Kids and family entertainment venture Toon2Tango, a LEONINE Animation Studios company, has announced that it is again joining forces with Ja Film and Ginger Pictures for series two of Monster Loving Maniacs, an animated adventure-comedy in classic 2D for six-to-nine-year-olds.
Toon2Tango recently bought back the distribution rights for many international territories from Mondo Spa, so it will hold all worldwide distribution rights for season one and the new production of season two.
Like season one, a hit in 150 countries, the partners will produce a 52×11’ 2D show about three kids, trained as monster hunters by their tough old grandfather. There’s just one problem: these kids are massive horror fans. Why would they want to hunt their monster idols? They love dangerous paranormal creatures, and they always find a way to save the monsters.
Monster Loving Maniacs is great fun, with lots of excitement and humour as well as bigger themes, like family, relationships and coping with our fears, all delivered with wit, energy and stylish, skilled animation.
Ja Film and Ginger Pictures are again co-producing the show, this time alongside Toon2Tango, which acted as the worldwide distributor for season one. And, once again, the show is written and directed by creators Anders Berthelsen and Rune Christensen of the award winning Ja Film animation studio. Co-producer Ginger Pictures is a Benelux-based production house emphasising new and bold ideas with a strong development team of young talents and experienced executives.
Commissioning broadcasters already on board for this proven success include DR, NRK; SVT, RUV (Iceland) and the BBC.
The first and second season of Monster Loving Maniacs will be distributed by Mediawan Kids & Family, Europe’s leading independent studio for global children’s and family content production and distribution, following the recently announced strategic integration of Toon2Tango’s content portfolio into the distribution catalogue of Mediawan Kids & Family.