Luna Moona and the Girls

Luna Moona and the Girls (Also known as Spangato in Italy, Germany, France and Australia) is an Italian-French adult animated television sitcom based on the comic book series by Sara Pichelli and Barbara Ciardo. This show is produced by Selento Studios, France 2, Italia 1 and Dargaud Media with the participation of ProSieben, TV2 Comedy and RTBF.

Plot
This show stars Luna Moona, Sofia Ling, Marnie Micanta and Sara Porto, 4 teenage girls who attends Spangato Community School, go on adventures and deal with issues concerning the European population.

Italian
Sara Pichelli - Luna Moona, Marnie Micanta, Momo Moona, Iginio Matio, Naniti Micanta, Dayra Karimi, Melia Lanna, Olivia Finn, Additional Voices

Barbara Ciardo - Sofia Ling, Sara Porto, Joan Ling, Natasha Mino, Muu Ling, Karen Porto, Zuni Mit, Marinda Fernández, Palina Fernández, Additional Voices

Samuel Sbrighi - Tenito Straffi, Edwaro Camado, Izzo Mezzo, Issac Hamer, Spongebob Squarepants, Mark Sawyer, Gulto Micanta, Marino Lanna

Ciro Esposito - Michael Tyrone, Hemo Straffi, Marco Bassano, Trowel Manto, Henrito Dorino, Marcinto Mazino, Philipo Porto, Additional Voices

Segiro Solli - Gyoen Mong-Fuu, Alessandra Parico, Puzzolo Manicer, Georando Terzina, Additional Voices

Silvia Cohen - Gulia Moona, Vicy Minaco, Lumanta Schmitz, Maurinca Terzina

French
Valérie Lemercier - Luna Moona, Marnie Micanta, Momo Moona, Iginio Matio, Dayra Karimi, Naniti Micanta, Melia Lanna, Olivia Finn, Additional Voices

Vannessa Paradis - Sofia Ling, Sara Porto, Joan Lee, Natasha Mino, Mee Ling, Karen Porto, Zuni Mit, Marinda Fernández, Palina Fernández, Additional Voices

Dany Boom - Tenito Straffi, Edwaro Camado, Izzo Mezzo, Issac Hamer, Spongebob Squarepants, Mark Sawyer, Gulto Micanta, Marino Lanna

Gérard Jugnot - Michael Tyrone, Hemo Straffi, Marco Bassano, Trowel Manto, Henrito Dorino, Marcinto Mazino, Philipo Porto, Additional Voices

Michel Blanc - Gyoen Mong-Fuu, Alessandra Parico, Puzzolo Manicer, Georando Terzina, Additional Voices

Marianne Jones - Gulia Moona, Vicy Minano, Lumanta Schmitz, Maurinca Terzina

Main Characters
Caterina "Luna" Moona is a girl who is Swiss. She is a shy but very calm girl who would always tries to stop Marnie and Sofia. She does not like to be referred by her first name.

Mulan "Sofia" Ling is a girl who is Chinese-Korean. She is a smart if stubborn and short-tempered girl who tends to have a lot of fights with Marnie whenever she makes fun of her people. She is of Korean, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese descents.

Marinto "Marnie" Micanta is a girl who is Belgian. She is a fat and bigoted girl who would regularly make fun of Sofia for her race and Sara for being African-American. She really hates boys (and often bullies Tenito) due to her ex-boyfriend cheating on her and then accusing her of being with another boy despite that there was nothing going on between them back in 3rd grade.

Sarafina "Sara" Porto is a girl who is French. She is a rather calm girl who is always loyal to her friends (only if they have the moral high grounds). She gets $1 a week.

Recurring Characters
Natasha "Isabelle" Mino is a girl who is Hispanic-German. She is really innocent and gullible and, because of that, she would often blindly follows everything Marnie says and does. She once met Betty Boogie Parker when she went on a trip to Colorado.

James "Tenito" Straffi is a boy who is Luna's boyfriend. He is really political but friendly and is a straight-A student of Spangato Community School. He is Italian-Australian.

Edwaro Camado is a boy who is of Spanish decent. He is very egotistical and tends to treat girls as if they're nothing more than sex dolls which mostly causes many of the girls (except Natasha Mino) to harbour a dislike for him. He is allergic to pizza.

Iginio Matio is a girl who was raised as a boy. She is secretive and likes to keep things to herself and only shows it to someone she trusts. Her aunt is Canadian while her uncle is Ukrainian.

Zuni Mit is a girl with a lisp. She is hyperactive and tends to try to talk to anyone around her, especially Sofia and Luna, but is usually ignored. She takes 1 pill a day.

Puzzolo Maciner is a boy who was born with no penis. He is indepenent but really helpful whenever someone is hurt and in need of confort. His least favourite character is Spongebob Squarepants.

Momo Moona is a girl who is Luna's younger sister. She is naive and is afraid of most things but tries to be there when Luna needs her. She is only 7 years old (9 in the English and Spanish dub).

Darya Karimi Shah is a girl who is from Iraq. She is a really polite but also short-tempered girl who doesn't like anyone calling her a terrorist just because she is a Muslim. She does not like Block 13

Izzo Mezzo is a boy who is disabled. He is selfless and tends to tolerate Marnie's constant bullying towards him for being disabled. He want to be a doctor when he grow up.

Marcinto Mazino is a boy who is the grandson of an unidentified Nazi soldier. He is an Anti-Semetic and controlling person who bullies almost anyone around him especially Lumanta (his favourite bully victim and lust object). He once got a waiter fired by accusing him of hiding drugs in his food.

Lumanta Schmitz is a girl who is Jewish. She is civil and good-intended but gets very hot-tempered and stubborn whenever someone (especially Marcinto and Marnie) insults her religion and/or for having an Israeli Mother. Her heritage is Turkish.

Michael Tyrone is a boy who is American. He is a polite and good-nature boy who lives with his uncaring sister Mary and her husband Teodore ever since the death of his parents. He is Marnie's favorite bully victim (next to Sofia and Izzo).

Marinda Fernández is a girl who is Spanish and rich. She is a snooty misandrist who was raised by her single adopted mother Palina Fernández to break the heart of any boys she goes out with ever since Palina was left at the altar on her wedding day and, because of this, many of the boy at Spangato Community School (except Michael) doesn't like to hang out with her out of fear of their hearts being broken. Despite her dislike for boys, her secret desire is to have a boyfriend that won't do what Palina's fiancé did to her years ago.

Georando Terzina is a boy who is the son of Maurinca Terzina. He is controlling just like his mother and acts like the prince of Spangato and, because of this, everyone at Spangato Community School (except Michael, Lumanta and Dayra) doesn't like him. He has one tiny freckle on his back.

Melia Lanna is a girl who is homeschooled. She is extremely shy, naive, insecure and really likes to try out new things when she is shown them even if she is often treated like a prostitute. She is Marinda's playmate and has a crush on Izzo Mezzo.

Marino Lanna is a boy who is Melia's older brother. He is insecure just like his sister due to being homeschooled like her but would become protective towards her when someone (mainly Edwaro and Georando) tries to take advantage of her. He (and his sister) are of Russian and Austrian decents.

Philipo Porto is a boy who is Sara's younger brother. He is a shy person who Sara is always there for whenever he needs her. He is in 3rd grade and is asexual.

Joan Ling is a girl who is Sofia's younger sister. She is always curious about the world around her but acts as the voice of reasons whenever Sofia does something dumb (such as hating Marnie for her racist beliefs yet still hanging out with her). She is Momo's best friend.

Gulto Micanta is a boy who is Marnie's younger brother. He is just as a bully like his sister but unlike her, he is not bigoted like her. He was born 5 minutes after Marnie.

Samuel "Mark" Sawyer is a boy who is the great-grandson of Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher. He is a cunning and playful person who would frequently skip school to play or go swimming with his girlfriend Olivia Finn. He is the sixth of the seven great-grandchildren of Tom and Becky.

Olivia "Landgon" Finn is a girl who is the great-granddaughter of Huckleberry Finn and Amy Lawrence. She is just as cunning and playful just like her boyfriend Mark Sawyer but is otherwise alot more serious than him. She loves to see the star in the night sky.

Adults
Gulia Moona and Marco Bassano are Luna and Momo's parents that are from Switzerland. Gulia is irresponsible while Marco tends to try to be serious in many situations. Gulia and Marco meet each other when they were in High School.

Mee Ling and Gyoen Mong-Fuu are Sofia's parents. Mee works as a human right activist while Mong-Fuu works for a local bank. Mong-Fuu met Mee when they were both childrens.

Naniti Micanta and Alessandra Parico are Marnie's parents. They are really good-hearted unlike Marnie but are unable to punish anything she does (with some exceptions). Alessandra was given a girl's name by mistake at birth.

Karen Porto is Sara and Philipo's mother. She is a drug-addicts who often wastes money on beer but still cares about Sara and Philipo. Karen's husband cheated on her when she was pregnant with Philipo.

Hemo Straffi is James' single father. He works in the same place that Marco Bassano so he would often talks to him. Hemo's wife died when she gave birth to James.

Palina Fernández is Marinda's single adopted mother. She is a wealthy spinster who does not like men (something her adopted daughter Marinda inherited from her) ever since her fiancé left her on the altar on her wedding day. She is the owner of a Spanish resteraunt.

Isaac Hamer is the school teacher of Spangato Community School. He is a lazy person who whould much rather talk about his personal life rather than teach his students. He is bisexual.

Vicy Minaco is the school janiter of Spangato Community School. She is a neat freak and does not hesitate to make sure everything in Spangato Community School is clean. She is the daughter of a Canadian-Austrian War Veteran.

Maurinca Terzina is the mayor of Spangato. She is really controlling as well as bossy and often thinks she's above everyone else due to her status as mayor. Her husband died when she was 37.

Trowel Manto is the school chef of Spangato Community School. He is wise and often gives helpful advises to Luna and her friends. He has a grandmother who is half-black.

Bad Guys
Vladimar Putin is a man who is the president of Russia. He loves to tell lies to get away with his crimes and kidnaps and eats animals that he hates. He wants to take over all of Europe.

Xi Jinping is a man who is the president of China since 2012. He is vain and only cares about his looks instead of everyone around him. He doesn't like Marco Bassano and banned him (and his family) from China.

Spongebob Squarepants is a sea sponge who is the CEO and Chairman of Paramount (then named Viacom and ViacomCBS). He is abusive, sexist and villainous and whenever something goes wrong, he will hurt others in many ways and because of this, everyone who works at Paramount are afraid of him, He really hates Sony.

Henrito Dorino is a 20-year old who is really insane. He really hates Marnie (his half-sister) due to the time she tricked him into killing his father Tanito Dorino as revenge for cheating on Naniti with another girl. He lives in Jail with his cellmate Kanio Macria.

Broadcast
Germany: ProSieben

Canada: Adult Swim (English), Télétoon la nuit (French)

United States: Fox

Belgium: RTBF (French), Eén (Dutch)

United Kingdom: BBC Two

Poland: TVN

Australia: SBS

Netherlands: NPO 1

Hungary: TV2 Comedy

Brazil: TV Globo

Mexico: Canal 5

Spain: Antena 3

Denmark: TV3

Sweden: Kanal 9

Iceland: RÚV

Ireland: RTÉ 2

Controversies
The episode "Oh To" where Luna, Sofia, Marnie and Sara go to the United States to find a lost Mexican girl that was kidnapped there was banned by the US Goverment because, as this episode portrays Americans as hypocrites and kidnappers, they feared it would scare people from visiting the United States.

The episode "Stupid Petitions" where Luna, Sofia, Marnie and Sara criticize Lewis for making a petition to have Disney buy BBC caused the real-life Lewis the Kids Media Fan to start a petition to have this show cancelled but despite this, Selento Studios chosed not to cancel Luna Moona and the Girls, stating that anyone who starts petitions are basically starting them for selfish reasons.

This show was banned in Malaysia, Turkey, Russia, South Korea, China, The Philippines and Venezuela due to it's amount of violence and how it would poke fun of many polititions (such as Vladimar Putin and Xi Jinping) and censorship laws. Sara Pichelli often criticize this as hypocrisy, as many countries have a lot of TV Shows with a lot of contents she describes as "violent and political".

Trivia

 * Despite Sara Pichelli and Barbara Ciardo always dening this, this show is often compared to South Park and Family Guy.
 * While the TV and Film rights to the Spangato franchise is owned by Selento Studios (while the publishing rights is owned by Macorino Fumetto), The copyright is owned by Spangato Gruppo S.p.A, an Italian company founded by Sara Pichelli and Barbara Ciardo and operates as a Joint Venture between Pichelli-Ciardo Productions and Dargaud.
 * According to Iginio Straffi, Sara preferred Italia 1 and France 2 to co-produce Luna Moona and the Girls, fearing that Canale 5 and France 3, two TV channels that originally intended to co-produce this show, would turn it into a kids show.
 * Although it was produced in France and Italy, Luna Moona and the Girls was first shown in Hungary on TV2 Comedy.