Kassai and Luk


Kassai and Luk is a children's television series by Marathon Media Group. It was developed in 1996 and originally aired in English in 1997 on Teletoon, which classified it as a pre-school program.

Premise

This short-lived animation series was based on African stories. The three protagonists are the young man Kassai, his sidekick Leuk, a talking humanoid hare who knows the jungle well, and Princess Marana, who is cursed to transform into a gazelle during the day. In the series, Kassai goes on various quests to find the scattered parts of his tribe's patron goddess, Koorie, and tries to stop the plans of the evil god Toguum, who can possess people to do his bidding. The opening theme "Samba Et Leuk" is performed by the African musician Ismaël Lô.

Characters

There are 26 episodes.