3000 Whys of Blue Cat is the first large-scale Chinese animated series

Chinese animation

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 in mainland China

Mainland China

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 with an emphasis on science

Science

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. The series is produced by "Beijing Sunchime Happy Culture Company". The show remains one of the longest running children's cartoon series in the world. It is most commonly referred to as "Blue Cat

Lan Mao

Lan Mao or Blue Cat is a Chinese animation character that is broadcast only in China. The character appears in the show Sunchime Cartoon Flier and its sub-animation-series 3000 Whys of Blue Cat, which is more well-known than the show....

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Background

The series is mostly known for its successful line of companion children's books. As of October 2004, the series has spawned 36 series of children's books spanning 452 volumes in all. Rights for some of the books have been sold to Taiwan

Taiwan

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. Other intellectual properties rights managers from South Korea

South Korea

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 and Thailand

Thailand

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 have shown interests in the books. It was initially marketed to be the Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse

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 of the far east

Far East

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, though the artistic style is more similar to Tom and Jerry

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Story

The Blue Cat

Lan Mao

Lan Mao or Blue Cat is a Chinese animation character that is broadcast only in China. The character appears in the show Sunchime Cartoon Flier and its sub-animation-series 3000 Whys of Blue Cat, which is more well-known than the show....

 is blue, because the color signifies dreams. Blue Cat is always curious and explores different parts of the world in any given time era with his imagination.

Characters

• Super-cat Blue Cat
  Lan Mao
  Lan Mao or Blue Cat is a Chinese animation character that is broadcast only in China. The character appears in the show Sunchime Cartoon Flier and its sub-animation-series 3000 Whys of Blue Cat, which is more well-known than the show....
  
   (main character)
• orange fox Feifei (main character)
• green mouse Naughty/Taoqi (main character)
• pink mouse Ms Gali
• yellow mouse Fatty/Feizai
• mother of the kids Aunt Hen/Ji Dashen
• red pig Sweet Sister Tianniu
• strong bear Badou
• alien girl Lala, Ozma Princess

Series titles

• Humors Stage Series, aka Classical Blue Cat
• Star Wars Series
• Dinosaur Times Series
• Ocean World Series
• Sports Competition Series, aka Living Olympics
• Space Series, aka Adventure in Space
• Safe Driving
• The Team 119, fire protection
• Incredible Adventures of Blue Cat
• MTV of Blue Cat
• Blue Cat for Kindergarten

Length

• 424 eps for Classical Blue Cat
• 384 eps for Star War
• 264 eps for Dinosaur Times
• 312 eps for Ocean World
• 257 eps for Living Olympics
• 400 eps for Adventure in Space
• 108 eps for Safe Driving
• 119 eps for The Team 119
• 365 eps for Incredible Adventures of Blue Cat

Merchandise

Along with the cartoon programs, the franchise has spawned home videos, books, CDs, kid's clothes and shoes, toys, beverage and candy. The planning of a "Blue Cat Theme Park" has also entered the appraisal stage in 2006. Sega

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 have also announced a collaboration with "Sunchime Cartoon Group" and Suzhou

Suzhou

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based game software developer "XPEC Entertainment" to jointly develop and release video games or other forms of digital entertainment contents based on the Blue Cat on August 4, 2006.