HBO’s first Brazilian animated series will premiere this Friday (18th) on Max and the subscription channel. The “Astronaut” production is visually inspired by Graphic MSP by Danilo Beyruth and brings reflections on the mind and the universe with a plot aimed at an adult audience.
The plot explores the crises and discoveries of Pereira, an astronaut removed from the Brazilian Space Research Agency, BRASA. After a colleague disappears during a mission to the Moon, he returns to space without imagining that he will fall into an alien trap that could threaten all of humanity.
The original voice cast includes Marcos Pigossi as Pereira, Mel Lisboa as Ritinha, Carol Crespo as Lima, Julia Ribas as De Luca and Francisco Júnior as General Alvez.
The animation also features Marco França as Martinez, Ricardo Sawaya as Watanabe, Nara Kelly as Valentin, and finally, Francisco Freitas as the voice of Cabral and with casting and voice direction by Marina Santana.
Co-produced by Mauricio de Sousa Produções with Warner Bros. Discovery, the series is directed by Roger Keesse, who also piloted the TV series Turma da Mônica Jovem.
A story that began in 1963
The character of Astronaut Pereira is an interplanetary hero created by Mauricio de Sousa who made his debut in 1963 in strips in the newspaper Diário de São Paulo. Blond, with spiky hair and nicknamed “Astro,” he was the first Brazilian astronaut to appear in comics.
With a super-equipped spacesuit donated by the Jelly Men, Pereira’s only company is the “Computer”. From time to time he returns to Earth to fulfill his desires.
“But after traveling so much and focusing his priorities solely on work, our hero ended up losing his old childhood sweetheart, Ritinha, who married a colonel out of fear that the space bachelor would trade her for someone from the universe,” he says Turma by Monica wikipedia.
“Desolate, his stories reflected a “what if” of what his life might be like if he focused more on his family, transforming our explorer into a solitary traveler. But that doesn’t stop him from continuing his search for new life and civilization outside our planet.”
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