Gaumont has announced the first sales of its comedy-action-fantasy series, Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles (20 x 22’), to free TV channels ZDF/KiKA in Germany – premiering October 7 – and MTVA in Hungary. This Netflix original series, produced in CGI animation and aimed at children aged 8 to 12, is based on the popular comic book Usagi Yojimbo by award-winning author Stan Sakai. The adaptation follows the adventures of Yuichi Usagi, a descendant of the great warrior Miyamoto Usagi, on his … [Read more...] about Gaumont unveils first sales of new series Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles
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Prime inks several deals for animation content
Prior to the Annecy Film Festival, Paris-based production and distribution company Prime Entertainment Group has closed a range of deals for animation content with international partners. HRT Croatia, Croatia's public broadcasting company, acquired the 24 minutes special "Ariol's Airplane Trip". Based on a best-selling comic strip, "Ariol" follows the story of an adorable blue donkey who goes on amazing adventures with his many friends. Following two very successful seasons (Ariol season 1: … [Read more...] about Prime inks several deals for animation content
Super Wings ready for takeoff on KiKA
Höhenkirchen/Munich - The successful preschool animation series Super Wings (52 x 11 minutes), targeted at children aged 4 to 7 years, will be premiering on Germany’s kids channel KiKA on 25 January 2017. The series will be aired daily from Monday to Sunday as a double feature during kids prime time at 6:15 pm. The global co-production is already successfully broadcasted in Europe e.g. in France, Spain, Italy and Sweden. The series is co-produced by South Korea’s FunnyFlux, … [Read more...] about Super Wings ready for takeoff on KiKA
m4e inks international deals for Wissper
Höhenkirchen / Munich- Following MIPTV, m4e AG has secured a number of international broadcast deals for its all-new CGI-animated series Wissper. The comedy-adventure has been picked up by German public broadcaster ZDF and is about to air later this year on its free-to-air kids channel KiKA. Wissper will also hit Austrian TV screens, since public broadcaster ORF acquired the series as well. m4e has furthermore sold the pay TV-rights for UK to Viacom International Media Networks Europe and its … [Read more...] about m4e inks international deals for Wissper
ZDF Enterprises seals deal with KiKA
Cannes – ZDF Enterprises and German free-to-air children’s channel KiKA have signed a deal for the coproduction of the 3D animated TV Series Insectibles (52 x 11’ HD), produced by One Animation. Insectibles is a CGI animated adventure comedy produced in 3D and Full HD for children aged 6 to 9 years. The series follows the adventures of a young boy – Zak, a crazy old man – Gramps, and three bio-mechanically enhanced insects as they search to find pieces of the … [Read more...] about ZDF Enterprises seals deal with KiKA
