60 Animated television series about bears

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin is an American/Canadian Children's animated television series based on Teddy Ruxpin, an animatronic teddy bear created by Ken Forsse and distributed by toy manufacturer Worlds of Wonder. Produced in 1986–7 for television syndication by DIC Enterprises with Atkinson Film-Arts, the series employed many of the same voice actors used in the book-and-tape series that was made for the eponymous animatronic toy. While some of the stories used in the TV series were adapted from the books, many were original and greatly expanded upon the world established there. The series differed from traditional children's animation in that most of its 65 episodes were serialized rather than in traditional episodic form.

Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an American animated television series that first aired in the United States from 1985 to 1991. The series was the first animated production by Walt Disney Television and loosely inspired by the gummy bear candies; Disney CEO Michael Eisner was struck with inspiration for the show when his son requested the candies one day. The series premiered on NBC on September 14, 1985, and aired there for four seasons. The series moved to ABC for one season from 1989 to 1990 and concluded on September 6, 1991, as part of the Disney Afternoon television syndication package.

Bamse – Världens starkaste björn is a Swedish cartoon created by Rune Andréasson. The highly popular children's cartoon first emerged as a series of television short films as well as a weekly half-page Sunday strip in 1966, before being published periodically in its own comic magazine since 1973.

Bananas in Pyjamas is an Australian children's television series that premiered on 20 July 1992 on ABC. It has since become syndicated in many countries, and dubbed into other languages. In the United States, the "Pyjamas" in the title was modified to reflect the American spelling pajamas. This aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997 as a half-hour series, then became a 15-minute show paired with a short-lived 15-minute series The Crayon Box, under a 30-minute block produced by Sachs Family Entertainment titled Bananas in Pajamas & The Crayon Box. Additionally, the characters and a scene from the show were featured in the Kids for Character sequel titled Kids for Character: Choices Count. The pilot episode was Pink Mug.

The Berenstain Bears is an animated comedy television series based on the children's book series of the same name by Stan and Jan Berenstain, produced by Southern Star Productions/Hanna Barbera Australia. It aired in the United States from September 14, 1985, to September 5, 1987, on CBS with 52 11-minute episodes in 26 half-hour shows produced. Each show consisted of two episodes, the first being an adaptation of one of the books, the second being an original story. The series was nominated in 1987 for a Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming; it was also nominated that year for a Humanitas Prize in the category of Non-Prime Time Children's Animated Show.

The Berenstain Bears is a children's animated television comedy series based on the children's book series of the same name by Stan and Jan Berenstain. The series follows the lives of a family of anthropomorphic bears who learn a moral or safety-related lesson during the course of each episode. It ran for 40 episodes in three seasons. The series debuted on PBS Kids in the United States on January 6, 2003 and ended on December 6, 2004.

Bernard, known as Backkom in South Korea and Berni in Spain, is a Spanish-South Korean-French computer-animated television series produced by RG Animation Studios, with the investment of the French broadcaster M6. The animation style is of a combination of computer-generated and cel animation. The stories are written by the creative studio Screen21, the directors are José Luis Ucha Enríquez and Claudio Biern Lliviria. The music was written by Oscar Maceda Rodríguez. Bernard also was a part of Cartoon Network's Sunday Pants.

Boonie Bears is a Chinese animated cartoon series shown on multiple Chinese platforms and television stations, including Central China Television (CCTV) and Beijing Television Network (BTV). The series features two bears, Briar and Bramble, who try to stop Logger Vick from destroying their forest home. Some other minor characters, mainly animals, are also shown, such as an owl, a gopher, and two monkeys.

Brickleberry is an American adult animated sitcom created by Waco O'Guin and Roger Black for the basic cable network Comedy Central. Executive produced by O'Guin, Black, and comedian Daniel Tosh, the series follows a group of park rangers as they work through their daily lives in the fictional Brickleberry National Park.

C Bear and Jamal is a Saturday morning animated musical comedy children's television series that aired on the Fox Kids programming block from 1996 to 1997. It centers on an elementary school-aged boy named Jamal, whose constant companion was "C Bear", an orange hip-hop teddy bear who raps. Film Roman co-produced the show.

Care Bears is an animated television series based on the franchise of the same name. The first series was produced by DIC Enterprises on syndication in the first season. It aired a while after the theaterical release of the first movie in the series.

Care Bears & Cousins is an American CGI adventure animated TV series that premiered on November 6, 2015, on Netflix.

Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot is an American animated television series produced by SD Entertainment and American Greetings and aired on CBS' KEWLopolis programming block from September 15, 2007 to December 6, 2008. A follow-up to the movie Care Bears: Oopsy Does It!, it was the third Care Bears television series produced, the first version was produced by DIC Entertainment in 1985 and the second version was produced by Nelvana in 1986. The 2007 version was produced by Sabella Dern Entertainment, the same company that made Care Bears: Oopsy Does It!. It features songs with music by Andy Street and lyrics by Judy Rothman.

Care Bears: Unlock the Magic is an American animated preschool children's television series and the sixth television series based on the Care Bears franchise, following Care Bears and Cousins.

Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot, also known as simply Welcome to Care-a-Lot, is a 2012 American CGI adventure musical animated TV series which is based on the "Care Bears" franchise in honor of their 30th anniversary. It is produced by American Greetings Properties. Unlike its previous predecessor "Care Bears" shows, this is AG's first CGI animated "Care Bears" TV series, though several films in the franchise had been released in the format. The series premiered on June 2, 2012 on the Hub Network in the United States. Previews of each new episode were released weekly on an official channel on YouTube, along with occasional music video or other promotional releases.

CB Bears is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired on NBC from September 10 to December 3, 1977.

Chozen is an American adult animated sitcom, which aired from January 13, to March 31, 2014, on FX and which was created by Grant Dekernion. The show aired for one season.

Curucuru and Friends is a 2006 Korean-Chinese Stop Motion series animated by Ffango Entertoyment, primarily aimed for Preschoolers. It is officially Ffango's first original stop motion animated series, directed by Jung Hye-On and written by both Yi Jeong-Geun and Jang Eun-Ju with character designs by Jin Hyo-Jung.

Elliot Moose is a Canadian children's live-action-animated television series produced by TVOntario from Nelvana the series premiered on September 6, 1999 with the final episode aired on September 20, 2000. The series is based on Andrea Beck's children's book series, Elliot Moose.

Evil Con Carne is an American animated television series/spin-off of Grim & Evil and sister show of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, created by Maxwell Atoms. The series first appeared on Cartoon Network during the show Grim & Evil, along with The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. Thirteen more half-hour episodes of Grim & Evil were produced, but the two series later became separate programs in 2003. While The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy ran for six seasons, Evil Con Carne only ran for fourteen episodes and ended on October 22, 2004. It was also part of Cartoon Network's brand, Cartoon Cartoons, and is the 15th and final cartoon of the series. An official series finale, titled "Company Halt", aired on March 16, 2007.

The Further Adventures of SuperTed is an American-British animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and Siriol Animation in association with S4C, and continues the adventures of SuperTed. There was only one series consisting of thirteen episodes and originally broadcast on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera in the United States starting on 31 January 1989.

Gloomy the Naughty Grizzly is a Japanese anime television series produced by NAZ. The series aired from April to June 2021 in Japan, and was streamed worldwide via YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.

Grizzy & the Lemmings is a French computer-animated television series produced by Studio Hari with the participation of France Télévisions and Boomerang. While being inspired by Oggy and the Cockroaches,, it was after The Owl & Co and The Jungle Bunch. The show is about a grizzly bear named Grizzy and a number of lemmings. There is no dialogue in the show. Characters either do not speak, or use unintelligible vocalizations. The graphic creations are by Bertrand Gatignol for the characters and Édouard Cellura for the sets.

Happy Tree Friends is an American adult animated web series created by Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo, and Kenn Navarro, and developed by Montijo, Navarro, and Jeremy Viet Duong for Mondo Media. The show had achieved a cult following on Mondo Media, G4 and YouTube. Montijo, Navarro, Graff, Ankrum serving as showrunners.

Help! ... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! is an American animated television series, produced by Hanna-Barbera, which originally aired for one season on CBS from September 11, 1971, to January 8, 1972. Daws Butler, Paul Winchell and William Callaway voice the three bears that comprise the Hair Bear Bunch, while John Stephenson and Joe E. Ross voice Mr. Peevly and Botch, respectively, the two individuals who patrol the zoo in which the bears live. The series' producer was Charles A. Nichols, with William Hanna and Joseph Barbera directing, and Hoyt Curtin serving as the composer.

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Hero: 108 is an animated television series created by Yang-Ming Tarng for Cartoon Network. It was broadcast on Cartoon Network and the Kabillion On Demand service in the United States, and aired on the Cartoon Network international channels elsewhere. The series was produced by MoonScoop Group, in association with Gamania, Hong Ying Animation, Telegael Teoranta, and Turner Entertainment Networks International Ltd. It premiered on March 1, 2010.

Hey Mister, Let's Play! is an animated Czech TV series, created by Břetislav Pojar, Miroslav Štěpánek and Ivan Urban. It used mostly stop motion animation to tell the story of two teddy bears. It is based on a short film How They Met At Kolin. It was filmed between 1965 and 1973.

The Hillbilly Bears is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired as a segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show from October 2, 1965 to September 7, 1967.

Hustle Punch is a Japanese adventure anime series created by Yasuji Mori and produced by Toei Animation. Its 26 episodes were aired in November 1, 1965 to April 25, 1966 on TV Asahi.

The Jungle Book is a 3D Indian-German-French CGI animated television series co-produced by DQ Entertainment International, MoonScoop, ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, TF1. It is based on the Rudyard Kipling book of the same name.

The Jungle Book is an Italian/Japanese anime adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's original collection of stories, The Jungle Book. It aired in 1989, and consists of a total of 52 episodes.

Disney's Jungle Cubs is an American animated series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation for ABC in 1996 and based on the 1967 film The Jungle Book, but set in the youth of the animal characters. The show was a hit, running for two seasons in syndication before its re-runs to the Disney Channel. The show was broadcast on Toon Disney, but was taken off the schedule in 2001. Re-runs aired on Disney Junior in the US from 2012 to 2013. The show also aired in the United Kingdom on Disney Cinemagic and in Latin America.

Kingdom Force is a Canadian CGI animated children's television series created by Matthew Fernandes. The series is about the adventures of an animal superhero team. Summoned from five different kingdoms, the heroes pilot five rescue vehicles which combine to form a giant robot -- the Alpha Mech.

Kissyfur is an American animated children's television series which aired on NBC. It was produced by Jean Chalopin and Andy Heyward and created by Phil Mendez for DIC Animation City. The series was based on a half-hour NBC special called Kissyfur: Bear Roots and was followed by three more specials until its Saturday morning debut. The show ran for two seasons between 1986 to 1988.

Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear (くまみこ) is a Japanese manga series by Masume Yoshimoto, serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Flapper since May 2013. It has been collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes and is also available on Media Factory's ComicWalker web comic service. An anime television series adaptation by Kinema Citrus and EMT Squared aired from April 3, 2016 to June 19, 2016.

Les Aventures de Colargol is a French-Polish animated television series which ran for 53 episodes of 13 minutes each, created by Albert Barillé after the Colargol created by Olga Pouchine and broadcast from November 9, to 1974 on the Deuxième chaîne de l’ORTF. The series has been successfully exported to many countries.

Life's a Zoo is a Canadian stop motion sitcom created by Adam Shaheen and Andrew Horne. It is directed by Alexander Gorelick. A co-production of Cuppa Coffee Studios and Teletoon, "Life's a Zoo.tv" was named Best Animated Program or Series at the 24th Annual Gemini Awards. It premiered on September 1, 2008, on Teletoon's late night programming block, Teletoon at Night. It premiered on Smosh's Cartoon YouTube channel, Shut Up! Cartoons on June 23, 2013.

Little Bear is an animated series produced by Nelvana Limited in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is based on the Little Bear series of books, which were written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. In the United States, the show debuted on Nickelodeon in 1995, and aired on CBS from 2000 to 2001.

Maple Town, also known as Maple Town Stories , is a 1986 Japanese slice of life anime series created by Chifude Asakura and directed by Junichi Sato. The series, animated by Toei Animation, consists of 52 half-hour episodes, which aired on TV Asahi in Japan from January 19, 1986 to January 11, 1987.

Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac is a Japanese anime television series consisting of 26 episodes, based on the novel Monarch, The Big Bear of Tallac by Ernest Thompson Seton. It was directed by Yoshio Kuroda and was first broadcast on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation in 1977.

Octonauts is a children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for the BBC channel CBeebies, and based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy.

Out There is an American adult animated television series created by Ryan Quincy. It aired on IFC from February 22 to April 19, 2013. Out There was IFC's first animated project since Hopeless Pictures in 2005, which also lasted one season. The series is currently available on Hulu.

Paddington is a 1976–1980 children's animated television series based on the Paddington Bear books by Michael Bond. The series was scripted by Bond himself, and produced by FilmFair; it was narrated by Michael Hordern, who also voiced all of the characters.

Paddington Bear is a 1989–1990 American/British animated television series. It was the second television adaptation of the children's book series, following the 1976–1980 Paddington.

Paw Paws is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that first aired in 1985 and 1986. It debuted as part of the weekday/weekend morning programming block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera.

Poppets Town is an animated children's television series produced by Decode Entertainmernt and Neptuno Films, based on the characters created by Japanese author Jun Ichihara. The series aired on Knowledge Network and TVOKids in Canada.

Rupert is a traditionally animated children's television series based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, which aired from 1991 to 1997 with 65 half-hour episodes produced. The series is produced by Nelvana, in co-production with Ellipse Programmé for the first three seasons, in association with YTV Canada, Inc., and ITV franchisees TVS Television and Scottish Television.

Rupert Bear: Follow the Magic... is a British animated children's television series based on the Mary Tourtel character, Rupert Bear. Aimed at pre-school children, the show is part stop motion, part computer-generated imagery. Rupert Bear still wears his trademark bright yellow plaid trousers and matching scarf, with a red jumper. Rupert has brown fur once again, just as he was originally drawn in 1920: when he appeared as a cartoon character in the Daily Express, they economised on ink by printing him white.

Shirokuma Cafe is a Japanese manga series by Aloha Higa . It revolves around the everyday lives of a group of animals mingling with humans at a café run by a polar bear. An anime adaptation by Studio Pierrot aired in Japan between April 2012 and March 2013. It was streamed as it aired on Japanese TV on Crunchyroll as Polar Bear Cafe for global audiences.

Silverwing is a 2003 animated television series based on Kenneth Oppel's novel of the same name. It has 2D and 3D animation hybrid.

Special Agent Oso is an American children's CGI-animated TV series. The series was created by Ford Riley. It premiered on April 4, 2009 with 2 episodes airing that day as part of Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block, and aired two seasons of 60 episodes through May 17, 2012. After the original broadcast of the series finale on May 17, 2012, reruns continued to air until 2016. The series was made available on Disney+ on May 14, 2021.

SuperTed is a British superhero animated television series about an anthropomorphic teddy bear with superpowers, created by British-American writer and animator Mike Young. Originally created by Young as a series of stories to help his son overcome his fear of the dark, SuperTed became a popular series of books and led to an animated series produced from 1983 to 1986. An American-produced series, The Further Adventures of SuperTed, was produced by Hanna Barbera in 1989. The series also aired on The Disney Channel in the United States where it became the first British animated series to air on that channel.

Sylvanian Families is a syndicated animated series based on the Sylvanian Families merchandising franchise developed by Epoch. The series was produced in the United States by DIC Animation City with the animation being produced in Japan. It was first broadcast in 1987 in First-run syndication, with reruns on The CBN Family Channel in the late 1980s and PAX TV during the late 1990s.

TaleSpin is an American animated television series first aired in 1990 as a preview on Disney Channel and later that year as part of The Disney Afternoon. It features characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book, which was theatrically rereleased in the summer before this show premiered in the fall. Namely Baloo the Bear, Louie the ape, and Shere Khan the tiger, along with new characters created for the show. The name of the show is a play on "tailspin", the rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral. The two words in the show's name, tale and spin, are a way to describe telling a story. The show is one of nine Disney Afternoon shows to use established Disney characters as the main characters, with the other eight being Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop, Bonkers, Quack Pack, Aladdin, and Timon & Pumbaa. It is also one of two animated television series based on the book The Jungle Book, the second being Jungle Cubs.

The Twisted Whiskers Show is a 2010 animated comedy television series based on the Twisted Whiskers greeting cards created by Terrill Bohlar for American Greetings. It began airing as the first program of the Hasbro/Discovery TV network, Discovery Family on October 10, 2010. 26 half-hour episodes of the CG series were produced by American Greetings Properties, DQ Entertainment, MoonScoop LLC, CloudCo, Inc., and Telegael. The series was also aired on Teletoon in Canada, CBBC in the United Kingdom, MTV3 Junior in Finland and Disney Channel in Japan.

Waybuloo is a CGI television series created by Dan Good and Absolutely Cuckoo. It was commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC, and first aired on CBeebies in May 2009. The 100-episode show was head-written by Marc Seal, filmed by the Foundation in Glasgow and animated and directed by Gallus Entertainment.

We Bare Bears is an American animated television series created by Daniel Chong for Cartoon Network. The show follows three bears, Grizzly, Panda, and Ice Bear, and their awkward attempts at integrating with the human world in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! is an American children's educational Flash animated television series created by Bob Boyle. The series was produced by Bolder Media and Starz Media in association with Film Roman, and it was animated by Bardel Entertainment using both Toon Boom and Adobe Flash software. Boyle submitted his original concept as a book to Frederator Studios, the lead creative partner in Bolder Media. After more than 6000 children's book concepts were reviewed, his submission was selected for development into an animated series for preschoolers. Bob Boyle, Susan Miller, Mark Warner, and Fred Seibert served as executive producers.

The Yogi Bear Show is an American comedy animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that centers on the misadventures of forest-dwelling bear Yogi in Jellystone Park. The show debuted in syndication on January 30, 1961, and ran for 33 episodes until January 6, 1962 and is the first entry in the Yogi Bear franchise. Two other segments for the show were Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle. The show had a two-year production run.

The New Yogi Bear Show is an American animated television series and the sixth incarnation of the Yogi Bear franchise produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired in syndication from September 12 to November 11, 1988, containing forty-five new episodes combined with reruns of the original 1961 series. Pared down from some of the other versions, this series featured only Yogi, Boo-Boo, Cindy and Ranger Smith, with episodes set in Jellystone Park.