animation series

>> project << hi hoopoe!

FR/IT/CA | HD | 52x7’ | Completion 2026 (tbc) | French, English, Italian | by Bonarith Adige | Author: Carlotta Mastrangelo | ANIMALPS PRODUCTIONS (FR), Pulpy Productions (IT), Mirabilia Studio (IT), Media Business Institute (CA)

 

Adventure & discovery everyday life series for 3-6 year-old kids | 2D animation 

 

"How amazing HOOPOE, isn't it?"

 

Every morning, the little bird named HOOPOE jumps from the top of the Giant Tree, breaks through the sea of clouds and flies to the ground where a new adventure awaits him.
An entertaining educational series allowing to experience emotions such as friendship, fear, anger, growing older and learn about nature etc.
 
End of development (production of the 4' pilot ready in January 2025 + 13 episode outlines ready, 2 scripts ready for MIPCOM 2024)
 
Budget: 3,5 M EUR

>> project << GREAT DADDY

FR | HD | 52x3'30" | Completion 2025 (tbc) | non spoken | by Bonarith Adige | ANIMALPS PRODUCTIONS (FR)

 

Family everyday life series for 6-12 year-old kids | 2D animation 

 

A crazy, lively family sitcom about a dad who's being driven mad...

 

Looking after his two children (a girl & a boy), feeding the cat, changing the bathroom bulb and welcoming the grandparents: this is the full-time job of Great Daddy, who could be called a "househusband"! We only ask for your attention for three and a half minutes to see how this dad is doing. And please don't laugh!
 
End of development (2' animatique almost completed, pre-production of the pilot + 13 episode outlines)
 
Budget: 1,7 M EUR

>> project << GUGLIELMO THE INVENTOR 

IT/CZ/FR | 4K | 26x13’ (objective: 52 episodes) | Completion 2025 | English, Italian, Czech, French | by Danilo Caracciolo | Authors: Danilo Caracciolo, Enzo Chiarullo and Giusi Santoro | POPCult, Krutart, Animalps

 

Adventurous entertaining science series for 6-10 year-old kids | 2D animation 

 

The (true) story of a boy who dreams of being an inventor and is always ready for new crazy experiments.

 

Guglielmo Marconi known as the inventor of radio, was a curious self-educated kid passionate by electricity, who turned out to become one of the men who revolutionized our society, at the end of the XIXth century, with his inventions enabling us today to use cell phones and satellite technologies, among others. In the idyllic hills of Bologna, Italy, we follow his adventures centred around frenetic experiments, while he was a 6-year-old boy until he was a young adolescent, supported by his family and friends, and ultimately learn with him about the basics of electromagnetic invisible waves, and physics in general. 
 
Pitch deck available.
Animatic completed.
Script of pilot episode available.
Outline of episodes available soon.
 
This project won the CO-DEVELOPMENT grant of:
 

>> project << sendai city STORIES

IT | 4K | English, Italian | by Marco Bolognesi | BOMAR STUDIO

 

7x26' | Target audience: adults | Completion 2026 | Looking for coproducer (script + animation)

 

Science-fiction, distopia for adults (retro-futuristic, cyberpunk) | 2D animation with 3D inserts

 

In a dystopic future, the Governor’s taking office celebration is about to trigger insurrection and chaos in the over-controlled city of Sendai, where individuality is constantly denied in favour of the indistinct mass of the society. Syan and Orange were both assigned the mission to assassinate the Governor, one by the Resistance's movement and the other by the Governor's defeated opponent. Eva, Commander of the armed forces and Governor's wife is hunting Syan in order to kill her because she is a resistant and have had an affair with her husband. As their destinies cross at the end of the party, only one will remain alive, sealing the fate of Sendai City. Each episode unveils the same story through the life, motivation and inner vision of one of the three main characters, as one facet of the truth. Three stories of Power, Love, and Freedom.

>> new << beERua' S BREAK TIME

TW | 10x13’ (1st season) | 2023 | HD | English, Mandarin | Directors: Sam Lee | TaiwanBar Studio INC. | Broadcaster: EBC YOYO

 

 

Adventure series for pre-school on food & culture, sustainability and friendship | 2D animation 

 

Beerua and the food truck want to collect all the unknown delicacies in the world to create the best food truck ever! Thus, they embark on an adventurous journey.
 
EP1: Soy Milk
• SDGs Themes: Drought, Unequal Distribution of Water Resources
• Synopsis: Grandpa Donkey’s soy milk shop faces closure due to drought. Beerua and Grandpa Donkey travel upstream to find the source of the problem and save the soybean fields.

EP2: Chinese Egg Pancake
• SDGs Themes: Labor from Farm to Table, Child Labor, and Poor Working Conditions
• Synopsis: While Aunt Rhino is making egg pancakes, three little chicks unexpectedly jump out of the egg carton. They steal Beerua's hat to give it as a gift to their mother. In chasing them, Beerua uncovers the harsh realities of the egg farm.

EP3: Convenience Store Tea Eggs
• SDGs Themes: Power Outages, Understanding the Relationship Between Energy and Life, The Choices and Costs of Energy
• Synopsis: Beerua eagerly waits for the rice cooker to pop, signaling that the tea eggs are ready. Suddenly, the entire city experiences a blackout. Amidst the chaos, a convenience store clerk mourns the impending melt of the ice cream cake meant for her daughter. Beerua and the store manager work together to solve the electricity problem.

EP4: Milkfish Soup
• SDGs Themes: Poverty Awareness, Extreme Weather
• Synopsis: Following an address from a magazine, Beerua arrives at a milkfish soup breakfast shop, only to find that the place is run-down and looks nothing like the photo. As he leaves the shop, Beerua encounters a crying Duck Brother and learns that the village was devastated by a typhoon.

EP5: Rice Ball
• SDGs Themes: Environmental Pollution, Habitat Destruction
• Synopsis: Chengcheng and Beerua fall into a valley with floating hedgehogs tangled in plastic. They work to help the creatures and address the pollution.

EP6: Taiwanese Hamburger
• SDGs Themes: Flooding, Disaster-Resilient Urban Design
• Synopsis: Ostrich, on stilts, attempts to deliver freshly baked hamburger buns back to the breakfast shop. However, whenever it rains, fierce carp bandits emerge from the pond to steal the buns. Beerua and Ostrich try various methods but can't defeat the carp bandits until they finally come up with a clever solution to drain the city's water.

EP7: Sweet Potato Congee
• SDGs Themes: Infectious Diseases, Nutrition and Health
• Synopsis: Beerua arrives in a city where everyone has become round and sickly. After some investigation, he discovers that an infectious disease is spreading. Beerua and Leopard find that the solution lies in the neighboring super-nutrition farm, but they must hurry to deliver the sweet potatoes back to the breakfast shop before everyone falls ill. 

EP8: Radish Cake
• SDGs Themes:Lack of Educational Resources in Rural Areas, Equality in Education
• Synopsis: A radish cake breakfast shop opens in a remote village, but Beerua soon discovers that the villagers aren't actually eating radish cakes. It turns out the shop owner has been lying to cover up the truth. To keep the lie going, the owner embarks on a learning journey, only to find that even learning to make radish cakes is extremely difficult in this remote area.

EP9: Toast
• SDGs Themes: Social Divisions, The Value of Cooperation
• Synopsis: Beerua rates breakfast shops while Strawberry and Chocolate Toast Shop owners feud. Their rivalry escalates as they vie for Beerua’s vote.

EP10: Soup Dumplings
• SDGs Themes: Marine Pollution, Microplastics and Health
• Synopsis: Before you take a bite, you never know what's inside the Chinese Bun! Beerua and his friends observe a suspicious Chinese Bun shop owner, a sea lion, who they fear might be endangering everyone's health with his Soup Dumplings. As they follow him, Beerua and his friends end up at the seaside, where they make a startling discovery.