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[Rolando Kumar]

Masha is a four-year-old girl who lives in the forest with her pig, goat, and dog. In the first episode, it is shown that all the animals in the forest are afraid of her, as she is constantly forcing them to play with her. Then Masha sees a butterfly and inadvertently follows it inside the home of the Bear, who has gone fishing. While playing there, she makes a big mess. When he returns, he sees the disaster caused by Masha. The Bear tries to get rid of Masha but after multiple failed attempts, the unlikely duo become friends.[3]

In each episode of the show, Masha is portrayed as a bright little girl who loves exploring the world around her. Masha's shenanigans result in unexpected but entertaining situations that are at the heart of the show's episodes. The kind-hearted Bear is always trying to keep Masha out of trouble. There are several supporting characters in the series, including Masha's cousin Dasha, a penguin adopted by the Bear, a young panda cub from China (the Bear's cousin), two wolves who live in an old UAZ ambulance, a tiger that used to work with the Bear in the circus, and a Female Bear that is the object of the Bear's affections. Characters also include a hare, squirrels and hedgehogs, a pig called Rosie, a goat, and a dog who all live in Masha's front yard.[4]

A terrier, a goat and a pig (and in the episode "How They Met", three chickens) who live outside Masha's house in her front yard, but almost every time Masha comes out, they hide themselves to avoid her. The Pig is often forced to play with Masha, who makes it dress up like a baby in a stroller. In the episode "Dance Fever" it is revealed that the pig's name is Rosie.

The She-Bear is a female grizzly bear. The Bear has a crush on her and sometimes goes out of his way to impress her. The first time she rebuffed him in favor of the Black Bear, only to later realize how self-absorbed the Black Bear is. Another time, she turned her nose up at the Bear's classical guitar playing as she preferred more modern music.[6] Even so, the She-Bear usually opens up to the Bear, such as the time she agreed to have a dinner with him, and she is sometimes kind to Masha, such as giving her a fashion magazine, helping to train her for her tennis match against the Black Bear, and helping her learn to ice-skate.

Dasha is Masha's cousin from Moscow, who looks like Masha, but is more "ladylike", has platinum-blonde hair and blue eyes (Masha's are green), wears boxy blue-rimmed glasses and an orange dress. She is afraid of the Bear and calls him "Shaggy", "Monster" and "Beast".[7] She is voiced by Alina Kukushkina.

A lion wearing a crown, who is a good friend of the bear. He sometimes visits the bear, to play together the game of chess or for collective outdoor adventures. He was always disturbed by Masha, sometimes being advised to him not to help bear as a king is not supposed to help anyone. Once the lion offered his crown to Masha, making her a queen for temporary basis.

A Himalayan black bear, who is Bear's worst enemy and Bear's chief rival for the attentions of the She-Bear. The Black Bear has an arrogant and unsportsmanlike personality, cheating to win against Masha in a tennis game, and laughing at her when she grows gigantic. Bear's biggest fear is if Black Bear and She-Bear marry, which is shown in Game Over when Bear imagines what will happen if he plays games his whole life.

An Adlie penguin that first appears in "The Foundling", as an egg that Masha finds and makes the Bear hatch. The Penguin quickly imprints on the Bear as his parental-figure and the Bear forms a sincere bond with him, but chooses to send the Penguin to live in Antarctica for his own health.[8] Even so, they stay in touch and the Penguin once visited.

The series' production has been handled domestically at Animaccord Animation Studio since 2008.[9] The scenario for each episode is written by Oleg Kuzovkov, creator of the cartoon. Then the storyboarding is developed in accordance with the script and, in general, consists of at least 2000 slides. After the team finalizes the plot of an episode, the work for the 2D animatic kicks off. At this stage, animators define the duration of each scene in an episode, how characters are placed in it and interact with each other. After this step of the production is finished, the episode is passed for dubbing. Dubbing must be completed before 3D animation is applied, as the 3D animators need to know the characters' dialogue, intonations, and emotions in advance in order to keep their lip movements synchronized to the audio and make their facial expressions look realistic.[10]

The 3D animation process begins right after dubbing has been finished. Animators manipulate all the movements that happen during the scenes, such as opening doors, taking books from bookshelves, and creating all the bodily movements required to bring the characters to life.[citation needed]

Rendering Manager brings all the processes together. Renderers colorize grey 3D models and add such details as the Bear's fur, Masha's hair, etc. They create the lighting and weather in the scene as determined by the script.[citation needed]

Compositing is the final stage of production, where the compositors review all shots of an episode, checking the color intensities, smoothing the edges of 3D models, adding 2D/3D effects and bringing all the components together to form a complete episode. Then the work is approved by the director and script-writer and uploaded to the show's official YouTube channel 'Masha and the Bear - Official Channel' formerly 'MashaBearTV' before it can be shown on TV. [citation needed]

For the first two seasons, Masha's voice in the original Russian version was performed by Alina Kukushkina, who was 6 years old when she began to dub Masha. For the third season (seven years later in 2015), the officials of Animaccord studio confirmed that the new voice of Masha would be 6-year-old Barbara Sarantseva and then replaced again by Yulia Zunikova in 2020. The show's sound designer, Boris Kutnevich, provides the voice of The Bear. Mark Kutnevich provides the voice of The Hare.[citation needed]

The soundtrack for each episode is written by Russian composer Vasily Bogatyrev.[citation needed] Many compositions are stylized for famous works: Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, a circus theme from the film Circus, and in the episode "One-Hit Wonder" the rockstar Masha performs a song in the style of the group AC/DC. Most of the songs used in the cartoon, such as the soundtracks of "Laundry Day" and "The Grand Piano Lesson" episodes, became popular in Russia and abroad.[citation needed]

According to the Associated Press, "Masha, who is dressed in a folk costume with a headscarf, became a household name in many Muslim nations including Indonesia."[13] Dmitry Loveyko, managing director of Animaccord, said that "It's a Muslim country, so we thought we're lucky she wears a headscarf and her legs are covered!"[13]

The first Masha and the Bear mobile app was released by Apps Ministry in August 2011.[citation needed] In 2013 the first mobile game Masha and the Bear: Search and Rescue was published by Apps Ministry. Later more publishers such as Indigo Kids, PSV Studio, Noviy Disk developed and released games and apps featuring Masha and the Bear.[citation needed]

Masha and the Bear left Universal Kids in the US on 1 January 2023, but cable TV providers like Charter Spectrum and DirecTV state that it is still there, and also streaming services like FuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu with Live TV, and DirecTV Stream. The show returned to Universal Kids in the US on 4 August 2023 after seven months of being off the air.[23][better source needed]

A spin-off series to the show titled Masha's Tales is also available on Netflix. In the show Masha (voiced by a much older actress) tells classic Russian fairy tales as well as some Grimms' Fairy Tales to her toys. However, Masha makes up her own way of telling the stories (Such as putting a magical nutcracker who turns into a prince when she adapts Cinderella). She also mixes up the morals of the stories by often adding an additional ending so that way it could fit with what she is telling her toys. Masha's Tales premiered on Cartoon Network UK's sister pre-school channel, Cartoonito, on 20 June 2016.[24]

AILSA CHANG, HOST: For lawyer Jared Genser, it was the call he's been waiting for. His client, American businessman Siamak Namazi, who had been imprisoned for over eight years and faced torture in Iran, was seen on video stepping off a plane in Doha, Qatar.JARED GENSER: A moment later, he picked up the phone and called me. And he said, Jared, I'm finally free. And for me, it was a culmination of a whole lot of work and effort by so many people all around the world over so many years. And I'm just so grateful today that the Namazi family nightmare is finally over.CHANG: He said Namazi, who had been passed over in several previous prisoner swaps with Iran, was feeling overwhelmed.GENSER: You know, overwhelmed by the fact that this day had finally come. And frankly, I mean, he's missed some of the best years of his life. You know, he'd like to get married and have kids. He, you know, obviously needs to figure out what he's going to do for a job and, what is he going to do? And how is he going to recover from this traumatic experience?CHANG: In addition to Namazi, four other Americans were released. They include environmentalist Morad Tahbaz and Emad Sharqi, a businessman. The Biden administration did not identify the two others, a man and a woman. And at the Qatar airport, where some were seen emerging from their flight from Iran, they were greeted by U.S and Qatari officials. Namazi's mother and Tahbaz's wife were traveling with them. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he had an emotional call with all of them from Qatar.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)ANTONY BLINKEN: It's very good to be able to say that our fellow citizens are free after enduring something that I think it would be difficult for any of us to imagine, that their families will soon have them back among them and that, in this moment at least, I have something very joyful to report.CHANG: Despite the happy news, the Biden administration is facing a lot of criticism about this deal. Along with swapping prisoners held in both countries, the deal also gives Iran access to about $6 billion in its oil revenue - assets that had been frozen. The U.S. had stressed that Iran can only use the money for food, agricultural products, medicine and medical devices. And the U.S. warned that the funds can be cut off again at any time. But Republican Congressman Michael McCaul, who spoke on Fox News "Sunday Morning Features" (ph), said the administration is naive.(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES")MICHAEL MCCAUL: We all know money's fungible. And then the president of Iran just came out and said, I'm going to spin it however I want to. And of course he is. And guess where it's going to go? It's going to go into terror proxy operations. It's going to go into building their nuclear - you know, their nuclear - not defense system, but offensive system.CHANG: Just last Friday, the U.S. announced new sanctions against Iran for its human rights violations over the last year against protesters who took to the streets following the death of Mahsa Amini. She was also known by her Kurdish name, Jina. The 22-year-old had died in police custody after she was arrested for reportedly not wearing her headscarf correctly. Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a statement online.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)BLINKEN: We're announcing new sanctions against 29 other individuals and entities in connection with the Iranian regime's human rights abuses. The United States will continue to support Iranians and all people who are defending their human rights and fundamental freedoms.CHANG: But these new sanctions haven't really quieted any of the criticisms against the prisoner swap deal.(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)CHANG: From NPR, I'm Ailsa Chang. It's Monday, September 18.It's CONSIDER THIS from NPR. There's a concern that the $6 billion the U.S. has released as part of the prisoner swap could be used to further suppress human rights in Iran. The death of Mahsa Amini last September sparked global outrage and the biggest anti-regime protest that Iran had seen in years.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Chanting, inaudible).CHANG: The crackdown was brutal. Iran's security forces beat protesters. Hundreds were killed, thousands arrested. And a year on, that brutality continues.GOLNAZ ESFANDIARI: What we're seeing is, you know, a regime that is increasingly afraid of its own people.CHANG: Golnaz Esfandiari is an Iranian-born journalist who covers Iran from outside the country for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.ESFANDIARI: The establishment is cracking down on activists and others. The family members of those killed in the brutal state crackdown have been harassed. They've been pressured to remain silent. About 20 of them have been detained, including the family of Mahsa Amini has come under immense pressure.CHANG: Esfandiari says the anger from Iranian citizens is not gone.ESFANDIARI: Seventy - about 70 children were killed. How can people forget that? How can people forget the level of cruelty we saw from this regime in the streets of Tehran and other cities?CHANG: Women in Iran continue to defy the mandatory dress code in protest.ESFANDIARI: Women have become braver. They're bolder. I personally think that something broke during the recent protests and especially the crackdown. And I believe it was a turning point. And nothing - it's not going to go back to things - we're not going to go back to the way they were.CHANG: So how much has life changed for women in Iran? Well, NPR's Arezou Rezvani takes it from here.AREZOU REZVANI, BYLINE: A few months ago, 28-year-old Khotan launched a clothing shop on Instagram. You won't find the oversized, billowy garments Iranian women are required to wear in public on her page. No. Her shop sells colorful formfitting crop tops and T-shirts, the kind you might see girls wearing on the streets of Los Angeles, not out in the open in Tehran.KHOTAN: (Through interpreter) We did at some point think about selling headscarves and cloaks, but in the end, we decided to post Instagram stories showing our followers different ways they can fashion their scarves into tops or skirts instead.REZVANI: Khotan, who spoke to us through an interpreter on a scratchy Zoom line from Tehran and gives only her first name for fear she could be detained for criticizing the government, is serving a new and emboldened clientele. They are young, defiant women who were at the forefront of the uprisings a year ago, and they are continuing to protest in their ways.KHOTAN: (Through interpreter) Even though there haven't been street protests or mass gatherings in recent months. the civil disobedience continues. Many women, for example, still refuse to wear the compulsory headscarf.REZVANI: Khotan is one of them. She hasn't warned the headscarf, a key symbol of Iran's clerical rule, since the early days of the uprising. This, she says, has been one of the most important legacies of last year's protests. People are bolder, braver and more united than ever. Some men have been wearing shorts in public, a violation of the country's dress code, in a show of solidarity.KHOTAN: (Through interpreter) I once saw a couple of female officers had stopped some young girls for the way they were dressed, and they wanted to detain them. But these two guys who were wearing shorts spotted them and intervened. They were able to help the girls break free and got tangled up with the officers instead.REZVANI: It's been a year since Mahsa Amini - known also by her Kurdish name, Jina - died in police custody. Her death set off months of some of the largest protests Iran has seen in decades, and it was met by a violent crackdown from the government. Hundreds were killed. Thousands more were arrested. But Khotan's online shop points to the ways that protest movement is still alive even though the government remains repressive. Singers are still producing protest songs.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ROOSARITO")MEHDI YARRAHI: (Singing in Arabic).REZVANI: Activists are still spreading anti-government messages on social media, and those messages are calling for more change than ever before, says Hadi Ghaemi, head of the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran.HADI GHAEMI: It's no longer about reforming incrementally but finding ways to change the system at its root.REZVANI: But the movement is facing challenges that go beyond government repression. There's still no clear and widely accepted leader. Many protesters argue that's been a strength. The government would have targeted any leader as a blow to the movement. And yet others say a leader is essential to galvanize support. An opposition coalition did form in the Iranian diaspora featuring an eclectic group of prominent Iranians in exile. But it quickly fell apart, partly due to political and experience, infighting and a fundamental disconnect with people in Iran.GHAEMI: The diaspora is very cut off from inside. You can't travel there. You can't physically hold meetings. It's the Internet. And the internet is something that the government can control and really turn it off as it wishes. So for that reason, I feel like the diaspora opposition has not figured out what is its support basis in the country.REZVANI: That has left Iran's ruling establishment with the upper hand. As the anniversary of last year's uprising approaches, the government isn't taking any chances on the potential for a new wave of unrest.GHAEMI: The Iranian government has become much more aggressive. It basically has rounded up hundreds of prominent people from all walks of life, thrown them into prison. It is purging universities, from professors and activists to students. It is going after women in public spaces again. So the repression has entered a new phase.REZVANI: The decision to clamp down on an increasingly disaffected population may seem like a gamble or a last gasp for Iran's ruling establishment, but Iran's ultimate decision-maker, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, sees it as a tried and true strategy, says Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.KARIM SADJAPOUR: Time and again, it's been proven to Khamenei that when your population is rising up, you should never concede an inch because if you take a step backward, that's going to embolden your adversaries. And I think the most recent example was the Arab uprisings of 2011 - autocrats who promised their populations they would reform. A month later, they were out of power. Who didn't promise reform? Bashar Assad in Syria, Iran's main client. And he's still standing 12 years later. So for that reason, in all the time that Khamenei has been in power over the last four decades, he's never responded to popular protests with conciliatory gestures. He's always just wanted to crush it.REZVANI: That puts young Iranians like 33-year-old Elnaz in a very tough bind. Reached by Internet in Iran, she's another protester who's abandoned her headscarf, but she worries this crackdown will only intensify with time and may soon be too much to bear.ELNAZ: (Through interpreter) It may become a lot harder to participate in acts of civil disobedience if, all of a sudden, the government starts depriving access to bank accounts, for example, or confiscating passports or denying renewal of ID cards.REZVANI: For now, Elnaz, Khotan and countless others have no plans to put their headscarves back on. Too much blood has been spilled, they say, to simply go back to the way things were.CHANG: That was NPR's Arezou Rezvani. At the top of this episode, you heard reporting from NPR correspondent Michele Kelemen.(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)CHANG: It's CONSIDER THIS FROM NPR. I'm Ailsa Chang.

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