Serafín (partially found Mexican children's telenovela; 1999)

Promotional poster.

Status: Partially Found

Serafín is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa, and shown on "Canal de Las Estrellas". It ran for 80 episodes between August 30 and December 17, 1999, replacing the broadcast of "El niño que vino del mar". This was the first Mexican telenovela to make use of CGl in the creation of characters^[1]

The show stars Maribel Guardia, Eduardo Santamarina, Jordi Landeta as the child protagonist, and María Fernanda Morales providing the voice for Serafín. ^[2]

Premise

Due to his antics in heaven, Seraphim was sent to Earth to learn how to be a real guardian angel. At first, he must be invisible to humans, except for those whom he wants to appear, like the boy Pepe of whom he became protector and his friend.

Pepe is the son of Carmen and stepson of Raul, he is always ready to help anyone in need. Sensitive, tender, and affectionate, he suffers from his stepfather's rejection but his friends with the boys at his club and the angel Seraphim will help him follow the best path for his little heart. ^[3]

Availability

Despite being highly successful to the point of receiving awards, being distributed around other Latin American countries, and being the only telenovela from Univisa to have a spin-off movie and a stage musical,^[4] the show is till is the only kid's telenovela to never been reprised, nor is in any other format of media, streaming service or anything of the like.

One reason for the lack of media releases may be due to the lawsuit that Patricia Martínez Romani reported against the channel claiming copyrights for the character. ^[5]

Awards received

Special TV Novelas Award for "Children's Soap Opera" in 2000 for Serafín.
Premios Bravo for Best Producer of a children's character in 2000 for José Alberto Castro
Premios Bravo for Best Villain characterization in 2000 for Enrique Rocha ^[6]