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| Magos y Gigantes | |
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| Directed by | Andrés Couturier Eduardo Sprowls C. |
| Written by | Francisco Hirata |
| Story by | Adolfo Martínez Vara José C. García de Letona Francisco Hirata |
| Produced by | Fernando de Fuentes S. Guillermo Cañedo W. Juan Fernando Pérez Gavilán M. |
| Starring | Xóchitl Ugarte Rossy Aguirre Rubén Trujillo Gaby Ugarte Francisco Colmenero Miguel Couturier Eduardo Garza Juan Ramón Huerta Arath de la Torre Moisés Iván Mora |
| Edited by | Jorge Hernández S. |
| Music by | Xavier Asali |
Production company | Ánima Estudios |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox International |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | MX$8.3 million[1] (US$731,662)[2] |
Magos y Gigantes (known as Wizards and Giants in English) is a 2003 Mexican animated fantasy-comedy film produced by Ánima Estudios and 20th Century Fox (now known as 20th Century Studios) and released on November 19, 2003. This is the first feature film from Ánima Estudios and the first theatrically released animated film created with Adobe Flash, a program often used for internet cartoons. It was also the first Mexican animated feature in 30 years.[3]
It stars Xóchitl Ugarte, Rossy Aguirre and Trujo as the voices of Gigante, Ada and Trafalgar, respectively. The main antagonist, Titán Caradura, is played by actor and comedian Arath de la Torre. Also featured are actors Gaby Ugarte, Francisco Colmenero, Moisés Iván Mora and Miguel Couturier.
The film, set in a magical village inhabited by colorful beings and creatures that are part of a kingdom, follows the story of Gigante (Xóchitl Ugarte), Ada (Aguirre) and Trafalgar (Trujo), three misfit children who join forces to rescue Princess Luna (Gaby Ugarte), daughter of the kingdom's rulers; At the same time, they must recover a powerful magic scroll and defeat Titán Caradura (De la Torre), a young sorcerer who wants to steal the magic of the villagers to become powerful and take over the kingdom.
An animated series loosely based on this film, Awesome Magical Tales (formerly Teenage Fairytale Dropouts), premiered on Seven Network in Australia on December 31, 2012.[4]
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- ^ "México se anima con Magos y Gigantes". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Torreón, Coahuila. 17 November 2003. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Zahed, Ramin (28 September 2011). "'Teenage Fairytale Dropouts' Gets Happy Ending | Animation Magazine". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2013.