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Plot Summary:
The series features Ariol, a little blue donkey: his daily life as a schoolboy, his best friend, the little pig Ramono, his loves (Pétula, a pretty little cow with freckles), his collections (like the Chevalier Cheval's album or collectible cards), his holidays with his grandparents (Papi Atole and Mami Annette) ... as well as "Le Chevalier Cheval", a comic book and cartoon character.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: France
Duration:
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The Darwinners (2012)
Plot Summary:
Une série absurde et incongrue qui manie le décalage anachronique permanent, adaptée d'après la bande dessinée de Jul "Silex and the City". La famille d'HomoSapiens DotCom vit dans une vallée qui "résiste encore et toujours à l'évolution Darwiniste" en -40 000 avant JC. La mère est professeur de Préhistoire-Géo tandis que le père est professeur de chasse dans le même collège. L'adolescente a 14 ans (déjà presque adulte) et fréquente le fils du directeur d'EDF, le fils est un alter-Darwiniste qui milite régulièrement avec son ami primate. Un festival de gags anachroniques qui mettent en lumière notre XXIème siècle. ___________________________ Une série courte de Jul d'après sa BD - Réalisée par Jérémie Hoarau.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 3 min
Plot tags: prehistoric
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Corto Maltese: The Celts (2004)
Plot Summary:
Anthology of four Corto Maltese shorts set in WWI Europe. In 1915, World War I has spread throughout Europe and other parts of the world. Maltese-born laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is not bothered by it, however, since he's preoccupied with his latest endeavor. He's in Venice looking for information on the mythical Seven Cities of Gold, or more specifically - the seventh city itself, since next to nothing is known about it. He contacts Serafino, one of the leaders of the local Franciscan religious order there. It turns out that a mysterious local woman in wheelchair nicknamed the Angel at the East Window may know something about it. However, Austrian spies and adventuress Venexiana Stevenson sidetrack Corto. In 1917, Corto is hired by Montenegro republicans to find and return their dethroned king's gold that he hid while escaping from the invading Austrian forces. The gold is hidden in an abandoned bombed-out church near the town of Caporetto. The problem is that the town is part.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: anthology, tense, captivating, suspense, mythical, unusual plot structure, visually appealing
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Corto Maltese: La maison dorée de Samarkand (2004)
Plot Summary:
Hugo Pratt's famous comics adventurer, Corto Maltese while sojourning in Adana, Turkey, discovers a map to the treasure of Cyrus, an ancient king of Persia. To assist him in his quest, he enlists his old friend/nemesis the unbelievable Raspoutine whom he first has to help escape from the prison of Samarkand (aka "La maison dorée de Samarkand", the golden house of Samarkand). On the long and tortured way to the riches, he encounters all kind of interesting characters, soldiers of fortune, lost British actors, and even his doppelgänger.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: anime
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Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn (2003)
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In 1916, laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is in Paramaribo, Surinam visiting his mystic female friend Java. He helps a young heir haunted by voodoo spirits, delivers some weapons to rebels in Brazil and hunts for treasure with Rasputin.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
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Brazen (2020)
Plot Summary:
Thirty portraits of women who dared to shatter prejudice and change the world in their own way.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Animation, History
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: educational
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Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea (2003)
Plot Summary:
In 1913, laconic sea captain Corto Maltese, adrift in the Pacific, gets rescued by his bandit friend Rasputin who's taking two rich shipwrecked teens to an island where his boss the Monk will hold them for ransom. WWI complicates things.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
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For Better or for Worse (2000)
Plot Summary:
Lynn Johnston hosts this animated adaption of her acclaimed comic strip. The series presents the Patterson's adventures in three different periods of the growing years of the 1980's, the middle years of the early 1990's and contemporary times as we see the family go through the good times and bad while their love for each other is as strong as ever.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration:
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Orson and Olivia (1994)
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Orson and Olivia is a French/Italian animated TV series produced by Ellipse Entertainment and Collingwood O'Hare. It features the trials of two orphans living in London under Queen Victoria's reign. The series is based on the French comic strip, Basil et Victoria.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Animation
Country: France, Italy
Duration:
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Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten (2021)
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A gym coach acquires incredible superpowers from a mysterious comet and becomes Captain Fantastic, one of the earth's greatest protectors. He works 'undercover' as a kindergarten teacher to raise a new generation of super-powered kids.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
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Marvel Knights: Wolverine Weapon X: Tomorrow Dies Today (2014)
Plot Summary:
It’s the debut of an all-new, all-different Deathlok. Killer cyborgs have come from the future to kill the heroes of today, while Wolverine embarks on an international pub crawl with a certain recently reborn Sentinel of Liberty. Beer and bullets galore!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Animation, Action
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: computer animated
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Heathcliff: The Movie (1986)
Plot Summary:
One rainy day, Heathcliff babysits and recounts old stories while his nephews are relucatantly forced to listen.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Family, Animation, Comedy
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: anime
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Conan and the Young Warriors (1994)
Plot Summary:
Conan and the Young Warriors is a 1994 television cartoon series produced by Sunbow Entertainment and aired by CBS aired as a sequel to the animated series Conan the Adventurer, but featuring a different set of characters. The series was developed by Michael Reaves and directed by John Grusd. It lasted only for one season of 13 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
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Archie's TV Funnies (1971)
Plot Summary:
Archie's TV Funnies is a Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation which appeared on CBS from September 11, 1971 to September 1, 1973. The series starred Bob Montana's Archie characters.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996)
Plot Summary:
Dennis and Gnasher is an animated British TV series based on characters from The Beano comic, It features the daily adventures of the rebellious schoolboy Dennis the Menace and his dog Gnasher.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: retro, 2d animation
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The New Archies (1987)
Plot Summary:
The New Archies is a children's television cartoon, based upon the long-running Archie comic books and characters. The series, produced by DIC Entertainment and originally airing on NBC, re-imagined Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, and the other teenage students of Riverdale High School as pre-teens in junior high. Fourteen episodes of the show were produced, which all aired during the show's first and only season in 1987 and were repeated in 1989. A short-lived Archie Comics series was produced bearing the same title and set in the same universe as the animated series. Reruns of the series ran on The Family Channel's Saturday morning lineup, 1991 to 1993 and on Toon Disney from 1998 to 2002. In this series Veronica speaks like a valley girl. However, in previous animated cartoons and the radio show, she had a southern accent. Dilton Doiley was replaced as the "intellectual" character by an African American named Eugene. Eugene's girlfriend Amani was another addition to the cast. Archie also gained a dog, Red.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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The Archie Show (1968)
Plot Summary:
The Archie Show is a Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation. Based on the Archie comic books, created by Bob Montana in 1941, The Archie Show debuted on CBS in September 1968 and lasted for one season. A total of 17 half-hour shows, each containing two 11 minute segments, were aired. Archie cartoons continued to be aired in various forms until 1978.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Zak Jinks (2018)
Plot Summary:
ANATOLE LATUILE IS A FRENCH ANIMATED EPONYM SERI ADAPTED FROM THE CARTOON. YOU WILL DISCOVER THE ADVENTURES OF ANATOLE LATUILE, A PRIMARY STUDENT AND HIS BEST FRIEND JASON BOMBIX. THE TWO OF THEM ARE ALWAYS READY TO T MAKE NEW PRANKS AND JOKES.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Animation
Country: France, UK
Duration:
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The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967)
Plot Summary:
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure is a Filmation animated series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1968. Premiering on September 9, 1967, this 60-minute program included a series of six-minute adventures featuring various DC Comics superheroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Animation, Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anthology, retro
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Fantastic Four (1967)
Plot Summary:
Fantastic Four is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and the first animated series based on Marvel's comic book series Fantastic Four. The program, featuring character designs by Alex Toth, aired on ABC from 1967 to 1970. It lasted for 20 episodes, with repeat episodes airing on ABC until the network cancelled the program. It was also rerun as part of the continuing series Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure. Through a series of transactions, Disney currently holds the rights to the majority of Marvel's 1960s-1990s animated output. However, the 1967-1968 Fantastic Four was produced by Hanna-Barbera, whose library is now owned by Time Warner, making the series one of only a handful of Marvel-related TV projects not owned by Disney. Time Warner is also the owner of Marvel's biggest competitor, DC Comics, as well as the owner of New Line Cinema, which produced a movie trilogy based on another Marvel superhero, Blade.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: epic, saga
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1971)
Plot Summary:
Toon version of the Archie Comics witch who uses her powers to aide the uncertainty of adolescence.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Dennis & Gnasher (2009)
Plot Summary:
Based on the iconic D.C. Thomson comic strip Dennis the Menace, this 2D-animated series follows the mischievous adventures of Dennis and his best friend Gnasher the dog.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, light, feel good, 2d animation
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Heathcliff (1980)
Plot Summary:
Heathcliff is an animated TV series that debuted on October 4, 1980. It was the first series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. It ran until September 18, 1982 with a total of 25 episodes, under two different names.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Family, Comedy
Country: USA, France
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, costume drama, feel good, humorous, not serious, slapstick
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The New Adventures of Lucky Luke (2001)
Plot Summary:
The cowboy who draws a gun faster than his shadow is back! Lucky Luke, the famous wandering cowboy fights crime and injustice, most often in the form of the bumbling Dalton brothers. He rides Jolly Jumper, "the smartest horse in the world" and is often accompanied by Rantanplan, "the stupidest dog in the universe".
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: France
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, funny, anime
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Two of Kind: Spirou & Fantasio (2006)
Plot Summary:
Spirou et Fantasio, or, Les nouvelles aventures de Spirou et Fantasio, was a French language animated TV show based on the Franco-Belgian comics series Spirou et Fantasio. It premiered in France in September, 2006.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, futuristic, semi serious
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Cédric (2001)
Plot Summary:
His parents and grandfather may fight a lot, but there's plenty of love in the life of eight-year-old Cedric.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 13 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats (1984)
Plot Summary:
Heathcliff is an animated television series that debuted on September 5, 1984. It was the second series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by DIC Entertainment. It ran in syndication until 1988 with a total of 86 episodes. The first show based on the comic strip was Heathcliff and Dingbat, which debuted in 1980 and was produced by Ruby-Spears. Mel Blanc provided the voice of Heathcliff in both series.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, France, Canada, Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, not serious
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Field Trip Starring Inspector Gadget (1996)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Gadget's Field Trip is a spin-off incarnation of Inspector Gadget, produced by DIC Entertainment, and aired on The History Channel from 1996 to 1998, with over 26 episodes with live-action sequences produced. Don Adams returned as the voice of Inspector Gadget. It currently airs in reruns in syndication. The series was an educational travelogue program for children, in which the animated Gadget would show viewers the many different sites in famous cities around the world via live-action-clips. The theme song is slightly similar to the one in the Gadget Boy series. In fact, Gadget Boy sometimes makes an appearance in the show. The show as of April 2008 currently airs on Univision's Planeta U block on Saturday mornings as Los Viajes de Inspector Gadget. The show also airs in English on television stations in selected markets—in all cases, the program complies with Federal E/I standards. During the opening sequence, an image of the Temple of Saturn in the ancient forum in Rome is presented with the label of "Greece.".
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Casper and Friends (1990)
Plot Summary:
Follow the adventures of the world's friendliest ghost, Casper, and his friends Wendy the Good Little Witch, Baby Huey, Little Audrey and more, in this spook-tacular cartoon collection!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, anthology
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The Little Lulu Show (1995)
Plot Summary:
The Little Lulu Show is an animated television series, based on the Marjorie Henderson Buell comic book character Little Lulu. The show was produced by CINAR Animation after Marge's death in 1993, and aired on HBO Family and Cartoon Network in the United States and on, CTV, and the Family Channel in Canada from 1995 to 1999. In Canada, reruns are currently being shown on both the English and French versions of Teletoon Retro. The series centered on the life and adventures of Lulu Moppet and Tubby Thompkins. Between stories, they showed stand-up comedy that Lulu hosted. This show is not to be confused with Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, an anime TV series featuring the same characters made in 1976.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, realistic, not serious, sketch comedy, 2d animation
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Tootuff (2001)
Plot Summary:
The little Titeuf, a trouble-maker yet good child, is trying to cope his daily problems; love, friedship, school, family. As well as realising he is not a child any longer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: France
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining