Xiao Xiao is an internet Flash cartoon series by Chinese animator Zhu Zhiqiang, featuring stick-figure men performing choreographed fight scenes. Some of the cartoons are interactive and game-like. All cartoons are in the Adobe Flash format, although Xiao Xiao #1 was originally in AVI format. It has now been converted to Flash format. "Xiao Xiao" literally is the Chinese character for "small" repeated twice in Mandarin Chinese; here this reduplication connotes an affectionate diminutive – an equivalent might be the English expression "itty bitty" or "lil' old". Each Xiao Xiao cartoon is given a Chinese title with the adjective "Xiao Xiao" preceding a descriptive noun phrase. Xiao Xiao #1 was originally titled "Xiao Xiao Zuo Pin", which translates to "A Little Bit of Creative Work". Since then each Xiao Xiao cartoon has had a different noun succeeding "Xiao Xiao" – #4 is titled "Little Sheriff", and #7 is titled "Little Movie". The term has gradually shifted meaning from the cartoons themselves to the main character, an anonymous black stick-figure – in this context it means something akin to "little fella", appropriate since in most perspectives Xiao Xiao and his fellow stick-people appear tiny and childlike, with disproportionately large heads and small limbs.
Is Xiao Xiao on Netflix? Unfortunately this serie is not yet available on Netflix.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Welcome to Ciao House! | 2023-04-16 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Do As the Nonnas Do | 2023-04-23 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Girls vs. Boys | 2023-04-30 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Where There's Smoke, There's Fire | 2023-05-07 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | A Bridge Too Farro | 2023-05-14 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Final Four | 2023-05-21 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | A Tuscan Redemption | 2023-05-28 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | Last Chef Standing | 2023-06-04 | 90 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Episode 1 | 2024-05-19 | 120 min |