Vic the Viking is a children's animated television series, which premiered in 2013 on Network Ten on 4 July, and continued on Eleven on 5 October. It is based on the 1974–1975 anime series Vicky the Viking and the book series it was originally inspired. The show aired 39 episodes for a total of 78 segments, and ended in 2014.
The main characters are Vic, a young, frail and ingenious Viking boy; his father Halvar, the Captain of the Drakkar and chief elect of Flake the home village; Vic's bossy mother Ylva; mischievous urchin-rival Gilby, who is jealous that Vic is allowed to sail with the men, and Vic's equally inquisitive little cousin, Ylvi. Other characters include a druid named Urobe, the ever-quarreling companions Tjure and Snorre, the simple giant Flaxe, squeaky-voiced navigator Gorm and bard Ulme. Halvar's sworn enemy is the rascally captain Sven and his crew of incompetent oafs, but most episodes have other antagonists.
The series has been aired overseas, as in Flanders by Ketnet since autumn 2013 (dubbed in Dutch). In the UK it aired on Pop. There are also two Catalan language dubs, corresponding to Televisió de Catalunya and À Punt Mèdia, in València.
Cast French Marie Facundo Benoît Du Pac Magali Rosenzweig Lionel Tua Cyrille Monge Stéphane Ronchewski Thierry Kazazian Tanguy Goasdoué Nathalie Homs
Voice director: Nathalie Homs
Voice recording studio: Piste Rouge
English Kirstie Hutton as Vic and Ylvi Peter Callan as Captain Halvar Jane U'Brien as Ylva and Gilby Paul Davies as Urobe, Tjure and Sven Cam Ralph as Ulme, Faxe and Pox David Callan as Snorre and Gorm
Series overview
Season 1 (2013)
Season 2 (2013–14)
Production Development of the series began in 2011, when Studio 100 launched its French animation division Studio 100 Animation to produce revivals of classics like Vicky the Viking back in 2009. The series was ordered when French broadcaster TF1 and German network ZDF (which aired the 1974 anime) had commissioned the series to air the series in its home countries.
The series became a French/Australian co-production in 2013 when Australian broadcasting networks Network Ten and Australian Broadcasting Corporation had ordered a revival of the classic 1974 anime series titled Vic the Viking and Australian animation studio Flying Bark Productions co-produced the series with Studio 100 Animation while Arvill Stark's entertainment company ASE Studios came aboard as co-producer.
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