Cartoon Forum is the biggest European event dedicated to animated series. 87 new titles will be pitched to buyers and producers at the 30th Cartoon Forum in Toulouse, France in the next few days. It will host over 1,000 professionals from animation studios, production companies, TV and streaming outlets and financial institutions of 24 participating countries.
Posting what info I’ve been able to put together on a few of the shows being pitched – Summer Kingdom, Captain Zheimer, Ewilan's Quest, and Calamity. If you’re able to find info on any of the other neat-looking shows being pitched, please share!
Summer Kingdom: youtube.com/watch?v=PhQC0y6oE6I&feature=player_embeddedyarkistudio.com/project/summer-kingdom/ Probably the show we know the most about. Summer Kingdom tells the story of a would-be-knight with the unfortunate name “Mankey.” He wants to be a heroic human knight, but he’s not good at being heroic, human, or a knight. He looks almost entirely human, except for his “horns of fire,” which have always been trouble for him. Not only do they mark him as not-entirely-human, they react to his emotional state, constantly getting in his way. When Urban Kingdom’s Princess is kidnapped by a dragon, he sees a chance to prove himself a real hero. But it quickly becomes apparent that things are more than they seem, as the princess’ kidnapping and transformation into a cat-creature is just one part of a master plan by the mysterious D’Ark Advisor, who is harnessing the connection between emotions and magic – turning people’s misfortunes into powerful dark magic.
Captain Zheimer (the superhero with Alzheimers): youtube.com/watch?v=KWrMX1WBE6Q Greta is a girl who lives a happy life with her parents, her best friends and her grandfather, Mr. Nicolás. But lately Mr. Nicolás has been acting strangely. He who was a history teacher who knew every historical period, but now he’s beginning to forget things. One day, Greta's parents tell her that her grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Greta tells her friends (Aris, Spider and River) what happened to her grandfather. Spider, a fan of superheroes, transforms Mr. Nicolás into Captain Zheimer and Greta finds her grandfather's magical story book with which they will travel through time.
Could have waited for Monday when the trailers for the pitched shows will be out.
I'm only interested in Feline Dion.
Christian Sanchez
Ewilan’s Quest: andarta-pictures.com/development based on a popular French book series. “La Quête d'Ewilan (Ewilan's Quest) tells the story of Camille, a young girl who accidentally discovers that she has the ability to travel to the Alternate Universe of Gwendalavir. Accompanied by her best friend Salim, she learns that she actually comes from this world, that her real name is Ewilan, and that she posses an ability known as "Drawing" that allows her to create things from her imagination. It turns out that the guardians of this world, known as "Sentinels", have been imprisoned by evil creatures known as the Ts'Liches, leading the Empire defenseless ; Ewilan will thus go on a quest to free the Sentinels and defeat the Ts'Liches, with the help of not only Salim, but also many other allies encountered along the way.
Calamity: youtube.com/watch?v=6Qj7mWh6WZg “Calamity” is a stylized origin story of American historical figure Martha Jane Cannary, better known as Calamity Jane. It kicks off in 1863 with she and her family part of a convoy heading west. Martha’s father is injured on the journey, and it falls on the young girl to drive the wagon and care for the animals. The going gets tough, but Martha gets going and discovers a freedom she’s never known. For the sake of practicality Martha swaps her skit for pants and rolls up her sleeves, much to the chagrin of the party’s leader Abraham. He accuses her of theft, forcing Martha to head out on her own into a world that will challenge her in ways she can’t imagine.
Oh goody, I love these. Shame like only a handful get chosen and there's a less than 10% chance of any of the handful chosen getting a large enough following for Yea Forums to care. Anyways Calamity, LE COLLÈGE NOIR and Lost Lucy look interesting to me The selection runs the gambit from shows for toddlers to shows aimed at teenagers.
Christian Brooks
Most trailers don't get posted, and some are posted in advance . Now's as good a time as any.
Jose Watson
I dig through these every year, and most of them really don't end up getting made, nor do you ever hear from them again. Which is a shame to me, because there's a lot of cool looking ones.
Literally at least half of these are named X & Y, how unoriginal.
>Bella in the Belly
Reminds me of those anti-abortion comics where the main character is an unborn fetus.
Jace Ward
>Feline Dion >Feline is a well-adjusted, sweet cat, but after catching her fiancé in flagrante delicto with another tomcat, she is thrown off several kilometers out of her comfort zone. After a failed suicide attempt, Feline finds herself in the care of KATSON whom she appoints as her mentor. Katson mastered the difficult martial art of Miautzi Tung. She starts as his apprentice and, as a matter of course, develops her own identity. Not only as a superheroine but also as her own cat.
Looks like a "keep throwing things at the wall and see what sticks" mess to me.
A bit of both. Some are in production. Some are in development. But to get a show entered in the forum you have to have a letter of recommendation from an established distributor or television network vouching for your project's credibility.
Colton Collins
>Could have waited for Monday when the trailers for the pitched shows will be out.
I promised an user a few weeks ago I would post what I scrounged up about shows this weekend. We'll get more info, but no harm in looking at some of the content that's already available.
Jonathan Powell
She found her lover in bed with another cat and tried to kill herself, but was rescued by a martial artist who helps her get her life back together again and she tries to do good in the world. Not sure why it's so hard for you to understand.
Jackson Martin
>Show about preteens having their periods >Show about old dude with Alzheimers >Show about unborn fetus
Anyway, after Cartoon Forum is MIPJUNIOR. That's THE BIG ONE. The E3 of animation. The first preview magazine is already out but it's the worst magazine of the bunch. In a few weeks we'll get the kidscreen magazines that are usually around 250 combined pages with ads for new shows and all sorts of goodies.
>Lucy Lost >This is about a fisherman and his son who rescue an injured girl from the sea. The girl just seems to be able to say one word- 'Lucy' - becoming a mystery for everybody in the local village
The list of shows that don't get made is going to be a heartbreaker, I already know it
So many look good. What percentage usually get picked up?
Jack Watson
>Here it is the first animation TV series about sexual and affective education for preteens, a project never made before. A TV series which would approach and clarify to the youngest their main doubts and questions about sex and affection. We will treat the main topics straight and without any taboo what the youngest want to know. We want them to know and recognize human body, sex and feeling with spontaneity, so they can enjoy their sexuality in the future with full acknowledge of it. Mmm Hmm.
>Here it is the first animation TV series about sexual and affective education for preteens, a project never made before. A TV series which would approach and clarify to the youngest their main doubts and questions about sex and affection. We will treat the main topics straight and without any taboo what the youngest want to know. We want them to know and recognize human body, sex and feeling with spontaneity, so they can enjoy their sexuality in the future with full acknowledge of it.
Holy shit those are some oddball picks to get revived.
Henry Wilson
How the fuck is a new Marsupalami made without buyers/producers already lined up? This feels like a stunt to me.
William Martinez
At least Big Mouth seems to be targeted at adults. I think sex education cartoons for children aren't a bad idea, but calling it Sex Symbols when it features little girls is kind of too much.
Leo Diaz
Belfort & Lupin looks precisely like something furfags would snort up and beg their pushers for more.
Austin Taylor
Names can change. And honestly, a nicely cutesified approach to discussing the shit that kids want to know but are afraid to ask about isn't a bad idea.
Oh the mistaken beliefs I had...
Landon Taylor
>Ewilan's Quest That book's currently published in English by IDW under the EuroComiss label
PRE-SCHOOL >“Atom Town,” Treehouse Republic (Ireland), Turnip & Duck (Ireland) >“Bibi, Bobby & Zazzy (Bibi’s World),” Bibiland (Macedonia) >“Big Tree City,” Blue Zoo Productions (U.K.) >“Bird & Sheep,” Curt Fortin Imaginations (Netherlands) >“Cara’s on the Case,” Flickerpix (U.K.) >“Fia’s Fairies,” Little Moon Animation (France) >“Floki,” Puppetworks Budapest (Hungary) >“Goodnight Mr. Clutterbuck,” Anima Pictures Entertainment (Finland) >“Hugo & Holger,” Wil Film (Denmark) >“Juliette & Jules,” Altitude 100 Production (Belgium) >“Lotte & Totte,” Fridthjof Film (Denmark), Noerlum (Denmark) >“Monika’s Garden,” M4e / Studio 100 Media (Germany), Blue Zoo Animation Studio (U.K.) >“Mousse and Bichon,” Vivement Lundi! (France) >“Nutz,” Recircle (Croatia) >“Pepe,” Dansk Tegnefilm (Denmark), Ladybird Films (Luxembourg) >“Pins and Nettles,” Daily Madness Productions (Ireland) >“Pol The Pirate Mouse,” Submarine (Netherlands) >“Quinquin,” Beluga Jungle (Belgium), Wattson (France), Bidibul Productions (Luxembourg) >“Searching Snowflake,” Nukufilm (Estonia) >“Spookies,” Wolkenlenker (Germany) >“Tempo,” Girelle Production (France) >“The Hearios,” ALT Animation (U.K.) >“Wonder Woollies,” Bejuba! Entertainment (Canada), Pipeline Studios (Canada), Fuzzy House (Denmark)
Ian Russell
CHILDREN >“#In the Middle,” Graphilm (Italy) >“Annie & Carola,” MB Producciones (Spain) >“Apple Hills,” Nice Ninja (Denmark) >“Barney the Piglet,” IMOS invest (Czech Republic), IS Produkce (Czech Republic) >“Belfort & Lupin,” Ellipsanime Production (France) >“Bella in the Belly,” Animoon (Poland), Letkon (Poland) >“Bobcat & Durl,” Pedri Animation (Netherlands), Submarine (Netherlands) >“Boots and Paws,” Studio Soi (Germany) >“Bugstron,” Studio Moggozi (South Korea) >“Calamity,” Maybe Movies (France), 2 Minutes (France) >“Cander & Ladilash,” Waooh! (Belgium) >“Captain Zheimer – The Animated Series,” Ferran i Ximo Produccions (F&X) (Spain), JCmedia (Spain) >“Claudy,” Miyu Productions (France) >“Crystal Tales,” Squarefish (Belgium) >“Digital Girl,” Cyber Group Studios (France) >“Dimbit,” Special Touch Studios (France) >“Dounia,” Tobo (Canada) >“Ducobu,” Cross River Productions (France) >“Ewilan’s Quest,” Andarta Pictures (France) >“Fact & Fiction,” Plotwise (Finland) >“Galaxy Camp,” Autour de Minuit (France) >“Hotel Strange,” Prima Linea Productions (France) >“Imago,” Reaz (France) >“Johann, Sebastiana and Bach,” GS Animation / Grupa Smacznego (Poland) >“Junkyard Paradise,” Haptic (Belgium) >“Marty’s Garden,” Derengo Animation (Hungary) >“MiniMecs,” Ferly (Finland), Yellow Animation (Canada), Zephyr Animation (France) >“Monster Park,” Ja Film (Demark), Zentropa Belgium (Belgium) >“Oink?,” Animal Tank (Belgium) >“Palimpsest’s Tree,” Nebularts Productions (France), Pit Productions (Burkina Faso), Yobo Studios (Togo) >“Paul-Emile,” Le Regard Sonore (France), Jungler (France) >“Polinopolis,” Mago Production (Spain), Godo Films (France) >“Snake News,” Kavaleer Productions (Ireland) >“Sprinter Galore,” Copenhagen Bombay (Denmark) >“Super Snail,” Sixteen South (U.K.) >“The Dangers,” Tchack (France) >“The Elfkins – The Series,” Akkord Film Produktion (Germany) >“The Great Dreamscape,” Kwassa Films (Belgium)
Benjamin Nelson
>“The Legacy of the Magic Flute,” WunderWerk (Germany), edel Germany (Germany) >“The Marsupilamis,” Belvision (Belgium), Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel (France) >“The World’s Worst Children,” King Bert Productions (U.K.), Brown Bag Films (Ireland), Sky TV (U.K.) >“Toutmosis,” La Belge Prod (Belgium) >“Truths,” Les Fées Spéciales (France) >“Worst Best Friends,” Haruworks (Finland)
FAMILY >“Critters TV,” Turnip & Duck (Ireland) >“Ghost Town,” Piranha Bar & Dear Will (Ireland) >“Jungle Box,” 38ºC Animation Studio (South Korea) >“Louise in Mexico,” Kazak Productions (France) >“Lucy Lost,” Xilam Animation (France) >“Pikkuli and the Starlight Reindeer,” Sun In the Eye Productions (Finland) >“Quirkistador: Book of Tales,” ZEILT productions (Luxembourg), WATT frame (France) >“The Ishmael’s Journeys,” Les Batelières Productions (France), Foliascope (France)
ADULTS >“Doppelgänger, Here Comes the Future!,” Amopix (France) >“Feline Dion,” Planet Pollywood (Germany) >“Le Collège Noir,” Milan Presse (France), Bayard Jeunesse Animation (France), Studio La Cachette (France) >“Ollmill City Football Games,” Aliante (Italy), Rai Ragazzi (Italy), Paul Thiltges Distrbution (Luxembourg) >“Roni,” WKND (Spain) >“Sex Symbols,” TV ON Producciones (Spain) >“Some of Us,” Bachibouzouk, (France), DPT (Canada), Film Angels Productions (Latvia), Hors Zone (Belgium) >“Struggle(s),” Foliascope Les Films du Tambour de Soie (France) >“Summer Kingdom,” Yarki Studio (Ukraine) >“The Homonobos, The Missed Link,” Des Singes Animés (France) >“We are Family,” TeamTO (France)
>EuroComiss EuroComics*
Meanwhile, a fucking quake struck again whiel I'm posting
Evan Brown
What's the difference between "children" and "family"?
Zachary Diaz
Digital Girl is from teh studio behind Gigantosaurus.
>implying all of those teasers/trailers will be released in one fell swoop
"FAMILY" is Equivalent of PG-13
Daniel Long
They're divided up into days if you want to get technical. Monday we should get a video with a third of the projects, with another video Tuesday and Wednesday. It's been like that every year for the past five years. I've been making threads for a long time.
Adrian Flores
>Ukraine
Get the fuck out of here, seriously?
Leo Martin
I found some more video previews: >Some of Us (made in TVPaint for 4 FPS) vimeo.com/306168327
>Lists Sex Symbols as adult despite the press release saying preteens. Also: googling this makes me think a name change would be in order if it ever got picked up.
>If When. Although I suspect it's more likely to end up a webseries, I'm not ruling out TV. Someone with money will want to be the first to fund something like this.
And damnit, those designs are good for tackling the subject matter. "Real" enough to actually convey what needs to be conveyed, but still a simplified representation.
Jeremiah Sanchez
>Carola, a nerd with no social skills, builds her own robot clone as a friend. Someone to share her love for science with and as a buffer against the teen world that she doesn’t understand and fears. But, an accident turns her clone into a crazy, uninhibited friend who drags her into all the kinds of situations she fears the most.
I hope you don't mean 12 oz. Mouse, cause that was clearly a shitpost turned into a show by Matt Maiellaro - who's known to co-create (ATHF, Perfect Hair Forever) or write and produce (SGC2C) in shipost shows.
Nicholas Butler
No, no, I'm talking about Apple Hills specifically. It doesn't look like it's trying to be a funny shitpost, it's just random scenes, somewhat cartoony, drawn badly on purpose.
Thomas Lee
American animation's got some good stuff going on right now, but I've got to admit I'm a bit jealous of how wide the scope is in this lineup. There's even a boxing one!
Ryan Morgan
>Sex Symbols I get what they're going for, but Jesus, that name was a poor choice. They're trying to sell this as a healthy and informative show for kids. Maybe don't have a title that asks for cumbrain thinking.
Anthony Torres
This will be picked up and soulful stuff won't, mark my words.
Joshua Harris
Soulful stuff always fares poorly. I'd settle for some solid adventure animation. That isn't capeshit.
Grayson Reyes
>feline dion lol
Alexander Scott
Archives for the past six years. Most of these projects were cancelled. But others are still in development. There is no way of knowing how far along these are. Animal Rescue was shown off in 2017 and already premiered, but Galactic Agency from the same year is still deep in production. And again, most of these shows just never went anywhere and died.
Thanks for the info! Sorry to see so many in development hell.
Michael Bell
>Variety in animation for everyone except America
Figures
Julian Turner
>t. Retard on a hurry
Henry Gomez
>Using European memes incorrectly in a thread about European animation
Grayson Stewart
My point was he didn't see the entire thread first
Jeremiah Perry
Here's the pitch description for the animated adaptation of the BD "Le Collège Noir" from the makers of SamSam, Kairos, and Mune: >Looking back on his early teenage years spent at a boarding school, the author tells the tale of the many dark adventures, the torments inflicted by various demons and bogeymen that he and his friends suffered after a wicked witch had cast a spell on them. Isolated in the middle of the countryside, the school was built on the ruins of an ancient church. With a bored caretaker as sole ally, the kids will have to face terrifying encouters and overcome the most difficult situations which will challenge their courage and their friendship.
Meanwhile, from Alex Dudok de Wit's ass: >Around a third of projects pitched at the event end up being produced More like less than a fifth.
Shame so few get made, there's a ton of good ones every damn year. Hard to keep track of what's being made but slowly and what genuinely died.
Hope some of the guys off the usual map get some luck this year. I love French and Irish animation, but, like... let some other people have a turn, y'now?
Nicholas Russell
>3'30 >50'/ 52x11'
What the actual fuck did they mean by this?
Cameron Ramirez
>Sex Symbols What le fuck is this suppose to be about?
Sebastian Ward
Oh did they change the designs from the final production? or do the characters actually change designs as the show goes on?
Tyler Miller
So it will be Scooby Doo/Ghost Stories but preferably done properly in the Noir style like Batman or Sin City?
Asher Mitchell
Cartoon Forum 2019 has just apparently started
Benjamin King
Any trailers or clips getting posted anywhere?
Parker Walker
It´s funny how the main character is the ugliest of the group.
Jaxon Bennett
IMAGO is the best looking one out of all of these. I think most of these pitches are too safe to be interesting.
I actually had an idea similar to this a while ago so I´m interested to see how this plays out. I´m hoping the pharaoh is a jerkass. It would be really fun if the protagonist isn´t completely sympathetic.
