It aired on Canal 5, and repeats were also shown on Las Estrellas and Cartoon Network Latin America.

This was not the first attempt to animate the show's characters; claymation sequences were created for the original-series credits during the late 1970s, and 2D animations were used for the credits of Chespirito (the program which succeeded El Chavo and its sister series, El Chapulín Colorado).

Based on the series El Chavo del Ocho, the cartoon is the adventures of El Chavo, a poor boy, and his gang, who live in a village in Mexico (the Brazilian dubbing, however, moved the village's location to Brazil and in Kabillion's dub, to New York City).

El Chavo Animado features all the characters of the original series, with the exception of La Chilindrina due to ownership disputes.

[4] The show was aired on Canal 5, and repeats were also shown on Las Estrellas and Cartoon Network Latin America.

The same collection was released by Universal Video Entertainment in Brazil in 2008 as Chaves em Desenho Animado.

Quico, La Popis (Phoebe), Don Ramón (Mr. Raymond), Doña Florinda (Mrs. Worthmore) and Profesor Jirafales (Professor Girafalde) dolls were marketed in Mexico in 2004.

A video game based on the series was developed by Kaxan Media Group and released in Mexico on April 27, 2012 for the Wii by Slang Publishing and Televisa Home Entertainment.

In this game, a carnival is taking place in the housing complex, and we can play minigames to win tickets to get powerups.

[9] First presented in Los Angeles, then at MIPCOM in Cannes, a new CG-animated series adaptation of El Chavo del Ocho is in development.