''Zip Zip'' is a French
animated
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television series
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created by Aurore Damant, based on an original idea by Anne Ozannat. The series is produced by GO-N Productions with the participation of
France Télévisions
France Télévisions (; stylized since 2018 as ) is the French national public television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the integration of the public television channels France 2 (formerly Antenne 2) and France 3 (form ...
,
Super RTL
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and
The Walt Disney Company France
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in association with A Plus Image 3 and
France 3
France 3 () is a French free-to-air Public broadcasting, public television network. The second flagship network of France Télévisions, it broadcasts a wide range of general and specialized programming.
France 3 is structured as a Region ...
.
The series premiered on
Super RTL
Super RTL is a German free-to-air television network owned by RTL Deutschland. The channel originally launched in 1995 as a joint venture between RTL Group predecessor company CLT-UFA and Disney's Buena Vista International Television Investment ...
in Germany on March 23, 2015
and on
France 3
France 3 () is a French free-to-air Public broadcasting, public television network. The second flagship network of France Télévisions, it broadcasts a wide range of general and specialized programming.
France 3 is structured as a Region ...
in France on April 4.
It was renewed for a second series which premiered on July 8, 2019, with the English dub premiering on
YouTube
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on August 6, 2021.
Premise
Tired of living in the forest, Washington the
fox
Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush").
Twelve species ...
, Sam the
boar
The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a Suidae, suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The speci ...
, his sister Eugenie, and Suzie the
blackbird decide to leave the wilderness and go to the city. To avoid being seen by people as wild animals and getting caught by animal control, the four take animal costumes to disguise themselves as a
dog
The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the gray wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from a population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers. ...
(Washington), a
cat
The cat (''Felis catus''), also referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae. Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the ...
(Sam), a
rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated ...
(Eugenie) and a
canary
Canary originally referred to the Spanish island of Gran Canaria in the North Atlantic Ocean and the surrounding Canary Islands. It may also refer to:
Animals Birds
* Canaries, birds in the genera '' Serinus'' and '' Crithagra'' including, among ...
(Suzie) and pose as common house pets. The Livingstones soon adopt them, and now they live in the Livingstones’ house with their cat, Victoria.
Voice cast
Episodes
Season 1 (2015)
Season 2
Crew
* Directed by: Lionel Allaix
* Produced by: Eric Garnet and Anne de Galard
* Series created by: Aurore Damant
* Based on an original idea by: Anne Ozannat
* Script editors: Cynthia True, Matthieu Chevallier (season 2), Johanna Goldschmidt (season 2)
* Music composed by: Séverin
* Executive Producer: Eric Garnet
* Associate Producer: Anne de Galard
* Line Producer: Emmanuel de Franceschi
* Production manager: Séverine Modzelewski (season 2)
* Production coordinators: Séverine Modzelewski, Amélie Oliveau, Lysa Jumelle (season 2)
* Production assistant: Zuka Lelashvili (season 2)
* 1st assistant directors: Stéphane Bevilacqua, Margaux Ollier (season 2)
* 2nd assistant directors: Mathias Cottreau, Matthias Pialoux (season 2)
* Script coordinator: Amélie Oliveau
* Digital content production (season 2): Amélie Oliveau, Agathe Fradet
* Translators: Leslie Damant-Jeandel, Manon Cranney, Rob Conrath, Justine Bannister, Patty Hannock (season 2), Jonathan Sly (season 2)
* Story boarders: Lionel Allaix, Anthony Pascal, Christophe Pittet, Gark, Philippe Leconte, Thierry Sapyn, Baptiste Lucas, Nicolas Moschini, Nima Azarba, Fred Mintoff, Brice Magnier, Julien Thompson, Dominique Etchecopar, Olivier Derynck, and Ronan Le Brun
* Chief character designer: Marc Bascougnano
* Characters design (season 2): Érika Brémon, Mansoureh Kamaribidkorpeh, Hadrien Bonnet, Sylvain Bonnet, Éric Gosselet
* Background design team: Baptiste Lucas, Bertrand Piocelle, Tiphaine Schroeder, Thomas Greffard, Manuel Tanon-Tchi, Roland Di Constanzo (season 2), Sophie Castaignede (season 2)
* Props and FX designers: Louis-Gaël "Elger" Le Breton, Ahmed Guerrouache, François Maumont, José Lemaire (season 2)
* Colour Styling team: Caroline Vanden Abeele, Christine Lips, Sylvia Lorrain, Manuel Tanon-Tchi
* Storyboard Assistants: Johann Cheneval, Cédric Frémeaux, Colin Albert (season 2)
* Animation Director: Julien Cayot
* Characters Builds: Mathieu Chaptel, Adeline Monin, Thomas Greffard
* Animation References: Mathieu Chaptel, Caroline Piochon, Mourad Seddiki
* Layout Team: Franck Bonay, Miguel Larzillière, Brendan Merien
* Chief Animators: Christophe N'Guyen, Gary Dominguez, Juliette Laurent
* Animatics Editing: Fiona Couturier, Antoine Delaporte
* Final Editing: Fiona Couturier, Antoine Delaporte
* Dialogues adapted by: Elise An, Antoine Ledoux, Clémentine Blayo-Nogret (season 2), Justine Dupont-Breitburd (season 2)
* Literary Bible: Aurore Damant, Anne Ozannat
* Graphic Bible: Aurore Damant, Manuel Tanon-Tchi
* Trainee: Juliette Cuisinier
References
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External links
Official websiteat France 3
Official websiteat Go-N Productions
2010s French animated television series
2015 French television series debuts
French children's animated adventure television series
French children's animated comedy television series
French-language television shows
French flash animated television series
Disney animated television series