Barbapapa Around the World: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Barbapapa Around the World is a fun-filled collection of 5-minute animated cartoons for preschool children. Barbapapa and his family return to TV for the first time in 25 years with 50 completely new and original episodes.

Each episode travels to far-off lands where the Barbapapa family learns about plants, birds, reptiles or mammals in their natural Habitat. The Barbapapa family not only has fun playing with and imitating rare animals but it also helps the creatures when they fall into life-threatening situations. Join the Barbapapa Family as it travels to New Guinea, The Amazon, Patagonia and all over the world discovering the humor, danger and excitement of life.

Series details

• Title: Barbapapa Around the World
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Adventure, Anime, Children
• Premiere date: 1999-07-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1999-10-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 5 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 19619
• IMDb ID: tt0304998
• TVDB ID: 120231

Cast and credited roles

• Yumi Takada — Barbabelle
• Keiko Han — Barbamama
• Chafurin — Barbapapa

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1999-07-05; final listed air date 1999-10-01; episode order: 50.

Source and licence

Adapted from Barbapapa Around the World on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.