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Plot Summary:
Being Ian is a Canadian animated series produced by Studio B Productions, Corus Entertainment and Nelvana, focusing on 12-year-old Ian Kelley, who aspires to become a filmmaker. It originally aired from January 1, 2005 to April 22, 2007. The series is created by and based on the early life of actor/writer Ian James Corlett. It is set in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia. Produced in 2004, it debuted January 4, 2005 on YTV. The series aired in the United States on Qubo from September 19, 2009 - October 24, 2009.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Animation, Family, Mystery
Country: Canada, Philippines
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, children's program
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Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps (2008)
Plot Summary:
Join Angelina Ballerina as she finds her way in her new school, puts together her own show and tries to land a leading role in the Mouskinov Ballet. Prepare to pirouette along with everyone's favorite ballerina in these sparkling stories!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Busytown Mysteries (2007)
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Busytown Mysteries, also known as Hurray for Huckle!, is a Canadian animated television series created by Cookie Jar Entertainment. Currently the series airs in Canada as part of the Kids' CBC block on the Tiny Pop channel and in the United States as part of the Cookie Jar TV block on CBS. Both season one and season two are available for viewing through Netflix streaming on demand. It takes place in Richard Scarry's Busytown and teaches the scientific method through stories in which Huckle Cat solve mysteries by examining evidence. Season one was directed by Ken Cunningham and produced by Christine Davis. Animation for season one was produced by Heli Digital inc. Post production was handled by Fearless films and Supersonics productions inc. Season one was the winner of the 2009 CFTPA award for best children's program, and nominated for the 2009 Pulcinella award for best preschool series at Italy’s prestigious "Cartoons on the Bay". Season two was directed by Larry Jacobs with post directing by Ken Cunningham and produced by Genna Du Plessis, and Audrey Velichka.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Animation, Family, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, educational
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Angelina Ballerina (2001)
Plot Summary:
Angelina, the remarkable prima ballerina mouse stars in 4 new adventures in Lights, Camera, Action! Re-released in a new handle box. Lights, Camera, Action! - When Angelina enters a movie-making contest she decides to make a weepy melodrama in which she plays the leading role. Needless to say, things don’t go according to plan. Anya’s Visit-When her friend Anya comes to stay Angelina is thrilled…until Anya becomes the centre of attention. A jealous Angelina hurts Anya's feelings and the two mouselings quarrel. Can their friendship be saved? Henry’s Halloween-It’s Halloween, and Henry is convinced he’s seen the fabled Chipping Cheddar witch in the village. No one believes him until he bravely saves Angelina and Alice from a scary encounter. Sammy’s Club-Sammy and his friends won’t let William join their downhill racer club. Until, that is, their racer falls apart and William’s father has just the thing to fix it.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Tickety Toc (2011)
Plot Summary:
In The Unstoppable, Unpoppable Bubble, our comedic heroes Tommy and Tallulah test McCoggins¿ new unpoppable bubble formula! But soon an unpoppable bubble becomes so large it engulfs the whole town! Will the town be rescued from the extra-large and extra-strong bubble? Will Tommy & Tallulah make it out of the bubble in time to chime? In this and 5 other exciting adventures, the Tickety Town team, along with your own preschoolers, will learn the importance of teamwork, community and social responsibility.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: South Korea, UK
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: educational, feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, exciting, fast, computer animated
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Charlie and Lola (2005)
Plot Summary:
Charlie and Lola is a British animated television series based on the Charlie and Lola books written by Lauren Child. It aired from 2005–2008. The animation uses a collage style that emulates the style of the original books. Three series were commissioned by and initially broadcast on the BBC between 2005 and 2008. The series are produced by Tiger Aspect and have been subsequently broadcast in more than twenty countries. The series has won multiple BAFTA awards.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, light, exciting, 2d animation
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Sally Bollywood (2009)
Plot Summary:
Follows the adventures of Sally who, along with her friend Doowee, operates a private detective agency. Together they investigate cases brought to them by their school friends in a multicultural suburb of a big, western city, "Cosmopolis".
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Ellen's Acres (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ellen's Acres is an American animated television series for preschool-age children, which exclusively premiered weekly on Cartoon Network Video and in the United Kingdom, the show airs on Cartoonito. Animation Collective produces the series. It originally aired on September 29, 2006 on Cartoon Network Video and January 8, 2007 on Tickle U in the United States, airing at 9:30 am ET/PT, but has been pulled from the schedule as of February 5, 2007. The show features a very imaginative five-year old child named Ellen who has adventures in a hotel her parents own approximately 40 miles from Tonopah, Nevada named the Emerald Acres.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: stylized, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting, offbeat
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Poko (2003)
Plot Summary:
Poko was a stop motion TV series about a young boy, his pet dog, and his toy monkey. Produced in Canada by Halifax Film, a DHX Media Company, Poko was created by Jeff Rosen, It began production in 2003 and ended in 2006 after three production cycles. Poko is still broadcast in Canada on CBC Television in the Kids' CBC programming block, is still broadcast in Turkey on Yumurcak TV and in Australia by ABC. It is narrated by actor and dancer Cory Bowles. The show was awarded the 2004 Gemini for Best Pre-school Program in 2004 and the Alliance for Children & Television Grand Prize in 2007.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Postcards from Buster (2004)
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Postcards from Buster centers on Buster traveling to various places around North America, usually in the United States but also in the Caribbean, Canada – and other places – with his father, who is a pilot for a group of musicians. In each episode Buster meets children in the location, who show him aspects of their family lives and local culture. The sequences with Buster are animated, while the portions featuring the children are live action (viewed from the viewpoint of Buster's video camcorder). After each trip, Buster sends to Arthur a "video postcard" videotape summarizing what he's done and who he's met in each location. The children and their families that are presented on the series are meant to be multicultural and diverse, and range from a Mormon family in Utah to a Mestizo family in Texas.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Little Nick (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nicolas has lots of energy and loves to play with his friends. The boys are quite imaginative and have lots of great ideas, for no apparent reason the adults do not appreciate their efforts. Time after time our heroes fall into trouble because of those misunderstandings. The series is based on books by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 13 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, computer animated
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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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Connie the Cow (2002)
Plot Summary:
Connie is a young cow who is very curious about everything. Each day, she meets new friends and explores the colorful world around her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada, Spain, Germany, UK
Duration: 7 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies (2007)
Plot Summary:
Using live-action wildlife films from the National Geographic and the BBC archives, this animated PBS series tells the warmhearted story of an elephant named Mama Mirabelle, who travels the world filming wildlife movies that she shares with her family and friends back home in the African savanna, including her son Max, Bo the cheetah, a zebra named Karla and three monkey brothers -- Kip, Flip, and Chip.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: semi serious, sincere, feel good, captivating
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The Adventures of Chuck and Friends (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Adventures of Chuck and Friends is a television series which airs in the U.S. on The Hub's daily HubBub block, as well as Saturday mornings on The CW as part of the Vortexx block. The show is being produced in collaboration by Toronto based studios Nelvana, Pipeline Studios Inc. and Hasbro Studios. The Adventures of Chuck and Friends airs on Cartoonito in the United Kingdom and on Treehouse TV in Canada. In 2012 it was announced that Shout! Factory would release episodes of the show on DVD, starting February 14 with "Friends to the Finish".
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, computer animated, captivating, light, entertaining
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Team Umizoomi (2010)
Plot Summary:
Team Umizoomi is a animated fantasy musical series with an emphasis on preschool mathematical concepts, such as counting, sequences, shapes, patterns, measurements, and comparisons. The team consists of mini superheroes Milli and Geo, a friendly robot named Bot, and the child who is viewing the show. Milli, Geo and Bot refer to the child viewer as their Umifriend and encourage him or her to develop their "Mighty Math Powers!" The action generally takes place in and around Umi City, a colorful city where the streets are paved with origami inspired patterns. In the United States Team Umizoomi is shown on both Nick Jr. and Nickelodeon. It is also available on iTunes. It first aired on January 25, 2010.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, colorful, semi serious, feel good, humorous, educational, interactive, colourful
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Stella and Sam (2011)
Plot Summary:
Stella and Sam is a preschool television series based on the Canadian book series "Stella" and "Sam" by Marie-Louise Gay and published by Groundwood Books Inc. The second season of the series is currently in production with Radical Sheep Productions and Family Channel. The French-language version of the show Stella et Sacha premiered on Playhouse Disney Tele on Sunday, October 3, 2010 while the English-language version of the series will premiere on Playhouse Disney on Sunday, January 9, 2011. The show's theme music is performed by singer Emilie Mover.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, sincere, captivating, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious
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Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks (2006)
Plot Summary:
Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks is a children's show on Discovery Kids, that premiered in the fall of 2006 and was produced by Endgame Entertainment and Bigfoot. It is a CGI-style animation, presenting the fictional adventures of some monster trucks with the personalities of young children. In 2007, Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Special Class Animated Program category. Head writers credited on the show were Ken Cuperus, Alice Prodanou and Dave Dias. The series was cancelled on October 11, 2010, because of the last day of Discovery Kids' broadcast. Its successor, Hub Network, has not included it in their lineup, so the ending of the series is in limbo. It is currently seen on Simle of a Child as "Monster Truck Adventures".
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Care Bears try to help kids and have fun in Care-a-Lot, but must contend with the antics of the mischievous Beastly and the young Beasties.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, computer animated, captivating, exciting, offbeat
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JoJo's Circus (2003)
Plot Summary:
JoJo's Circus is an interactive stop-motion musical comedy series for preschool children. The series is created by the combined efforts of Jim Jinkins, David Campbell, Lisa Jinkins and Eric Weiner and produced by Cuppa Coffee Studios and Cartoon Pizza. The series is written by Douglas Wood, the creative executive for Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs. It first aired on the Disney Channel as part of the Playhouse Disney morning programming schedule from September 28, 2003 to February 14, 2007, It is currently being broadcast on Disney Junior. JoJo's Circus marks as the first Claymation series done by Jinkins himself. It features songs with music by Jeffrey Zahn and Jim Latham and lyrics done by Judy Rothman.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, educational, nostalgic
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Hello Kitty's Paradise (2000)
Plot Summary:
A kitty and her friends are off to explore the world together. With the help of her friends, Hello Kitty will learn a lot about life. Adventure awaits.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, anime
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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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Pecola (2001)
Plot Summary:
Pecola is a 3D Japanese anime series from Canada which stars cube-shaped anthropomorphic animals in a place called Cube Town. It is based on a series of children's picture books by Naomi Iwata. The series aired on Cartoon Network in 2003 for 26 episodes. It was produced by Nelvana and Milky Cartoon. This show uses the same graphics as Gregory Horror Show, which was also created by Iwata. The series has also been shown on TV Tokyo, Teletoon in Canada, YoYo TV in Taiwan, Nick Jr. in Australia, TF1 in France and Qubo in the US. The show stars Pecola, a curious and hyperactive penguin who tries to help the people of Cube Town but often wreaks havoc instead. Pecola is an orphaned penguin who lives with Pecolias, his grandfather. Cube Town is a small, isolated coastal village which contains an art museum, a beach, a lighthouse and a canal. It is located adjacent to Crescent Bay surrounded by the Rookery Mountains coastal range and serviced by regular ships which deliver mail, food and other supplies, as well as occasional tourists from a nearby metropolis named Cubic City. The heights above it lead into Glacier Valley which is snowbound even during summer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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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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Braceface (2001)
Plot Summary:
Braceface is a Canadian animated series that aired on Teletoon in Canada, and on Disney Channel and ABC Family in the United States, as well as Pop Girl in Australia. It is produced by American actress Alicia Silverstone, and made by the Canadian company Nelvana. The show, set in Elkford, British Columbia, is based around Sharon Spitz, who is a junior high school student with braces that get in her way of leading a normal teenage life. In the first season, she is enrolled at Mary Pickford Junior High.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, entertaining, funny, feel good, captivating, retro, anime, nostalgic
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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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Zack and Quack (2012)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of an inventive boy named Zack and his best friend, a young duck called Quack. Resourceful friend and neighbour, Kira, joins the dazzling duo on each adventure and is on hand to fix any paper problem with her expert pop-up tool kit.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Israel, UK, South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation
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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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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