Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Characters also include a hare, squirrels and hedgehogs, a pig called Rosie, a goat, and a dog who all live in Masha's front yard. There are several supporting characters in the series, including Masha's cousin Dasha, a penguin adopted by the Bear, a young panda cub from China, who is the Bear's cousin, two wolves who live in an old UAZ ambulance car, a tiger that used to work with the Bear in the circus, and a Female Bear that is the object of the bear's affections. The kind-hearted Bear is always trying to keep Masha out of trouble, but often ends up the unintended victim of her mischief. This leads to many funny and entertaining situations. In each episode of the show, Masha is portrayed as a smart, kind, but mischievous little girl who is exploring the world around her. The Bear tries to get rid of Masha, but he is unsuccessful, and he and Masha become friends. When the Bear returns, he sees the disaster caused by Masha. While playing there, she makes a big mess. One morning, Masha sees a butterfly and inadvertently follows it inside the home of a bear who has gone fishing. All the animals in the forest are afraid of her as she is constantly forcing them to play with her. Masha is a Russian girl who lives in the forest with her pig, goat, and dog.
In 2015 the Slovak company COMUNIQUE acquired a license to create an ice show based on Masha and the Bear stories called Masha and the Bear on Ice. The first thirteen episodes of the fourth season have been launched already.įor the first season in English, Elsie Fisher-the voice of Agnes, the youngest of the three girls in the Despicable Me films-was chosen to dub the voice of Masha.
The show consists of three full seasons, with 26 episodes each. Masha and the Bear is the only non-music artist to have more than one video exceeding a billion views. The remaining top ten most viewed Masha and the Bear videos are: "Bon Appétit", with over 1.2 billion views "Laundry Day", with over 1.0 billion views "The Foundling", with over 750 million views "La Dolce Vita", with over 720 million views "Hocus-Pocus", with over 640 million views "One, Two, Three! Light the Christmas Tree!", with over 570 million views "Two Much", with over 490 million views "Little Cousin", with over 460 million views and "Home-Grown Ninjas", with over 360 million views. In particular, the Russian-language version of the episode "Маша плюс каша" ("Recipe for Disaster") has more than 3.6 billion views, making it the site's fourth most viewed video of all time, and the most viewed video on YouTube that is not a music video. Many of the episodes have been successful on YouTube. Treehouse TV acquired Masha and the Bear as well from 2016-present and then has been formerly acquired on Teletoon too.
The series was released on Netflix and through NBCUniversal. The series has been translated into 25 languages and was broadcast in more than 100 countries. The follow up series Sabuh and Bashi gained little following owing the constant bickering of the two adorable siblings. The show focuses on the adventures of a little girl named Masha and a fatherly bear that always keeps her from disasters. Masha and the Bear (Russian: Ма́ша и Медве́дь, romanized: Masha i Medved Russian pronunciation: ) is a Russian animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov and produced by Animaccord Animation Studio (Moscow, the Russian Federation), loosely based on the oral children's folk story of the same name.