"TAK is a great example of Nickelodeon's ability to develop an original character-based property and broaden it to multiple entertainment platforms," said Marjorie Cohn, executive vice president of original programming and development, Nickelodeon Television. Tak is joined by a colorful cast of characters, including Chief (Maurice LaMarche, PINKY & THE BRAIN), Jibolba (Lloyd Sherr, MODERN MARVELS), Jeera (Kari Wahlgren, SUPER ROBOT MONKEY TEAM HYPERFORCE GO!), Zaria (Dannah Feinglass, MAD TV), Lok (Patrick Warburton, THE X'S) and Keeko (John DiMaggio, FUTURAMA). For most, Juju power could be a recipe for success, but because of Tak's particular combination of imagination and irresponsibility, his powers only get him, the Pupununu villagers, and sometimes the Jujus, into outlandish trouble. Tak is the only Pupununu who holds the "Power of Juju," which allows him to access magic usually only available to 177-year-old shamans. Their lives are sometimes helped - and frequently made more complicated - by the strange and mystical Jujus, magical beings with whom Tak has a special bond. TAK AND THE POWER OF JUJU follows the teenage jungle-boy Tak, voiced by Hal Sparks (TALK SOUP), and his fellow Pupununu villagers as they deal with their fate as the unluckiest tribe in the world.
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The series will air regularly on Saturdays at 10:00 am on Nickelodeon. In support of the launch, Nicktoons Network, Nick's 24-hour animation network, will air the premiere episodes the following day, Saturday, Sept.
Based on the THQ videogame, two back-to-back half-hour episodes will launch on Friday, Aug. Tak must foil him if the worlds of Nightmare and reality are ever to be separated again.Nickelodeon is set to debut TAK AND THE POWER OF JUJU, Nicktoon's first CG-animated series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios. Tlaloc uses the staff to create the reality-manipulating Nightmare Sceptre. Racing to prevent them from presenting it to their Dark Master, Tak follows in hot pursuit, and must close up the rents in reality that the mischievous pair open along their way. Tak is left with half a staff, while the evil Tlaloc’s minions - Pins and Needles - escape with the other half. And in the ensuing scuffle, the staff is broken into two pieces. But it’s all a trick! The offers of help were nothing more than a ruse by which Tlaloc hoped to steal the Staff of Dreams. A Dream Juju offers to help him learn the ways of the Dreamworld and get to the bottom of the mystery. Now he is troubled by a reoccurring dream in which an imprisoned maiden seeks his help. In the Power of Juju, Tak discovered that he was the legendary hero of the Pupanunu people foretold by legend. Juju was the game’s name for magic, and as well as being able to run, jump, hit and swing, Tak could learn 17 magical spells to help him on his adventure, which included transforming into a chicken and a fish.ĭeveloped and published once again by Avalanche and THQ, Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams proves that Tak is indeed back. Set in a distant tribal past, it followed the adventures of Tak, a shaman’s apprentice, who must save his village from the evil Juju Man. The first Tak game, Tak and the Power of Juju, was an action platformer.