Barcelona-based animation house Lion Toons is presenting two new short-format properties at MIPCOM in Cannes this week. Planet Oleum is an irreverent series of 39 three-minute cartoons aimed a teenagers, and Dr. Stretch-Oh! is being sold as a series of 52 two-and-a-half-minute instalments for kids 8-12.
Lion Toons developed Planet Oleum with fellow Spanish company Nikodemo Animation, which is best known for its successful web series, Calico Electronico. The series takes place in ‘precisely the furthest corner of the galaxy,’ where five un-sentient beings inhabit a floating fuel deposit and wait patiently for a customer, though they haven’t had one on years. Planet Oleum is the business dream of Papi, a small-time entrepreneur who retired from the Space Invaders Wars. However, he hasn’t seen his last battle considering his daughter, Cleo, is going through puberty and has caught the eye of all the employees.
Developed by Lion Toons and British scriptwriter Jon Groves (Pucca, Horrid Henry, Rupert and Friends) Dr. Stretch-Oh! is described as a dark, weird and funny 3D series starring an unusual physician who will solve any problem for any patient’any way he can.
Both projects are being presented for the first time at MIPCOM and are geared to broadcasters looking for fillers and companies seeking content for mobile, VOD, IPTV and other platforms.
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