Fantadrome
91 mins
Fantadroms is a Latvian children's sci-fi cartoon by production company Studio Dauka. The episodes were released sporadically between 1985 and 1995, and all thirteen of them were released as a collection on DVD in 2006. The hero of the show is a yellow shape-shifting robot called Indrikis XIII, who usually takes the form of a cat. He flies through space, mediating various disputes between the other characters. One recurring dynamic in the show is the love triangle between Indrikis XIII and Receklite - the flying purple cat-octopus with whom he is in love with, and the rat – who is in love with Indrikis. Other recurring characters include a cow, a (human) woman, and an amorphous pink blob. The episode "Salt" won the Lielais Kristaps award for best animation in 1985. The show has no dialogue and drama unfolds through pantomime and expressive noises such as grunts, groans, and laughter, which allows the show to cross language barriers.
Jānis Milbrets
Camera Operator
Ilze Ruska
Co-Director
Jānis Kārkliņš
Co-Director
Jānis Stepe
Camera Operator
Austra Gulbe
Camera Operator
Aldis Linē
Writer
Ilze Skrastiņa
Writer
Andris Grinbergs
Music
Uģis Segliņš
Writer
Igors Jakovlevs
Sound Director
Imants Zemzaris
Music
Aivars Rušmanis
Co-Director
Dzintars Krūmiņš
Co-Director
Aivars Rušmanis
Animation
Dace Liepa
Co-Director