The Happy Cricket is a 2001 animated children's fantasy film directed by Walbercy Ribas. The film is about a singing cricket

Cricket (insect)

Crickets, family Gryllidae , are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers, and more closely related to katydids or bush crickets . They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. There are about 900 species of crickets...

 who must rescue his friends from the lizard, Wartlord, and save Linda the Night Star from that villain's grasp.

Production

The title character was first seen in local commercials for Sharp Electronics in the 1980s. The film spent over 20 years in development, and 30 months in production.

The English-language dub is dedicated to one of its voice actors, Bob Papenbrook

Bob Papenbrook

Robert DeWayne "Bob" Papenbrook was an American voice actor. Fellow voice actors often nicknamed him "Pappy". He was very well known in the worlds of anime and video game voice-overs for his voice acting of "gruff" characters...

.

Sequel

In early 2009, 20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...

 released a CGI sequel, O Grilo Feliz e os Insetos Gigantes (The Happy Cricket and the Giant Insects).

Original version

• Vagner Fagundes - Grilo
• Araken Saldanha - Maledeto
• Régis Monteiro - Faz Tudo
• Fátima Noya - Bituquinho
• Letícia Quinto - Juliana

English version

• Sam Riegel
  Sam Riegel
  Samuel Brent Oscar "Sam" Riegel is a voice actor, writer and director who appears in many television cartoons, anime, and video games. He began as a child actor in theater in Virginia, and moved to New York City to perform in Broadway and off-Broadway shows...
  
   - Christopher / The Happy Cricket
• Bob Papenbrook
  Bob Papenbrook
  Robert DeWayne "Bob" Papenbrook was an American voice actor. Fellow voice actors often nicknamed him "Pappy". He was very well known in the worlds of anime and video game voice-overs for his voice acting of "gruff" characters...
  
   - Wartlord
• Cindy Robinson
  Cindy Robinson
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   - Honeydew
• Peter Doyle - Magic Toucan
• Robert Buchholz - Barnaby
• Dave Mallow
  Dave Mallow
  Dave Mallow is an American voice actor. One of his known aliases is Colin Phillips.-Life and career:Mallow was born in Park Ridge, Illinois. His father worked in radio and television and was a thirty year on-air veteran at Chicago's WGN. He attained a BFA in Theater Arts from Drake University in...
  
   - Buffuno
• Steve Staley
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  - Leonardo

Official sites (Flash required)

Official franchise site Official site (USA) Official site of Clever Image Studios