"Bro'Town" (2004) TV series 2004-

Creator:

Elizabeth Mitchell
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

5 September 2004 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

A modern day fairytale about five Auckland teenagers growing up in the big bad city, bro'Town chronicles the schoolboy misadventures of Vale, Valea, Sione, Mack and Jeff da Maori in a proudly suburban, non PC satire.

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

David Fane	...	Jeff da Maori / ... (28 episodes, 2004-2009)
Mario Gaoa	...	God / ... (28 episodes, 2004-2009)
Oscar Kightley	...	Vale Pepelo / ... (28 episodes, 2004-2009)
Shimpal Lelisi	...	Valea Pepelo / ... (28 episodes, 2004-2009)
Bronwyn Bradley	...	Additional Voices / ... (25 episodes, 2004-2009)
Teuila Blakely	...	Sina Tapili / ... (22 episodes, 2004-2009)
Nathan Rarere	...	Additional Voices / ... (14 episodes, 2005-2009)

Series Directed by
Ali Ekeroma Cowley		(6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Maka Makatoa		(3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Ali Cowley		(3 episodes, 2006)

Series Writing credits
Mario Gaoa		(28 episodes, 2004-2009)
Oscar Kightley		(28 episodes, 2004-2009)
Shimpal Lelisi		(28 episodes, 2004-2009)
David Fane		(27 episodes, 2004-2009)
Elizabeth Mitchell		(11 episodes, 2005-2009)
The Naked Samoans		(3 episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Produced by
Elizabeth Mitchell	....	producer (26 episodes, 2004-2009)
Elizabeth Mitchell	....	producer / story producer (5 episodes, 2005-2007)
Trevor Haysom	....	consulting producer / executive producer (3 episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Original Music by
Nesian Mystik		(3 episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Film Editing by
Anthony Farac		(31 episodes, 2004-2009)
Steven Sinkovich		(7 episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Production Management
Kirsty Baillie	....	production manager (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ali Cowley	....	assistant director (1 episode, 2005)

Series Art Department
Ant Sang	....	designer / prop designer (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Luis Limaco	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Lee Eun Choi	....	prop cleanup (2 episodes, 2005)
Ali Cowley	....	prop designer (2 episodes, 2005)
Vihra Dimitrova	....	prop cleanup (2 episodes, 2005)
Ramon Ferraris	....	storyboard assistant (2 episodes, 2005)
Damon Lee	....	prop designer (2 episodes, 2005)
Yu Kuan Lu	....	prop cleanup (2 episodes, 2005)
Maka Makatoa	....	prop designer / storyboard director (2 episodes, 2005)
Newton Nano	....	storyboard artist / prop designer (2 episodes, 2005)
Jonathan Dower	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Sound Department
Greg Junovich	....	sound re-recording mixer / sound editor (24 episodes, 2004-2009)
Nick Buckton	....	foley artist / sound editor / ... (14 episodes, 2004-2009)
Lloyd Canham	....	audio post (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Anthony Farac	....	audio post (2 episodes, 2005)
Steve Kennedy	....	audio post (2 episodes, 2005)
Jose Salvador	....	track reader (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Visual Effects by
Murray Starkey	....	compositor / head compositor (2 episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Animation Department
Glenn P.W. Bailey	....	animator (11 episodes, 2004-2009)
Maka Makatoa	....	animation director / character designer (8 episodes, 2004-2005)
Ali Cowley	....	animation director / animator / ... (6 episodes, 2004-2006)
Damon Lee	....	character designer / clean-up artist / ... (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Antoinette Visser	....	character clean-up artist / clean-up artist / ... (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Greg Chapman	....	animator / clean-up artist (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Janiene Crawford	....	clean-up artist / key clean-up artist (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Jofrancis Dizon	....	animator / character turnarounds / ... (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Ghorr Ferraris	....	animator (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Onno Knuvers	....	clean-up artist / inbetween clean-up artist (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Erica Lack	....	animator (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Ian Lien	....	background artist / production background colorist (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Luis Limaco	....	animator / character turnarounds / ... (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Alfonso Serrano	....	animator / slugging (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Reuben Simpson	....	clean-up artist / key clean-up artist (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Ant Sang	....	animation designer / character designer (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
Andrew Bunyan	....	color key artist: backgrounds/characters/props / exposure sheets (2 episodes, 2005)
Hee Jin Cho	....	animator / key background designer / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
Lee Eun Choi	....	character clean-up artist / key clean-up artist (2 episodes, 2005)
Vihra Dimitrova	....	character clean-up artist / key clean-up artist (2 episodes, 2005)
Bruce Knox	....	character turnarounds / animator (2 episodes, 2005)
Yu Kuan Lu	....	character clean-up artist / key clean-up artist (2 episodes, 2005)
Gouping Zhang	....	animator / character turnarounds / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
Jonathan Dower	....	unit animation director (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Editorial Department
Callum MacEwan	....	on-line editor (1 episode, 2005)
Emma Papaconstantinou	....	assistant editor (1 episode, 2005)

Series Other crew
Amy Wardrop	....	production coordinator (6 episodes, 2006)
Caterina De Nave	....	network executive (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Anthony Farac	....	only child (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Tim Mitchell	....	investment consultant/dealmaker / investment consultant: Marathon Asset Management Ltd. (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Rachael Walker	....	production assistant / production intern (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Janelle Bish	....	production secretary (2 episodes, 2005)
Maxine Fleming	....	script aunty (2 episodes, 2005)
Csaba Nehéz	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 2005)
Emma Papaconstantinou	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Thanks
Kelly Martin	....	special thanks (3 episodes, 2004-2005)

Production Companies

• Firehorse Films

Distributors

• Link TV (2007-) (USA) (TV)
• TV3 (2004) (New Zealand) (TV)

Runtime:

22 min

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

New Zealand:PG (DVD rating) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | New Zealand:M (season 4) | New Zealand:PG (seasons 1-3)

Company:

Firehorse Films

Trivia:

New Zealand's first prime-time animated show.

Quotes:

Jeff da Maori:[Repeated line] Not even ow.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "My Gym Partner's a Monkey: Mongoosed/Mellow Fellows (#3.10)" (2007)

Completely unapologetic and Un-PC

Anyone comparing South Park to this gem of a series, has got to be smoking crack. yes they both exploit stereotypes. That's where similarities end. the writing style is completely different. It would be like comparing Family guy with SP. (with South Park looking like having something resembling a story)

Bro'town has got soul. it's far more coherent, better written, and ultimately, more offensive than either SP or FG could ever be to the American, PC-obsessed, media. The difference is that it doesn't try to be offensive with quick punch after another. The main characters aren't quick 5-second sideshows like they would be in a typical American cartoon.

Maybe some people may not like to hear this. but if you grew up in a ghetto, you knew ppl who were as one dimensional as these characters. It's just is what it is. It would suck if we couldn't laugh at this because some pc-head thinks it racist.

Latin America has picked up the series on cartoon network Latin America. and I hope some channel like BET (because let's face it, it won't get aired on any other American channel) picks it up, because they're the only ones in the US who will get this type of humor.

Can't wait for season four!