Georgian animation character Joze Giraffe now available for kids in US
Marshania created Joze Giraffe in 2017, with the character becoming popular with kids for its songs and Learn with Joze series, teaching writing and counting. Photo via Marketer.ge
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Popular Georgian animation character Joze Giraffe leaves the borders of Georgia and goes on an international scale, with the animation launched for kids in the United States.
Joze takes over America”, Giorgi Marshania, the author of Joze Giraffe wrote in his social media post on Saturday.
Marshania created Joze Giraffe in 2017, with the character becoming popular with kids for its songs and Learn with Joze series, teaching writing and counting.
I don't know exactly what Jose will do with such a large audience, but the love of Georgian children could not be limited in this country [Georgia] and the yellow happiness [Joze] passed across the ocean”, the creator of the character said.
He told the Georgian business journal Marketer that the project of translating the character’s videos in English started with one Georgian-American family living in New York, who contacted Marshania to make Joze Giraffe available for kids in the US.
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