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Vídeo Brinquedo 
Type DVD Industry CGI animation Headquarters Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Parent Widea Website videobrinquedo.com.br
toylandvideo.comVídeo Brinquedo (Toyland Video) is a Brazilian company that produces direct-to-video animated Z movies. The company has been accused[by whom?] of distributing films with concepts blatantly plagiarized from films by Pixar, Disney, DreamWorks and other major studios in other countries.
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History
In 1994, Vídeo Brinquedo was founded to distribute children's animation with intention of distributing it to Brazil and around the world.[1]
Films
The Little Cars
DVD Cover of The Little Cars in the Great Race
The Little Cars (Portuguese: Os Carrinhos) is a series of computer graphics Brazilian films produced by Rexmore Company do Brazil and released by Vídeo Brinquedo[2] and Inspired Distribution.[3] The series was distributed in North America by Branscome International.[4]
The first film, The Little Cars in the Great Race (Portuguese: Os Carrinhos em: A Grande Corrida), which stretches 33 minutes, was released on June 20, 2006.[5] The second film, 44 minute long The Little Cars 2: Rodopolis Adventures (Os Carrinhos 2: Aventuras em Rodópolis), was released on May 29, 2007;[6] the third film, 45 minute The Little Cars 3: Fast and Curious (Portuguese: Os Carrinhos 3 - Velozes e Curiosos), released on December 18, 2007[7] followed by the fourth film Os Carrinhos 4 - Novas Histórias Geniais. A compilation disc called "Super Highway" includes two of the films.[8] The movie bears a strong resemblance to the 2006 movie Cars.
Characters
- Cruise (Tonny Tunado in Portuguese): A taxi that became a racer.[9]
- Coupe (Cris Crash in Portuguese): Cruise's girlfriend.[9]
- Simone: A journalist for the Raceopolis News.[9]
- Lugnut (Kombo in Portuguese): A tow truck.[9]
- Wrangler (Victor Grande in Portuguese): Wrangler has never won a race, but he believes that he is the best racer.[9]
- Ed Willis: The editor for the city's newspaper.[9]
- Mister V8 (Senhor V8 in Portuguese): The owner of the courier company.[9]
- Champion (Campeão in Portuguese): The champion of the Raceopolis team.[9]
Ratatoing
Cover of RatatoingRatatoing is a Brazilian computer graphics cartoon film from Vídeo Brinquedo and distributed in North America by Branscome International.[10] The film is similar to the 2007 Pixar film Ratatouille. The 44 minute-long film,[11] originally produced in Portuguese, involves Marcell Toing, a mouse who is the most gifted chef in Rio de Janeiro. He owns the famed restaurant "Ratatoing" along with his crew, consisting of fellow mice Carol and Greg. They plan out weekly raids on human kitchens to acquire fresh ingredients for use in their dishes. However, rivaling restaurant owners are desperate to discover Marcell's secrets and are willing to risk putting their own restaurants out of business to unearth them. The United States version, released on DVD has English and Spanish voice tracks.
Cast
- Douglas Guedes (Wayne Grayson in the English version) as Marcell Toing
- Elisa Vilon (Lisa Ortiz in the English version) as Carol
- Sidney Ross (Mike Pollock in the English version) as Greg
- Cleber Martins (Marc Diraison in the English version) as Octávio
- Cláudio Satiro as the Manager
- Francisco Freitas as Male Rat #1, the Rat Child and the Skinny Rat
- Raul Schlosser as Male Rat #2, the Narrator (voiced by Mike Pollock in the English version) and the Glasses-Wearing Rat
- Fernanda Padilha as Female Rat #1
- Cláudia Victória as Female Rat #2
Little Bee
Known as Abelhinhas in Brazil and bears a close resemblance to Bee Movie.
Cast
- Alex Minei (Veronica Taylor in the English version) as Beenard
- Thainá Almeida as Belinha
- Elisa Vilon (Veronica Taylor in the English version) as the Princess
- Laudi Regina as Dona Abelhusca and a bee
- Adna Cruz as the Queen
- Raul Schlosser as the Chef and the Soldier
- Sidney César (Dan Green in the English version) as the Commander
- Wallace Costa as Human #1 and Vozerio
- Francisco Freitas as Human #2 and the Drone
- Cláudia Victória as some bees and Vozerio
- Mariana Canuto as the Bee Operator
The Little Panda Fighter
Known as Ursinho da Pesada in Brazil, previously known as Heavy Weight Panda and bears a close resemblance to Kung Fu Panda.
Cast
- Raul Schlosser (Dan Green in the English version) as Pancada
- Sidney Ross as Polaris and Catotinha
- Cláudia Victória as Beth and the Waitress
- Charlie Mambert as Master Xin and Judge #2
- Eli Moreno as the Narrator
- Cláudio Satiro as Freaky Teddy and Judge #3
- Wallace Costa as the bear on the cell phone, Judge #1 and Carinhurso
Tiny Robots
Known as Robozinhos in Brazil and bears a close resemblance to Robots and WALL-E.
Cast
- Douglas Guedes as Trank
- Francisco Freitas as Tron2B
- Raul Schlosser as Nev1 and the Constructor
- Márcio Scharrenbroic as the Leader and the Narrator
- José Soares as the Grandfather
- Wallace Costa as Colega Trank
- Sidney César as Soldiers #1 and #2
- Cláudio Satiro as the Loud Speaker
Little Princess School
Known as Escola de Princesinhas in Brazil and bears a close resemblance to Disney Princess.
Cast
- Elisa Vilon as Cindy
- Cláudia Victória as Bianca
- Thainá Almeida as Zade
- Luciana Minei as Hime
- Lene Bastos as Iriá and Mam Drastic
- Sidney César as Dango
Other films
- Gladiformers (Close resemblance to Transformers)
- Little & Big Monsters (Monstros e monstrinhos) (Close resemblance to Monsters, Inc. and Monsters vs. Aliens)
- What's Up?: Balloon to the rescue (Voando Em Busca de Aventuras!) (Close resemblance to Up)
- Gladiformers 2 (Close resemblance to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
- The Frog Prince (A princesa e o sapo) (Close resemblance to The Princess and the Frog)
- Little Princess School 2 (Escola de Princesinas)
- Mega Powers (Close resemblance to Super Sentai or Power Rangers series)
- Tangled Up! (Close resemblance to Tangled)
Reception
Vídeo Brinquedo's films have been extremely negatively reviewed. Marco Aurélio Canônico of Folha de S. Paulo described the Little Cars series as a copy of the Pixar film Cars, and likewise Ratatoing of Ratatouille. He discussed whether lawsuits from Pixar would appear. The Brazilian Ministry of Culture posted Marco Aurélio Canônico's article on its website.[12]
Erik Henriksen, a reporter from The Portland Mercury, criticized Vídeo Brinquedo of being "the laziest/cheapest movie studio of all time" due to similarities between Ratatoing and Ratatouille, The Little Cars and Cars, and Gladiformers and Transformers.[13] One reviewer on Toon Zone, in his review of Ratatoing, said: "if you ate a copy of the worst cartoon you could think of, you'd still probably crap something better than Ratatoing", and went on to bemoan the incredibly poor animation, calling the movie as a whole "a senseless waste of raw materials" and "a waste of time, energy and effort for all parties concerned".[14]
See also
References
- ^ "Empresa". Vídeo Brinquedo. http://www.videobrinquedo.com.br/empresa.php. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
- ^ "Vídeo Brinquedo". Vídeo Brinquedo. http://www.videobrinquedo.com.br/. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ "The Little Cars in the Great Race". All Movie. http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:348487~T00. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ "Branscome International". Branscome International. http://www.branscomeinternational.com/index-2.html. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ^ "The Little Cars in the Great Race (2006)". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/348487/The-Little-Cars-in-the-Great-Race/overview. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ^ "The Little Cars 2: Rodopolis Adventures (2007)". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/385002/The-Little-Cars-2-Rodopolis-Adventures/overview. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ^ "The Little Cars 3: Fast and Curious (2007)". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/421572/The-Little-Cars-3-Fast-and-Curious/overview. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ^ "Little Cars: Super Highway," Amazon.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Characters". Vídeo Brinquedo. http://www.oscarrinhos.com.br/. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ^ "Branscome International Programs," Branscome International
- ^ "Ratatoing (2007)," The New York Times
- ^ "Vídeo Brinquedo faz sucesso com desenhos como “Os Carrinhos” e “Ratatoing”." Folha de S. Paulo at Ministry of Culture (Brazil). September 2, 2007. Retrieved on April 16, 2011.
- ^ "RIP, Pixar.," The Portland Mercury
- ^ Review on Toonzone.net
External links
- Official website (Portuguese)
- The Little Cars official site (English)/(Portuguese)
- Ratatoing official site (English)/(Portuguese)/(Spanish)
- The Little Panda Fighter official site (Portuguese)
- Escola de Princesinhas official site (Portuguese)
- VideoBrinquedo at YouTube
Categories:- Companies of Brazil
- Companies established in 1994
- Film distributors
- Companies based in Rio de Janeiro
- Plagiarism controversies
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