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Pegs'n Co
Pegs'n Co was a French software company that developed a traditional animation software package called Pegs, and is now part of Canadian company Toon Boom Animation. It was based in Paris, France. Pegs was used for several animated feature films, shorts, and television series, and it powered the French animation industry until the 2000s as it was used by studios like Millimages, Alphanim, and Animage, but it was also used by studios in other countries, most notably Saerom Animation, CineGroupe, and Mike Young Productions. In total, Pegs was used by over 100 studios worldwide. History In 1991, Pixibox, a French animation studio, decided to develop its own ink & paint and compositing tools in order to make one of the first fully digital animated series, ''Peter et Sonia''. The first version of Pegs was released under the name Pixiscan. In 1994, Pixibox began to market the product, and the first Pegs licenses were sold. In 1997, following the acquisition of the company by Humanoids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windows
Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for servers, and Windows IoT for embedded systems. Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phone. The first version of Windows was released on November 20, 1985, as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Windows is the most popular desktop operating system in the world, with 75% market share , according to StatCounter. However, Windows is not the most used operating system when including both mobile and desktop OSes, due to Android's massive growth. , the most recent version of Windows is Windows 11 for consumer PCs and tablets, Windows 11 Enterprise for corporations, and Windows Server 2022 for servers. Genealogy By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Dog (TV Series)
''Bad Dog'' is an animated series produced by CinéGroupe and Saban Entertainment for the Teletoon and Fox Family Channel networks, first airing on Teletoon on March 1, 1999. The cartoon focused on the Potanski family and their dog Berkeley. The show's gimmick was that, whenever Berkeley was told that he was a bad dog, he would freeze and pretend to be dead until someone told him he was a good dog. The show was inspired by the '' After Dark'' screensaver "Bad Dog". The two dogs have a similar appearance, and the "Bad Dog" of the show is named Berkeley, a likely reference to Berkeley Systems, the creators of After Dark. The show was paired with another series called '' Monster Farm''. Internationally, the series did air on Fox Kids (later known as Jetix), being lastly rerun in 2011 on Disney Channel in Netherlands. Characters * Berkeley aka "Barky": The not-so-normal dog owned by the Potanski family who likes having adventures and always gets everyone into trouble. He appears t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daria (TV Series)
''Daria'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn. The series ran from March 3, 1997, to January 21, 2002, on MTV. It focuses on the title character, Daria Morgendorffer, an intelligent, cynical high school student, voiced by Tracy Grandstaff. It is a spin-off of Mike Judge's earlier animated series, '' Beavis and Butt-Head'', in which Daria appeared as a recurring character. Although Judge allowed the character to star in a spin-off, he had no involvement in the production of ''Daria'' himself, as he was busy working on ''King of the Hill''. In June 2019, MTV announced a ''Daria'' animated spin-off series, ''Jodie'' (originally ''Daria & Jodie''), with actress Tracee Ellis Ross voicing the titular character and serving as an executive producer. The network characterized the series as the first in multiple projected ''Daria'' animated spinoffs. In June 2020, Comedy Central announced it had picked up the spinoff series along with ''Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford The Big Red Dog (2000 TV Series)
''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' is an animated series, animated educational children's television series, based upon Norman Bridwell's Clifford the Big Red Dog, children's book series of the same name. Produced by Scholastic Productions, it originally aired on PBS Kids from September 4, 2000, to February 25, 2003. A UK version (dubbed with British voice actors replacing the original American soundtrack) originally aired on BBC Two in April 2002. Internationally, German-based TV-Loonland AG handled broadcast rights to the series, while Entertainment Rights held merchandising and home media rights. John Ritter voices Clifford (character), Clifford in every episode. By the time the series ended production and the subsequent film ''Clifford's Really Big Movie'' were completed, Ritter was back on American Broadcasting Company, ABC's prime time schedule, starring in ''8 Simple Rules''. Ritter's death on September 11, 2003, came less than two weeks before the debut of ''Clifford's Puppy Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Colorado
''Chris Colorado'' is a French animated television series consisting of 26 episodes, created by Thibaut Chatel, Franck Bertrand and Jacqueline Monsigny, with original series music is written by Fabrice Aboulker. It was first aired in France on 18 December 2000 on Canal+, and later on FR3, and it is broadcast regularly on the Mangas channel. Each episode is approximately 26 minutes long. DVD copies of the show are almost impossible to find, as it had a very low release rate. One DVD containing the first four episodes has been released in France. Synopsis Chris Colorado takes place on an apocalyptic future Earth. After a data-processing bug prevents mankind from detecting the fall of a meteorite, it results in the destruction of nearly all life on Earth in a massive disaster later known as The Great Crash. After some time, many groups of survivors gathered together to try to rebuild and create a newer, more peaceful society, and formed "The World Federation". After several decade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cédric (comics)
Cédric is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Raoul Cauvin, illustrated by Laudec, and published by Dupuis. The comic is about the adventures of a young rascal, including his family and his school life. Cédric is a hero close to the hearts of all children, funny yet tender at the same time. Between the mistress, the school shrink, nosy parents, rowdy pals, an odious niece, and a temperamental girlfriend, Cédric finds it hard to keep his tranquility. For the better part of it, his grandfather is always at hand, be it when badly hit or to hit badly. Since 1989, 23 albums have been published by Dupuis. ''Cédric'' is one of the most popular French-language comics according to the list of best-selling new comics of the ACBD, with e.g. in 2006 alone 288,900 albums, putting ''Cédric'' at the fourth spot. By 2008, ''Cédric'' had dropped to the 8th position, still selling around 273,000 copies that year. A series of animated cartoons based on the comic have been produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caillou
''Caillou'' () is a Canadian educational children's television series which aired on Teletoon (both English and French versions), with its first episode airing on the former channel on September 15, 1997; it later moved to Treehouse TV, with its final episode being shown on that channel on October 3, 2010. It was produced in Canada by the CINAR Corporation (later Cookie Jar Entertainment), In season 5, it was animated by the South African studio Clockwork Zoo. Based on the books by Hélène Desputeaux, it focuses on a four-year-old boy named Caillou who is fascinated by the world around him. A computer-animated reboot series is set to premiere on Peacock in 2023. Plot Caillou lives with his mother, father, and younger sister, Rosie. He has many adventures with his family and friends, and uses his imagination in every episode. Each episode in seasons 1 through 3 has a theme and is divided into several short sections that mix animation, puppet skits, and video of live-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braceface
''Braceface'' is an animated television series that aired on Teletoon in Canada and the Fox Family Channel in the U.S. The series was produced by Nelvana and Jade Animation, the show features actress Alicia Silverstone from the movie '' Clueless'' (who also voiced the titular character for the first two seasons) serving as executive producer. Summary The series, set in Elkford, British Columbia, recounts the travails of Sharon Spitz (a play on words, "sharing spit" being a euphemism for kissing), who is a junior high school student with braces that get in the way of leading a normal teenage life. Her braces are somehow electrically charged at all times, giving her strange abilities such as remotely operating machinery, tapping into wireless communication channels, and even discharging electricity directly into what's in front of her, though much of these abilities are often outside her control. In the first season, she is enrolled at Mary Pickford Junior High but later the sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boy (TV Series)
''The Boy'' is a Canadian animated television series that aired on YTV from January 2004 to September 2005. The series is about the adventures of Toby Goodwin, a boy genius and a member of the International Federation For Peace. With his partner, agent Bob Saint-Vincent, he travels all over the world to fight villains. In the United States, the series aired on Animania HD. Episodes Season 1 #Poka #Invisible Boy #Hide'n Go Boy #Free Inside #Jack Flash #Fish'n Chips #Bug Hunter #Bad Boy #Batteries Not Included #Beam Me Up Bob #Most Dangerous Situation #Tango #One Plus One Equals Dead #Boy of the Dolphin #Boy's Best Friend Season 2 #Xeno Boy #I Told You So #Pressure Factor #I, Ludd #Hold That Thought #Coyote Boy #If You See What I Mean #Three Card Monty #Golden Boy #The Sky is Falling #Boy vs. Volcano References External links * 2000s Canadian animated television series 2004 Canadian television series debuts 2005 Canadian television series endings Animated television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blazing Dragons
''Blazing Dragons'' is an animated television series created by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott, and produced by Nelvana and Ellipse Animation. A coinciding graphic adventure video game was released for the original PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996 by Crystal Dynamics. The video game features the voice talents of several celebrities. The series' protagonists are anthropomorphic dragons who are beset by evil humans, reversing a common story convention. The series parodies that of the King Arthur Tales as well as the periods of the Middle Ages. From 1996 to 1998, ''Blazing Dragons'' was produced by Nelvana in Canada and Ellipse Programme in France. In the series, King Allfire and his Knights of the Square Table fight against the evil Count Geoffrey and his inept minions. It ran for two seasons consisting of 26 episodes in total. The cartoon episodes that ran in the United States, namely Toon Disney, were bowdlerised. Parts of episodes considered too overt, such as the implie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mor's Island
''Black Mor's Island'' () is a 2004 French animated adventure film directed by Jean-François Laguionie. Set in 1803, it follows a 15-year-old boy who sets out to find a buried pirate treasure. The film was released in France on 11 February 2004. Cast * Taric Mehani as the Kid * as the Little Monch * Jean-Paul Roussillon as ''Mac Gregor'' * as ''La Ficelle'' * Yanecko Romba as ''Master Forbes'' * as the Director Reception ''Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...s Lisa Nesselson wrote: "Handsome visuals and an especially classy instrumental score make this a quality adventure for kids, with enough narrative drive to keep adults engaged." References Fiction set in 1803 2000s adventure films 2004 animated films 2004 films Films directed by Jean-Françoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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