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Product News NIPPON TELEVISION NETWORK CORPORATION (NIPPON TV) COMMERCIAL broadcaster Nippon TV brings Parasyte – The Maxim, to MIPCOM. The 10 x 30-minute animated show (additional episodes to be announced shortly) premieres this month in Japan. The series, based on a sci-fi comic, follows a high-school student who is attacked by a parasite from space which lodges itself in his arm, beginning a peculiar symbiotic relationship. Two live-action movies are also planned.
IMIRA ENTERTAINMENT ON THE MIPCOM Imira Entertainment
BRB INTERNACIONAL A NEW series based on the polar bear
slate comes: Austrian live-action series about a mystery-solving talking bike, Tom Turbo (188 x 26 mins), for which it has worldwide distribution rights (excluding Austria and China); Tom Turbo, The Movie (1 x 82 mins), for which Imira holds global distribution rights (excluding Austria); and animation Lucky Fred (104 x 12 mins), now greenlit for its second season, about a 13-yearold boy and his shape-shifting robot.
animation series Bernard is brought to MIPCOM by Spain’s BRB Internacional. In the new HD series, SuperBernard (52 x 11 mins), Bernard has unusual superpowers. The show is due for delivery at the end of 2016. Worldwide distribution excluding Asia is handled by BRB.
Tom Turbo (Imira Entertainment)
TWOFOUR STUDIOS THE UK’s Twofour Studios brings Toot The Tiny Tugboat (52 x 11 mins), a new 2D pre-school series, to MIPCOM. The show features an ambitious tugboat and his aquatic friends in stories that promote imagination, community and learning. Due to air on Channel 5’s Milkshake! and S4C, the series is produced by Lupus Films, Cloth Cat Animation and Boom Kids.
Parasyte – The Maxim - (Nippon TV)
ENTERTAINMENT ONE (EONE) HEADING eOne’s kids’ MIPCOM slate is
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a 15-minute Peppa Pig special celebrating 10 years, which will be available at the end of this year. Due to premiere on Channel 5 Milkshake! and Nick Jr., the episode centres on Peppa’s quest to find her golden boots and take part in the Puddle Jumping Peppa Pig (eOne) Competition.
x 11-minute pre-school series from the UK’s Karrot Entertainment, about six-yearold Jimmy who’s father is a curator of an inner-city museum. Every morning, Jimmy wakes up early to explore the museum, knocking on the Totem pole to wake up Raven, his magical best friend. When they spot an artefact with a symbol matching Jimmy’s patterned pyjamas, they are whisked off on an adventure to where that item originated.
SuperBernard (BRB Internacional)
NERD CORPS ENTERTAINMENT A THIRD movie in the Slugterra franchise is due this year, following on from theatrical screenings of Slugterra: Return Of The Elementals. The first 40-minute film was Ghoul From Beyond. The Canadian company is also prioritising its animation series Endangered Species (52 x 11 mins), including plans for interactive content, including web and mobile games.
Jimmy’s Jammies (Karrot Entertainment)
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