tale Land. Pucca: Love Recipe brings back the energetic Pucca and her ninja sweetheart Garu, and Jang Geum's Dream retells the famous story of a young girl who becomes a royal cook in the Joseon court.

The Korean shelf also includes the film PriPara Movie: Everyone, Assemble! Prism☆Tours, a musical adventure made with a Japanese studio, and the 2017 Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir film, made by a French and Korean partnership. YooHoo & Friends follows a group of cute animals who protect the environment, Dog Days Out follows a curious pup and his friends while their owners are away, and Rainbow Ruby follows a resourceful girl who travels to Rainbow Village to help its people with a new job each time.

Cartoons from China

China has one of the largest animation industries in the world, and its children's series have become hugely popular across Asia. The China shelf holds 24 titles, and the Cartoons from China help page gives a quick overview.

Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf is the most famous of them all. First shown in 2005, it follows a flock of clever goats on the Green Green Grassland and Big Big Wolf, who tries every trick he can think of to catch them for dinner, only to be sent flying home in every episode with the cry that he will be back. With more than five hundred episodes in its first run alone, it is one of the longest cartoons ever made, and its later seasons, such as Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Happy Formula and the 2016 Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, keep the chases fresh with new settings and inventions.

Boonie Bears is just as popular. It follows two bear brothers, the clever Briar and the big-hearted Bramble, who protect their forest from the logger Vick, whose plans to cut down the trees always go wrong. Boonie Bears or Bust begins a new chapter of their adventures. Both series are full of slapstick, but they also carry a warm message about protecting nature and the creatures who live in it.

Two great Chinese legends appear on the shelf. Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King retells the classic novel about Sun Wukong, the Monkey King born from a magic stone, and his journey to the West with a gentle monk and his companions. The Legend of Nezha follows the growth of the boy hero Nezha, whose courage and kindness help him protect his people. Both were made for Chinese national television and are beautifully drawn.

Everyday life has its own series. Big Ear Tutu follows a small boy with very big ears and his patient parents in a story that every family will recognise. Haier Brothers, first shown in 1995, follows two little robots who travel around the world and learn about science and geography, and Chess Player is the story of a young prodigy of the board game Go in the Ming dynasty, a series about patience, strategy and good sportsmanship. Hongmao and Lantu: Martial Arts Series follows a red cat and a blue rabbit who learn martial arts with plenty of humour.

For younger children, Super JoJo follows a curious toddler and his family, and Deer Squad follows four young deer who form a rescue team to help the animals of their forest. RoboWarriors and Pandalian add bright adventures for older children. Among the films, Mr. Miao is a fantasy adventure about a magical golden flower, Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year follows a family as they prepare for the festival and learn about its traditions, and My Milk Cup Cow is a sweet short about a father's playful story and his daughter's imagination.

Cartoons from Russia

Russian animation has a long and proud history, from the hand-drawn masterpieces of the Soviet studio Soyuzmultfilm to the computer-animated hits of today. The Russia shelf holds 37 titles, and the Cartoons from Russia help page picks out a few.

Masha and the Bear is the most famous Russian cartoon in the world. First shown in 2009, it follows Masha, an energetic three-year-old girl, who visits her friend the Bear, a retired circus performer who would love a quiet life in the forest. Masha brings chaos, laughter and a great deal of love into his home, and the series has been watched billions of times around the world. Its episodes on YouTube are among the most viewed videos ever made. The Masha and the Bear help page has more.

Masha has two spin-off series. In Masha's tales, Masha retells famous fairy tales in her own lively way, often getting the details delightfully mixed up, and in Masha's Spooky Stories she explains to young viewers how to feel brave about the dark, the space under the bed and the cupboard. Masha e Orso - Amici per sempre collects eight favourite episodes with some extra scenes.

The other Russian series are just as charming. The Fixies follows a family of tiny people who live inside household machines and keep them working, explaining in each episode how a different gadget works, from a kettle to a computer; it is one of the most educational series on the site, and its theme song is famous in Russia. The Barkers, known in Russia as Barboskiny, follows a family of five puppies and their parents through the funny ups and downs of home life. Kikoriki: New Adventures and Kikoriki: New Season bring back the round, brightly coloured animal friends known in Russia as Smeshariki, a series loved by Russian children for more than twenty years.

For younger children, BabyRiki follows the Kikoriki characters as toddlers, Booba explores a new room in every episode, and Be-Be-Bears follows two bear friends on far-out adventures. The Adventures of Peter and Wolf follows an ordinary schoolboy and his unusual friend, The Mojicons imagines the life of the little faces in our text messages, and What the Family is a short comedy about a big, cheerful household.

The Russian films are among the treasures of the site. Three Heroes. Daily Tales and Three Heroes. Daily Tales 2 follow the three legendary bogatyrs of Russian folklore, the heroes Ilya, Dobrynya and Alyosha, in short comic adventures. Turbosaurs: Hello, Siren! brings back the friendly dinosaur cars of the Turbosaurs series. Our Masha and the Magic Nut follows a little girl and her friends on a fairy-tale journey, and Alice's Birthday, adapted from the science-fiction stories of Kir Bulychev, sends the young Alice on a trip to a distant planet. Babka Ezhka and Others imagines a little girl raised in the forest by the witch of Russian fairy tales, and How to Catch a Feather from the Firebird follows young Ivan on a quest for the magical bird. Ruslan and Lyudmila. More Than a Fairy Tale is a bright modern version of Pushkin's famous poem.

The short films are tiny jewels. Strawberry Rain, from 1990, imagines clouds that rain strawberries, cheese and carrots on the animals of the forest. Snow Is Falling follows the snow as it leaves the forest for the city, Umka at the Holiday Tree brings back the little polar bear Umka on a winter adventure, and Dawn of Kesha the Parrot returns to a classic Russian character, the cheeky parrot Kesha. Adventures in the Emerald City: The Silver Slippers retells the Wizard of Oz with the young Dolly and her dog Toto, Mr. Bliss adapts a picture book by J.R.R. Tolkien, and Kolobok is a musical film of the folk tale of the runaway bun. About Our Astronauts, Snowflake, Switchcraft, My Life, Pacifier and «5/4» are short films of a few minutes each.

Cartoons from Europe

Europe, and France in particular, is one of the great centres of children's animation, and many European series have been dubbed for Indian television. The Europe shelf holds 97 titles, the largest country shelf on the site, and the Cartoons from Europe help page offers a tour.

The Smurfs began in 1958 in the comics of the Belgian artist Peyo, and The Smurfs, the 2021 series, brings the little blue creatures back in bright computer animation, with Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy and all their friends in a village of mushroom houses. Yakari, based on the Belgian comics by Derib and Job, follows a young Sioux boy who can talk with animals, and his adventures with his pony Little Thunder are full of respect for nature. Dogmatix and the Indomitables follows the little dog from the Asterix stories and his friends in Roman-occupied Lutetia, and The Daltons follows the four bumbling outlaw brothers from Lucky Luke in a string of failed prison escapes.

Code Lyoko is one of the most beloved French series of the 2000s. Four friends at a boarding school discover a supercomputer and travel into the virtual world of Lyoko to protect both worlds, and the series mixes traditional animation for the real world with computer animation for the virtual one. Code Lyoko: Evolution continues the story. Martin Morning follows a nine-year-old boy who wakes up as something new every morning, a superhero, a dinosaur or an astronaut, and Grizzy & the Lemmings follows a bear who keeps fighting a gang of lemmings for control of a forest ranger's house, with slapstick that needs only pictures and music.

France also makes wonderful comedies. Kaeloo follows a band of animal friends in the Super Cute Country, Zip Zip follows three wild animals who move into a human house disguised as pets, Angelo Rules follows a clever boy with a plan for every problem, and The Sisters follows two sisters who argue and laugh their way through family life. Space Goofs follows five strange aliens stranded on Earth in the attic of a house, Ratz follows two rats aboard a cruise ship, and Kid Paddle follows a boy obsessed with video games. Mr. Magoo, the 2019 series, brings back the short-sighted and kind-hearted hero, and Rekkit Rabbit follows a boy and a giant magical rabbit.

Italy is home to the studio Rainbow, famous for Winx Club: The Magic Is Back, the 2025 return of the fairies of Alfea, and PopPixie, about the tiny pixies of Pixieville. 44 Cats follows four kittens who form a band called the Buffycats, Monster Allergy follows a boy who can see the invisible creatures that live among us, and Gormiti, Gormiti: Nature Unleashed!, Dinofroz and Egyxos are action series for older children. Tommy & Oscar follows a boy and his alien friend, and Puppy in My Pocket follows the tiny puppies of Pocketville.

Spain has given children The Return of Dogtanian, the 1991 sequel to the much-loved Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, with its canine musketeers in seventeenth-century France, and Willy Fog 2, the second series of the round-the-world adventure inspired by Jules Verne, with its lion hero and his friends. Sandokan retells the famous pirate stories of Emilio Salgari with tigers and other animals, and I, Elvis Riboldi follows an energetic, scatterbrained boy. El Chavo: The Animated Series, from Mexico, is the cartoon version of a famous television comedy about a poor but cheerful boy and his neighbours.

Germany adds some of the most thoughtful series. Jim Button and Momo adapt two novels by Michael Ende, the author of The Neverending Story: Jim and his friend Luke the engine driver sail away from their tiny island, and Momo is a girl with a rare gift for listening, who saves her town from the grey men who steal people's time. Simsala Grimm retells the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm with two cheerful guides, Yoyo and Doc Croc. Maya the Bee, the 2013 series, brings the famous little bee into computer animation, and Der kleine Ritter Trenk, JoNaLu and TOM & das Erdbeermarmeladebrot mit Honig are gentle German favourites.

Heroes and robots

Children love heroes, and the Heroes and robots shelf gathers 30 series and films about transforming robots, magical girls and brave young adventurers. The Heroes and robots help page offers a short tour.

Transforming heroes come mostly from Korea: Miniforce, Tobot Galaxy Detectives, Turning Mecard and Power Top Plate are full of colourful transformations and teamwork. Zak Storm follows a boy who is swept into the Bermuda Triangle and becomes a captain with a talking sword, and Droners and Petronix Defenders follow teams of young friends who protect their worlds with clever machines.

Magical heroines are just as popular. LoliRock follows Iris, a girl who joins a pop group and discovers that she is a princess of a magical kingdom. H2O: Mermaid Adventures follows three girls who become mermaids each time they touch water — a gift that brings both fun and secrets. Winx Club: The Magic Is Back follows Bloom and her friends at the Alfea school for fairies, and Miraculous Secrets lets Marinette, the hero of Miraculous, tell her diary about her double life as Ladybug.

Classic adventure heroes round out the shelf. Egyxos follows a boy who travels to ancient Egypt, Monster Allergy follows a boy and his friends who protect the invisible creatures of their town, Norman Normal follows the one ordinary member of a family with superpowers, and Ewilan's Quest, from 2026, follows a thirteen-year-old girl who discovers that she can travel to a magical world by drawing. Gawayn follows an optimistic young knight in Camelot, and My Knight and Me is a medieval comedy about a squire, his father the knight and a wizard.

Fairy tales and classics

Animation is a wonderful way to meet the great stories of the world, and the Fairy tales and classics shelf gathers 38 of them. The Fairy tales and classics help page has a short selection.

The Little Prince, the 2010 series, sends the young hero of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's famous book to new planets in each story, protecting their people with the help of his friend the Fox. The New Adventures of Peter Pan brings Wendy and her brothers back to Neverland in a series made in partnership with India, and Belle and Sebastian follows a young orphan and his huge white dog in the French Alps. Alice & Lewis imagines a six-year-old Alice who travels to Wonderland with a magical key and makes new friends there, and Ernest and Célestine, The Collection follows the big bear and the little mouse from the books of Gabrielle Vincent.

The swashbuckling classics are full of energy. Robin des Bois : Malice à Sherwood imagines Robin Hood as a cheerful boy defending Sherwood Forest while King Richard is away, The Return of Dogtanian brings back the canine musketeers, and Willy Fog 2 sends its lion hero around the world again. Iznogoud follows the scheming Grand Vizier who wants to become caliph instead of the caliph, and Spirou follows the daring young adventurer from the Belgian comics. Pirate Family follows a family of pirates whose ship is home, school and adventure all at once.

The folk tales come from across the world: Simsala Grimm from Germany, Papa Beaver's Storytime from France, Kolobok and How to Catch a Feather from the Firebird from Russia, Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King and The Legend of Nezha from China and Jang Geum's Dream from Korea. Each one is a small window onto another culture, and children who watch several of them begin to notice how stories travel between countries.

Comedy for every age

Cartoon comedy is the great universal language, and many of the funniest series on the site tell their jokes through pictures and music alone. The Comedy shelf holds 68 titles, and the Cartoon comedy help page picks out the best.

Larva, Grizzy & the Lemmings, Booba, Bernard and Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects all tell their stories through pictures, sound effects and music, which makes them perfect for families who speak different languages at home. Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects is particularly special: it places small computer-animated insects into real photographed landscapes, and each episode is a tiny comic drama about a ladybird, a fly or a group of ants.

Other comedies are about cheeky children. Angelo Rules, Kid Paddle, I, Elvis Riboldi, The Sisters and Martin Morning all follow young heroes with big ideas, and their schools and families will be familiar to children everywhere. Space Goofs, The Daltons, Ratz, Zip Zip and Zoo Olympics are fast, silly slapstick in the classic style, and Mini-Wakfu is a set of short comic sketches based on a French fantasy series.

The Chinese comedies, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf and Boonie Bears, and the Russian ones, Masha and the Bear and The Barkers, are perhaps the most popular of all with Indian children, and they suit the whole family on a quiet evening.

Films and short films

The Movies shelf holds 37 films, from full-length features to short films of a few minutes, and the Animated films help page lists the highlights.

Curious George: Royal Monkey follows the famous little monkey as he swaps places with a royal monkey in a European kingdom, a funny and gentle film for young children. The Songbirds' Secret, a French film from 2025, follows nine-year-old Lucie on a summer holiday where she discovers a secret that changes her summer. Mr. Miao is a Chinese fantasy about a magical golden flower, and Our Masha and the Magic Nut is a Russian fairy-tale adventure.

Among the shorter films, La Fellinette brings to life a young girl drawn in a notebook in 1971 by the great Italian director Federico Fellini, and Rocks, from Germany, follows two stone people who watch the centuries pass on a mountain top. Palmipedarium is a gentle French short about a boy and the ducks he knows so well, and Dodudindon was made as the opening film of the 2009 Annecy festival, the world's great festival of animation. Pokémon Original Short Animation: Homecoming is a short about the people and Pokémon of a busy city.

The Russian shorts described in the Russia section above, from Strawberry Rain to Umka at the Holiday Tree, are ideal for small children, who can enjoy a complete story in under ten minutes. The two Three Heroes. Daily Tales films and Turbosaurs: Hello, Siren! are collections of short episodes, ideal for an afternoon.

Through the decades

Anime Dub Hindi covers more than thirty-five years of animation, and the decade shelves show how the craft has changed. The Through the decades help page offers a quick tour.

The Before 2005 shelf gathers the hand-drawn classics: Space Goofs, Caillou, Simsala Grimm, Jim Button, Iznogoud, Spirou, Haier Brothers and the first Code Lyoko. Many Indian parents remember these series from their own childhood on cable television.

The 2005 to 2014 shelf is the decade when computer animation took over children's television, with Masha and the Bear, Larva, Robocar Poli, Tayo the Little Bus, The Fixies, Boonie Bears and Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. The 2015 onward shelf gathers the newest arrivals, from Catch! Teenieping and Bread Barbershop to 7 Bears, Belfort & Lupin, Dog Days Out and Ewilan's Quest. The Top rated shelf collects the titles that viewers rate most highly.

Cartoons on Indian television

Many of the series on Anime Dub Hindi have been dubbed into Hindi, Tamil and Telugu for Indian children's channels and streaming services, and for many families those voices are as familiar as the characters themselves. The Cartoons on Indian TV help page explains how to find them today.

The easiest way is to open the title page and press Watch now: JustWatch shows the services that carry the title in your country, and each service lists its own audio tracks and subtitles. Masha and the Bear, Pororo the Little Penguin, Boonie Bears, Grizzy & the Lemmings, Larva and Super Wings are widely available with Hindi tracks, and several of the European classics can be found with English or original-language audio.

Some series were made in partnership with Indian studios. The New Adventures of Peter Pan, Zou and Dinofroz list Indian partners among their producers, a reminder that India is a great centre of animation as well as a great audience for it.

Picks by age

Every child is different, but a few suggestions can help parents choose. The Picks by age help page sums them up.

For children up to five, the calmest series are best. Pororo the Little Penguin, Tayo the Little Bus, Simon, Caillou, Louie and Mofy have soft colours, short episodes and simple lessons about sharing, safety and friendship. Super JoJo and Baby Shark's Big Show! add songs, and Booba and Larva add gentle laughter.

From six to nine, children enjoy more action and more jokes. Masha and the Bear, The Fixies, Super Wings, Robocar Poli, Miniforce and Boonie Bears are lively and colourful, and The Smurfs, Yakari and Kaeloo are wonderful for this age.

From ten upward, longer stories take over. Code Lyoko, Zak Storm, Winx Club: The Magic Is Back, LoliRock, Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King and The Little Prince reward attention, and the classics Jim Button and Momo are lovely to watch together as a family.

A perfect first week

If your family is new to world cartoons, here is a simple plan for a first week. On Monday, meet Masha and the Bear in the first episodes of Masha and the Bear. On Tuesday, fly around the world with Jett in Super Wings. On Wednesday, laugh with the red and yellow worms of Larva. On Thursday, join the goats on the Green Green Grassland in Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. On Friday, watch the little blue villagers in The Smurfs. At the weekend, share Curious George: Royal Monkey as a family film and begin Code Lyoko with the older children.

A second week could follow a country: Korea one evening with Pororo the Little Penguin and Bread Barbershop, China the next with Boonie Bears, Russia with The Fixies and Three Heroes. Daily Tales, and France at the weekend with Yakari and Martin Morning.

Learning with cartoons

Many of these series are made with education in mind. The Fixies explains how household machines work, Super Wings introduces the countries and cultures of the world, Haier Brothers teaches science and geography, and The Way Things Work, based on the book by David Macaulay, explains great inventions with the help of a herd of woolly mammoths. Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects is a delightful introduction to the creatures of the garden, and Chess Player shows how patience and practice lead to mastery.

Cartoons from other countries are also a gentle introduction to other languages and cultures. A child who watches Masha and the Bear, Pororo the Little Penguin and Yakari has visited a Russian forest, a Korean snowfield and the American plains in a single afternoon, and many families enjoy looking up the countries on a map together.

The studios behind the cartoons

Behind every series on Anime Dub Hindi stands a studio of artists, writers and musicians, and a few of them have become famous names in their own countries. Knowing them is a fun way to find more cartoons in the same style.

In Russia, the studio Animaccord in Moscow made Masha and the Bear and its spin-offs, and its computer animation, with Masha's swirling headscarf and the Bear's gentle expressions, set a new standard for Russian television. The Riki group created the round friends of Kikoriki: New Adventures and the toddlers of BabyRiki, while the Saint Petersburg studio Melnitsa is behind The Barkers and the Three Heroes. Daily Tales films, which grew out of its much-loved series of feature films about the three bogatyrs.

In Korea, Iconix Entertainment created Pororo the Little Penguin together with partners, and later Tayo the Little Bus; Roi Visual made Robocar Poli; and TUBA Entertainment made Larva. In China, Creative Power Entertaining made Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf in Guangzhou, and the Fantawild group, which also runs theme parks, made Boonie Bears, whose characters now appear in feature films and amusement parks across the country.

France has the largest group of studios. Futurikon made Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects, whose creators Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud later turned it into two award-winning feature films. Xilam made Mr. Magoo, Data Films made Grizzy & the Lemmings, and Gaumont's animation studio made Space Goofs. Code Lyoko, created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo, began as a student project before it became one of France's great television successes. In Italy, Iginio Straffi's studio Rainbow created the Winx Club in 2004 and went on to make PopPixie, 44 Cats and Winx Club: The Magic Is Back.

These studios share a talent for characters that children recognise at once, a strong sense of colour and humour, and an understanding that the youngest viewers deserve the same care as anyone else. Many of them also work with Indian animation houses, which help with drawing, colouring and dubbing, so a great deal of the world's children's animation passes through Indian hands before it reaches Indian screens.

Finding a title

Anime Dub Hindi offers several ways to find a title. The search box in the right-hand column finds titles as you type, by English or original name, so The Barkers and Barboskiny both lead to the same page, and Kikoriki and Smeshariki do the same. The links in the header open the main shelves, and the A to Z list shows every title in alphabetical order. The Finding a title help page has more tips.

The home page itself is a map of the catalogue. Each row of cards leads to a full shelf through its More link, and the sidebar lists every shelf with the number of titles it holds, from the 183 titles of All titles to the smaller country and theme shelves.

My List

My List keeps the titles your family wants to watch. Add a series or film from its page, and it appears in the list that opens from the blue Open My List button under the header. The list lives in this browser, so it opens instantly, and it can be exported to a small file and imported on another device, such as the family television or a grandparent's tablet. The My List help page explains each step.

Many families keep more than one list: one for the summer holidays, one for the long Diwali or Eid weekend and one for rainy afternoons. Children enjoy choosing the next title themselves, and a list is a lovely way to share the choice.

Why world cartoons matter

The best children's cartoons are made with great care by artists who take children seriously. They give young viewers heroes who are curious, kind and brave, and stories in which problems are solved with teamwork, imagination and a sense of humour. Masha's energy, Pororo's friendship, the Fixies' cleverness and Yakari's respect for nature are good lessons in any language.

Cartoons from other countries also show children that the world is full of different places and people who share the same feelings and the same jokes. A family in Delhi, Chennai or Hyderabad watching a Korean bus, a Russian bear or a French boy who wakes up as a dinosaur is sharing the same laughter as families in Seoul, Moscow and Paris, and that is a happy thought.

About Anime Dub Hindi

Anime Dub Hindi is an independent English guide. It hosts the pages, the stories and the shelves, and it sends you to the official services that carry each title through the Watch now button. The posters, credits and production details come from TMDB, and the help pages and this guide are written for Anime Dub Hindi by its own editorial team. The About page explains what the site keeps in your browser and where its data comes from.

The catalogue grows with care, one family-friendly title at a time, and every title is chosen for its warmth, its imagination and its welcome for viewers of every age. Happy watching, and enjoy the journey around the world.

Questions and answers

A few quick answers for parents and new viewers.

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