Жанр сказки маша и медведь

Masha and the Bear
Genre	Adventure Comedy
Created by	Oleg Kuzovkov Lisa Judson
Screenplay by	Oleg Kuzovkov Oleg Užinov Natalya Rumiantseva Denis Chervyatsov Nikolai Kuzovkov Joe Ksander Kevin R. Adams Ernest Kataev Greg Nix Marina Sycheva Alex Budovsky Hunter Cope Aleksey Karanovich Aleksandr Filyurin Vadim Golovanov Ekaterina Kozhushanaya
Directed by	Denis Chervyatsov Oleg Kuzovkov Oleg Uzhinov Marina Nefedova Olga Baulina Roman Kozich Georgiy Orlov Vladislav Bayramgulov Natalya Malgina Andrey Belyaev Ilya Trusov Vasily Bogatyrev
Voices of	Yulia Zunikova (Masha) Alina Kukushkina (Dasha) Boris Kutnevich & Irina Kukushkina (Bear) Mark Kutnevich (Panda & Rabbit) Eduard Nazarov (Santa Claus)
Music by	Vasily Bogatyrev
Opening theme	Masha and the Bear Theme Song
Country of origin	Russia
Original language	Russian
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	92 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Andrey Dobrunov Oleg Kuzovkov Dmitry Loveyko Marina Ratina Maria Demina Sergey Martynov
Animators	Darya Matreshina Tatyana Bolotnova Alexey Borzykh Sergey Kuligin (35 episode Fotografia) Sergey Sharigin Elena Saraeva Vadim Smaga Sergey Artyukh Yana Zavyalova Michael Milotvorskiy Mihail Tarasov
Running time	7-8 minutes
Production company	Animaccord Animation Studio
Distributor	Animaccord Animation Studio
Release
Original network	Russia-1 (2011–2018) Russia-K (2014–present)
Original release	7 January 2009 – present

Masha and the Bear (Russian: Ма́ша и Медве́дь, romanized: Masha i Medved Russian pronunciation: [ˈmaʂə i mʲɪdˈvʲetʲ]) is a Russian preschool comedy computer-animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov and produced by Animaccord Animation Studio, loosely based on the oral children’s folk story of the same name. The show focuses on the adventures of a little girl named Masha and her caring friend, the bear (mishka) that always keeps her safe from disasters.

Masha and The Bear is the most watched preschool series in the world, with 36 times more requests than the average. It is also the fifth most-watched youth series (0–18) worldwide, just ahead of Peppa Pig.^[1]

Many of the episodes have been successful on YouTube. In particular, the Russian-language version of the episode «Маша плюс каша» («Recipe for Disaster») has almost 4.5 billion views as of April 2022, making it the site’s twelfth most viewed video of all time, and the most viewed video on YouTube that is not a music video.^[2]

The show consists of five seasons. Season 5, launched in June 2020 was the first Russian-produced animated TV show to be released in 4K.^{[citation needed]}

Plot[edit]

Masha is a four-year-old girl who lives in the forest with her pig, goat, and dog. In the first episode, it is shown that all the animals in the forest are afraid of her, as she is constantly forcing them to play with her. Then Masha sees a butterfly and inadvertently follows it inside the home of the Bear, who has gone fishing. While playing there, she makes a big mess. When he returns, he sees the disaster caused by Masha. The Bear tries to get rid of Masha but after multiple failed attempts, the unlikely duo become friends.^[3]

In each episode of the show, Masha is portrayed as a bright but mischievous little girl who loves exploring the world around her. Masha’s shenanigans result in unexpected but entertaining situations that are at the heart of the show’s episodes. The kind-hearted Bear is always trying to keep Masha out of trouble, but often ends up the unintended victim of her mischief. There are several supporting characters in the series, including Masha’s cousin Dasha, a penguin adopted by the Bear, a young panda cub from China (the Bear’s cousin), two wolves who live in an old UAZ ambulance car, a tiger that used to work with the Bear in the circus, and a Female Bear that is the object of the Bear’s affections. Characters also include a hare, squirrels and hedgehogs, a pig called Rosie, a goat, and a dog who all live in Masha’s front yard.^[4]

Characters[edit]

Main[edit]

Masha

Masha (a diminutive form of Maria) is a 4-year-old girl who is portrayed as naughty and hyperactive, and always thinks about playing. She lives in a house near a railway station; near her house there is a path that leads to the Bear’s house. Masha loves the bear very much, but in her games she tends to create problems for him. In the series, neither Masha’s parents nor the parents of her friends are shown. She loves sweets, jumping in a bucket, and looking at drawings of her and Bear. Masha’s character combines the characteristics of 4-year-old (making grammatical errors when speaking, crying when she is not given what she wants) with adult skills (playing tennis, fishing, making preserves, playing electric guitar and throwing tantrums). In the episode «God Save the Queen», it is revealed that Masha has super strength, as she managed to pull a multi-ton train near her house just to give an elegant reception for the Lion King. She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina in Russian, and in English by Elsie Fisher.^[5] In subsequent seasons, Masha was dubbed by Rebecca Bloom (ep. 27–39) and Angelica Keamy (ep. 40–52) and now dubbed by Kaitlyn McCormick. She is usually shown wearing a white shirt under a purple dress with a purple hood covering her short hair.

Bear

The bear is a retired circus Kamchatka brown bear who lives in a house hollowed out of a tree in the forest. His past occupation makes him very talented in performing arts (like juggling, unicycling, and even stage magic) although he’s also known to dabble into other hobbies and even some intellectual pursuits. Some episodes feature flashbacks in which he remembers his childhood as a cub in the same house. In the Russian-language version, Masha calls him «Mishka» (Russian: Мишка, a diminutive form of Russian name Misha, lit. «Mikey», fig. «Little Bear»), the traditional name given to bears in Russian tales. He is a huge bear with a big heart and he is Masha’s father-like figure, as well as a friendly figure to her. He was voiced by Boris Kutnevich & Irina Kukushkina. He earlier also resided in Moscow.

Masha’s Pets

A terrier, a goat, and a pig (and in the episode «How They Met», three chickens) who live outside Masha’s house in her front yard, but almost every time Masha comes out, they hide themselves to avoid her. The Pig is often forced to play with Masha, who makes it dress up like a baby in a stroller. In the episode «Dance Fever» it is revealed that the pig’s name is Rosie.

The Wild Animals

The wild animals are a hare, red squirrels, hedgehogs, and two wolves. Masha and a certain Hare—in “One, two three! Light the Christmas Tree”, Father Frost’s list calls him ‘Bunny’, and in “Surprise! Surprise!” he delivers painted eggs—often play hockey together (and make a mess or accidentally hurt someone). The Hare is occasionally an antagonist of the Bear, due to stealing carrots from the Bear’s garden. The two Wolves live in a derelict ambulance car on top of a hill, often looking for something to eat, and act as medics for any apparent injuries or illnesses, though they sometimes fear Masha (living in an ambulance cab and acting as medics is a pun on the Russian idiomatic expression Волки — санитары леса, «wolves are orderlies of the woods»).

She-Bear

The She-Bear is a female grizzly bear. The Bear is enamored of her and sometimes goes out of his way to impress her. The first time she rebuffed him in favor of the Black Bear, only to realize how self-absorbed he is. Another time, she turned her nose up at the Bear’s classical guitar playing as she preferred more modern music.^[6] Even so, the She-Bear usually opens up to the Bear, such as the time she agreed to have a dinner with him, and she is sometimes kind to Masha, such as giving her a fashion magazine, helping to train her for her tennis match against the Black Bear, and helping her learn to ice-skate.

Dasha

Dasha is Masha’s cousin from Moscow, who looks like Masha, but is more «ladylike», has platinum-blonde hair and blue eyes (Masha’s are green), wears boxy blue-rimmed glasses and an orange dress. She is afraid of the Bear and calls him «Shaggy», «Monster» and «Beast».^[7] She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina.

Panda

Panda is a panda cub and the Bear’s young cousin from China. He and Masha are rivals, often bickering every time he comes for a visit, but they occasionally get along and have fun together.

Recurring[edit]

Whiskers n’ Stripes

A Siberian tiger who is Bear’s best friend from their days performing together in the Moscow circus.

The Black Bear

A Himalayan black bear, who is Bear’s worst enemy and Bear’s chief rival for the attentions of the She-Bear. The Black Bear has an arrogant and unsportsmanlike personality, cheating to win against Masha in a tennis game, and laughing at her when she grows gigantic. Bear’s biggest fear is if Black Bear and She-Bear marry, which is shown in Game Over when Bear imagines what will happen if he plays games his whole life.

Penguin

An Adélie penguin that first appears in «The Foundling», as an egg that Masha finds and makes the Bear hatch. The Penguin quickly imprints on the Bear as his parental-figure and the Bear forms a sincere bond with him, but chooses to send the Penguin to live in Antarctica for his own health.^[8] Even so, they stay in touch and the Penguin once visited.

Ded Moroz (fig. Grandfather Frost)

A Russian version of Santa Claus (from Russian fairy tales) who appears in Christmas-themed episodes.

Four-eyed aliens

An trio of alien specimens who accidentally crashed on Earth, they were helped by Bear and Masha to get back to their spaceship.

Sources[edit]

According to the project’s director, Denis Chervyatsov,

Masha was based on a real person… In the 1990s, the project’s artistic director, Oleg Kuzovkov, was on holiday when he saw a little girl on the beach. The child was so genuine and open that she could easily walk up to a stranger and play chess with him or pick up his flippers and go swimming. However, after a few days, the vacationers began to hide from the girl – she was too active and intrusive.^[9]

Production[edit]

The series’ production has been handled domestically at Animaccord Animation Studio since 2008.^[9] The scenario for each episode is written by Oleg Kuzovkov, creator of the cartoon. Then the storyboarding is developed in accordance with the script and, in general, consists of at least 2000 slides. After the team finalizes the plot of an episode, the work for the 2D animatic kicks off. At this stage, animators define the duration of each scene in an episode, how characters are placed in it and interact with each other. After this step of the production is finished, the episode is passed for dubbing. Dubbing must be completed before 3D animation is applied, as the 3D animators need to know the characters’ dialogue, intonations, and emotions in advance in order to keep their lip movements synchronized to the audio and make their facial expressions look realistic.^[10]

3D animation[edit]

The 3D animation process begins right after dubbing has been finished. Animators manipulate all the movements that happen during the scenes, such as opening doors, taking books from bookshelves, and creating all the bodily movements required to bring the characters to life.^{[citation needed]}

Rendering Manager[edit]

Rendering Manager brings all the processes together. Renderers colorize grey 3D models and add such details as the Bear’s fur, Masha’s hair, etc. They create the lighting and weather in the scene as determined by the script.^{[citation needed]}

Compositing Supervisor[edit]

Composing Supervisor is the final stage of production, where the composers review all scenes of an episode, checking the color intensities, smoothing the edges of 3D models, and bringing all the components together to form a complete episode. Then the work is approved by the director and script-writer and uploaded to the show’s official YouTube channel ‘Masha and the Bear — Official Channel’ formerly ‘MashaBearTV’ before it can be shown on TV.^{[citation needed]}

Actors[edit]

Masha, her cousin Dasha, and Father Frost are the only characters who speak. The others communicate through pantomime or wordless sounds.^{[citation needed]}

For the first two seasons, Masha’s voice in the original Russian version was performed by Alina Kukushkina, who was 6 years old when she began to dub Masha. For the third season (seven years later in 2015), the officials of Animaccord studio confirmed that the new voice of Masha would be 6-year-old Barbara Sarantseva and then replaced again by Yulia Zunikova in 2020. The show’s sound designer, Boris Kutnevich, provides the voice of The Bear. Mark Kutnevich provides the voice of The Hare.^{[citation needed]}

For the English version, Elsie Fisher – the voice of Agnes in the Despicable Me films – dubbed the voice of Masha in the first season. In subsequent seasons Masha was dubbed by Rebecca Bloom (ep. 27–39) and Angelica Keamy (ep. 40–52) and now is Kaitlyn McCormick.

For Indonesian version, Azelia Rashika Andini was Masha’s voice.^{[citation needed]}

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack for each episode is written by Russian composer Vasily Bogatyrev^{[better source needed]}. Many compositions are stylized for famous works: Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, a circus theme from the movie Soviet Circus, and in the episode “One-Hit Wonder” the rockstar Masha performs a song in the style of the group AC/DC. Most of the songs used in the cartoon, such as the soundtracks of “Laundry Day” and “The Grand Piano Lesson” episodes, became popular in Russia and abroad.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and achievements[edit]

• In January 2015, the cartoon was included into a list of «TV Shows Destined to be Classics,» which was compiled by the cartoon industry’s periodical Animation Magazine to mark its 250 issue.^{[citation needed]}
• In February 2015, Masha and the Bear won a 2015 Kidscreen Award for Best Animation in the Creative Talent.^[11]
• In October 2015, Kidscreen Magazine named Animaccord Animation Studios as one of the top 50 leaders in the world of animation (Kidscreen Hot50) and the top 10 production companies of the year.^{[citation needed]}
• In 2018, the cartoon was included in the Guinness World Records as the most-watched animated video on YouTube, with the episode “Recipe for Disaster” that today counts over 4.4 billion views.^[12] The episode was included in the most viewed video of all time, together with such well-known artists as Ed Sheeran with “Shape of you” video and Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee with “Despacito”.^{[citation needed]}

According to the Associated Press, «Masha, who is dressed in a folk costume with a headscarf, became a household name in many Muslim nations including Indonesia.»^[13] Dmitry Loveyko, managing director of Animaccord, said that «It’s a Muslim country, so we thought we’re lucky she wears a headscarf and her legs are covered!»^[13]

Mobile apps[edit]

The first Masha and the Bear mobile app was released by Apps Ministry in August 2011.^{[citation needed]} In 2013 the first mobile game Masha and the Bear: Search and Rescue was published by Apps Ministry. Later more publishers such as Indigo Kids, PSV Studio, Noviy Disk developed and released games and apps featuring Masha and the Bear.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution[edit]

Netflix has released 27 of the first 29 episodes in 9 episodes of 3 segments each.^{[citation needed]} Many of the videos were uploaded multiple times on three different YouTube channels («Маша и Медведь», «Get Movies» and «Masha and The Bear») so their view counts across up to three channels have been combined.^[14][15][16]

Episodes[edit]

Title » Season 1 (2009-12)	No.	Title	Netflix sequence	Russia viewers (millions)
1	How They Met Tired of having all the animals not listening to her, a girl named Masha runs away into a cottage. She discovers three pots of porridge, a wooden chair, and a bed. She eventually eats the three porridges and breaks the wooden chair before finding the bed and falls asleep in it. However, she fails to notice while she is sleeping that there is a bear heading home. The bear is also shocked to find the three pots empty, and noticing the chair in smithereens before finding Masha sleeping. He is about to throw her out when Masha awakens before hugging the bear. The Bear’s angry frown goes away and he smiles too.	1.1.1	4. 94
2	Don’t Wake Till Spring! It becomes autumn, and it’s time for Bear to hibernate, Masha wanders to Bear’s house. Bear removes everything in and outside the house since Masha usually messes up everything, and even setting up a trap on the door, but Masha is able to get in, and goes to Bear and yells «Come play with me!», but Bear doesn’t budge, leaving Masha going into a room where he put the bee hives in, and disturbs them with Bear waking up, and falls for the door trap. Later on, Bear makes Masha food since she starts getting hungry, but while starting to eat, she gets tired and Bear puts her to bed, leaving the food to a wolf and himself.	1.1.2	3. 54
3	One, Two, Three! Light the Christmas Tree!	1.1.3	1. 68
4	Tracks of Unknown Animals	1.3.1	3. 75
5	Prances with Wolves	1.2.2	3. 52
6	Jam Day	1.2.1	9. 09
7	Springtime for Bear	1.2.3	2. 18
8	Gone Fishing One day while fishing, the bear is pulled into a river due to a sardine grabbing the Bears sandwich. Masha discovered the bear while reading a book The Bear and the mouse and comes to the rescue in a canoe. The Bears boat crashes sending the Bear flying into the river, but Masha Dives into the water to rescue him. After pulling the bear out, the bear thanks her for her help, however another sardine along with her husband arrive and pulls masha’s fishing rod into the water with Masha hanging on to it prompting the bear to do the Rescue all over again.	1.4.1	2. 51
9	Call Me Please!	1.4.3	2. 36
10	Holiday on Ice	1.6.1	4. 09
11	First Day of School	1.8.1	3. 06
12	No Trespassing!	1.8.3	1. 34
13	Hide and Seek Is Not for the Weak	1.5.2	3. 37
14	Watch Out! While playing tag with the bear, a father wolf bumps into a tree and a branch falls down knocking him unconscious. Masha and the Bear arrive and take good care of him. However, a bunny rabbit hiccups and the bear brings her into the house. However, more animals end up getting hurt and sick every single day such as accidentally stepping into insects, So the cottage is full with animals in bed and in chairs. When Masha and the Bear awaken, they discover the animals staggering out of the house. Masha Cries Out happily, «oh look»! «the animals are all well»! «now what should we do today»?.	1.3.2	2. 18
15	Little Cousin	1.6.3	7. 58
16	Get Well Soon!	1.9.2	4. 08
17	Recipe For Disaster	1.7.1	6. 44
18	Laundry Day One day, Masha gets dirty when going to the bear’s House to get some milk for her baby pig, so the bear puts on new outfits for Masha to wear. However Masha is covered in the milk she was going to give to her baby pig, such as getting covered in the pink porridge she was going to give to her pretend baby, getting all dusty when pulling for a jar of jam, and getting covered in raspberry juice because the bear won’t let her in the house since she is getting all dirty. The bear leaves along with the pig and Masha in frustration since Masha is getting all dirty, but few troubles begin when Masha gets covered in seaweed and sea stars, and getting ink all over her last outfit. The bear realizes there is no more outfits for Masha to try on before discovering the baby pig. He dresses up Masha into a baby as well and the pig go away with Masha in the rocking driving crib and Masha Shouts at the bear that they forgot her regular outfit.	1.5.1	4. 65
19	The Grand Piano Lesson	1.8.2	3. 31
20	Stripes and Whiskers	1.4.2	2. 60
21	Home Alone	1.3.3	2. 33
22	Hold Your Breath	1.7.2	3. 13
23	The Foundling	1.7.3	0. 17
24	Bon Appétit!	2.6.2	6. 17
25	Hokus-Pokus	1.6.2	8. 18
26	Home Improvement	1.5.3	4. 20

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Netflix sequence	Russia viewers (millions)
27	1	Picture Perfect	2.1.1	3. 54
28	2	Time To Ride My Pony	1.9.3	2. 71
29	3	One-Hit Wonder	1.9.1	2. 60
30	4	Growing Potion	2.1.3	3. 71
31	5	Swept Away	2.1.2	1. 22
32	6	All in the Family	2.3.3	3. 19
33	7	La Dolce Vita	2.2.1	9. 05
34	8	Just Shoot Me	3.7.3	2. 12
35	9	Kidding Around	2.2.2	1. 53
36	10	Two Much	2.4.3	5. 18
37	11	Bon Voyage	2.2.3	2. 03
38	12	Trading Places Day	2.3.2	2. 04
39	13	The Thriller Night	2.7.2	2. 09
40	14	Terrible Power	2.4.1	3. 19
41	15	Hat Trick	2.4.2	2. 67
42	16	And Action!	2.5.1	2. 05
43	17	Self-Made Hero	2.7.1	3. 23
44	18	Once in a Year	2.3.1	3. 09
45	19	The Puzzling Case	2.5.3	1. 67
46	20	Dance Fever	2.7.3	2. 36
47	21	Victory Cry	2.5.2	3. 93
48	22	Sabre-Toothed Bear	2.8.1	3. 02
49	23	Variety Show	2.6.3	3. 27
50	24	Happy Harvest	2.8.2	4. 64
51	25	Home-Grown Ninjas	2.6.1	5. 81
52	26	See You Later	2.8.3	4. 07

Season 3 (2015–19)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Netflix sequence	Russia viewers (millions)
53	1	Coming Back Ain’t Easy [17]	3.1.1	1. 98
54	2	The Very Fairy Tale	3.1.2	3. 16
55	3	Driving Lessons	3.2.1	3. 28
56	4	A Ghost Story	3.2.3	1. 47
57	5	Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!	3.3.2	1. 69
58	6	Like Cat and Mouse	3.2.2	2. 28
59	7	Game Over	3.4.2	1. 49
60	8	At Your Service	3.4.1	3. 10
61	9	Sneakers	3.4.3	1. 82
62	10	Rock-a-bye, baby!	3.1.3	3. 78
63	11	Surprise! Surprise!	3.3.1	6. 34
64	12	The Three Mashketeers	3.3.3	1. 14
65	13	We Come in Peace!	3.6.3	0. 96
66	14	Tee for Three	3.8.1	0. 85
67	15	Best Medicine	3.6.1	2. 12
68	16	Quartet Plus	3.6.4	0. 88
69	17	New Kids on the Block!	3.7.1	1. 34
70	18	Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star	3.5.1	3. 08
71	19	What a Wonderful Game part 1 and 2 Bored and tired, Master decides to play a game called the dancing Swan bear. But due to the game antics, the bear gets bored of the game. But after being sucked into the game while having lunch time, they must work together to get out of the game. Part 2: Masha and the Bear finally find the dancing swan princess bear. As they prepare to make their way out of the book, Masha realizes that friends are more caring than games. || 3.8.3 || 0. 78
72	20	That’s Your Cue!	3.6.2	0. 84
73	21	Fishy Story	3.7.2	1. 36
74	22	Monkey Business	3.7.4	1. 38
75	23	God Save the Queen!	3.5.3	0. 98
76	24	All the World’s a Stage	3.5.2	0. 69
77	25	Around the World in One Day	3.8.2	0. 33
78	26	Who Am I? After the bear loses his memory fishing by the lake, he tries to discover who he is with the help from Masha. The animals refuse to help Masha and bear, so the Bear spends his days on the log with sadness. However the wolf retrieve his memory finally making him understand who he really is.	3.8.4	0. 43

Season 4 (2019–present)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Netflix sequence	Russia viewers (millions)
79	1	Where All Love to Sing	4.2.3	0. 24
80	2	Patience and Childhood — Das Ist Gut	4.4.1	0. 35
81	3	Pink of Fashion	4.2.1	TBA
82	4	No Work All Carnival	4.1.1	0. 32
83	5	The Secret of Mashuko	4.3.1	0. 33
84	6	From England with Love	4.2.2	0. 19
85	7	Happy New Year… Again!	4.1.2	0. 24
86	8	When Cacti Bloom	4.3.2	TBA
87	9	Spanish Tunes After accidentally making a lie of swimming in the bathing pool, Masha tried to help him hide the truth. || 4.1.3 || TBA
88	10	Once in the Wild West	4.4.2	TBA
89	11	Tales from the East	4.3.3	TBA
90	12	Almost Ancient Greek Story Masha keeps on going to bed, so the bear decides to keep her up with an ancient Greek story. However things are not going well with sand pouring into the book!	4.4.3	TBA
91	13	The Magic Flute	4.4.4	TBA
92	14	Big Hike	TBA	TBA

Season 5 (2023)

Broadcast[edit]

As of 2019^{[citation needed]}, Masha and the Bear premieres on CTC in Russia, HOP! in Israel, and Treehouse TV in Canada. In the Middle East and North Africa, it premieres on Boomerang, as well as Spacetoon. It premiered on Junior in Germany and it aired on Boomerang, Cartoon Network Too, Cartoonito and Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom. It also premiered on Malyatko TV in Ukraine, and it premiered on Mega-Mult and Tlum in Russia on August 1, 2019. It is broadcast in Indonesia by ANTV and VTV,^[18] and it is also broadcast on various channels in Pakistan. In India, it is broadcast on Nick Jr. In the Philippines, it was broadcast on Yey! every 7:30 am in the Bibolilits block and was aired in the Kidz Weekend Block of A2Z Channel 11 and was also streaming on iWantTFC.

After December 31, 2022, Masha and the bear is leaving Universal Kids after 5+1⁄2 years, and it will be replaced by Polly Pocket.^[19][20]

Spin-offs[edit]

Masha’s Tales[edit]

A spin-off series to the show titled Masha’s Tales is also available on Netflix. In the show Masha (voiced by a much older actress) tells classic Russian fairy tales as well as some Grimms’ Fairy Tales to her toys. However, Masha makes up her own way of telling the stories (Such as putting a magical nutcracker who turns into a prince when she adapts Cinderella). She also mixes up the morals of the stories by often adding an additional ending so that way it could fit with what she’s telling her toys. Masha’s Tales premiered on Cartoon Network UK’s sister pre-school channel, Cartoonito on June 20, 2016.^[21]

Debut dates listed per Treehouse TV:

No.	Title	Original release date
1	The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids	21 October 2017[22]
2	The Magic Swan Geese	22 October 2017
3	The Fox and the Rabbit	23 October 2017[23]
4	Red Riding Hood	24 October 2017
5	Father Frost	25 October 2017[24]
6	The Wolf and the Fox	26 October 2017
7	The Tops and the Roots	27 October 2017[25]
8	The Frog Princess	28 October 2017
9	The Snow Maiden	28 October 2017[24]
10	Tom Thumb	29 October 2017
11	Wee Little Havroshechka	29 October 2017[26]
12	The Straw Bull-Calf	30 October 2017
13	Three Little Pigs	30 October 2017[27]
14	The Valiant Little Taylor	11:27 7 February 2018
15	Ali Baba	26 November 2017[28]
16	Cinderella	1 November 2017
17	Caliph Stork	11:20 am 9 February 2018[29]
18	Jack and the Beanstalk	2 November 2017 (reruns 9 February 2018 at 11:27 am)
19	The Swineherd	11:20 am 11 February 2018[30]
20	Bluebeard	11:27 am 11 February 2018
21	By the Pike’s Wish	11:20 am 12 February 2018[31]
22	The Fox and the Rolling Pin	11:27 am 12 February 2018
23	Axe Porridge	11:20 am 13 February 2018[32]
24	Go I Know Not Whither (TV guides misspell «Whither» as «Wither»)	11:27 am 13 February 2018
25	The Golden Cockerel	11:20 am 14 February 2018[33]
26	The Humpbacked Horse	11:27 am 14 February 2018

Masha’s Spooky Stories[edit]

Another spin-off of the Masha and the Bear franchise, Masha’s Spooky Stories, premiered on Cartoonito UK and Netflix in October 2016.^[21]

Debuts dates listed are for English releases in Canada on Treehouse TV, original air dates in Russia unknown:

No.	Title	Original release date
1	Soul Freezing Tale of Grim Forest and Tiny Timid Bug	11:20 am 15 February 2018[34]
2	Super Scary Story of a Little Boy Who Was Afraid of Washing	11:27 am 15 February 2018
3	Terrifying True Story About Monsters and Those Who Fear Them	11:20 am 16 February 2018[35]
4	Troubled Fable About a Kitten Who Was Lost But Found	11:27 am 16 February 2018
5	Nightmarish Kids Belief About Christmas Rhymes (aka «A ghastly belief about New Year verselet»)	11:20 am 17 February 2018[36]
6	Grim Parable About Superstitious Girl (aka «A gloomy parable of a superstitious girl»)	11:27 am 17 February 2018
7	Grim Testament About One Snotty Boy (aka «A gloomy covenant about a snotty boy»)	11:20 am 18 February 2018[37]
8	Grim Tale About One Girl Who Was Afraid of Animals	11:27 am 18 February 2018
9	Horrifying Story of Grandmother and Grandson (aka «A horrific story about a Grandma and her Grandson»)	11:20 am 20 February 2018[38]
10	A Myth Full of Grief and Despair About One Historical Error (aka «A full of despair myth about a historical mistake»)	11:27 am 20 February 2018
11	Panic Unbearable Legend About the Insects	11:20 am 21 February 2018
12	Troubled Story About Baba-yaga	11:27 am 21 February 2018
13	Sinister Saga of a Sick Tummy and a Girl Who Was Afraid of Doctors	11:20 am 22 February 2018
14	Fantastic Story About a Hedgehog, a Boy and Green Humanoids	11:27 am 22 February 2018
15	Horrible True Story of How a Boy Was Transferred to Another School	11:20 am 23 February 2018
16	A Terrible Tale About a Cow Herder on a Stump	11:27 am 23 February 2018
17	A Ghost Bike Saga Which Makes You Shiver	11:20 am 24 February 2018
18	Scary Story About Spooky Stories (A classic spooky story.)	11:27 am 24 February 2018
19	Creepy Tale About Useful Inventions (A spooky story about useful inventions.)	11:20 am 25 February 2018
20	Gloomy Story About the Darkest Dreams (Computer games with monsters.)	11:27 am 25 February 2018
21	Terrible Legend About Thunder and Lightning (A story about thunder and lightning.)	11:20 am 26 February 2018
22	Terrible Truth About Those Who Are Afraid to Be Little (A story about being little.)	11:27 am 27 February 2018
23	Bloodcurdling Saga about Joyful Event (Hearing news about joyful events.)	11:20 am 27 February 2018
24	Monstrous Tale about Tall and Short (Masha discovers a strange law of nature.)	11:27 am 27 February 2018
25	Frightening Incident at the Circus (A scary story about a strange clown.)	11:20 am 28 February 2018
26	Shocking Story About a Girl Who Was Afraid of Everything (A story about a girl who is afraid of everything.)	11:27 am 28 February 2018

See also[edit]

• List of most-viewed YouTube videos

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Masha and the Bear at IMDb

Masha and the Bear
Genre	Adventure Comedy
Created by	Oleg Kuzovkov Lisa Judson
Screenplay by	Oleg Kuzovkov Oleg Užinov Natalya Rumiantseva Denis Chervyatsov Nikolai Kuzovkov Joe Ksander Kevin R. Adams Ernest Kataev Greg Nix Marina Sycheva Alex Budovsky Hunter Cope Aleksey Karanovich Aleksandr Filyurin Vadim Golovanov Ekaterina Kozhushanaya
Directed by	Denis Chervyatsov Oleg Kuzovkov Oleg Uzhinov Marina Nefedova Olga Baulina Roman Kozich Georgiy Orlov Vladislav Bayramgulov Natalya Malgina Andrey Belyaev Ilya Trusov Vasily Bogatyrev
Voices of	Yulia Zunikova (Masha) Alina Kukushkina (Dasha) Boris Kutnevich & Irina Kukushkina (Bear) Mark Kutnevich (Panda & Rabbit) Eduard Nazarov (Santa Claus)
Music by	Vasily Bogatyrev
Opening theme	Masha and the Bear Theme Song
Country of origin	Russia
Original language	Russian
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	92 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Andrey Dobrunov Oleg Kuzovkov Dmitry Loveyko Marina Ratina Maria Demina Sergey Martynov
Animators	Darya Matreshina Tatyana Bolotnova Alexey Borzykh Sergey Kuligin (35 episode Fotografia) Sergey Sharigin Elena Saraeva Vadim Smaga Sergey Artyukh Yana Zavyalova Michael Milotvorskiy Mihail Tarasov
Running time	7-8 minutes
Production company	Animaccord Animation Studio
Distributor	Animaccord Animation Studio
Release
Original network	Russia-1 (2011–2018) Russia-K (2014–present)
Original release	7 January 2009 – present

Masha and the Bear (Russian: Ма́ша и Медве́дь, romanized: Masha i Medved Russian pronunciation: [ˈmaʂə i mʲɪdˈvʲetʲ]) is a Russian preschool comedy computer-animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov and produced by Animaccord Animation Studio, loosely based on the oral children’s folk story of the same name. The show focuses on the adventures of a little girl named Masha and her caring friend, the bear (mishka) that always keeps her safe from disasters.

Masha and The Bear is the most watched preschool series in the world, with 36 times more requests than the average. It is also the fifth most-watched youth series (0–18) worldwide, just ahead of Peppa Pig.^[1]

Many of the episodes have been successful on YouTube. In particular, the Russian-language version of the episode «Маша плюс каша» («Recipe for Disaster») has almost 4.5 billion views as of April 2022, making it the site’s twelfth most viewed video of all time, and the most viewed video on YouTube that is not a music video.^[2]

The show consists of five seasons. Season 5, launched in June 2020 was the first Russian-produced animated TV show to be released in 4K.^{[citation needed]}

Plot[edit]

Masha is a four-year-old girl who lives in the forest with her pig, goat, and dog. In the first episode, it is shown that all the animals in the forest are afraid of her, as she is constantly forcing them to play with her. Then Masha sees a butterfly and inadvertently follows it inside the home of the Bear, who has gone fishing. While playing there, she makes a big mess. When he returns, he sees the disaster caused by Masha. The Bear tries to get rid of Masha but after multiple failed attempts, the unlikely duo become friends.^[3]

In each episode of the show, Masha is portrayed as a bright but mischievous little girl who loves exploring the world around her. Masha’s shenanigans result in unexpected but entertaining situations that are at the heart of the show’s episodes. The kind-hearted Bear is always trying to keep Masha out of trouble, but often ends up the unintended victim of her mischief. There are several supporting characters in the series, including Masha’s cousin Dasha, a penguin adopted by the Bear, a young panda cub from China (the Bear’s cousin), two wolves who live in an old UAZ ambulance car, a tiger that used to work with the Bear in the circus, and a Female Bear that is the object of the Bear’s affections. Characters also include a hare, squirrels and hedgehogs, a pig called Rosie, a goat, and a dog who all live in Masha’s front yard.^[4]

Characters[edit]

Main[edit]

Masha

Masha (a diminutive form of Maria) is a 4-year-old girl who is portrayed as naughty and hyperactive, and always thinks about playing. She lives in a house near a railway station; near her house there is a path that leads to the Bear’s house. Masha loves the bear very much, but in her games she tends to create problems for him. In the series, neither Masha’s parents nor the parents of her friends are shown. She loves sweets, jumping in a bucket, and looking at drawings of her and Bear. Masha’s character combines the characteristics of 4-year-old (making grammatical errors when speaking, crying when she is not given what she wants) with adult skills (playing tennis, fishing, making preserves, playing electric guitar and throwing tantrums). In the episode «God Save the Queen», it is revealed that Masha has super strength, as she managed to pull a multi-ton train near her house just to give an elegant reception for the Lion King. She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina in Russian, and in English by Elsie Fisher.^[5] In subsequent seasons, Masha was dubbed by Rebecca Bloom (ep. 27–39) and Angelica Keamy (ep. 40–52) and now dubbed by Kaitlyn McCormick. She is usually shown wearing a white shirt under a purple dress with a purple hood covering her short hair.

Bear

The bear is a retired circus Kamchatka brown bear who lives in a house hollowed out of a tree in the forest. His past occupation makes him very talented in performing arts (like juggling, unicycling, and even stage magic) although he’s also known to dabble into other hobbies and even some intellectual pursuits. Some episodes feature flashbacks in which he remembers his childhood as a cub in the same house. In the Russian-language version, Masha calls him «Mishka» (Russian: Мишка, a diminutive form of Russian name Misha, lit. «Mikey», fig. «Little Bear»), the traditional name given to bears in Russian tales. He is a huge bear with a big heart and he is Masha’s father-like figure, as well as a friendly figure to her. He was voiced by Boris Kutnevich & Irina Kukushkina. He earlier also resided in Moscow.

Masha’s Pets

A terrier, a goat, and a pig (and in the episode «How They Met», three chickens) who live outside Masha’s house in her front yard, but almost every time Masha comes out, they hide themselves to avoid her. The Pig is often forced to play with Masha, who makes it dress up like a baby in a stroller. In the episode «Dance Fever» it is revealed that the pig’s name is Rosie.

The Wild Animals

The wild animals are a hare, red squirrels, hedgehogs, and two wolves. Masha and a certain Hare—in “One, two three! Light the Christmas Tree”, Father Frost’s list calls him ‘Bunny’, and in “Surprise! Surprise!” he delivers painted eggs—often play hockey together (and make a mess or accidentally hurt someone). The Hare is occasionally an antagonist of the Bear, due to stealing carrots from the Bear’s garden. The two Wolves live in a derelict ambulance car on top of a hill, often looking for something to eat, and act as medics for any apparent injuries or illnesses, though they sometimes fear Masha (living in an ambulance cab and acting as medics is a pun on the Russian idiomatic expression Волки — санитары леса, «wolves are orderlies of the woods»).

She-Bear

The She-Bear is a female grizzly bear. The Bear is enamored of her and sometimes goes out of his way to impress her. The first time she rebuffed him in favor of the Black Bear, only to realize how self-absorbed he is. Another time, she turned her nose up at the Bear’s classical guitar playing as she preferred more modern music.^[6] Even so, the She-Bear usually opens up to the Bear, such as the time she agreed to have a dinner with him, and she is sometimes kind to Masha, such as giving her a fashion magazine, helping to train her for her tennis match against the Black Bear, and helping her learn to ice-skate.

Dasha

Dasha is Masha’s cousin from Moscow, who looks like Masha, but is more «ladylike», has platinum-blonde hair and blue eyes (Masha’s are green), wears boxy blue-rimmed glasses and an orange dress. She is afraid of the Bear and calls him «Shaggy», «Monster» and «Beast».^[7] She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina.

Panda

Panda is a panda cub and the Bear’s young cousin from China. He and Masha are rivals, often bickering every time he comes for a visit, but they occasionally get along and have fun together.

Recurring[edit]

Whiskers n’ Stripes

A Siberian tiger who is Bear’s best friend from their days performing together in the Moscow circus.

The Black Bear

A Himalayan black bear, who is Bear’s worst enemy and Bear’s chief rival for the attentions of the She-Bear. The Black Bear has an arrogant and unsportsmanlike personality, cheating to win against Masha in a tennis game, and laughing at her when she grows gigantic. Bear’s biggest fear is if Black Bear and She-Bear marry, which is shown in Game Over when Bear imagines what will happen if he plays games his whole life.

Penguin

An Adélie penguin that first appears in «The Foundling», as an egg that Masha finds and makes the Bear hatch. The Penguin quickly imprints on the Bear as his parental-figure and the Bear forms a sincere bond with him, but chooses to send the Penguin to live in Antarctica for his own health.^[8] Even so, they stay in touch and the Penguin once visited.

Ded Moroz (fig. Grandfather Frost)

A Russian version of Santa Claus (from Russian fairy tales) who appears in Christmas-themed episodes.

Four-eyed aliens

An trio of alien specimens who accidentally crashed on Earth, they were helped by Bear and Masha to get back to their spaceship.

Sources[edit]

According to the project’s director, Denis Chervyatsov,

Masha was based on a real person… In the 1990s, the project’s artistic director, Oleg Kuzovkov, was on holiday when he saw a little girl on the beach. The child was so genuine and open that she could easily walk up to a stranger and play chess with him or pick up his flippers and go swimming. However, after a few days, the vacationers began to hide from the girl – she was too active and intrusive.^[9]

Production[edit]

The series’ production has been handled domestically at Animaccord Animation Studio since 2008.^[9] The scenario for each episode is written by Oleg Kuzovkov, creator of the cartoon. Then the storyboarding is developed in accordance with the script and, in general, consists of at least 2000 slides. After the team finalizes the plot of an episode, the work for the 2D animatic kicks off. At this stage, animators define the duration of each scene in an episode, how characters are placed in it and interact with each other. After this step of the production is finished, the episode is passed for dubbing. Dubbing must be completed before 3D animation is applied, as the 3D animators need to know the characters’ dialogue, intonations, and emotions in advance in order to keep their lip movements synchronized to the audio and make their facial expressions look realistic.^[10]

3D animation[edit]

The 3D animation process begins right after dubbing has been finished. Animators manipulate all the movements that happen during the scenes, such as opening doors, taking books from bookshelves, and creating all the bodily movements required to bring the characters to life.^{[citation needed]}

Rendering Manager[edit]

Rendering Manager brings all the processes together. Renderers colorize grey 3D models and add such details as the Bear’s fur, Masha’s hair, etc. They create the lighting and weather in the scene as determined by the script.^{[citation needed]}

Compositing Supervisor[edit]

Composing Supervisor is the final stage of production, where the composers review all scenes of an episode, checking the color intensities, smoothing the edges of 3D models, and bringing all the components together to form a complete episode. Then the work is approved by the director and script-writer and uploaded to the show’s official YouTube channel ‘Masha and the Bear — Official Channel’ formerly ‘MashaBearTV’ before it can be shown on TV.^{[citation needed]}

Actors[edit]

Masha, her cousin Dasha, and Father Frost are the only characters who speak. The others communicate through pantomime or wordless sounds.^{[citation needed]}

For the first two seasons, Masha’s voice in the original Russian version was performed by Alina Kukushkina, who was 6 years old when she began to dub Masha. For the third season (seven years later in 2015), the officials of Animaccord studio confirmed that the new voice of Masha would be 6-year-old Barbara Sarantseva and then replaced again by Yulia Zunikova in 2020. The show’s sound designer, Boris Kutnevich, provides the voice of The Bear. Mark Kutnevich provides the voice of The Hare.^{[citation needed]}

For the English version, Elsie Fisher – the voice of Agnes in the Despicable Me films – dubbed the voice of Masha in the first season. In subsequent seasons Masha was dubbed by Rebecca Bloom (ep. 27–39) and Angelica Keamy (ep. 40–52) and now is Kaitlyn McCormick.

For Indonesian version, Azelia Rashika Andini was Masha’s voice.^{[citation needed]}

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack for each episode is written by Russian composer Vasily Bogatyrev^{[better source needed]}. Many compositions are stylized for famous works: Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, a circus theme from the movie Soviet Circus, and in the episode “One-Hit Wonder” the rockstar Masha performs a song in the style of the group AC/DC. Most of the songs used in the cartoon, such as the soundtracks of “Laundry Day” and “The Grand Piano Lesson” episodes, became popular in Russia and abroad.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and achievements[edit]

• In January 2015, the cartoon was included into a list of «TV Shows Destined to be Classics,» which was compiled by the cartoon industry’s periodical Animation Magazine to mark its 250 issue.^{[citation needed]}
• In February 2015, Masha and the Bear won a 2015 Kidscreen Award for Best Animation in the Creative Talent.^[11]
• In October 2015, Kidscreen Magazine named Animaccord Animation Studios as one of the top 50 leaders in the world of animation (Kidscreen Hot50) and the top 10 production companies of the year.^{[citation needed]}
• In 2018, the cartoon was included in the Guinness World Records as the most-watched animated video on YouTube, with the episode “Recipe for Disaster” that today counts over 4.4 billion views.^[12] The episode was included in the most viewed video of all time, together with such well-known artists as Ed Sheeran with “Shape of you” video and Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee with “Despacito”.^{[citation needed]}

According to the Associated Press, «Masha, who is dressed in a folk costume with a headscarf, became a household name in many Muslim nations including Indonesia.»^[13] Dmitry Loveyko, managing director of Animaccord, said that «It’s a Muslim country, so we thought we’re lucky she wears a headscarf and her legs are covered!»^[13]

Mobile apps[edit]

The first Masha and the Bear mobile app was released by Apps Ministry in August 2011.^{[citation needed]} In 2013 the first mobile game Masha and the Bear: Search and Rescue was published by Apps Ministry. Later more publishers such as Indigo Kids, PSV Studio, Noviy Disk developed and released games and apps featuring Masha and the Bear.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution[edit]

Netflix has released 27 of the first 29 episodes in 9 episodes of 3 segments each.^{[citation needed]} Many of the videos were uploaded multiple times on three different YouTube channels («Маша и Медведь», «Get Movies» and «Masha and The Bear») so their view counts across up to three channels have been combined.^[14][15][16]

Episodes[edit]

Title » Season 1 (2009-12)	No.	Title	Netflix sequence	Russia viewers (millions)
1	How They Met Tired of having all the animals not listening to her, a girl named Masha runs away into a cottage. She discovers three pots of porridge, a wooden chair, and a bed. She eventually eats the three porridges and breaks the wooden chair before finding the bed and falls asleep in it. However, she fails to notice while she is sleeping that there is a bear heading home. The bear is also shocked to find the three pots empty, and noticing the chair in smithereens before finding Masha sleeping. He is about to throw her out when Masha awakens before hugging the bear. The Bear’s angry frown goes away and he smiles too.	1.1.1	4. 94
2	Don’t Wake Till Spring! It becomes autumn, and it’s time for Bear to hibernate, Masha wanders to Bear’s house. Bear removes everything in and outside the house since Masha usually messes up everything, and even setting up a trap on the door, but Masha is able to get in, and goes to Bear and yells «Come play with me!», but Bear doesn’t budge, leaving Masha going into a room where he put the bee hives in, and disturbs them with Bear waking up, and falls for the door trap. Later on, Bear makes Masha food since she starts getting hungry, but while starting to eat, she gets tired and Bear puts her to bed, leaving the food to a wolf and himself.	1.1.2	3. 54
3	One, Two, Three! Light the Christmas Tree!	1.1.3	1. 68
4	Tracks of Unknown Animals	1.3.1	3. 75
5	Prances with Wolves	1.2.2	3. 52
6	Jam Day	1.2.1	9. 09
7	Springtime for Bear	1.2.3	2. 18
8	Gone Fishing One day while fishing, the bear is pulled into a river due to a sardine grabbing the Bears sandwich. Masha discovered the bear while reading a book The Bear and the mouse and comes to the rescue in a canoe. The Bears boat crashes sending the Bear flying into the river, but Masha Dives into the water to rescue him. After pulling the bear out, the bear thanks her for her help, however another sardine along with her husband arrive and pulls masha’s fishing rod into the water with Masha hanging on to it prompting the bear to do the Rescue all over again.	1.4.1	2. 51
9	Call Me Please!	1.4.3	2. 36
10	Holiday on Ice	1.6.1	4. 09
11	First Day of School	1.8.1	3. 06
12	No Trespassing!	1.8.3	1. 34
13	Hide and Seek Is Not for the Weak	1.5.2	3. 37
14	Watch Out! While playing tag with the bear, a father wolf bumps into a tree and a branch falls down knocking him unconscious. Masha and the Bear arrive and take good care of him. However, a bunny rabbit hiccups and the bear brings her into the house. However, more animals end up getting hurt and sick every single day such as accidentally stepping into insects, So the cottage is full with animals in bed and in chairs. When Masha and the Bear awaken, they discover the animals staggering out of the house. Masha Cries Out happily, «oh look»! «the animals are all well»! «now what should we do today»?.	1.3.2	2. 18
15	Little Cousin	1.6.3	7. 58
16	Get Well Soon!	1.9.2	4. 08
17	Recipe For Disaster	1.7.1	6. 44
18	Laundry Day One day, Masha gets dirty when going to the bear’s House to get some milk for her baby pig, so the bear puts on new outfits for Masha to wear. However Masha is covered in the milk she was going to give to her baby pig, such as getting covered in the pink porridge she was going to give to her pretend baby, getting all dusty when pulling for a jar of jam, and getting covered in raspberry juice because the bear won’t let her in the house since she is getting all dirty. The bear leaves along with the pig and Masha in frustration since Masha is getting all dirty, but few troubles begin when Masha gets covered in seaweed and sea stars, and getting ink all over her last outfit. The bear realizes there is no more outfits for Masha to try on before discovering the baby pig. He dresses up Masha into a baby as well and the pig go away with Masha in the rocking driving crib and Masha Shouts at the bear that they forgot her regular outfit.	1.5.1	4. 65
19	The Grand Piano Lesson	1.8.2	3. 31
20	Stripes and Whiskers	1.4.2	2. 60
21	Home Alone	1.3.3	2. 33
22	Hold Your Breath	1.7.2	3. 13
23	The Foundling	1.7.3	0. 17
24	Bon Appétit!	2.6.2	6. 17
25	Hokus-Pokus	1.6.2	8. 18
26	Home Improvement	1.5.3	4. 20

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Netflix sequence	Russia viewers (millions)
27	1	Picture Perfect	2.1.1	3. 54
28	2	Time To Ride My Pony	1.9.3	2. 71
29	3	One-Hit Wonder	1.9.1	2. 60
30	4	Growing Potion	2.1.3	3. 71
31	5	Swept Away	2.1.2	1. 22
32	6	All in the Family	2.3.3	3. 19
33	7	La Dolce Vita	2.2.1	9. 05
34	8	Just Shoot Me	3.7.3	2. 12
35	9	Kidding Around	2.2.2	1. 53
36	10	Two Much	2.4.3	5. 18
37	11	Bon Voyage	2.2.3	2. 03
38	12	Trading Places Day	2.3.2	2. 04
39	13	The Thriller Night	2.7.2	2. 09
40	14	Terrible Power	2.4.1	3. 19
41	15	Hat Trick	2.4.2	2. 67
42	16	And Action!	2.5.1	2. 05
43	17	Self-Made Hero	2.7.1	3. 23
44	18	Once in a Year	2.3.1	3. 09
45	19	The Puzzling Case	2.5.3	1. 67
46	20	Dance Fever	2.7.3	2. 36
47	21	Victory Cry	2.5.2	3. 93
48	22	Sabre-Toothed Bear	2.8.1	3. 02
49	23	Variety Show	2.6.3	3. 27
50	24	Happy Harvest	2.8.2	4. 64
51	25	Home-Grown Ninjas	2.6.1	5. 81
52	26	See You Later	2.8.3	4. 07

Season 3 (2015–19)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Netflix sequence	Russia viewers (millions)
53	1	Coming Back Ain’t Easy [17]	3.1.1	1. 98
54	2	The Very Fairy Tale	3.1.2	3. 16
55	3	Driving Lessons	3.2.1	3. 28
56	4	A Ghost Story	3.2.3	1. 47
57	5	Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!	3.3.2	1. 69
58	6	Like Cat and Mouse	3.2.2	2. 28
59	7	Game Over	3.4.2	1. 49
60	8	At Your Service	3.4.1	3. 10
61	9	Sneakers	3.4.3	1. 82
62	10	Rock-a-bye, baby!	3.1.3	3. 78
63	11	Surprise! Surprise!	3.3.1	6. 34
64	12	The Three Mashketeers	3.3.3	1. 14
65	13	We Come in Peace!	3.6.3	0. 96
66	14	Tee for Three	3.8.1	0. 85
67	15	Best Medicine	3.6.1	2. 12
68	16	Quartet Plus	3.6.4	0. 88
69	17	New Kids on the Block!	3.7.1	1. 34
70	18	Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star	3.5.1	3. 08
71	19	What a Wonderful Game part 1 and 2 Bored and tired, Master decides to play a game called the dancing Swan bear. But due to the game antics, the bear gets bored of the game. But after being sucked into the game while having lunch time, they must work together to get out of the game. Part 2: Masha and the Bear finally find the dancing swan princess bear. As they prepare to make their way out of the book, Masha realizes that friends are more caring than games. || 3.8.3 || 0. 78
72	20	That’s Your Cue!	3.6.2	0. 84
73	21	Fishy Story	3.7.2	1. 36
74	22	Monkey Business	3.7.4	1. 38
75	23	God Save the Queen!	3.5.3	0. 98
76	24	All the World’s a Stage	3.5.2	0. 69
77	25	Around the World in One Day	3.8.2	0. 33
78	26	Who Am I? After the bear loses his memory fishing by the lake, he tries to discover who he is with the help from Masha. The animals refuse to help Masha and bear, so the Bear spends his days on the log with sadness. However the wolf retrieve his memory finally making him understand who he really is.	3.8.4	0. 43

Season 4 (2019–present)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Netflix sequence	Russia viewers (millions)
79	1	Where All Love to Sing	4.2.3	0. 24
80	2	Patience and Childhood — Das Ist Gut	4.4.1	0. 35
81	3	Pink of Fashion	4.2.1	TBA
82	4	No Work All Carnival	4.1.1	0. 32
83	5	The Secret of Mashuko	4.3.1	0. 33
84	6	From England with Love	4.2.2	0. 19
85	7	Happy New Year… Again!	4.1.2	0. 24
86	8	When Cacti Bloom	4.3.2	TBA
87	9	Spanish Tunes After accidentally making a lie of swimming in the bathing pool, Masha tried to help him hide the truth. || 4.1.3 || TBA
88	10	Once in the Wild West	4.4.2	TBA
89	11	Tales from the East	4.3.3	TBA
90	12	Almost Ancient Greek Story Masha keeps on going to bed, so the bear decides to keep her up with an ancient Greek story. However things are not going well with sand pouring into the book!	4.4.3	TBA
91	13	The Magic Flute	4.4.4	TBA
92	14	Big Hike	TBA	TBA

Season 5 (2023)

Broadcast[edit]

As of 2019^{[citation needed]}, Masha and the Bear premieres on CTC in Russia, HOP! in Israel, and Treehouse TV in Canada. In the Middle East and North Africa, it premieres on Boomerang, as well as Spacetoon. It premiered on Junior in Germany and it aired on Boomerang, Cartoon Network Too, Cartoonito and Tiny Pop in the United Kingdom. It also premiered on Malyatko TV in Ukraine, and it premiered on Mega-Mult and Tlum in Russia on August 1, 2019. It is broadcast in Indonesia by ANTV and VTV,^[18] and it is also broadcast on various channels in Pakistan. In India, it is broadcast on Nick Jr. In the Philippines, it was broadcast on Yey! every 7:30 am in the Bibolilits block and was aired in the Kidz Weekend Block of A2Z Channel 11 and was also streaming on iWantTFC.

After December 31, 2022, Masha and the bear is leaving Universal Kids after 5+1⁄2 years, and it will be replaced by Polly Pocket.^[19][20]

Spin-offs[edit]

Masha’s Tales[edit]

A spin-off series to the show titled Masha’s Tales is also available on Netflix. In the show Masha (voiced by a much older actress) tells classic Russian fairy tales as well as some Grimms’ Fairy Tales to her toys. However, Masha makes up her own way of telling the stories (Such as putting a magical nutcracker who turns into a prince when she adapts Cinderella). She also mixes up the morals of the stories by often adding an additional ending so that way it could fit with what she’s telling her toys. Masha’s Tales premiered on Cartoon Network UK’s sister pre-school channel, Cartoonito on June 20, 2016.^[21]

Debut dates listed per Treehouse TV:

No.	Title	Original release date
1	The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids	21 October 2017[22]
2	The Magic Swan Geese	22 October 2017
3	The Fox and the Rabbit	23 October 2017[23]
4	Red Riding Hood	24 October 2017
5	Father Frost	25 October 2017[24]
6	The Wolf and the Fox	26 October 2017
7	The Tops and the Roots	27 October 2017[25]
8	The Frog Princess	28 October 2017
9	The Snow Maiden	28 October 2017[24]
10	Tom Thumb	29 October 2017
11	Wee Little Havroshechka	29 October 2017[26]
12	The Straw Bull-Calf	30 October 2017
13	Three Little Pigs	30 October 2017[27]
14	The Valiant Little Taylor	11:27 7 February 2018
15	Ali Baba	26 November 2017[28]
16	Cinderella	1 November 2017
17	Caliph Stork	11:20 am 9 February 2018[29]
18	Jack and the Beanstalk	2 November 2017 (reruns 9 February 2018 at 11:27 am)
19	The Swineherd	11:20 am 11 February 2018[30]
20	Bluebeard	11:27 am 11 February 2018
21	By the Pike’s Wish	11:20 am 12 February 2018[31]
22	The Fox and the Rolling Pin	11:27 am 12 February 2018
23	Axe Porridge	11:20 am 13 February 2018[32]
24	Go I Know Not Whither (TV guides misspell «Whither» as «Wither»)	11:27 am 13 February 2018
25	The Golden Cockerel	11:20 am 14 February 2018[33]
26	The Humpbacked Horse	11:27 am 14 February 2018

Masha’s Spooky Stories[edit]

Another spin-off of the Masha and the Bear franchise, Masha’s Spooky Stories, premiered on Cartoonito UK and Netflix in October 2016.^[21]

Debuts dates listed are for English releases in Canada on Treehouse TV, original air dates in Russia unknown:

No.	Title	Original release date
1	Soul Freezing Tale of Grim Forest and Tiny Timid Bug	11:20 am 15 February 2018[34]
2	Super Scary Story of a Little Boy Who Was Afraid of Washing	11:27 am 15 February 2018
3	Terrifying True Story About Monsters and Those Who Fear Them	11:20 am 16 February 2018[35]
4	Troubled Fable About a Kitten Who Was Lost But Found	11:27 am 16 February 2018
5	Nightmarish Kids Belief About Christmas Rhymes (aka «A ghastly belief about New Year verselet»)	11:20 am 17 February 2018[36]
6	Grim Parable About Superstitious Girl (aka «A gloomy parable of a superstitious girl»)	11:27 am 17 February 2018
7	Grim Testament About One Snotty Boy (aka «A gloomy covenant about a snotty boy»)	11:20 am 18 February 2018[37]
8	Grim Tale About One Girl Who Was Afraid of Animals	11:27 am 18 February 2018
9	Horrifying Story of Grandmother and Grandson (aka «A horrific story about a Grandma and her Grandson»)	11:20 am 20 February 2018[38]
10	A Myth Full of Grief and Despair About One Historical Error (aka «A full of despair myth about a historical mistake»)	11:27 am 20 February 2018
11	Panic Unbearable Legend About the Insects	11:20 am 21 February 2018
12	Troubled Story About Baba-yaga	11:27 am 21 February 2018
13	Sinister Saga of a Sick Tummy and a Girl Who Was Afraid of Doctors	11:20 am 22 February 2018
14	Fantastic Story About a Hedgehog, a Boy and Green Humanoids	11:27 am 22 February 2018
15	Horrible True Story of How a Boy Was Transferred to Another School	11:20 am 23 February 2018
16	A Terrible Tale About a Cow Herder on a Stump	11:27 am 23 February 2018
17	A Ghost Bike Saga Which Makes You Shiver	11:20 am 24 February 2018
18	Scary Story About Spooky Stories (A classic spooky story.)	11:27 am 24 February 2018
19	Creepy Tale About Useful Inventions (A spooky story about useful inventions.)	11:20 am 25 February 2018
20	Gloomy Story About the Darkest Dreams (Computer games with monsters.)	11:27 am 25 February 2018
21	Terrible Legend About Thunder and Lightning (A story about thunder and lightning.)	11:20 am 26 February 2018
22	Terrible Truth About Those Who Are Afraid to Be Little (A story about being little.)	11:27 am 27 February 2018
23	Bloodcurdling Saga about Joyful Event (Hearing news about joyful events.)	11:20 am 27 February 2018
24	Monstrous Tale about Tall and Short (Masha discovers a strange law of nature.)	11:27 am 27 February 2018
25	Frightening Incident at the Circus (A scary story about a strange clown.)	11:20 am 28 February 2018
26	Shocking Story About a Girl Who Was Afraid of Everything (A story about a girl who is afraid of everything.)	11:27 am 28 February 2018

See also[edit]

• List of most-viewed YouTube videos

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Masha and the Bear at IMDb

Анализ сказки «Маша и медведь»

для детей старшего дошкольного возраста (5-6 года)

Основная тема: Нравственность поведения.

Сказка хотела поведать нам о том, что, попав в сложную ситуацию — всегда можно найти выход. Прыткий ум и сообразительность детей, если их не подавлять, всегда приводит к верному решению.

Жанр сказки

Эту сказку можно отнести к жанру сказок о животных, потому что одним из главных её героев является медведь.

Главными героями сказки являются девочка Машенька, ушедшая в лес с подружками, а вскоре потерявшаяся, и медведь, на чью избушку набрела девочка. Маша — это маленькая, но умная и смышленая девочка, так как она сумела провести глупого медведя, который не смог догадаться, что Машенька хочет обхитрить его. Также медведя можно назвать простодушным, потому что он сам вызвался отнести пирожки дедушке с бабушкой, чтобы девочка не потерялась в лесу.

Проблема в этом произведении состоит в том, что медведь не хотел ни под каким предлогом отпускать Машеньку домой, а хотел, чтобы она оставалась в его избушке, топила печку, прибирала, варила кашу. Но Маша благодаря своей смекалке сумела без труда попасть домой целой и невредимой. Девочка спряталась в коробе с пирожками, которые медведь должен был отнести дедушке с бабушкой и таким образом выбралась из леса и спаслась от медведя. Победа достигается благодаря уму и хитрости главной героини.

Характеристика героев

Маша

Положительные: забота о близких, умеет готовить, умеет навести порядок в доме, сообразительна и находчива, не плачет, не отчаивается.

Отрицательные: — невнимательна во время прогулки по лесу, непослушна, не умеет ориентироваться в лесу, нельзя заходить в чужой дом.

Медведь

Положительные: Сильный.

Отрицательные: медведь показывает не только свою силу и мощь, но и ещё заставляет Машу выполнять всю работу по дому, насильно удерживая её в неволе. Глупый, так как позволил с помощью хитрости Маши его обмануть.

Способы разрешения трудностей в сказке

Проблема Маши: придумать способ, как вернуться домой, уйти к дедушке и бабушке.

Действия: попросила медведя отнести корзинку с пирожками дедушке и бабушке.

Что хотела: вернутся домой

Что ей мешало: медведь не пускал

Что она делала, что бы решить проблему: напекла пирожков, села в короб, обхитрила медведя.

Кто помог ей решить проблему: она сама решила проблему с помощью смекалки и хитрости.

Результат: она вернулась домой.

Жизненное правило: нет безвыходных ситуаций.

Какие свойства характера были при решении проблемы: решительность, хитрость, мужество.

Проблема медведя : не дать Маше вернутся домой к дедушке и бабушке.

Действие: домой не отпускал, но при этом выполнил просьбу Маши.

Читайте краткое содержание сказок о медведях:

Сказка Маша и Медведь — одна из самых популярных и в прошлом, и сейчас сказок. Маленькие слушатели всегда переживают за попавшую в беду девочку и искренне радуются счастливой концовке сказки. Непременно прочитайте сказку онлайн и обсудите ее с ребенком.

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Загрузка текста сказки…

Кто автор сказки

Эта сказка — произведение устного народного творчества. По ее мотивам создано несколько мультфильмов. Бестселлером для малышей стал одноименный мультипликационный сериал, созданный студией «Анимаккорд». Но следует заметить: он больше развлекательного, чем воспитательного плана. После полюбившегося детям и взрослым мультсериала о неугомонной Маше создателями мультфильма выпускается ежемесячный журнал для детей 3-7 лет — Маша и Медведь. В нем вы найдете много интересного и полезного: развивалки, самоделки, обучалки, раскраски, конкурсы.

Краткое содержание сказки

Собрались подружки в лес по грибы. Попросилась с ними Машенька. В лесу девочка от подружек отстала, заблудилась и попала к Медведю. Медведь обрадовался, что теперь девочка у него будет жить. Домой не отпустил, еще пригрозил, чтобы убегать даже не пыталась. Стала Машенька думать, как перехитрить Медведя. Попросила она, чтобы Медведь гостинцев дедушке с бабушкой отнес. Согласился Медведь. Тогда девочка напекла пирожков, приготовила большой короб и велела Медведю короб с гостинцами в деревню нести. Да приказала в пути не останавливаться, пирожки не есть. Сама девочка в короб спряталась. Медведь с коробом пришел в деревню. Собаки набросились на него. Оставил он короб – и в лес! Машенька из короба вылезла и дедушку с бабушкой обрадовала.

Анализ сказки Маша и Медведь

Сюжет сказки простой. Поведение персонажей понятно детям, даже самым маленьким. Маша – сообразительная и смелая, Медведь – неуклюжий и глуповатый. Чему учит сказка Маша и Медведь? Сказка учит не отчаиваться, искать и находить пути решения проблем.

Мораль сказки Маша и Медведь

Находчивость – великая сила. Объясните ребенку мораль сказки Маша и Медведь. На примере главной героини покажите, что с помощью ума и смекалки можно выйти из затруднительной ситуации.

Пословицы, поговорки и выражения сказки

• Премудрость одна, а хитростей много.
• Находчивость не озадачишь.
• Смекалистый сильного не боится.
• «Не садись на пенёк, не ешь пирожок!» – популярная фраза из сказки.

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Машенька и медведь
Тип мультфильма	Кукольный
Жанр	сказка
Режиссёр	Роман Качанов
Художник-постановщик	Николай Серебряков
Роли озвучивали	Маргарита Корабельникова, Анатолий Папанов, Владимир Ратомский, Александра Панова
Композитор	Николай Будашкин
Аниматоры	Яна Вольская, Вячеслав Шилобреев, Олег Сафронов
Оператор	Николай Гринберг
Звукооператор	Георгий Мартынюк
Студия	Союзмультфильм
Страна	СССР
Время	19 мин. 2 сек.
Премьера	1960
BCdb	подробнее
Аниматор.ру	ID 2055

«Машенька и медведь» — кукольный мультфильм Романа Качанова по пьесе Георгия Ландау, выпущенный студией «Союзмультфильм» в 1960 году.

Сюжет

Сюжет основан на одноимённой русской народной сказке. Девочка Машенька отправилась в лес за грибами и заблудилась. Бродя по лесу она находит избушку, в которой живёт медведь. Медведь оставляет девочку у себя, чтобы она была у него хозяюшкой: «Пирожки там испечь, кой-где подштопать». Машенька просит отвести её домой, к дедушке, но медведь её не пускает: «Ещё чего! Был бы твой дедушка как я, одинокий, а то ещё с бабушкой. Ему и так весело». Тогда она решает уйти от медведя хитростью.
В конце мультфильма Машенька и медведь остаются друзьями, Машенька обещает учить медведя грамоте, а медведь — по праздникам заходить в гости.

Над фильмом работали

• Режиссёр — Роман Качанов;
• Художник-постановщик — Николай Серебряков;
• Оператор — Николай Гринберг;
• Композитор — Николай Будашкин;
• Звукооператор — Георгий Мартынюк;
• Редактор — Борис Воронов;
• Ассистент режиссёра — Вячеслав Шилобреев;
• Монтаж — Вера Гокке;
• Кукловоды-мультипликаторы — Вячеслав Шилобреев, Олег Сафронов, Яна Вольская;
• Куклы и декорации изготовили — Олег Масаинов, О. Плюцинская, Павел Гусев, Вера Черкинская, Геннадий Лютинский, Владимир Алисов, В. Калашникова, А. Филасов, Галина Геттенгер, Павел Лесин под руководством Романа Гурова;
• Роли озвучивали — Маргарита Корабельникова, Анатолий Папанов (медведь), Владимир Ратомский, Александра Панова;
• Директор картины — Натан Битман.

Интересные факты

• Озвучание медведя было первым озвучанием в мультфильмах в творческой биографии актёра Анатолия Папанова.

См. также

• «Машенька» — кукольный мультфильм 1992 года

Переиздания на DVD

Мультфильм неоднократно переиздавался на DVD в сборниках мультфильмов:

• «Сказки про Машеньку», «Союзмультфильм», (в 2006, 2007 и 2008 году), мультфильмы на диске:

«Машенькин концерт»(1949), «Чудесный колокольчик»(1949), «Машенька и медведь»(1960),
«Как Маша поссорилась с подушкой»(1977), «Маша больше не лентяйка»(1978),
«Маша и волшебное варенье»(1979), «Огуречная лошадка»(1985).
(Источник — Аниматор.ру)

Примечания

Ссылки

• Русская народная сказка «Маша и медведь»

Мультфильмы Романа Качанова

Крокодил Гена • Чебурашка • Шапокляк • Старик и журавль • Влюблённое облако • Машенька и медведь • Новичок • Обида • Как котёнку построили дом • Алёшины сказки • Лягушонок ищет папу • Портрет • Потерялась внучка • Варежка • Соперники • Письмо • Мама • Незнайка. Воздушное путешествие • Аврора • Наследство волшебника Бахрама • Последний лепесток • Метаморфоза • Тайна третьей планеты • Волшебное лекарство • Чебурашка идёт в школу • Неопознанный фильм • Два билета в Индию • Чудеса техники