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Plot Summary:
Babar is a Canadian/French/Japanese animated television series produced in Quebec, Canada by Nelvana Limited and The Clifford Ross Company. It premiered in 1989 on CBC and HBO, subsequently was rerun on HBO Family and Qubo. The series is based on Jean de Brunhoff's original Babar books, and was Nelvana's first international co-production. The series' 78 episodes have been broadcast in 30 languages in over 150 countries. Episodes of Babar currently air on Ion Television and Qubo. While the French author Laurent de Brunhoff pronounces the name Babar as "BUH-bar", the TV series in its first five seasons pronounces the name as "BAB-bar". In 2010, a computer-animated sequel series spin-off of Babar titled Babar and the Adventures of Badou was launched. The new series focuses on a majority of new characters.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, light, retro, touching
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Rupert (1991)
Plot Summary:
Rupert is an animated television series based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, produced by Nelvana, Ellipse Programmé and TVS for the first season, with Scottish Television taken over control when TVS closed. Aired from 1991 to 1997 with 65 half-hour episodes produced. It was broadcast in syndication on YTV in Canada. In the United States, the show first aired on Nickelodeon before moving to CBS; repeats of the series came to Qubo's digital service in January 2007, and still airs there. The show was broadcast in the UK on CITV and has recently been re-airing on the satellite and cable channels Tiny Pop and KidsCo. In Australia, the show was broadcast on the ABC public broadcasting network and on TV2 in New Zealand as part of the Jason Gunn Show.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation
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Moomin (1990)
Plot Summary:
In the remote and mysterious Moomin Valley live the Moomin trolls, gentle and peaceful creatures. Young Moomin and his family experience many strange adventures, both magical and mundane. Based on the children's stories by Tove Jansson.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan, Finland, Netherlands
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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The Berenstain Bears (1985)
Plot Summary:
The Berenstain Bears is an Australian-American co-produced animated television series based on Stan and Jan Berenstain's Berenstain Bears children's book series, produced by DIC Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera and Southern Star Productions. It aired on the United States from September 14, 1985 until March 7, 1987 on CBS with over 52 11-minute episodes in 26 half-hour shows produced. Each show consisted of two episodes, the first being an adaptation of one of the books, the second being an original story. The series was nominated in 1987 for a Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming; it was also nominated that year for a Humanitas Prize in the category of Non-Prime Time Children's Animated Show. Reruns aired briefly on TLC's Ready Set Learn block from September 28 to November 13, 1998 when a contract dispute forced TLC to pull the show off the schedule. During the early 2000s, reruns were later seen as part of a kids' programming block from DiC Entertainment on the now-defunct UPN, but the episodes were edited and time-compressed by DiC.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, educational, 2d animation
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I Got A Rocket! (2006)
Plot Summary:
I Got a Rocket is an Australian animated series centered on a boy named Vincent "Vinnie", who received a rocket for his 13th birthday. The rocket was also given a personality, acts as a best friend to Vinnie and is fond of assisting him. Although the series was short-lived, it received a 2008 Emmy Award for "New Approaches - Daytime Children's Entertainment". I Got a Rocket was originally a book by Matt Zurbo, but was converted into an animated series. It features the voices of Thomas Bromhead as Rocket, Jamie Oxenbould as Vincent "Vinnie", Marcello Fabrizi as Vinnie's father, V. P. Stern, etc., Drew Forsythe as Ma Ducky, Biffo and Scuds Ducky, Trilby Glover as Gabby and Maya and Rachel King as Crystal and Frankie Ducky.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Germany
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, exciting
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Olivia (2009)
Plot Summary:
Tag along with enthusiastic 6-year-old girl pig Olivia and her closest friends as they use the power of their imaginations to solve everyday problems and embark on fun-filled adventures in this charming Nick Jr. series. Designed with preschoolers in mind, this animated program based on the children's books by Ian Falconer encourages young viewers to embrace their creativity and pursue their goals with confidence.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Harold and the Purple Crayon (2001)
Plot Summary:
Harold is an adorably curious four year old with his purple crayon, who has the power to create a world of his own simply by drawing it. Harold wants to go for a walk in the moonlight, but there is no moon, so he draws one. He has nowhere to walk, so he draws a path. He has many adventures looking for his room, and in the end he draws his own house and bed and goes to sleep.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, sweet
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Babar and the Adventures of Badou (2010)
Plot Summary:
An updated version of the classic series, following Badou, and King Babar's 8-year-old grandson.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, sincere
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Henry Hugglemonster (2013)
Plot Summary:
Henry Hugglemonster is the story of a mischievous 5-year-old monster named Henry who loves adventures, discoveries, and being with his family. Each day brings new opportunities for Henry to explore his feelings and learn important life lessons about working with others, showing kindness, and getting along with siblings. Henry finds love and support from his parents, Daddo and Momma; and his brothers and sisters, Cobby , Summer, and Ivor.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Ireland, UK, USA, South Korea, Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, feel good, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, contemplative
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Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom is a British animated pre-school children's television series set in an enchanted magical kingdom with fairies, elves and insects. It is broadcast across Nickelodeon's 43 international channels throughout Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. The show is created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker, and produced by Phil Davies at Astley Baker Davies - the company responsible for Peppa Pig. Many of the actors who lend their vocal skills to characters in Peppa Pig also work on Little Kingdom. These include John Sparkes, Sarah Ann Kennedy, David Rintoul and David Graham. The music is by Julian Nott who is noted for his "Wallace and Gromit" scores.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 10 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, fairy tale, semi serious
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Jimmy Two-Shoes (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jimmy Two-Shoes is a Canadian animated television series that aired on Disney XD in the United Kingdom and in the USA, and Teletoon in Canada. The series were centered around the exploits of the happy-go-lucky titular character Jimmy, who lives in Miseryville, a miserable town filled with monsters and demon-like creatures. The series were created by Edward Kay and Sean Scott. The series is rated G in Canada and TV-Y7 in the United States. The show premiered on February 21, 2009, ending its run in the U.S. on July 15, 2011, spanning 2 seasons.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, exciting, offbeat, stylized, not serious, slapstick
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Caillou's New Adventures (1997)
Plot Summary:
Caillou is an educational Canadian children's television series, based on the books by author Christine L'Heureux and illustrator Hélène Desputeaux. During the first season, many of the stories in the animated version began with a grandmother introducing the story to her grandchildren, then reading the story about the book. Since 1997, the narrator/grandmother is an unseen character. Caillou first aired on Canada's Teletoon channel in 1998; it later made its United States debut in English on Public Broadcasting Service Public television on September 4, 2000 A 5th Season came out in 2013 = and it airs on PBS Kids. Caillou also airs on PBS Sprout.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, educational, colorful, anime, motivational, semi serious, entertaining, 2d animation, colourful
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Thomas & Friends (1984)
Plot Summary:
Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These books deal with the adventures of a group of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. The books were based on stories Wilbert told to entertain his son, Christopher during his recovery from measles. From Series one to four, many of the stories are based on events from Awdry's personal experience.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, feel good, colorful, anime, semi serious, cult classic, colourful
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Doc McStuffins (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, computer animated
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Max and Ruby (2002)
Plot Summary:
Meet two funny bunny siblings, the energetic and mischievous Max, and the patient, smart and goal-oriented Ruby. The show models empowering messages by showing Max and Ruby playing together and resolving their differences respectfully and supportively.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, educational
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Alvinnn!!! And the Chipmunks (2015)
Plot Summary:
ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks, created by Janice Karman, takes us on a roller coaster ride of music, laughter and stories geared to entertain The Chipmunks' four generations of fans. Presented for the first time in glorious CGI, the series features ground-breaking animation and a new, original Chipmunk song in every episode. The series is an animated version of a prime-time sitcom and reflects the trials and tribulations of a single parent, David Seville, trying to raise six hyper-active Chipmunks. Like most parents, Dave's patience will be pushed to the limit, forcing him to end most sentences in "ALVINNN!!!".
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA, France, South Korea
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: computer animated, humorous, not serious, sitcom, captivating, children's program, 3d animation
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My Big Big Friend (2011)
Plot Summary:
My Big Big Friend is a series created by Canadian and Brazilian Claudia and Andres Lieban Koogan Breitman, co-produced by Brazilian studio 2D Lab and the Canadian company Breakthrough Animation. Had its first showing on August 9, 2010 on Discovery Kids Latin America and May 9, 2011 premiered on TV Brazil. It premiered in Canada on Treehouse TV on August 20, 2011. It was financed with the laws of federal tax incentives, the Procult and the Audiovisual Sector Fund - FSA. The show centers around the friendships of three children, Yuri, Lili and Matt, each of whom has a "Big Big Friend" who is invisible to adults and other children but seen by all three friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Brazil, Canada
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting, semi serious
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Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (2004)
Plot Summary:
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends is an animated program based on the children's books by David Kirk, which airs on Nick Jr. in the United States, on Treehouse TV in Canada, and on Discovery Kids in Brazil. Each episode follows the everyday adventures of a family of bugs, who have made their home in what is called the Hollow Tree, led by the gentle, kind-hearted Miss Spider. Our gifts, they are many: We hop, fly and crawl. But kindness is the finest of all! - Miss Spider.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, computer animated
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Willa's Wild Life (2008)
Plot Summary:
Willa's Wild Life is a French/Canadian/American animated television series that first aired on ABC2 in 2008, then on Qubo and Nickelodeon Canada in 2009. The show is based on Dan Yaccarino's book An Octopus Followed Me Home. It is about a 9 year old girl named Willa who has some very unusual pets. She has, so far, acquired a giraffe, two elephants, an alligator, and many more exotic animals. The show airs on Qubo at 5:00 pm and 10:00 pm Monday - Sunday, and 9:30 am on Fridays at ION Television.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, feel good, captivating
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Pinky Dinky Doo (2005)
Plot Summary:
Pinky Dinky Doo dances her way into her Story Box to tell stories and solve problems using her big imagination and fancy words.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, exciting
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The Berenstain Bears (2002)
Plot Summary:
A fun-loving family of bears whose love, loyalty and humour allows them to overcome any obstacle that finds its way down their sunny dirt road. They demonstrate time and time again that, no matter what the problem may be, the love, understanding, and support of family will get them through anything!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sweet, educational
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The Backyardigans (2001)
Plot Summary:
Meet five lively animal friends who love to sing, dance and use their imaginations to embark on outrageous adventures to magical places.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, computer animated, exciting, motion capture, nostalgic
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Arthur (1996)
Plot Summary:
The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: educational, feel good, humorous, touching, light, captivating, anime, semi serious, 2d animation, nostalgic
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The Kids from Room 402 (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Kids from Room 402 is a television program that originally aired on Fox Family in the USA starting in 1999, previously aired on Teletoon, and currently airs in the UK. The show is focused primarily on the students from Room 402, as the title implies. Miss Graves, the teacher, is usually shown as an interlocutor in the problems and injustices that are inflicted upon the students, whether the dilemmas be internal or external. Each show usually ends with a substantiated moral or lesson resulting from such aforementioned situations. The show is based on the children's book The Kids from Room 402 by Betty Paraskevas and Michael Paraskevas. It was developed for television by Cindy Begel and Lesa Kite who wrote all 52 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, non-linear, retro, sentimental, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Clarence (2013)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of a young boy named Clarence, who is optimistic about everything, and his two best friends Jeff and Sumo.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, anime, adult cartoon, realistic, weird, 2d animation
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Stanley (2001)
Plot Summary:
Stanley is an animated television series that was aired on Disney Junior, based on the series of children's books written by "Griff", also known as Andrew Griffin. It was produced by Cartoon Pizza, and was developed for television by Jim Jinkins and David Campbell. Stanley teaches a wide variety of issues preschool children face, including change, growth, rules, and dealing with others. Each episode centers around an animal that deals with or helps explain the issue Stanley is grappling with. Junkanoo and reggae fusion group Baha Men, known for "Who Let the Dogs Out", sang the theme song for the series, "My Man Stanley".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, educational, entertaining, light, captivating, clever, nostalgic
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Go, Diego, Go! (2005)
Plot Summary:
Go, Diego, Go! is a children's television series created by Chris Gifferd and Valerie Walsh, and is a spin-off of Dora the Explorer. The show premiered on September 6, 2005 and ended on September 16, 2011 on Nickelodeon. It also aired as part of the Nick Jr. on CBS block from September 17, 2005 to September 9, 2006. On December 20, 2006, Nick Jr. announced that it had ordered twenty new episodes that were in production. Since April 2008, the show has been dubbed into Spanish and airs in the United States on Univision as part of their Planeta U block.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining, educational
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Guess How Much I Love You (2012)
Plot Summary:
Based on the books by Sam McBratney, and illustrated by Anita Jeram, Guess How Much I Love You sees Little and Big Nutbrown Hare explore their beautiful surroundings, play with their friends and delight in the love between them. The series not only explores the tender idea of the boundless love between father and son, but opens up their world... a beautiful and pristine valley full of playful friends and delights of nature in every season.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, UK, Singapore
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, touching, semi serious
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Stuart Little (2003)
Plot Summary:
Stuart Little: The Animated Series is an American animated television series, loosely based on the E. B. White children's book Stuart Little and more based on the live action movie adaptations. It was produced by Red Wagon Productions and Sony Pictures Television for the HBO Family digital cable television channel, and aired for just one 13-episode season in 2003.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious
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Rugrats (1991)
Plot Summary:
Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving common life experiences that become adventures in the babies' imaginations. Adults in the series are almost always unaware of what the children are up to; however, this only provides more room for the babies to explore and discover their surroundings.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, retro, anime, cult classic, adult cartoon, not serious, crying
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Justin Time (2011)
Plot Summary:
Looking for adventure? Then come along as Justin and his imaginary pals Olive and Squidgy star in the biggest stories of all time. Justin’s imagination catapults him into larger-than-life adventures all around the world!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining, educational, 2d animation