The Emirati cartoonist, Emirati Haider Mohamed, confirmed that he is optimistic about the contents that will be presented in the 14th season of the series this year, noting that the episodes were chosen and written accurately, and in a deliberate manner that the fans of the local series and their followers this season will notice, in addition to many surprises.
He pointed to the "slight" winds of change that affected the contents of the new episodes on the "Sama Dubai" screen, explaining that "in terms of the contents, we are stable, as is our custom, on the same dramatic lines, and coordinated the critical transfers of various current societal issues, which the public has been entrusted with following in a satirical comic framework As for the figures that will focus on this season, there will be new bets on the personalities of the young, who imposed the popularity of local work and cemented its successes over the past years.
Haider Muhammad added in his interview with «Emirates Today» that «this renewal, comes in the context of our commitment to the process of rotating roles and moving them continuously, to shift the focus on a group of selected people each time, and activating its leadership role in the movement of events and dramatic paths, in order to diversity and difference And enrich the content ».
This year's heroes
The new season of work appears promising this time, with a series of surprises for the children, who won the “cartoon popularity” this year, with its funny stories, ironic jokes, and comical pranks close to their hearts, according to Haider Muhammad, who pointed toward the series this time towards a large audience. They are children, whom he considered one of the most "loyal" viewers after, after they were and still are an integral part of the foundations of its success and spread 14 years ago.
Haider Muhammed continued, “After noting that the base of children following work expanded every year, we tried to address this group and focus on giving the series a new spirit, by expanding the field given to (caracters) children and their active presence in events, such as (Qurei) and (Afari). And others, by giving them more space in the topics of the episodes, in response to the taste of emerging from 12 years or more, as it is a component of follow-up and public viewing today, and it has the same right as other characters who simulate other different age groups, in attendance and in the course of events ( Popular cartoon).
And on the mechanism for selecting topics in which child labor addressed, Haider Mohamed said: “In this regard, we have tried to address emerging issues that interfere with youth and adult issues, such as the topic of (YouTubeers) and social media issues in general, which are shared by children, youth and adults. Both".
"Thoughtful" contents
The continuation of “cartoon popularity”, which enters this year its 14th season, was not based on the ability of this cartoony to renew the Ramadan smile every year, but also on the method of creativity and innovation and the approach to developing and renewing ideas, which had been wagered upon by the creator of the work, Haider Muhammad, starting from His devotion to his artistic project, and his awareness of his societal messages that he gained from his previous experience in the media, and devoted successes that are still reaping work every year, and the state of anticipation which the ritual devotion awaits every year, which Haider Muhammad described as saying: “I am happy with the anticipation and enthusiasm of the public to work, as I follow this constantly On social media Aa, and is optimistic of implications that will be in this season, which has been working to implement them are easygoing by watching episodes will notice, thanks to the time sufficient space provided by us DMI thankfully, compared to the last five seasons ».
Out of competition
On the merits of the competition that will be presented in Ramadan this year, the return of the animated series “Khoussa Inch” to the screen of Sama Dubai Channel, in its fourth season this year, with its funny characters and comic situations that reflect some details of the life of the Emirati family, and a number of current issues of the Emirati society, in a social template that simulates His techniques of animation art, Haider Muhammad expressed his confidence in the place that "popularity" still enjoys and its ability to continue and maintain its annual look, thanks to its renewed ideas and comic characters, which exceeded more than 30 popular characters in adults and children.
He added, “In a period of time, we had about 10 competitors at the level of the Arab world, after the animation became a fashion in circulation, not only within the framework of the Gulf, but on a broad Arab scale, the entirety of which was associated with the names of big stars such as Tariq Al-Ali, Muhammad Huneidi and Nasser Al-Qasabi and others, but it was a passing wave that soon turned off after two seasons, at a time when we have maintained our continuity, dedicating greater successes, because we went to the scene and did not fear competition.
New pens
About this year’s new “People’s Writing” workshop and its team, Haidar Muhammad pointed out that “despite the scarcity of the comic book, we are continuing the polarization of some of the most prominent Gulf comic writers, with whom the series was launched, most notably Abdulaziz Al Hashash and the writer Ahmed Al Majid, Muhammad bin Thali and Abdullah Muhammad And also the promising writer Nada Shaalan, who is joining the second season of the “People’s Team”, while we were delighted that Emirati writer Ahmed Al-Arshi joined the “People’s Book” workshop.
“Corona inspired”
On whether the episodes of this season dealt with the issue of the emergence of the emerging coronavirus, and the details of household isolation imposed by the precautionary measures, Haider Mohamed said: “We could not allocate episodes (inspired by corona), after coincidence of the emergence and spread of the disease only one month after we finished Writing workshops.