Masyanya: Season 4 - Regtraims
Episodes
Life with a Cat
Jun 19, 2005
This is the first of the "Ragtimes" — a peculiar subtype of Masyanya cartoons where the characters play not only themselves but also various animals. Allegorical cartoons, so to sp
Masyabird and Khryundeptitsepap
Jul 5, 2005
The title — I myself can't read it without stumbling. This episode is about birds. About parent-birds and chick-birds. Not sure what else to describe here — it's all in the cartoon
The Black-o-eared Parrot
Sep 22, 2005
On the website this episode is listed under exactly this title — "The Black-o-eared Parrot." With that extra "o." And the description explicitly notes that it's not a typo. However
M on key
Oct 10, 2005
The episode about monkeys is actually about the traps we set and the pits we dig. Two different approaches to catching the bluebird of happiness — well, the monkey, rather...
Ant Oratorio
Oct 23, 2005
— And who makes the rules for us? — Those whose income exceeds 10,000 koku. — And why do they have so much koku? — Because they make the rules, why are you acting like a child?
A Sparrow Named Jonathan Khryundelson
Dec 6, 2005
The title, like the plot of the cartoon, contains a pretty transparent — oak-level obvious, I'd say — nod to the work of one Richard Bach and his seagull. But Bach didn't quite thi
The Adventures of Burasiano, or The Golden Pickaxe
Dec 22, 2005
This is what happens when you let an artist off the leash. :) In this episode the Masyanya characters aren't even playing animals anymore — they're playing characters from "Buratin
Serengeti
Jan 30, 2006
This one went completely off the allegory charts. A species of creature called "Shurikis" (means "Fellas") inhabits the Serengeti national park. A wildlife documentary segment abou
Moth at the Hoarse Tractor Driver's
Dec 5, 2006
There was a film called "Dead Mountaineer's Hotel", in case anyone missed the reference. This episode has a nightmarish ending. It's the only episode with a bad ending. Masyanya di