Carrossel (animated series)

Carrossel is a Brazilian cartoon series produced and exhibited by SBT and co-produced by SuperToons. It is a spin-off based on the homonymous soap opera, which in turn is an adaptation of the homonymous Mexican soap opera.

Porque Não Pode Embarcar Nesse Carrossel (Why It Can't Ride This Carousel)

 * 1) This was a product of SBT trying to make a cash cow franchise out of their first children's soap opera, Carrossel, along with a superhero series (Patrulha Salvadora), two movies (Carrossel: O Filme, and Carrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria Joaquina), and even a whole TV program centered about it (Clube do Carrossel), modeled after the other cartoon blocks of the network.
 * 2) Much like the failed attempts of oversaturating the soap opera and its actors above, the cartoon barely lasted a year on the channel, being forgotten as soon as the soap opera's rerun had ended.
 * 3) Development Hell: The cartoon was announced as far as 2013, and was fully completed and expected to show on that same year however, the premiere was delayed multiple times, first, to 2014, then, to August, 2015, before finally setting January 4, 2016 as the official premiere date.
 * 4) Because all of the delays above, the child actors grew older, and their voices got deeper and dissonant to the characters. It's more noticeable with Jaime's voice actor.
 * 5) Professora Helena and Laura recast for no reason, and the replacements sound nothing like the original actresses. Their new voices are also more annoying now.
 * 6) It's sillier than the soap opera (which had some serious moments here and then) is based.
 * 7) The stories are pretty simplistic and uninteresting.
 * 8) Some jokes mostly consist of toilet humor (courtesy of Jaime) and fatphobic jokes delivered to Jaime and Laura.
 * 9) Many characters from the soap opera don't appear in this series.
 * 10) Like the 2012 remake of the soap opera made by SBT, many of the characters kept their flanking characteristics, such as:
 * 11) * Jaime characterized as a gross-out fat character who only thinks about food and football.
 * 12) * Cirilo remains a dumb and annoying kid that the writers force the viewer to feel sorry for him constantly, in addition to being sometimes portrayed as a Gary-Stu (the episode of the play, for example).
 * 13) * Graça portrayed as a clumsy and stupid cleaning lady who often annoys Olivia.
 * 14) Professora Helena in this cartoon comes across as a flat character, only appearing to deliver good morals and nothing else, a sharp contrast to her character in the soap opera.
 * 15) Professora Suzana had her antagonist role changed from being a love rival for Helena to a tyrant who wants to dominate the school, sometimes seeming to want to conspire against Olivia.
 * 16) In one of the episodes, there is a reference to Tele Sena, one of the lottery actions of Silvio Santos, which may be considered an inappropriate marketing use for SBT.
 * 17) Lots of gross scenes, such as Jaime farting and belching or the scene where Jaime accidentally sticks his finger in the gorilla's nose that is full of a booger.
 * 18) Some of the character redesigns in the animated version look much uglier than in the original soap opera, like for example:
 * 19) * Mario now has buckteeth.
 * 20) * Kokimoto has even more racist features Asians having closed eyes and buck teeth.
 * 21) * Principal Olivia has buckteeth and has an almost masculine appearance.
 * 22) * Firmino looks way more cartoonish compared the other characters, being chubby, with a bigger beard, and being big-nosed.
 * 23) * Maria Joaquina looks a bit ugly, looking like more a clown than a little girl.
 * 24) Also, about the designs, some of the one-time characters look much more cartoony than the main characters making them feel out of place. The background characters that appear running away scared from the gorilla in the episode "Passeio ao Zoológico" extremely poorly drawn.
 * 25) The last episode was a terrible way to end the series, with Suzana taken to an asylum differing from the soap opera continuity, as Suzana continues to work at the school until the final chapters.
 * 26) The series does not have any continuity with the main plot of the soap opera and can be considered a filler as a whole.
 * 27) Many of the minor characters have poor voice acting.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Most of the actors from the original soap opera do reprise their roles by voicing their animated versions.
 * 2) Except for some characters, the art style and animation are decent, for that matter, since it was made by SuperToons, who also co-produced the cartoon.
 * 3) The backgrounds are very well drawn and accurate to the original ones.
 * 4) Unlike the original soap opera, where they put the names of the episode instead of just the number.

Trivia

 * Due to good ratings, the cartoon expected to have a second season. However, it and an animated adaptation of their 2013 soap opera Chiquititas, were both canned.
 * It was dubbed at Mauricio de Sousa Produções of Mônica's Gang fame.