[Cartoon Forum] Endeless Adventures: Our Selection of Upper School Projects

Our selection of Upper Preschool and Bridge Projects for this edition of Cartoon Forum. For each project, also our Transmedia Tips!

3 CAPTAINS

Animation / Format: 2D Computer, Drawing, Painting / 26 x 8’

Genre: Action, Comedy, Diversity

Producers: Studio FILM BILDER (GE)

Transmedia Tip: Publishing, Gaming

The “3 Captains” are playful animals who dream of being pirates. But who gets to be in charge—Captain Pig, Captain Rabbit, or Captain Croc? To survive kidnappings, capers, and treasure hunts, they must join forces. Pirate life brings wild anarchy, but how does this fit with values like tolerance, solidarity, or the teamwork that parents and schools expect? This clash sparks the funniest entanglements. With her hit Animanimals, Julia Ocker has proven that her sharp designs and witty stories win children worldwide. 3 Captains, her second major series, promises to be even funnier, wilder, and wonderfully scruffy.

>>>> Read our selected projects in the new issue of EAJ

ACTION RABBITS

Animation / Format: 3D Computer, 52 x 11’30’’

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy Rescue Show

Producers: Blue Spirit Productions (FR), Atomic Cartoons (CA)

Transmedia Tip: Toys, Gaming

Bunny’s best friends, Dutch, Harley, Rush, and Mash, are quick to leap into action on Hoppity Island. With their impressive skills and technology, this talented team is always ready to save the day!

CHOCOCAT & ME

Animation / Format: 2D Computer, 52 x 11’

Genre: Comedy, Friendship, Inclusion

Producers: Somewhere Animation (FR) – Mediawan Kids and Family

Transmedia Tip: Other Publishing as Activity and Illustrated, Gaming, Toy

Chococat & Me is the animated adaptation of the comic book series created by Alexandre Arlène and Fabien Öckto Lambert, with four volumes already published. The show follows Louie, a boy who joins the whimsical Feline District, where all inhabitants are cats. Alongside his best friend Chococat, he sparks hilarious adventures that blend humour and imagination.

COCO

Animation / Format: 2D Computer Drawing / 52 x 7’

Genre: Adventure, Educational, Friendship, Nature Protection

Producers: Blue Light Pictures (CZ), Phanta Animation (NL)

Transmedia Tip: Other Publishing Products, Educational Toys

COCO explores everyday adventures, big emotions, and the joy of learning through experience. At its centre is Coco—a curious, newly hatched little bird discovering the world step by step, with friends who bring humour, warmth, and surprises along the way. The series is inspired by Loes Riphagen’s acclaimed picture books, combining hand-crafted charm with storytelling rooted in nature. In every episode, Coco and friends discover that even the smallest moments can become the biggest adventures. The project offers a fresh and heartfelt voice to preschool animation.

GNOMES

Animation / Format: 3D Computer / 26 x 11’

Genre: Adventure, Friendship, Sustainability

Producers: De Argonauten (BE), VRT-Ketnet (BE)

Transmedia Tip: Publishing, Educational Toys

Gnomes follows the adventures of Doetzen and Linus, two twin gnome children who learn the ways of gnome life through trial and error. Their parents, David and Lisa – whom you may remember from the 1980s series David the Gnome – teach them everything a gnome needs to know, but believe that children learn more when they experience it themselves. The young gnomes explore the do’s and don’ts of life in the forest until they know it like the back of their hand. Everything they need, they can find or make there. But above all, the young gnomes learn to coexist in harmony with each other and the forest.

>>>> Read our selected projects in the new issue of EAJ

HOLLY AND LUNA GO WOOF!

Animation / Format: 3D Computer / 52 x 11’

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Friendship

Producers: MITS Prod (BE), PGS Studios (FR)

Transmedia Tip: Gaming, Toys, Activity Books

After Holly wishes for a dog under a shooting star, she and her big sister, Luna, wake up to an unexpected twist: every time someone says the word “dog,” they both transform—Holly into a Papillon, and Luna into a Bobtail. Between school, secrets, and squirrel-fueled chaos, the sisters bicker, bond, and stumble into one magical mess after another.

The series is a comedy about sisterhood and identity. With fast-paced storytelling, quirky characters, and a world built for laughter, the series celebrates big emotions in small moments—and reminds kids that being different isn’t just okay… it’s woof-tastic.

JAM & RE

Animation / Format: 3D Computer / 52 x 7’

Genre: Educational, Fantasy, Musical, Adventure, Friendship, Inclusion

Producers: The Hive Studio (GR), Telescope Animation (GE)

Transmedia Tip: Music products, Publishing, Educational Toys, Gaming

Jam & Re is an animated preschool series in development by The Hive Studio and Telescope Animation. Set in the Kingdom of Sol, the show follows the beloved musical duo Jam the jester and his groovy sidekick Re, who demonstrate that music is mightier than the sword through rhythm, fun, and friendship.

LITTLE CAESAR

Animation / Format: 2D Computer Drawing / 25 x 5’

Genre: Disability, Educational, Sustainability

Producers: Immortal Films (IR)

Transmedia Tip: Publishing, Activity Books, Gaming

Little Caesar celebrates the beauty of being different. Following a fluffy lamb’s heartfelt quest for belonging among a forest of rescued misfits, this project shows that fresh voices can address big themes with wit, warmth, and visual flair. Each episode will blend diversity, environmental awareness, and social inclusion into amusing adventures that resonate with every child who has ever felt like the odd one out. In a landscape eager for genuine storytelling, Little Caesar offers what families desire: entertainment with heart, humour with purpose, and heroes who demonstrate that being different is fabulous.

MEOW CLIQUE

Animation / Format: 2D Computer / 52 x 11’

Genre: Comedy, Diversity, Friendship

Producers: Letko (PL), Studio Filmów Rysunkowych (PL)

Transmedia Tip: Comics

In the charming (and a bit paw-litically complicated) border town of Cieszyn, an undercover detective squad is on the prowl… and they’re the cat’s whiskers! Meet Meow Clique, a purr-fectly coordinated gang of clever cats who, alongside the ever-confused officer Valerie Koczy and the no-nonsense Commissioner Louis Prank, claw their way through the town’s most whisker-raising mysteries.

MORT AND MILLIE

Animation / Format: 2D Computer / 52 x 7’

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Friendship, Nature, Life-Cycles

Producers: GS Animation / Grupa Smacznego (PL), Sphere Media (CA), Flickerpix (UK)

Transmedia Tip: Graphic Novel, Gaming

Mort and Millie is a preschool animated series that follows the hilarious adventures of Mort, an excitable and soft-hearted rookie Grim Sweeper, and his sidekick, Millie, a fearless and matter-of-fact millipede, as they clean up dead creatures and help fulfil their last wishes.

ROC & LOLA

Animation / Format: 3D Computer Drawing, 26 x 7’

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Diversity, Educational, Fantasy, Inclusion, Sustainability

Producers: Primal Shape (IT)

Transmedia Tip: Publishing, Gaming, Educational Toys

Despite their differences, Roc the Hedgehog and Lola the giraffe-shaped Balloon are best friends. They meet at the forest’s edge every day to play and explore, and each adventure not only brings them closer together but also teaches them about the wonders of nature, fostering a deep respect for the environment and its inhabitants.

SAM & WATSON

Animation / Format: 2D Computer, 78 x 7’

Genre: Comedy, Friendship

Producers: Piano Sano Films (FR)

Transmedia Tip: Publishing, including Comics, Gaming

Sam & Watson is sharp, funny, and delightfully offbeat. Born from the little quirks of everyday life, its stories whisk our heroes into wild and unpredictable adventures. With a stand-up’s sense of wit, the show treats kids as clever partners in comedy, celebrating their boundless imagination. It’s a true co-viewing experience where imagination rules and nothing is too small to become epic.

>>>> Read our selected projects in the new issue of EAJ

SISSI & CAESAR

Animation / Format: Stop Montion, 26 x 7’

Genre: Adventure

Producers: Pangur Animation (SP), Tres Tercios (CL)

Transmedia Tip: Plush, Gaming, Art & Craft

Rainbow penguins Sissi and César travel the world on a special mission: to protect nature’s colours and flavours from the dreaded chromatic crisis. This threat endangers landscapes, ecosystems, and all who depend on them. Energetic Sissi uses boundless imagination to find creative solutions, while rational César relies on knowledge and method. Together, they blend creativity and wisdom to overcome every challenge. From coral reefs to autumn forests, each mission brings discovery. As César explores unique flavours and Sissi collects natural treasures, they demonstrate to young viewers the importance of biodiversity, culture, and friendship in caring for our planet.

THE ZZLI BROTHERS

Animation / Format: 2D Computer, TV Special 30’

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Friendship, Political

Producers: XBO Films (FR)

Transmedia Tip: Educational Products

Anna is a 10-year-old girl who lives alone in a cabin in the middle of the forest. She dreams of adventures from reading so much. Every day, she watches out for her friend, the bat, who delivers the mail. That evening, the bat asked Anna for a favour: could she take in an old bear friend, accompanied by his two brothers? They’ve come a long way and are exhausted. Over the days, the bear brothers and the little girl form a happy little family in the growing cabin. But the other animals take a dim view: bears are not liked in the village.

VET ACADEMY

Animation / Format: 3D Computer, 52 x 11’

Genre: Adventure, Comedy

Producers: Superprod Animation (FR), Red Monk Studio (IT)

Transmedia Tip: Toys, Plushes, Gaming, Comics

Welcome to the Harmony Islands, an archipelago of exceptional landscapes and wildlife! Five children – Miko, Sun, Darri, Amanda and Noa – are selected to join the prestigious Vet Academy, a school dedicated to animal rescue and welfare. They are trained by their teacher Mia, who has designed the V-suits. These are animal-print suits that give them exceptional abilities! This V-Team will have to learn to work together to face poachers, collectors and natural disasters. Their mission: to protect, comfort and care for all animals!

ZEBRACAT

Animation / Format: 2D and 3D Computer, TV Special 26’

Genre: Comedy, Diversity, Friendship

Producers: VlinVlin (BE), Little Monster (CH)

Transmedia Tip: Publishing, including Comics, Plush

Zebracat is a TV special and series for younger children about the adventures of two friends who live together in a caravan on an island in the middle of the great ocean. The island, with its unusual inhabitants, is their entire world. Every day, Ms. Sun rises to work, while Mr. Moon comes home to sleep. Then Zebracat and Pebble come out to play. The style is classic Ted Sieger—poetic, whimsical, and funny. There are no villains, just answers to life’s big philosophical questions. What will we have for breakfast? Why is Mr. Mollusc so narky? What will we do today?