Joojedelan (جوجه دلان)

Three elderly villagers. Traditional instruments. Heavy metal. Rita Rahimi’s Persian animated comedy began in 2004 and grew into a world of strange characters, original songs, and the occasional alien.

Baghali Foroosh, two versions

2004

Baghali Foroosh

A night search for Kamarpashmoo turns into a minimalist horror comedy inspired by The Ring.

The Joojedelan village

2026

Baghali Foroosh · AI Remake

Two decades later, the story returns in an AI-assisted remake. Ahu steps out of a television and into the band’s world.

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Original character concept art by Mahmoud Mokhtari.
Original character concept art by Mahmoud Mokhtari.

Early episodes

2004

Tavalodet Mobarak

The band reunites to play a birthday song for the village headman’s daughter.

2010

Nowruz Sibiloo

Six years after Haft Sin, the band rings in Nowruz with a playful hip-hop track.

2010

Close Encounter

Crop circles appear on the family farm. Then aliens come for the band’s frontman, Joolin Sibil.

Joojedelan character concept sketch
Original character concept by Mehdi Alibeygi

The 2022 revival

2022

Unsure Chicken

Longtime viewers helped bring Joojedelan back in this stripped-down animation experiment.

2022

Kamarpashmoo

A brief encounter with one of Joojedelan’s strangest figures opens the door to a much bigger story.

2022

New Year’s Ghigh

The band remembers a Nowruz party with speakers so loud that, by their account, aliens on other planets were headbanging.

In 2022, an attempt to revive Joojedelan introduced a new animation style, shown here.
In 2022, an attempt to revive Joojedelan introduced a new animation style, shown here.

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