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Plot Summary:
Shuriken School is a British animated series that first aired on August 20, 2006 on Nickelodeon and then on YTV a few weeks later. It has also been airing on Jetix in the UK since February 2006, as well as on CITV. In the United States, the show aired on Nicktoons Network and Nickelodeon. In Latin America is aired on Jetix.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, nostalgic
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The Karate Kid (1989)
Plot Summary:
The Karate Kid is a thirteen episode animated series which debuted on NBC's Saturday morning lineup. It starred Joey Dedio, Robert Ito, and Janice Kawaye. It is based on the popular Karate Kid series of films. Hoping to build from the franchise's popularity, DIC Entertainment and Columbia Pictures Television premiered an animated Karate Kid on NBC's 1989 Saturday morning schedule.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, realistic
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Turbo Dogs (2008)
Plot Summary:
Turbo Dogs is a television show that airs on Qubo and Kids' CBC. The show is based on the book Racer Dogs by Bob Kolar. The show premiered on October 3, 2008. The show was not renewed for a second season.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, computer animated
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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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Ninja Hattori (1981)
Plot Summary:
11-year-old Kenichi Mitsuba is an average kid who goes to secondary school and struggles with his studies, he is very stubborn and is very lazy and therefore always ends up frustrating his parents and teacher. He loves to find an easy way of things. He befriends Hattori Kanzo, a ninja from the Iga Clan, and he becomes part of the Mitsuba family along with his brother, Shinzo and his ninja dog, Shishimaru. Hattori helps Kenichi with his problems, and constantly keeps an eye on him, as a good friend. The main antagonist Kemumaki, a Koga ninja and his ninja cat, Kagechiyo always troubles Kenichi, mainly because of their feud over one girl, Yumeko. Kenichi asks Hattori to take revenge as a recurring storyline in many episodes. Although Hattori is a good friend, Kenichi sometimes fights with Hattori due to misunderstandings created by Kemumaki. Sometimes Jippou, Togejirou and Tsubame help him.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, not serious, 2d animation
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Di-Gata Defenders (2006)
Plot Summary:
Di-Gata Defenders is a Canadian action/adventure, science fiction, fantasy animated television series created by Greg Collinson with Nerd Studios and Nelvana Entertainment. This show is rated C8 according to the Canadian TV Classification System. The series currently has 52 episodes and is airing the Ethos Saga as of Fall 2007. In North America, this show is aired on Teletoon in Canada and on Fox network's 4Kids TV block as of July 28, 2007. Internationally, the series airs on the Cartoon Network for Australia, Maori Television for New Zealand, the series also airs on the Astro Ceria for Malaysia, Hero TV for the Philippines starting November 3, 2006 and Jetix for the UK starting August 25, 2007 and Kix! for the UK starting September 29, 2008. It airs on Disney XD in The Netherlands. The series follows the travels and adventures of six teenage children, part of an organization called the Di-Gata Defenders. Their mission as heroes is to defend RaDos against evil factions.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Luxembourg
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, anime, 2d animation
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Boyster (2014)
Plot Summary:
Half boy, half oyster, Boyster is different. What other child can communicate with animals, make pearls after eating calcium and has a giant talking shell that can fly as a twin brother? His dream of living the happy life of a normal 11-year-old kid is often challenged by his supernatural abilities that can get him out of tricky situations or - get him into big trouble. But Boyster's dream is to live the full and happy life of a normal 11 year old kid. His "oyster-ness" must be kept secret. In a few words, weird is the new normal.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, entertaining, offbeat
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Redakai: Conquer the Kairu (2011)
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The series revolves around Ky, a 15-year-old student of ancient martial arts, who embarks on an epic quest to find the Kairu, a primordial alien energy source. Aided by his friends Maya and Boomer, Ky travels the world searching for the Kairu while attempting to make sure that his extraterrestrial teenage alien adversaries don't find it first.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France, South Korea
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, anime, tense, entertaining, serious
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The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ms. Frizzle's sister takes her class on a slew of wild science adventures in this update of the beloved animated show.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 915
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: educational, feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, anime, exciting
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Sidekick (2010)
Plot Summary:
Most kids dream of being superheroes. Not Eric Needles. Eric dreams of being a sidekick. So you can imagine his elation when his favorite superhero, Maxum Man, selects Eric to be his sidekick. But things take a weird turn when, on the day that Eric is scheduled to start being a full-time sidekick, Maxum Man vanishes. The superhero's disappearance leaves Eric responsible to convince the world that Maxum Man is still on the job, doing what a superhero does. Eric's peers include Kitty Ko, a boy-crazy heroine who serves up stellar advice.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, captivating, slapstick comedy, 2d animation, nostalgic
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Roary the Racing Car (2007)
Plot Summary:
Roary the Racing Car is a South Korean animated children's television show that currently airs on Disney Junior in South Korea, Milkshake! on Channel 5 and Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom, Treehouse TV in Canada, Discovery Kids in Latin America, Nick Jr. and ABC2 in Australia and PBS Sprout in the US. Produced by Chapman Entertainment and HiT Entertainment, the producers of Fifi and the Flowertots and Bob the Builder, Also produced by Iconix Entertainment, Educational Broadcasting System and Seoul, the producers of Tayo the Little Bus, Also produced by Contender Entertainment Group and Hibbert Ralph TV, the producers of Tractor Tom, It follows the adventures of Roary and his race car friends at Silver Hatch race track. Roary is a red racing car shaped similarly to a grand prix car. He lives at the Silver Hatch racing circuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, computer animated, captivating
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Maya the Bee (2012)
Plot Summary:
Hello everyone, I'm Maya the Bee! What do I love? Freedom! That's why I live in the meadow instead of the hive. I have a thousand and one adventures with my friends: Shelby snail, Max the worm ... and of course Willy! Willy is very lazy and greedy ... But he's my best friend. Together, we go on an many adventures! Let's go!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 13 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (2012)
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Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja is an American animated television series created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas for Disney XD. It is produced by Titmouse, Inc. and Boulder Media Limited. Many of the character designs were supplied by Jhonen Vasquez, the creator of Invader Zim. The series premiered on September 17, 2012.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, fast
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Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014)
Plot Summary:
Penn Zero is not your average kid - every day he's zapped into another dimension with his friends to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, feel good, nostalgic
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Tak and the Power of Juju (2007)
Plot Summary:
Tak and the Power of Juju is an all CGI-based animated series that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 31, 2007 and on Nicktoons on September 1, 2007. It has been showing on Nicktoons in the United Kingdom since 5 July 2008. Based on the video game of the same name, the show consists of two eleven minute stories per half hour episode. It is Nickelodeon's first all-CGI series and the company's 30th Nicktoons. The series was produced by Nick Jennings and directed, among others, by Mark Risley, Jim Schumann, and Heiko Drengenberg. The show struggled to gain an audience, received many negative reviews and ended up being cancelled in November 2008 after only 26 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: light, exciting, feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, computer animated
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Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the fate of their world, Ninjago, is challenged by great threats, it's up to the ninja: Kai, Jay, Cole, Zane, Lloyd and Nya to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, anime, 3d animation, computer animated, epic
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Tree Fu Tom (2012)
Plot Summary:
Tom appears to be a normal boy, but Tree Fu transforms him into a superhero.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, light, humorous, semi serious, computer animated
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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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Supernoobs (2015)
Plot Summary:
Tyler, Kevin, Shope and Roach get their hands on battle balls, granting each of them their own powers like psychic abilities, super strength, transformation, or weather manipulation. They then learn of viruses from space are coming to infect the planet and its up to them to destroy them and save the Earth.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating
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Hero: 108 (2010)
Plot Summary:
Hero: 108 is a British animated television series on Cartoon Network and the Cartoon Network international cable network, and Kabillion OnDemand channel in the United States. The series is created by Yang-Ming Tarng and is co-produced by Gamania, Hong Ying Animation, Taffy Entertainment, Telegael Teoranta and MoonScoop Group, and animated at Mike Young Productions in Los Angeles. It premiered on March 1, 2010, and currently airs weekdays at 4 p.m in the UK. The show was renewed for another season, which began airing on May 7, 2012, on Cartoon Network, UK, April 30 on Cartoon Network Too, and on Cartoon Network in the United States on June 4, 2012. No channel in Canada has aired the series.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, Taiwan, USA, Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, anime, nostalgic
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Niko and the Sword of Light (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ten-year-old Niko, the last of his kind in a strange world, embarks on an epic quest to bring light back to his land. Armed with his magic sword, Niko journeys to the Cursed Volcano, making new friends and powerful foes while uncovering secrets about his mysterious past. Based on the motion graphic comic by Imaginism Studios and Studio NX.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, adult animation, anime, 2d animation
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Totally Spies! (2001)
Plot Summary:
Totally Spies! depicts three girlfriends 'with an attitude' who have to cope with their daily lives at high school as well as the unpredictable pressures of international espionage. They confront the most intimidating - and demented - of villains, each with their own special agenda for demonic, global rude behavior.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, South Korea, USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, light, ironic, intense, anime, sentimental, retro, fast
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The Adventures of Kid Danger (2018)
Plot Summary:
Henry Hart is a regular kid in the eighth grade who has a not-so-regular, part-time gig as Kid Danger. Kid Danger and his sidekick-in-training Captain Man embark on new adventures as they battle bizarre criminals and super villains.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, tense, light, captivating, entertaining, anime
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Slugterra (2012)
Plot Summary:
Following his father's death, 15-year-old Eli Shane embraces his destiny to follow in his dad's footsteps to a secret, subterranean world called Slugterra where he is determined to be the greatest Slugslinging hero of them all!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, anime, humorous, children's program
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SheZow (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Guy Hamdon and his family inherit Aunt Agnes' home, he and his twin sister, Kelly, discover that she was the famed superheroine, SheZow. Doubting that, Guy puts on SheZow's ring as a lark, only to find to his shock that he is transformed into the superheroine himself. Now, Guy is forced to carry on his Aunt's legacy and fight the forces of evil in Megadale, using his newly acquired powers, gadgets, and a pink super suit. With Kelly and his best friend Maz's helping in this crusade, Guy discovers that his identity's feminine theme is a small price to pay for the excitement to come.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, Malaysia, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, fast
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WordGirl (2007)
Plot Summary:
WordGirl is an American children’s animated television series for children aged 9 –12, produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids. The show began as a series of shorts that premiered on PBS Kids Go! on November 10, 2006, usually shown at the end of Maya & Miguel; the segment was then spun off into a new thirty-minute episodic series that premiered on September 3, 2007 on most Public Broadcasting Service member stations. This animated show is aimed at children six to twelve years old, but viewers older than this demographic have been reported as well. It is designed to teach about the expansive English language and its vocabulary. All four seasons each have twenty-six episodes. The show is also seen on some educational networks in Canada, including Knowledge in British Columbia and TVOntario, as well as Discovery Kids in Latin America. The program is also syndicated internationally in places such as Australia and Italy. The Spanish version is called "Chica Supersabia" and it is translated and dubbed in Caracas, Venezuela, and the Brazilian version is called "Garota Supersábia". There is a Catalan version called "La Súper Mots" and a Portuguese version called "Super Sabina". The show has received six Daytime Emmy nominations, winning three for "Outstanding Writing in Animation" in 2008, 2012, and 2013.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating, semi serious, spoof, educational, parody
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Hunter x Hunter (2011)
Plot Summary:
Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss one day discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was alive and well. His Father, Ging, is a Hunter—a member of society's elite with a license to go anywhere or do almost anything. Gon, determined to follow in his father's footsteps, decides to take the Hunter Examination and eventually find his father to prove himself as a Hunter in his own right. But on the way, he learns that there is more to becoming a Hunter than previously thought, and the challenges that he must face are considered the toughest in the world.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 126000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, shounen, captivating, thought provoking, manga, semi serious, compassionate, psychological, adult anime
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Bakugan Battle Brawlers (2007)
Plot Summary:
Bakugan Battle Brawlers is a Japanese action adventure anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. The story centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan and the battle brawlers who possess them. Though initially a failure in Japan, the series became popular in the United States and Canada, prompting the creation/order of several follow-up seasons, which aired in other countries before Japan. The fourth and final season, Mechtanium Surge, was never broadcast in Japan and instead aired in Canadian and U.S. markets. The Bakugan franchise are co-productions from Nelvana Enterprises, Spin Master, Sega Toys and TMS Entertainment, with animation by TMS Entertainment in association with Sega Toys. On January 15, 2012, CoroCoro Comics announced that a spin-off series is currently in production that will be based and feature the characters from the BakuTech manga.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, South Korea, Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, stylized, epic fantasy
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The Mighty B! (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Mighty B! is an American animated television series co-created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girl scout who believes she will become The Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge. Bessie lives in San Francisco with her single mother Hilary, brother Ben and dog Happy. Poehler provides the voice of Bessie, who is loosely based on a character Poehler played on the improvisational comedy troupes Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade. The Mighty B! premiered on Saturday, April 26, 2008, which was the morning after Poehler's film Baby Mama had premiered. She said that she would "go to bed and stay in my pajamas until 10:30 a.m. and watch Mighty B". Since its debut, the show has attracted an average 3.1 million viewers. In the second quarter of 2008, the show ranked among the top five animated programs on television. In September 2008, the show was renewed for a second season with 20 episodes that premiered on September 21, 2009. The second season was the last, since The Mighty B! was not featured in Nickelodeon's list of renewed shows for the 2010–2011 TV season. The Mighty B! has been nominated for six Annie Awards and four Daytime Emmy Awards, so far winning one Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. It has garnered one Artios Award nomination and one Golden Reel Award nomination.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, not serious, captivating, sitcom, 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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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