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The Smurfs (1961)

The Smurfs poster
Country
Belgium

How it feels

This is an old animated series about small blue creatures living in a forest. They have adventures with each other and face a wizard named Gargamel.

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What happens

The Smurfs (French: Les Schtroumpfs) is a 1960s animated series. It was the first animated adaptation of the popular Belgian comic book series The Smurfs. The show was produced by TVA Dupuis and aired on RTB (Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française) from 1961 to 1967. Some of the television episodes from this series were chosen and became a part of the film Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs, which was released in 1965 in Belgium. Some of the recovered episodes are exhibited in the Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels. In honor of The Smurfs' 65th anniversary on October 23, 2023, Peyo Productions and IMPS announced that five episodes from the 1960s series would get uploaded fully restored on Sundays on a weekly basis. "The Smurfnapper" was the first episode that was uploaded on October 27, 2023, followed by "The Flying Smurf" on November 3, 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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