Masyanya

Name: Masyanya
Genre: Animation
Rating: 6.2

Масяня (2001 — present)

Seasons: 9, episodes: 190

Animation

Russia

Average rating: 6.2/10 93 682

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All about the series

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Premiere

22 October 2001

Status

Returning

Creators

Oleg Kuvaev

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Short description

Masyanya is an ordinary girl — not particularly gifted with talent or beauty — living the same everyday life as the rest of us, wherever in the world we may be… She drinks beer, hangs out in sketchy places, meets up with friends, and does her best to squeeze as much enjoyment out of life as possible… The one thing that sets her apart is her unshakeable couldn't-care-less attitude and her sheer love of life…

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Season 1	32	2001-10-22	—
Season 2	25	—	—
Season 3	26	—	—
Season 4 - Regtraims	9	—	—
Season 5	26	—	—
Season 6	23	—	—
Season 7	18	2020-04-01	—
Season 8	12	2022-03-21	—
Season 9	19	—	—

What's left behind the scenes

In Ukraine, the animated series was illegally broadcast by the Inter TV channel in 2003.
The episode 'Oklobakha,' known for its tragedy, was based on a real-life incident that happened to one of Kuvaev's friends. The painting appearing in the final frame is an actual oil painting, created before the animation was made.
In the episode 'Cthulhu and the Penguin with a Propeller,' the alarm clock that Khrunyel bought for Masya plays the song 'Gangnam Style' by South Korean artist Psy.
In the original version of the episode 'Radio Day,' the sign in the studio read 'Radio Minimum'; however, the word 'Minimum' was later blacked out at the request of a friend of Oleg Kuvaev who worked at Radio Maximum, fearing he might be fired because of the suddenly popular cartoon.
In the episode 'One of Our Own,' where Khrunyel brought a camera, Lokhmaty was playing The Sims on the computer.
In the episode 'Russian Punk Rock,' the band consisting of Masyanya, Lokhmaty, and Khryundel performs a cover of the song 'New Born' by the popular British rock band Muse.
In the episodes 'The Moth and the Hoarse Tractor Driver' and 'Masyaptits and Khryundeptitsepap,' Masyanya dies. Additionally, in the episode 'Ant Oratorio' (in the second ending), Lokhmaty dies. However, it should be noted that in these episodes, the characters appeared as various birds and insects rather than as themselves.
Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet make cameo appearances in the episodes 'The Breakaway' and 'Cthulhu and the Penguin with a Propeller'; Beavis and Butt-Head appear in 'Post-New Year's Delirium'; and the police bears from episodes 1 and 5 of 'Nu, Pogodi!' (1969-2006) appear in 'Smoke, Grandpa, Narzan!'
In one of the episodes, the band Splean performs on stage. Oleg Kuvaev, the creator of the cartoon, was once a member of this group.
Thanks to the episode 'Amsterdam,' which was accidentally seen by some enterprising Dutchmen, Oleg Kuvaev later held actual business negotiations in Amsterdam regarding the production of 'Ecstasy-Cocaine' dolls in the Netherlands. The negotiations fell through due to the trivial nature of the subject matter.
The 'Masyanya and Splean' episode, which was a sort of mockery of the band Splean's 'pop-ification,' was nevertheless approved by the group and even included on their CD as a multimedia bonus.
The plot of the 'Moscow' episode is based on real events. Shortly before the episode's release, Oleg Kuvaev was invited to Moscow by a fan of the series (the prototype for the character Lyaska), who, as it later turned out, was the lead singer of a popular pop group at the time. As a fierce hater of pop music, yet a polite and tactful person, Kuvaev was forced to take a tour of the capital's pop-glamour lifestyle with her, and he used the impressions from this trip as the basis for the cartoon. Later, Lyaska became a standalone character, completely detached from her prototype, becoming the embodiment of the average 'Moscow pop girl.'