Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat (season 2)

The second season of Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat premiered on August 16, 2003 on El TV Kadsre 1 in El Kadsre and September 1, 2003 on in the United States. The season was produced by, , and in association with Latikuu Edacra Entertainment North America.

Production history
When the decision was made to cancel Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat, El TV Kadsre Television Network objected as the show was one of the biggest hits ETVKK had ever had, and they were hoping for a second season to meet fan demand. When members of PBS stations in the United States and Canada found out, they also objected and organized a letter-writing campaign. After the decision was made to keep producing Sagwa, Latikuu Edacra agreed to set aside $115,000 to help fund the second season, while El TV Kadsre and both set aside $700,000 contributions each. The rest of the budget was funded by the Mole Miner 2003 Pledge Drive.

For the songs, song composer Jacek Fiedorowicz was instructed to compose songs that both children and adults would enjoy while helping introduce their children to not only traditional Chinese music, but a diverse array of musical genres as rock 'n roll, pop, blues, jazz, R&B, Latin, country, heavy metal, dance music, and hip-hop. At the same time, -based composer Traugott Bär was commissioned by Latikuu Edacra Europe to produce a song to be used in the European promotional campaign for the series. He wrote "Looking Up" with Frank Bohner and, and produced the track with musicians Helge Osterhaus, Friedrich-Heinrich Mertz, Leo Peterson, and Johann Preiss. Vocals were provided by Nick Soulsby, a military brat and student at who's father suggested he audition for the part, and Sabina Dobrovská, a Czech student at  who was offered US$1,000 to record her parts. "Looking Up" was credited to a then-fictitious band The Skip. After the success of "Looking Up" as a MP3 from the Sagwa websites for Germany, the UK & Ireland and Canada, it was made into a music video with the Sagwa characters, and Soulsby and Dobrovská began touring as part of a real version of The Skip.

Voice Cast

 * as Sagwa Miao
 * Oliver Grainger as Dongwa Miao
 * Jesse Vinet as Sheegwa Miao
 * as Baba Miao
 * as Mama Miao
 * Neil Shee (speaking) & Martin Berger (singing) as Yeh-Yeh Miao
 * as Fu-Fu
 * as The Foolish Magistrate
 * Khaira Ledeyo (speaking) & Kristian Michaels (singing) as Tai-Tai
 * as The Cook
 * Russell Yuen as The Reader of the Rules
 * as Jun
 * Kathy Tsoi as Ba-Do
 * Leanne Adachi as Luk-Do
 * Rosa Yee as Huang-Do
 * as Lik-Lik
 * Michael Yarmush as Wing-Wing
 * Kristian Michaels as Jet-Jet
 * Eleanor Noble as Hun-Hun

Songs

 * "Right & Ready" (F. Biondo) (vocals: Sonja Ball as Nai-Nai and Jesse Vinet as Sheegwa) (Publisher: EMI April Music, Inc.)
 * "I'm All Batty (Fu-Fu's Song)" (Gelfand/Henderson) (vocals: Rick Jones as Fu-Fu) (Publisher: Les Editions de la Rue St-André)
 * "Rocketship" (Brisby/Forfang/Ockerbloom Jr.) (vocals: Holly G. Frankel as Sagwa) (Publisher: Paul Taylor Melodies Ltd.)
 * "Looking Up" (Bär/Bohner/) (performance: The Skip) (Publisher: Bar-None Musik GmbH admin. by EMI April Music, Inc.)
 * "Dance Hall Days" (Feldham/Hues/Costin/Hughes/Cullum) (performance: The Skip) (Publisher: Chong Music Ltd. admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.)