Inuk

Inuk is a young Inuit boy who lives in the frozen Artic lands with his family. His life changes though as a result of a magical amulet he finds out in the frozen wilderness. The amulet allows him to speak to the animals around him (and understand them as well obviously). With this he gets into all manner of adventures and situations with this family and animal friends including Kimik the sledge dog.

With colourful computer animation based on the artwork by Marc Tetro, this cartoon series caught my eye mainly because it is screened in the middle of the night (around 0400) in the UK and I did wonder if maybe it had more to it than just being for children – after all, how else to explain the timeslot, it isn't like it is great as a graveyard filler with its very short running time. Sadly it isn't as interesting as what I had thought although it is more interesting than the countless "fighting robots and aliens" computer generated cartoons that clutter the children's TV networks. The overuse of the themes of the kind and mysterious "indigenous peoples" will grate on some adults but for children this shouldn't matter.

That said though even children may be put off by the heavy sense of "message" that is evident throughout because this does tend to become the focus of the cartoons rather than making them fun and enjoyable. Overall then a simple cartoon that has bright colours that will distract very young children but lacks fun for older ones. Spreading thick helpings of "message" and "indigenous mystery" over it doesn't help and indeed will put many adults off as well as their offspring.

Does anyone know of a source for episode guides for either the 2001 series or the 2006 series, in French and in English? There is a listing for the French 2001 series, but what of the 2006 series?

It would be worth listing the 2001 series here but as IMDb is monolingual and that list would be in French it cannot be done as far as I can see?

You can find a .pdf of it at the video collection video QC ca/ catalogue/ documents/ GeoHist_009.pdf site.

Series: Inuk Keywords: Inuit, families, caribou, religion Simple story-lines are used in this animated series of stories that feature Inuk, an Inuit boy, his sister, family and animal friends. Although Inuk has special powers, he learns that his real strength lies in himself, his friends and his family. Each story is well developed and has a lesson at the end.

Ed