Well, Just You Wait!
Well, Just You Wait![1] (Russian: Ну, погоди!, romanized: Nu, pogodi!) is a Soviet, later Russian, animated series produced by Soyuzmultfilm. In the 2014 all-Russian poll, Well, Just You Wait! won by a wide margin as people's favorite cartoon/animated series of all time.[2] The most recent episode was produced in 2006.
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The writer Aleksandr Kurlyandsky created the script of Nu, pogodi! together with Felix Kandel and Arkady Khait. Kurlyandsky is the only one of them who worked on all 20 episodes of the series.
Anatoli Papanov as depicted on a 2001 stamp, voice of the Wolf in episodes 1 to 16. Production was put on hold after his death, but archived voice recordings of him were later used for the 17th and 18th episode.
Aleksey Kotyonochkin, son of Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, worked with his father on episodes 17 and 18 as their art director. More than a decade later, Aleksey himself directed two episodes of Nu, pogodi!
Sister Alenushka Weeping about Brother Ivanushka (painting by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1881), Russian variant collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.
Andrei Derzhavin, keyboardist of Mashina Vremeni, wrote the musical score for the 19th and 20th episode.