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Getting Animated! As the industry gears up for MIPTV (April 17-19), there are new and existing excitements in the world of animation. From new shows, new formats, and licensing programs that are seeing the courser, we bring you some highlights from the important world of animation. Toon2Tango GmbH & Co. KG, the kids and family entertainment venture headed by television and movie industry experts Ulli Stoef and Jo Daris, will be promoting a number of significant properties at MIPTV. They include Hey Fuzzy Yellow!, which has been awarded with EU funding and is co-produced by US Curiosity Ink Media, led by Nickelodeon Studios veteran Russell Hicks. A unique show for the very young, Hey Fuzzy Yellow! is a spirited new spin on childhood edutainment with a focus on independent thinking and self-expression through exploration in the company of Fuzzy Yellow and friends. Production on Hey Fuzzy
Yellow! begins at the end of April. Lily of Fawonia is a new 26-episode series for kids aged 6+ which has already attracted a major French company as co-producer. It’s a hybrid series, modelled on a blend of live-action and animation – like the massive international hit series
to develop, produce, finance and distribute a TV series based on a European hit kids’ franchise which already produced two very successful feature films, that together have earned nearly US$50 million at the box office. “Niko & the Way to the Stars” (2008), and “Niko 2 – Little
Mia and Me, whose production team included Toon2Tango’s Ulli Stoef and Jo Daris. The show is about Lily, who on her 15th birthday finds out that she is a princess and holds the fate of the world in her hands. Toon2Tango has also agreed with Finnish production house Animaker
Brother, Big Trouble” (2012) have inspired a third feature, due in 2024. The films are about Niko, a young reindeer who discovers that his father is one of Santa Claus’s reindeer. APC Kids is bringing TeamTO’s new action-adventure comedy series Jade Armor to MIPTV. APC Kids holds
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