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Plot Summary:
Ace Lightning is a children's television series co-produced by the BBC and Alliance Atlantis, which has been broadcast in the United States as well as in the United Kingdom and Australia. The show was filmed in Canada, but the program was set in America. It ran for two seasons, and spawned several books, including a yearbook for the year 2003, an activity book and a companion to the series. A computer game based upon the show was released in 2002. Most of the programme was live-action, although the heroes and villains from the video game were created using CGI. The primary focus of the series is the power of friendship, as well as the battle between good and evil. The series is significant in that until its creation, live action and CGI had not been attempted to such a huge and constant degree within a weekly television serial.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: nostalgic
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Pink Panther and Sons (1984)
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Pink Panther and Sons is an American animated Pink Panther television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and MGM/UA Television. The series was originally broadcast on NBC from 1984 to 1985 and moved to ABC in 1986. The original Pink Panther cartoons were produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, is in the TV animation industry, but in 1981, the studio was sold to Marvel Comics and renamed Marvel Productions. David DePatie and Friz Freleng served as producers for the series.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Mon Colle Knights (2001)
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Mon Colle Knights, known as Six Gates Far Away Mon Colle Knight in Japan, is an anime and manga series. The original concept was made by Hitoshi Yasuda and Group SNE. The series is based on the Monster Collection trading card game. The Japanese version aired on TV Tokyo, consisting out of 51 episodes and with one movie made for the series. The Saban-produced Mon Colle Knights aired on Fox Kids in North America from July 2001 to September 2002, consisting out of 45 episodes. In 2006 it aired on Jetix on Sundays at 10:00 PM. The manga, written by Satoru Akahori and Katsumi Hasegawa and drawn by Hideaki Nishikawa, is published in English in Singapore by Chuang Yi.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime
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Net Ghost PiPoPa (2008)
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Net Ghost PiPoPa is a Japanese anime series by Studio Hibari. It premiered on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2008. A manga version is also serialized in Kerokero Ace. It is also released in America in subbed form from December 2008 on Crunchyroll as Web Ghost PiPoPa. A spin-off game entitled Net Ghost PiPoPa: PiPoPa×DS@Big Adventure!!! was also released for the Nintendo DS. Pipopa is an onomatopoeia of computer beeps.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty (2019)
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When a spirited kitten acquires magical powers, it transforms her into a part rainbow, part butterfly and part unicorn hybrid, and she goes on adventures with her best friends, a book-smart owl and a yeti, across a magical world, called Mythlandia.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 11 min
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Popples (1986)
Plot Summary:
Popples was a Saturday morning cartoon, based on the Popples toys, that aired in the United States from 1986 to 1987. The pilot was a live-action Shelley Duvall special, in which they were puppets and marionettes; after this was well-received, it was decided to make a cartoon series with the same characters. The cartoon was produced by DIC Entertainment and LBS Communications in association with The Maltese Companies. Like the toys they're based on, the Popples resemble colorful teddy bears or rabbits with long, pompom-tipped tails, and they have pouches on their backs that can be everted so they resemble fuzzy balls. The name "Popple" is a reference to the popping sound they make when unfolding themselves from such a ball, or pulling objects from their pouches. In the cartoon Popples commonly pull large items from their pouches that couldn't possibly fit inside, which come from hammerspace; in "Popples Alley", one of the Popples' human friends looks inside one of their pouches and sees numerous objects floating in a void. Nine of the Popples live with a human brother and sister, Billy and Bonnie Wagner. Billy and Bonnie think they are the only kids who have Popples until a neighbor family moves in and they have their own Popples — the Rock Stars, Pufflings, and Babies. The Popples tend to come around and mess up whatever the kids are trying to do; e.g., if the kids are trying to brush their teeth, the Popples end up spilling water, toothpaste and soap all over the bathroom. If the kids are trying to clean their rooms, the Popples come along, mess up the room even worse and then help them get everything back to normal just in the nick of time. The plot revolved around the children's efforts to hide the existence of the Popples from the adults around them.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: children's program
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Blue's Room (2004)
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Blue's Room is a children's puppet show television series which is aimed at preschoolers, aged 2–6, and it is a spin-off series of the popular Blue's Clues series. It originally started as a short segment that came near the end of the original Blue's Clues show, originally cast off as Blue's personal imaginary world once Joe took over the show after his brother Steve "went to college". Later on, when Joe also decided to leave the show Blue's Clues, the short segment became a show itself, with Joe appearing in some episodes. What distinguishes Blue's Room from Blue's Clues is that Blue herself transforms from an animated blue puppy into an English-speaking puppet that directly interacts with the child with open ended questions or asks if a presented idea or solution is correct. The Season One episode "Meet Blue's Baby Brother" is a turnaround episode for this series, bringing most of the concepts of Blue's Clues into the new series and getting additional interest in the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
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Monkie Kid (2020)
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Centuries ago, the beloved Chinese Monkey King used his magical staff to capture and trap the evil Demon Bull King deep inside a mountain. Flash-forward to modern-day China, when fate leads MK (aka Monkie Kid), a young noodle shop delivery boy, to find the long-lost staff. Soon, MK and his best friends find themselves entangled in adventures packed full of action, mystery, imagination and magic.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: anime, 2d animation
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World of Winx (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Winx travel all over the world searching for talent for WOW. and preventing the mysterious talent thief from kidnapping them.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 810
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Gumby Adventures (1988)
Plot Summary:
The continuous adventures of Gumby and his pals. This time, he runs a farm which includes more pals such as a wooly mammoth, Denali, and a bee, Groobee.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: claymation
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Dinopaws (2014)
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An animation about three young dinosaurs exploring their unusual world.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 10 min
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Carl² (2005)
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Carl² is a Canadian animated series which explores what would happen if a teenager had a clone. The concept of the cartoon is a mixture of biological studies and normal teenage life. Carl Crashman is a lazy 14-year-old who is only good at one thing: slacking. After a rough day and being tired of constantly doing things he hated, he was blogging on the Internet and complaining about his life when he accidentally ordered a clone from a spam e-mail using his fingerprint, a yearbook photo and a scabby band-aid; Carl is shocked when an online cloning company sends him an exact clone of himself in a box. Carl names him C2. Even though C2 looks like Carl, talks like him, and walks like him, C2 is more ambitious, hard-working, and charming, much to Carl's advantage. Since C2 arrived, Carl has been slacking off a lot more. However, C2 often does the opposite to what Carl wants. Carl decides to keep C2 a secret from everyone else except his best friend Jamie James. The show's theme song depicts the initial arrival of C2 at Carl's house. There are two different versions of the theme songs, each version having a different opening sequence and slightly different lyrics. As of Season 2, the opening sequence includes more on how C2 was created in the cloning lab.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
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Sunny Day (2017)
Plot Summary:
10-year-old Sunny, Friendly Falls's best hairstylist, learns that problems can be solved by using determination and creativity.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
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Chirp (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three young birds go on adventures using their imagination. Solving problems with everyday items and having fun all the while. Intended for young children, without all the innuendo that so many other things have now days, but still humorous and enjoyable for even parents to watch.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration:
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The Numtums (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Numtums is a children's television show about a group of ten small creatures called Numtums. It first aired in 2012 on the BBC's children's channel CBeebies, and is designed as an interactive programme to help a young audience learn about numbers.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: learning
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Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1987)
Plot Summary:
Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters star in adaptations of various fairy tales from all over the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, anime
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Phantom Investigators (2002)
Plot Summary:
Phantom Investigators is a cartoon show that aired on Kids' WB, premiering on May 25, 2002 and ending on June 29, 2002. It was created using a surprising mixture of stop-motion animation, puppetry, and live-action.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Stickin' Around (1996)
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Created by Robin Steele and Brianne Leary, Stickin' Around is a Canadian animated children's television series from Nelvana, which originally aired on YTV in Canada and on ABC in Australia. In Latin America, it was broadcast by Nickelodeon under the title Los Grafitos. It was also aired in the United States on the Fox Family Channel from 1998 to 1999 as part of the series The Three Friends & Jerry, which was adapted on that channel as an anthology series. The show, which originated as a series of 1-minute vignettes on CBS in 1994, is about two children named Stacy and Bradley, their hand-drawn adventures with their friends and family, and their fantasies. Stacy and Bradley, best friends, encounter many problems they must face as they continue to grow up - if it is with school, bullies, friends, and parents. They always come up with imaginative ideas to eliminate these obstacles, such as becoming a superhero, and putting themselves in a different environment where they have no trouble in defeating their enemies. According to Nelvana, it uses the "advanced computer graphics of "Boiler Paint," virtually convincing us that kids are creating their own animated series." The show won the Gemini Award for "Best Animated Program or Series" in the spring of 1998, while being nominated once again during the fall of 1998, for the Gemini of the same award.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
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Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong (2016)
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Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong follows the intergalactic exploits of Winston Steinburger, his cat Dudley, and a high-strung alien named Hampton - three unlikely amigos in the Globulus Galaxy; a busy stretch of alien-infused space, millions of moons from earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 22 min
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My Knight and Me (2016)
Plot Summary:
My Knight and Me is a medieval comedy led by Jimmy the Squire, his father Henri the Knight and Cat, the rebel princess who stages their incredibly zany adventures against evil witches, dragons and giant cyclopes. With Henri's unique enthusiasm, Cat's gumption, and Jimmy's faultless reasoning, our heroes are setting out to make the Dark Ages a little less dark and a whole lot more fun!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 11 min
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Teacher's Pet (2000)
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Teacher's Pet is an American Disney animated television series about a 9 year old boy and his dog who dresses up as a boy. Created by Gary Baseman, Bill Steinkellner and Cheri Steinkellner and directed by Timothy Björklund, it was broadcast on Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC and later Toon Disney. The show ran from 2000 to 2002. The show was influenced by Gary Baseman's dog, Hubcaps. He would wonder what the dog would do while he was gone. He made this show in honor of him, with Spot portraying Hubcaps.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: nostalgic
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Mega Man: Fully Charged (2018)
Plot Summary:
Aki Light may seem like a regular, robot schoolboy, but when the villainous Sgt. Night and his team of Robot Masters emerge with ill-intentions, Aki transforms into Mega Man and dedicates himself to protecting Silicon City.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, computer animated
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Ozzy & Drix (2002)
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Ozzy & Drix, also known as The Fantastic Voyage Adventures of Osmosis Jones & Drixenol and Osmosis Jones: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on the Warner Bros. film Osmosis Jones and it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It takes place inside the body of teenager Hector Cruz. The series premiered on September 14, 2002 on the Kids' WB; the final episode aired July 5, 2004. Unlike the original movie it spun off from, Ozzy & Drix was entirely animated and contained no live action. It stars Phil LaMarr as the replacement for Chris Rock as Osmosis Jones, and Jeff Bennett as the replacement for David Hyde Pierce as Drix. As of July 2011, episodes of the series are still available via the Kids WB website. The show also aired on Teletoon in Canada. The show is also slightly less violent than the movie, having the characters treated like people rather than simply cells, and having none of them killed off, unlike the movie where Thrax managed to kill off several cells. There are also new characters that replace the ones from the original movie such as Maria Amino replacing Leah Estrogen, Mayor Spryman replacing Mayor Phlegmming, Sylvian Fischer replacing Tom Colonic, Chief Gluteus replacing The Chief of Police, The Mole replacing Chill the Flu Shot and Scarlet Fever replacing Thrax.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, disgusting
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Donkey Kong Country (1997)
Plot Summary:
Donkey Kong Country is a French/Canadian computer-generated animated television series. It is based on the Nintendo franchise Donkey Kong as portrayed in the Donkey Kong Country video game series by Nintendo & Rare. Created by France 2 and Nelvana, it was originally titled La Planète de Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong Country first aired in France on September 4, 1996; it premiered late in the United States on the Fox Kids block on Fox on August 15, 1997 but the show was not shown on the block for long. After only two episodes, the series moved to Fox Family. In Japan, Donkey Kong Country took over the TV Tokyo 6:30 P.M. timeslot from Gokudo and was later replaced with Hamtaro. Donkey Kong Country was one of the earliest television series to be computer-animated to match an artistic style and garnered critical acclaim in France and Japan but only marginal success elsewhere. Several elements of the series like the crystal coconut, appeared in later Donkey Kong Country video games like Donkey Kong 64, which was released a year after the show began airing on Fox.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, buddy comedy, slapstick comedy, computer animated
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Total Drama: Revenge of the Island (2012)
Plot Summary:
Total Drama: Revenge of the Island is the fourth season of the Total Drama franchise. The series' extension was commissioned by Teletoon from the producers, Fresh TV Inc. It is a sequel to Total Drama Island, Total Drama Action, and Total Drama World Tour and is a parody of reality TV shows, with this series taking the contestants back to Camp Wawanakwa, only this time the island is radioactive. Previous contestants from past seasons no longer compete in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island since this season features an entire new cast. The thirteen new contestants who are introduced in here are Anne Maria, B, Brick, Cameron, Dakota, Dawn, Jo, Lightning, Mike, Sam, Scott, Staci, and Zoey. This new season has new friendships, new rivalries, new relationships, and the biggest drama to date. However, the season is only half the length of any previous seasons, with just 13 episodes. The purpose for this season is not just to start all over again, but to introduce the new cast to what the older contestants have gone through before and to get them ready for Total Drama All-Stars. Such a change will occur again in Total Drama: Pahkitew Island.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Captain Flamingo (2006)
Plot Summary:
Captain Flamingo is a Canadian animated television series, which chronicles the adventures of the protagonist and main character Milo Powell. The television series was produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Films & Television, The Heroic Film Company and PASI Animation, and premiered on YTV in Canada on February 7, 2006 and it is shown on Jetix in the United Kingdom as well as Nicktoons and the ABC in Australia. News said that the series would debut on JETIX in the United States in 2007, however, Toon Disney's new schedule had premiered this show on January 28, 2008 at 8:30AM. As of August 12, 2008, Captain Flamingo was removed from the Toon Disney schedule but returned September 2 at 5:30 a.m. When Toon Disney got rebranded into Disney XD on February 13, 2009, Captain Flamingo was once again removed, and it hasn't aired in the United States since. The titular character is of an unspecified young age. He has no real super-powers of note, just a desire to help "li'l kids" in trouble. His "super powers" take the form of novelty items, such as a whoopee cushion, among other things. Reruns no longer air on YTV; however, reruns are currently shown on the Canadian Nickelodeon channel.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 781
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Philippines, UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, 2d animation, campy, nostalgic
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Beyblade: Metal Fusion (2009)
Plot Summary:
Metal Fight Beyblade is a Japanese manga created by Takafumi Adachi. It is also an anime production based on the original. It is currently being serialized by the monthly CoroCoro Comic.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, semi serious, humorous, captivating, shounen, fast
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Legend Quest: Masters of Myth (2019)
Plot Summary:
When mythical creatures come to life, it's up to Leo Teodora, Don Andrés and Alebrije -- super-secret monster hunters -- to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Mexico, Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, anime, action adventure
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Gerald McBoing Boing (2005)
Plot Summary:
Gerald McBoing-Boing is an original Canadian-American 2D animated children's television series based on the original cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on August 22, 2005, as part of their Tickle-U programming block, and on Teletoon in English and French on August 29, 2005. It uses the same basic art style as the original, but with more detail. Each 11-minute episode features a series of vignettes with Gerald, of which the "fantasy tales" are done in Seussian rhyme. There are also sound checks, gags, and "real-life" portions of the show. Gerald still only makes sounds, but he now has two speaking friends, Janine and Jacob, as well as a dog named Burp, who only burps. Gerald's parents also fill out the regular cast. The television series was produced in Canada by Cookie Jar Entertainment, and directed by Robin Budd and story edited/written by John Derevlany. The animation was done by Mercury Filmworks in Ottawa & Vancouver. The music and score for the series was composed by Ray Parker and Tom Szczesniak. It is shown on ABC TV in Australia, Channel 5's Milkshake! in the UK and RTE Two's The Den in Ireland.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, nostalgic
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The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee is an American animated television series, created by Judd Winick and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It premiered on Cartoon Network on May 30, 2005, and ended its run on April 9, 2007.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, multicultural, entertaining, funny, light, feel good, captivating, offbeat
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Polly Pocket (2018)
Plot Summary:
The series, based on the doll of the same name, will feature a young girl called Polly who has a magical locket that allows her and her friends to shrink down to a tiny size.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA, Ireland
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining