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Product News DISTRIBUTION360 (D360) PRODUCED by ToonDraw Productions in association with Societe Radio-Canada and
YOOPA, and brought to MIPCOM by Canada’s D360, pre-school series Yaya And Zouk (78 x 5 mins) follows the adventures of a brother/sister duo. Big sister YaYa, who has a taste for mischief, and her quirky little brother Zouk, who only speaks when necessary, get into fun situations as they go on imaginative adventures.
AB INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION FRANCE’s AB is highlighting its first
hybrid animated series at MIPCOM. Seven And Me (26 x 26 mins) is a 3D CGI story that brings the story of Snow White and the seven dwarfs right up to date.
POKEMON COMPANY INTERNATIONAL JAPAN’s Pokemon Company brings a
feature-length Pokemon film, Pokemon The Movie: Hoopa And The Clash Of Ages, to the international market in Cannes. Already picked up by Cartoon Network in the US and Latin America, and Teletoon in Canada, the 70-minute animated movie takes Ash, Pikachu and their friends to a desert city by the sea.
Yaya And Zouk (D360)
NELVANA CORUS Entertainment’s production and distribution arm Nelvana; The Topps
Company; master toy partner Playmates Toys; and broadcaster Nickelodeon have joined forces on an original action series aimed at girls. Mysticons, set to make its global debut in 2017, is being developed as a half-hour series targeting girls aged six and over, telling the tale of four girls who transform into legendary warriors and undertake a mythic quest to find a magic tome known as the Codex before Queen of the Undead, Necrafa, gets to it.
HG DISTRIBUTION BELLE And Sebastian (52 x 11 mins) follows the adventures of a Pyrenean
Mountain dog and a little boy named Sebastian in the spectacular playground of the mountains. The Quebecois company also brings The Adventures Of Cosmo The Dodo Bird (52 x 11 mins), based on a series of books and aimed at five- to seven-year-olds. Cosmo and his gang travel through space and protect the amazing aliens and environments they encounter from harm.
Pokemon The Movie: Hoopa And The Clash Of Ages (Pokemon Company International)
JAM MEDIA ZIG AND ZAG (26 x 11 mins) makes its
Belle And Sebastian (HG Distribution)
international debut at MIPJunior. The puppet brothers who originally starred in RTE’s children’s show The Den, make their animated launch in a partnership between CBBC, RTEjr, Double Z Enterprises, Flikerpix and Dublin-based Jam Media, which has global distribution rights. The series is set to air in the UK and Ireland in 2016.
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