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Alphanim
Gaumont Animation (formerly known as Alphanim) is a French animation studio. It was acquired by Gaumont Film Company in 2008 as a return to television production, and an entry into English-language productions, after Gaumont Television was sold in 1999. It was rebranded as Gaumont Animation in 2013. The company's animated catalog comprises over 800 half-hours, broadcast in over 130 countries. Its productions include ''Mona the Vampire'', ''Robotboy'', ''Galactik Football'', ''Calimero'', '' Noddy, Toyland Detective'' (after the rights were acquired from DreamWorks Animation in 2013), '' Trulli Tales'', ''Belle and Sebastian'', '' Furiki Wheels'', ''F is for Family'' and '' Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles''. Film projects in development include ''Plunder'' and a musical adaptation of Paul McCartney's novel '' High in the Clouds''. Productions Series *'' Animal Crackers'' (1997–2000, co-production with CINAR Corporation) *'' Atomic Puppet'' (2016–2017, co-production wit ...
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Mona The Vampire
''Mona the Vampire'' is an cartoon series, animated children's television series that is based on a children's book of the same name written and illustrated by Sonia Holleyman, as well as a series of novels illustrated by Holleyman and written by Hiawyn Oram. The series is co-produced by the Cookie Jar Group, CINAR Corporation and Alphanim, with Animation Services (in Hong Kong) for Season 3, produced in association with YTV (TV channel), YTV in co-production with France 3, Canal J (Seasons 1-2) and Tiji (Seasons 3-4), with the participation of the Independent Production Fund, the Shaw Children's Programming Initiative, and Telefilm Canada. It originally premiered in Canada on YTV on September 13, 1999, and later in France on France 3 on October 30, 2000. Synopsis The series follows the adventures of Mona Parker, who refers to herself as "Mona the Vampire", as well as her two best friends, Lily Duncan ("Princess Giant") and Charley Bones ("Zapman"), and her pet cat, Fang, as they ...
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Galactik Football
''Galactik Football'' is an animated television series produced by Gaumont Alphanim that mixes conventional 2D animation with 3D computer graphics. It originally aired from 3 June 2006 to 27 October 2011. In the universe of ''Galactik Football'', the inhabited worlds of the Zaelion Galaxy compete in Galactik Football, a sport analogous to association football, but played seven to a side. The game is complicated by the addition of the Flux, a magical energy which enhances a player's attributes such as speed, strength, and agility, or grants special powers such as teleportation. The story follows the fate of an inexperienced Galactik Football team, the ''Snow Kids'', as they aim to compete in and win the Galactik Football Cup. Plot Season 1 The story begins during a football match between the home team of planet Akillian and the Shadows. As Aarch, captain of the Akillians, takes a direct free kick, an explosion is heard and an avalanche sweeps over the stadium, marking the b ...
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Robotboy
''Robotboy'' is a Anglo-French-American animated television series produced by Gaumont Animation (originally Alphanim) for France 3 and Cartoon Network Europe, in association with studios LuxAnimation and Cofinova 1 for ''Series 1'' only. In a total of 52 23-minute episodes with 104 segments produced, it was created and designed by Jan Van Rijsselberge. The series was directed at Alphanim's studio in Vincennes by American animator Charlie Bean—who worked on ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'', and '' Samurai Jack''—and later with Bob Camp and Heath Kenny. It debuted in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2005, on Cartoon Network. It later premiered reportedly in the United States on December 28, 2005, prior to Cartoon Network's "Sneak Peek Week" for their new lineup premiering on January 14, 2006. Reruns of the series have aired in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany as well as in some Latin American countries such as Arg ...
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Tooncan
Tooncan was an animation studio based in Montreal, Quebec founded by Paul Cadieux.Thomas, Holly E. (2007, June 17)Children's DVDs: Small-Screen Summer ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved March 29, 2008. The company has worked on TF1's ''The Bellflower Bunnies'' and Sylvain Chomet's ''The Triplets of Belleville''. List of programmes *''Rotten Ralph'' (1996) (co-production with The Disney Channel) *'' Not So Rotten Ralph'' (1996) (co-production with The Disney Channel) *''Rotten Ralph'' (1999) (co-production with Italtoons Corporation, Cosgrove Hall Films and BBC TV) *'' Charley and Mimmo'' (2000) (co-production with Vip Toons, Cymax, Canal J, Nathan Entertainment and Les Armateurs) *'' X-DuckX'' (2001) (co-production with Alphanim, France 3 and Europool) *''Belphegor'' (2001) (co-production with KG Prince, France 2, France 3 and Les Armateurs) *'' Iron Nose'' (2001) (co-production with Futurikon, Megafun Productions, Melusine Productions SA and Metrapole Production (M6)) *'' ...
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Gaumont Film Company
The Gaumont Film Company (, ), often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount, and Nikkatsu (founded in 1912). Gaumont predominantly produces, co-produces, and distributes films, and in 2011, 95% of Gaumont's consolidated revenues came from the film division. The company is increasingly becoming a TV series producer with its American subsidiary Gaumont International Television as well as its existing French production features. Gaumont is run by Nicolas Seydoux (President), Sidonie Dumas (General Director), and Christophe Riandee (Deputy General Director). History Originally dealing in photographic apparatus, the company began producing short films in 1897 to promote its mak ...
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Animal Crackers (TV Series)
''Animal Crackers'' is an animated television series produced by the CINAR Corporation and Alphanim. It is based on the comic strip ''Animal Crackers'' by the US cartoonist Roger Bollen. The show was first introduced in September 7, 1997 and ended with the final episode in September 16, 2000. It lasted for three seasons with all episodes. Plot The show that tells about a group of anthropomorphic animals that live in a fictional jungle in Africa called Freeborn. Telecast and home media The show was first aired in Canada on Teletoon during its launch in 1997, but added in the U.S. on Fox Family (now Freeform) in 1998 until 2000 and the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV from November 2008 until August 2009. In foreign countries, the show was also aired in France on La Cinquième (now France 5). As of 2022, the show is now streaming on Tubi. Characters Major characters * Lyle Lion (voiced by Mark Camacho): Passive, insecure and a mama's boy, Lyle is not what one might call "King o ...
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The Baskervilles
''The Baskervilles'' is a 2000 animated children's television show about a British family living in the most twisted theme park in the world. The show was originally created by series co-director Nick Martinelli and series co-writer Alastair Swinnerton, and was a co-production with CINAR Corporation, Alphanim and France 2, and produced in association with Carlton Television and Blue Nose Productions, with the participation of Teletoon. 26 episodes were produced. Plot When a wealthy man made his fortune convincing the world that bad is good and good is bad, he got bored of his success, and wanted to have some fun with his fortune; he created a huge theme park as a slice of life look at Hell, called Underworld: the Theme Park. Disguised as the devil and calling himself "the Boss", he sunk to new lows in deviant behaviour, but it wasn't enough; so he invited a nice family to live in Underworld, for the sole purpose of torturing them. But when his skeletal right-hand man, Kevin ...
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Kodansha
is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines '' Nakayoshi'', '' Afternoon'', '' Evening'', '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' and '' Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines '' Gunzō'', '' Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary '' Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1910, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1910 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine '' Yūben'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from '' Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged with the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai''. The company has used its current leg ...
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TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified broadcasting holding company itself a subsidiary of Nikkei, Inc., serving as the flagship station of the TX Network.." TV Tokyo. Retrieved on June 21, 2010. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specialising in anime. History TV Tokyo was established by the Japan Science Foundation in 1951 and started broadcasting, as on April 12, 1964. It took its name from its VHF frequency channel 12. It almost went bankrupt in 1968; on 1 July that year, a limited liability company, Tokyo Channel 12 Production was established with the help of the ''Nikkei'' and Mainichi Broadcasting System. In 1969 the ''Nikkei'' and MBS signed a memorandum of understanding which stipulates that Tokyo Channel 12 should share programs w ...
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Rai Fiction
Rai Fiction is an Italian production company founded in 1997. It is owned and operated by ''Radiotelevisione Italiana'' (RAI), the Public broadcasting, national broadcasting company of Italy. The company produces content for RAI's channels. The company produces animation, sitcoms, and other programmes. The company also works in association with foreign production studios and TV channels as well as other production companies in Italy. Productions TV series *''La piovra'' (1984) * ''Un posto al sole'' (1996-present) * ''Un medico in famiglia'' (1998–present) *''Inspector Montalbano (TV series), Inspector Montalbano'' (1999–present) *''Don Matteo'' (2000-2020) * ''Dracula (2002 film), Dracula'' (2002) * ''Perlasca, un Eroe Italiano'' (2002) *''Un caso di coscienza (TV series), Un caso di coscienza'' (2003-2013) * ''Milo'' (2003)–with The Paz Show, Paz *''Provaci ancora prof'' (2005-2017) * ''L'ispettore Coliandro'' (2006–2010) * ''Capri (TV series), Capri'' (2006–2010) ...
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Gaumont International Television
Gaumont Television (sometimes written as ''GIT'' or ''GITV'') is the American television division of the French Gaumont. It was launched on September 12, 2011 as an independent studio based in Los Angeles, designed to produce drama and comedy television programming for the U.S. and international markets. Productions *'' Hemlock Grove'' on Netflix *''Narcos'' on Netflix *''Hannibal'' on NBC *''Madame Tussaud'' *''James Patterson’s Bennett'' on ABC *''Radiant Doors'' on WGN America *''F Is for Family'' on Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a .... Developing productions *'' Barbarella'' *'' Viva La Madness'' References {{reflist External links Gaumont Television website Television production companies of the United States Entertainment companies based in Ca ...
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Bionic Max
''Bionic Max'' is an animated comedy television series created by Thomas Digard and Emmanuel Klotz. Produced by Gaumont Animation for Gulli and Canal J, the series premiered on October 23, 2021. Synopsis The series follows Max, the world's first bionic guinea pig, and his best friend Jean-Claude (often called JC), a goldfish, after they escaped the laboratory they're held in and make their way to Woodchuck Woods and how they try to fit in with local wildlife. Episodes # The Great Escape # Max's Muffins # Bionic Fax # Biono Kicks # Molehill Mountain # Ouest Pie Story # It Takes Two Thieves # Woodchuck Chipper # Bringing Down The House # Get Smurt # Fishy Gift # Creature From the Max # Bring Back Our Bionics # Where Is Pesto? # Reboot # Utopian Wasteland # Undercover # Mama Chanterelle # Battle of the Sands # Handy Max # Trapped in the Mall # Be Happy # Super Zero # Bionic Flip # Hiccup and Down # Cleaning Max # Mona's Party # Last Resort # No Time For Losers # Lucky Day # Kin ...
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