PrOductnEWs Korean animation companies are serving up a raft of new content at MIPJunior and MIPCOM. Here is a taste of what’s on the menu
OLIVE STUDIO
AVA ENTERTAINMENT
OLIVE Studio’s 3D animation Cocomong 2 is a 26 x 15 mins second series of the comic edutainment TV animation that begins behind closed refrigerator doors. Once a sausage but now alive as a monkey, Cocomong loves inventing and Robocong is Cocomong’s greatest invention. Then there’s Aromi, once an egg but now a cute bunny. All help Cocomong save Cing Cing village from the evil Virus King, a villain created by global warming who tries to pollute and conquer Cing Cing village. Also from the company, Barnacle Lou is an award winning 52 x 5 mins full 3D animation series about a little seagull who thinks he is a barnacle. He plays with his friends in a barnacle town floating on the sea.
AVA ENTERTAINMENT is handling worldwide distribution for Painter Hitdog. The pre-school 2.5 digital animation series, targeting three- to fiveyear-olds is produced by Gogumi. In the 78 x 7 mins series Hitdog and his friends make their world more colourful with a magic brush, and in doing so encourage friendship, creativity and social skills. The series is set to be delivered in 2012.
VOOZ CO.
VOOZ CO. is unveiling Myo & Ga, its 52 x 11 mins 3D co-production with Spain’s Imira Entertainment. Adventures and misadventures abound in this tale of a brave but gullible turtle named Ga who joins forces with a noble chicken named Co, and Myo, a fugitive kung fu rabbit. The trio are on a quest to save the world, but are distracted again and again. Vooz Co. will be seeking additional licensing and distribution partners at MIPCOM.
Myo & Ga (Vooz Co.)
FUNNYFLUX ENTERTAINMENT
Cocomong (Olive Studio)
Painter Hitdog (AVA Entertainment)
DPS ANIMATION
DPS ANIMATION has brought the first episode of its 3D co-production The Airport Diary to Cannes. In the 78 x 7 mins series a small plane at Billowing Fluffy Airport meets airplane friends from around the world. The little plane dreams of a bigger world — even though he doesn’t have much mileage. The co-production with KTH, a subsidiary of Korea’s giant KT Telecom, and Chinese company Pinggo, is set for completion in May of 2012. Season 2 will be out a year later. The Airport Diary (DPS Animation) 16 I
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FUNNYFLUX Entertainment is unveiling Katuri: A Story Of A Mother Bird. The co-production with Andong Media Centre, aimed at a general audience, is an allegorical tale of a mother pheasant that dies, leaving her chicks to grow up and overcome adversity on their own. It is based on the novel written by renowned Korean children’s author Kwon Jung Saeng. Distribution outside of Korea and Japan is by France’s awol animation.
Katuri: A Story Of A Mother Bird (Funnyflux Entertainment)