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❤︎ Pucca Playing Cards (2008) ❤︎

This playing card set was released in Argentina in 2008 and features little biographies of the main cast of Pucca!

The back of each card also includes smaller images that fit together to create a Pucca jigsaw puzzle!⊹₊⟡⋆

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I forgot to post this a little while ago but this is Garu’s father…

These pages are from volume 1 of the Martial Arts Chronicles comic book series released by VOOZ in approximately 2006

In this scene we meet Garu’s father (who is still nameless, unfortunately) as he has returned home from the martial arts tournament taking place in Sooga. He tells Garu that he “can’t go on” and wants him (Garu) to take his place and learn martial arts at the Shoalin Temple in order to restore their family honour.

He then just… dies.

Garu is seemingly upset for all of 2 minutes before solemnly vowing to uphold his father’s dying wish. We then hear Pucca offscreen as she is cheering him on and has left a bowl of noodles for him (because who needs genuine words of condolence after your father literally dies in your arms when you can instead receive the symbolic equivalent of “that sucks, bro” with a bowl of Jajangmyeon noodles, I guess😭).

Okay joking aside, like much of everything else to do with Pucca (post 2003), these comics were of course intended for a child audience and so that likely explains why the death scene is more… comedic as opposed to dark and upsetting.

It seems to me that Kim Bu-gyeong was aiming both to provide context for the tragic exposition that justifies Garu’s motivation (and, in turn, sets the stage for the rest of the story), while also intentionally framing the scene so that the heavier aspects of the death do not eclipse the overall narrative.

In any case I’m very happy to have found volumes 1&2 of this series as they are very difficult to get ahold of nowadays. I hope to find the rest over time but even just this much is already a great amount of early lore for Pucca (and Garu)!

This scene is also the only time Garu’s father actually looks like his own character instead of later depictions that used Garu as a stand-in. It’s not much, but its something so I’m happy regardless🙂‍↕️

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❤︎ Pucca: Kung Fu Review Storyboard (2007) ❤︎

Here is another amazing storyboard from season one of Pucca! Designed again by the very talented Lyn Hart during her career at Studio B

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❤︎ Pucca and Garu’s Fateful Encounter ❤︎

This comic was released by Vooz around 2007 and depicts Pucca and Garu’s first meeting❤︎

(❗️PLEASE NOTE: The translation is not accurate as I do not speak Korean! I tried my best with what little tools I have but it isn’t 100% accurate at all.❗️)

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❤︎ Pucca Sketches Concept Art ❤︎

These images were released by Vooz in 2009 to advertise the ‘PUCCA U100’ USB stick. Below the USB is what looks to be a sketch sheet showing various characters from Vooz, including Pucca and Garu.

As far as I can find, these are the only images available, showing early concept art of both Pucca and Garu, that Vooz has released. If anyone has any more concept art they’ve found similar to this, I’d love to see it!❤︎

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❤︎ Pucca Kakao Stickers (part 7) ❤︎

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❤︎ Pucca JETIX Wallpapers ❤︎

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Obscure Pucca Books And Early Canon ⸜(*ˊᗜˋ*)⸝ ‪‪

Currently doing a deep dive so stay tuned❤︎‬