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Rocky & Hudson

1994 animated film directed by Otto Guerra

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ16166395 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rocky & Hudson is a 1994 Brazilian adult animated film directed by Otto Guerra based on the Adão Iturrusgarai comic strip of the same name. Both characters are named after actor Rock Hudson. In 2020, the characters returned in a television series Rocky & Hudson: Os Caubóis Gays.

Directed by Otto Guerra. The screenplay and art direction are by Adão Iturrusgarai, creator of the characters that initially appeared in comic strips in 1987. The music is by Frank Jorge. The film includes a segment of "The Day Dorival Faced the Guard," featuring actors.

In 2019, the production company Otto Desenhos Animados (by Otto Guerra) completed a homonymous animated series for Canal Brasil, with actors Matheus Nachtergaele (Rocky) and Paulo Tiefenthaler (Hudson) voicing the protagonists. The first season, with 13 episodes, aired from August 10 to November 2, 2020.

Voice Cast (Cinevídeo)

Marco Ribeiro as Rocky

Garcia Júnior as Hudson

Mauro Ramos as Dr.

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The public source identifies “Rocky & Hudson” as 1994 animated film directed by Otto Guerra. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rocky, Hudson and animated.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2020, 1987, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rocky, Hudson and animated providing the first useful test.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16166395. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994, 2020, 1987 and 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from “Rocky & Hudson” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.