That strange anatomy cartoon?

Pigman II · 31-07-2004 1:25pm #1

Anyone know the name of that animated show from around 20 years that taught kids about the human body by making blood cells and neurons etc into characters and basing stories around their 'jobs'?

I think it was French or Canadian and might have had the word 'Life' in it there somewhere. The drawing style was pretty unique (all the characters had big noses) I think they also had a spin-off show about Cavemen or evolution or something?

Does it ring any bells for anyone?

aidan_walsh · 31-07-2004 1:30pm

The little red people who carried oxygen bubbles in pouches... The white cell "guards" in their flying craft launching little anti-viral people... The wierd blue messengers who darted from the brain to the rest of the body carrying messages... The evil virus people...

No idea what it was called though...

jongore · 31-07-2004 1:48pm

Ah yes, the immortal 'Once Upon a Time... Life' when we were taken around the body by a few red blood cells. The meories come flooding back!

Pigman II · 31-07-2004 2:04pm

Thanks for that jongore.

Here's a page about the series in question if anyones interested.
http://www.procidis.com/gb/catalogue/d_serie.html

BuffyBot · 31-07-2004 11:43pm

I did like that cartoon when I was a kid

Zhane · 06-08-2004 7:06am

this was in made into one of those book things you collect every week. my sister collected them. i think she has them in the attic still too!

littleninja · 06-08-2004 11:03am

I used to get up really early so I could watch Once Upon A Time.,.... Life when I was younger, thought it was great

Twistedlilkitty · 06-08-2004 11:13am

i cried when the old blood cell with the beard died.....
but it was ok in the end he came back...
like jesus :eek:

alienhead · 06-08-2004 1:53pm

loved that show, was cool when the body was invaded by an infection

Ruu_Old · 07-08-2004 9:10pm

i liked that cartoon

there was a few of those once upon a time things, except called different

byte · 08-08-2004 5:11pm

Ah yes, I remember that. We had a discussion about that on #boards.ie one night actually. Another series was called Once Upon A Time.. Space and there was another one or two.

simu · 09-08-2004 5:51pm

All the bad guys (smokers etc) had big red noses - I'm pretty sure it was French as well. Il était une fois... la vie, iirc.

There was also a series on famous scientists in the same animation style - I remember being inspired by the Marie Curie one!