List of French animated television series
Appearance
This is a list of animated television programs that have been produced by France. It includes series made by France alone, as well as those produced in collaboration with various other countries. For live action French series, see: List of French television series.
Adult
[edit]Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Agrippine | Agrippine | 2001 | Ellipse | Coming-of-age series about a girl named Agrippine | Traditional |
G.G. | N/A | 2016–2017 | Bobby Prod | Series about two brothers who play video games inspired by the original YouTubers[1] | Digital |
G.I.R.L. | N/A | Bobby Prod | Adult series examining the role of women in modern society | Digital | |
L’Odyssée de Klassik | Klassik's Odyssey | 2019–2021 | Bobby Prod | Adult animated series about a jerboa who travels time meeting characters from classical mythology | Digital |
Les Kassos | The Wakos | 2013–present | Bobby Prod | Adult animated series about a variety of pop culture parody characters who we meet in the office of a social worker | Digital |
Monsieur Flap | N/A | Bobby Prod | Adult romantic comedy series about a deformed man with an ass for a face and testicles for a mouth | Digital | |
Startup Heroes | N/A | 2016–present | Bobby Prod | Adult animated interview series commissioned by the University of Paris-Saclay where pop culture characters discuss their successes | Digital |
Adventure
[edit]Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Albert le Cinquième Mousquetaire | Albert the Fifth Musketeer | 1993–1994 | France Animation | Set after the Siege of La Rochelle, Albert, the Fifth Musketeer, joins the Four Musketeers on new adventures | Traditional |
Capitaine Fracasse | Captain Fracasse | 1999–2000 | Ellipsanime | Who really is Fracasse? He is several characters at once: a brilliant actor, a shy young man and a mysteriously masked swordsman who bravely fights injustice. | Traditional |
La Vache, le Chat et l'Océan | A Cow, a Cat and the Ocean | 2006 | Futurikon | A cow and a cat leave their farm behind in search of a better life. | Digital |
Les Aventures de Colargol | Barnaby (UK), Jeremy the Bear (Canada) |
1967–1974 | Procidis | Stop-motion animated series about a bear named Colargol who wants to sing and travel the world. | Stop Motion |
Bob Morane | Bob Morane | 1998 | Canal+ | Animated adaptation of the series of popular adventure books featuring Bob Morane, created by French-speaking Belgian novelist Henri Vernes. | Traditional |
Les Chroniques de Zorro | Zorro: The Chronicles | 2015 | Cyber Group Studios | A 3D Animated Series about the Zorro, his witty brother Beenardo and best friend Ines. With his remarkable exsplay of swordminship trying to defeat the evil general and his goons. | CGI |
Popples | N/A | 2015–2016 | Zagtoon | An amazing species of creatures that can pop into and out of a ball. | CGI |
Sammy & Co | N/A | 2015–2017 | Zagtoon | Following the story of young turtles, Ricky and Ella, and their friends, Annabel the Octopus and Pipo the Butterfly Fish. | CGI |
La Petite Géante | The Small Giant | 2008–2010 | Gaumont | Traditional | |
Wheel Squad | N/A | 2000–2002 | Moonscoop | Set in a large, dark metropolis, the protagonists Akim, Jessica, Bob and Johnny are four young geniuses who love extreme sports and together form the staff of the Wheel Squad. | Traditional |
Comedy
[edit]Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Agrippine[2] | (lit. Agrippina) | 2001 | Ellipsanime | A series of twenty-six episodes, each lasting twenty-six minutes, based on the comic book by French artist Claire Bretécher. Stories center around the exploits of the titular character, Agrippine, a spoiled teenage girl. "Agrippine" is the French version of the name "Agrippina". | Traditional |
Ana Pumpkin | 2021 | Folimage | A five-year-old girl with a ginger afro finds out about the world with her dog, Fleas | Digital | |
Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks[3] | N/A | 2015–present | Technicolor Animation Productions | Dave Seville, a single father who is raising six singing Chipmunks (Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor part time, and Simon, Alvin, and Theodore) as his adoptive kids | CGI |
Bêtes à Craquer | Animal Crackers | 1997–1999 | Alphanim | The adventures of a group of assorted species of anthropomorphic animals in a fictional African wildlife reserve. Based on the 1967 to present comic strip of the same name by Rog Bollen and Fred Wagner. | Traditional |
Blaise le blasé | Fred's Head | 2008 | Spectra Animation | A Canadian-French animated series made by Spectra Animation and Galaxy 7, featuring Fred (Blaise), a sixteen-year-old and his not-so-normal life. | Digital |
Bravo Gudule | Miss BG | 2005–2008 | Gaumont | A show about an 8-year-old girl name Gudule (English: BG) who hang out with out in a tree house with two friends, Gad and Alex. | CGI |
Bunny Maloney | N/A | 2009–2011 | Moonscoop | Bunny Maloney is a pink anthropomorphic rabbit, and he is often blundering and over-confident. | CGI |
Cosmic Cowboys | N/A | 2004 | Gaumont | A sci-fi buddy show about two intergalactic bounty hunters: Curtis and Dook. | Traditional |
Calimero | N/A | 2014 | Gaumont | Calimero is an animated television series about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. | CGI |
Les Cahiers D’esther : Histoires De Mes 12 Ans | The Diaries of Esther : Stories From When I Was 12 Years Old | 2018 | Folimage | A young girl documents her journey of growing up in her diary. It is an adaptation of Riad Sattouf's comic book series, which was inspired by a real-life girl. | Digital |
Les Crumpets | The Crumpets
Teen Crumpets |
2013–2021 | 4.21 Productions | Based on the children's picture books by Didier Lévy and illustrated by Frédéric Benaglia, it centers on Lil-One, the youngest child of his huge family who seeks to get his mother's love, and the family's matriarch Granny. Seasons 3 and 4 follow the lives of the show's teenage characters. | Digital |
Denver the Dinosaur | N/A | 2018–present | Zagtoon | A reboot of Denver the Last Dinosaur, a short-lived French-American cartoon from the late 1980s. | CGI |
Mon pote le fantôme | Dude, That's My Ghost! | 2013 | Gaumont | Spencer Wright is the budding-filmmaker new kid at a high school populated by Hollywood royalty. He's got a friend in the ghost of pop star Billy Joe Cobra. | Flash |
F is for Family | N/A | 2015-2021 | Gaumont | Set in the 1970s. This raunchy animated comedy follows an Irish-American Family living in Pennsylvania. | Digital |
Furiki Wheels | N/A | 2017 | Gaumont | A hyperactive young sloth with oodles of energy wants to see the world, so he goes to Racers School to learn how to drive fast. | Flash |
Garfield et Cie | The Garfield Show | 2008–2016 | Dargaud | CGI animated series based on the American comic strip Garfield by cartoonist Jim Davis. | CGI |
Grenadine et Mentalo | Grenadine and Peppermint | 2011 | Cyber Group Studios | The adventures of an Inuit girl and her penguin friend. Based on the comic books by Colonel Moutarde. | Digital |
Grizzy et les Lemmings | Grizzy and the Lemmings | 2016–present (French), 2017–present (International) | Hari Productions | The slapstick-style show about a brown bear named Grizzy and a group of trouble making blue Lemmings who were living in a Forest Ranger's cabin in forest. | CGI |
Hairy Scary | N/A | 2007 | Gaumont | Willow & Constance are just your ordinary Hairy & Scary kids having adventures in an "extra-ordinary" world. Like any Hairy worth his salt, Willow is a boy who greets each day with enthusiasm – and maybe a little too much naivete. | CGI |
Jean-Luc & Faipassa | Jean-Luc and Dondoozat | 1998 | Canal+ | A zany, unintelligible short about a couple strange creatures pulling off random things. One creature, a tall, skinny, orange creature is attempting to teach at least adequate manners to a short, wild, green creature. | Digital |
Kobushi | N/A | 2009 | Zagtoon | When a fancy sushi restaurant, Kobushi, closes down for the night, the sushis come to life, spending the entire evening avoiding traps set by the famous white porcelain cat, Manekineko, who has also awakened, and with an appetite for fish | Digital |
La Vie en slip | Smarty Pants | 2022 | Red Frog Studio Agent Double |
Three boys spend their summer break in the town of Bamboche trying to become the coolest kids by the start of the school year. Based on the comics by Steve Baker. | Digital |
Magic | A Kind of Magic | 2008–present | Xilam | Digital | |
Matt & les monstres | Matt's Monsters | 2008 | Gaumont | Matt is ready for action as he enlists his dad, his neighbour Manson and his pet monster Dink to run a monster agency as they hunt down for monsters of all shapes, sizes and forms and save the city of Joliville. | Digital |
Le Monde fou de Tex Avery | The Wacky World of Tex Avery | 1997 | Ellipsanime | An animated tribute to the cartoonist Tex Avery, featuring cartoon characters inspired from his creations. | Digital |
Mouss & Boubidi | N/A | 2009 | Gaumont | Digital | |
Oggy et les Cafards | Oggy and the Cockroaches | 1998–2019 | Gaumont | The slapstick-style show of a lazy blue cat named Oggy, whose quiet life keeps being interrupted with three cockroaches named Joey, Marky and Dee-Dee. Sometimes Oggy's cousin Jack also helps him to fighting against cockroaches. | Traditional / Digital / CGI (for some scenes) |
Les Shadoks | 1968–2009 | Animation Art Graphique Audiovisuel (AAA) | Traditional | ||
My Life Me | N/A | 2010–2011 | Carpediem Film and Television | Birch Small's school system requires her and her classmates, Liam, Sandra, and Raffi to work together in a group known around the school as a "Pod." The students don't get to choose who they are partnered up with; they must work together, despite their differences and shortcomings. | Digital |
Oscar et Malika, toujours en retard | Nate Is Late | 2018–present | Watch Next Media | Schoolchildren Nate (Oscar in the French dub) and Malika get caught up in adventures every day while walking to school, causing them to be late. | Digital |
Pok & Mok | N/A | 2011 | Gaumont | Digital | |
Pat et Stanley | Pat & Stan | 2004 | Mac Guff | CGI | |
Potatoes and Dragons | N/A | 2004 | Gaumont | To put an end to a curse, King Hugo III calls upon all knights specialized in dragon slaying, promising his daughter's hand to the successful candidate. | Digital |
Ralf the Record Rat | N/A | 2004–2005 | Gaumont | Ralf the record rat is ready to do anything to establish a world record in any discipline and preferably the most wacky. | Traditional |
Rosie | N/A | 2011–2014 | Zagtoon | Always dressed in black, Rosie casts a sardonic and offbeat eye on the world around her. And she's never at a loss for words. Her world is confined to her house and its surroundings, where she regularly meets her neighbor, Olive, who she takes a malignant pleasure in driving up the wall. Whenever she feels the need, Rosie brings in her imaginary friend Blackie, an easy-going green sheep. A good friend, he is the only person she confides in because Blackie has the advantage of never being able to tell anyone else her secrets. | Digital |
L'apprenti d'Pere Noël | SantaApprentice | 2006 | Gaumont | Every 163 years, it's time to find a replacement for Santa Claus. | Traditional |
Allo la terre, ici les Martin | Spaced Out | 2001–2005 | Gaumont | Hired by mistake, George Martin is hired as director of a secret orbital station (Operation SOS) housing sub-development, where he and his family have to live as an experiment started by Krach. | Traditional |
The Babaloos | N/A | 1995–1998 | Moonscope | The show is about a group of home appliances that live in a suburban house. | Traditional |
Les blagues de Toto | Toto Trouble | 2010 | Gaumont | Toto, the most famous kid on the playground, has taken on a new dimension in the albums published by Delcourt. He is now going to become a star of the small screen! | Traditional |
Titeuf | Tootuff | 2001 and 2017[4] |
Canal J | Based on the Swiss comic series created by Zep. | Traditional |
Tom-Tom et Nana | Tom-Tom and Nana
Tom and Lili |
1997–2019 | 4.21 Productions | Two animated series adaptations produced in 1997 and 2019, about the lives of the mischievous kids, Tom-Tom and Nana, and their family the Dubouchons, who own a restaurant. Based on the comic strip originally written by Jacqueline Cohen and illustrated by Bernadette Després. | Traditional |
Transformice: The Cartoon Series | N/A | 2015–2016 | Atelier 801 | An animated TV series based on the video game Transformice. | Digital |
Woofy | N/A | 2004 | Gaumont | In a household where no pets are allowed, a dog, in cahoots with his little boy master, passes himself off as a stuffed animal. | Traditional |
X-DuckX | N/A | 2001–2007 | Gaumont | The series chronicles the wacky and dangerous adventures of a duo of ducks, Slax and Geextah, extreme sports fans. | Traditional |
Zap collège | Zap Junior High | 2007 | Gaumont | The daily but not boring life of Alastair Heath-Wilson, son of the Education Secretary of State, parachuted in 4th E to the experimental school " Cliff Richard Junior High " | Traditional |
Zig et Sharko | Zig and Sharko | 2010–present | Xilam | The comedy show about a hyena named Zig and a Shark named Sharko. | Digital |
Zoé Kézako | N/A | 2004 | Sparx Animation Studios | A series featuring the titular girl from the books by Véronique Saüquère. | Digital |
Zombie Hôtel | Zombie Hotel | 2005–2007 | Gaumont | Fungus and Maggot, two child zombies who pretend to be human to get into their local school, and their family and boarders at the hotel run by their parents. | Traditional |
Comedy-drama
[edit]Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Belle et Sebastian | Belle and Sebastian | 2017 | Gaumont | Follows the adventures of a slightly wild 6-year-old boy from the French Alps region, close to the Italian border, and his relationship with a generous dog, a Great Pyrenees, shunned for her enormous size. | Digital |
Les Copains de la Forêt | Forest Friends | 2006–2007 | Timoon Animation | In the series, a wildfire has driven away many species of forest animals, who reluctantly must live uneasily with each other. But seven young open-minded survivors taught by their mentor the Old Oak of the Forest, step forth to prove that the animals no matter how different they are from each other, can live and work together as a community in peace and friendship. Frequently the rats cause trouble and inconvenience for the animals. | Traditional |
Potlach | The title is an alternate spelling of "Potlatch". | 2006 | Ellipsanime | A reality-show style animated series about cows, chickens, sheep and so on living on a farm, called Potlach. The farm is in the middle of nowhere and there are no humans on it. Much of the story revolves around the characters' romances, which are often interspecies. | CGI |
Fantasy
[edit]Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Argaï : la prophétie | Argai: The Prophecy | 2000 | Carrére Groupe | Argaï, an anthropomorphic lion, must travel through time, making friends along the way in order to save the love of his life | Traditional |
Archibald le Magi-Chien | Archibald the Magic Dog | 1980–1981 | DIC Audiovisuel | A magician transforms himself into a dog and teaches a boy about how to stay healthy | Traditional |
Abraca | Abraca | 2019 | Ankama | Spin-off series to the video game Abraca about an apprentice magician in the world Imagi | Digital |
Bouli | N/A | 1989–1991 | C2A | A show about Bouli the snowman and his friends, who were brought to life by the moon. | Traditional |
Chasseurs de dragons | Dragon Hunters | 2006–2012 | Futurikon | The adventures of two hunters for hire in a medieval world of floating land masses terrorized by a varying menace of monsters known as dragons. | Digital |
Clémentine | N/A (title is the main character's name) | 1985–1987 | Narcisse X4 | A ten-year-old girl, who was rendered a paraplegic in an airplane crash, travels the world with her family in search of a cure for her condition. At night she dreams that she can walk and travels through time and fantasy, with her magic guardian Hérméra, and her flying cat Hélice, fighting demons. | Traditional |
Creepschool | N/A | 2004 | Gaumont | Welcome to the school where your fears and nightmares become a hilariously creepy reality! Ghouls in the classroom! Elsa, Josh and the other kids have personal dilemmas and everyday problems just like the rest of us. But in the twilight zone of Creepschool nothing stays everyday for very long. | Traditional |
Dofus: Aux trésors de Kerubim | Dofus: The Treasures of Kerubim | 2013–2014 | Ankama | Dofus: The Treasures of Kerubim, is an animated series set in the world of the Dofus MMORPG | Digital |
Gayajin | N/A | TBA | Zagtoon | With threat of destruction at the hands of an extraterrestrial villain, the planet reaches out to two young kids, offering them the powers of the earth with which to fight back. Assuming total control of both creatures and flora/fauna, with the weight of the world in tow, proves to be quite a heavy load... but also comes with copious amounts of kick-earth fun & adventure! | CGI |
Gawayn | N/A | 2009–2013 | Gaumont | In the mystical city of Camelot, William is an optimistic knight-in-training who is devoted to his mentor, knight in gleaming armour, Sir Roderick. The complication starts when the evil Duke of Amaraxos shrinks Princess Gwendolyn and takes over the kingdom, so the friends accompanied with Elspeth, an apprentice sorceress and Xiao Long, a young sage-in-training from distant Asia, set off on an adventure to undo the terrible curse by finding The Great Book of Magic. | Digital |
Gormiti | Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return! (Season One) Gormiti: The Supreme Eclipse Era! (Season Two) |
2008–2010 | Zodiak Kids Studios | The show follows two brothers, Nick and Toby, who discover that they have the power to transform into powerful creatures known as Gormitis. Their two friends Jessica and Lucas join the fight, and together they harness the power of the four elements. Now it's up to them to save their world, and many others, from destruction.[5] | Traditional |
Jason et les héros de l'Olympe | Jason and the Heroes of Mount Olympus | 2001–2002 | Saban International | Jason is a twelve-year-old with fantasies of becoming a hero just like those in the mythological battles of the Ancient World. He is in for a surprise as his dreams become a reality when he climbs to the top of Mount Olympus and fulfills an ancient prophecy, turning Jason into the “chosen one”. | Traditional |
Lanfeust Quest | N/A | 2013 | Gaumont | Lanfeust is an orphan and an apprentice blacksmith who can heat metal at will. His adventure begins when he is asked to mend the sword of a passing aristocrat. | CGI |
Les Legendaries[6] | The Legendaries | 2017–2020 | Technicolor Animation Productions | The Legendaries are five heroes who, in an attempt to stop an evil sorcerer named Darkhell from using the Stone of Jovénia,one of six magical stones used to create the world of Alysia, were unable to keep it from shattering, causing everyone, themselves included, to revert to childhood. | CGI |
Mona le Vampire | Mona the Vampire | 1999–2006 | Gaumont | Mona Parker, Lily Duncan, Charley Bones ("Zapman"), and Mona's pet cat, Fang, imagine themselves confronting monsters and solving supernatural mysteries. | Traditional |
Le Manège enchanté | (lit. The Enchanted Roundabout) | 1963–1976 | AB Productions | In the magical country of Bois-Joli, a terrier named Pollux and his friends have many strange occurrences and minor adventures. The original French program was later reworked for the UK series The Magic Roundabout which ran from 1965 to 1978. In this English version all of the same animation was used; however, the narrator Eric Thompson rewrote the stories by saying whatever seemed appropriate, based on the action that was on the screen. | Stop Motion |
Le Manège enchanté | The Magic Roundabout | 2007–2008 | Ellipsanime | A computer-animated remake of the original 1963–1976 series. | CGI |
L'île à Lili[7] | Lili's Island | 2006 | Lili, Matthieu (Matt in English) and Pataglue (Glueball in English) are three kids who were mysteriously transported from Palavas-les-Flots to a peculiar island in another dimension. | Traditional | |
LoliRock | N/A | 2014–TBD | Zodiak Kids Studios | Traditional | |
Moonlight Hunters | N/A | TBA | Zagtoon | Set in London, the English-language skein turns on five high school friends who make a discovery on Halloween night that gives them the power to turn into a vampire, ghost, werewolf, creature, and witch, and protect the British capital from evil forces. | CG |
Les Petites Sorcières | The Little Witches | 1997–1999 | Millésime Productions | Sherilyn, an experienced magician, teaches three little witches to use magic to do good deeds. But, the town of City Base is under threat from a shameless man, Walt Street, who desires wealth and power. Fortunately, the little witches are there to thwart his plans. | Traditional |
Rahan | Rahan | 2009–2010 | Xilam | The second adaption of Rahan, a prehistoric caveman who wanders the earth, encountering a wide variety of tribes and challenges on his way. | Traditional |
Rahan – Fils des âges farouches | Rahan: Son of the Dark Age | 1987 | Moonscoop | The first adaption of Rahan, a prehistoric caveman who wanders the earth, encountering a wide variety of tribes and challenges on his way. | Traditional |
Riley's Believe It Or Not | N/A | 2000–2003 | Gaumont | They'll visit strange sites, meet peculiar people, witness fantastic feats and, at the end of every episode, secure yet another awesome oddity. Believe It or Not! | Traditional |
SuperStar | N/A | 2022 | Zagtoon | Extremely talented musicians, singers, dancers and actors have gone through an extensive auditioning process to attend the prestigious Hollywood School of the Arts (HSA) in Hollywood, California. Not only are they here to further their respective artistic careers, but also to compete for a spot in a worldwide concert, towards the goal of achieving ultimate fame and unlocking their full potential | CGI |
Tales of Feryon | N/A | TBA | Zagtoon | A fantasy superhero show about a girl with magical hair that helps her get out of difficult situations[8] | CGI |
The Jungle Book | N/A | 2010–2020 | Moonscoop | The adventures of Mowgli, a human foundling raised by Akela's wolf pack, and his best friends, fatherly bear Baloo and playful panther Bagheera. They live in the Indian jungle where many dangers lurk, such as the mighty Bengal tiger Shere Khan. The inquisitive Mowgli often gets himself into trouble and can't resist helping animals in danger or solving other problems. | CGI |
Trulli Tales | N/A | 2017–2019 | Gaumont | Set in the fictional world of Trullalleri, the series revolves around four children and one teacher who learn how to cook from their Grandma Trulli's cookbook from the past. But when Copperpot tries to steal it, the four children; Ring, Zip, Stella, and Sun, must stop him with the magical power from their wands. | CGI |
Wakfu | N/A | 2008–2017 | Ankama | Based on the French MMORPG of the same name by Ankama Games. Twelve year-old Yugo discovers his power to create teleportation portals and sets out to find his real family. Accompanying him on his quest are his new friends Tristepin (the guardian of a demon-possessed sword; named Sadlygrove in the English dub), Ruel Stroud (an old man from his village), Princess Amalia (who can talk to plants) and her bodyguard Evangelyne. | Digital |
W.I.T.C.H. | N/A | 2004–2006 | SIP Animation | The show follows five girls – Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin – who have respective magical powers over the classical elements quintessence, water, fire, earth and air, which they use to fulfill their duties as Guardians of the Veil. | Traditional |
Mystery/detective
[edit]Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Archie, mystères et compagnie | Archie's Weird Mysteries | 1999-2000 | DIC Productions, L.P. Les Studios Tex |
Archie and his gang go on new adventures solving mysteries | Traditional |
Arlene Lupin | N/A | 1971–1974 | Moonscoop | Loosely based on the novels by Maurice Leblanc featuring master thief Arsène Lupin | Traditional |
Geronimo Stilton | N/A | 2009–2017 | Moonscoop | Geronimo Stilton is a journalist and head of the Geronimo Stilton Media Group. He travels New Mouse City and around the world for new scoops while having adventures along the way with his nephew Benjamin, cousin Trap, sister Thea and Benjamin's friend Pandora Woz.[9] | Traditional |
Inspecteur Gadget | Inspector Gadget | 1983–1986 | DIC Audiovisuel | The misadventures of an incompetent cyborg police inspector called Inspector Gadget. He is aided in his investigations by his brilliant niece and dog who secretly monitor his every action and keep him out of trouble. | Traditional |
Gadget Boy | Gadget Boy | 1995–1998 | DIC Productions, L.P. France Animation |
Spin-off to Inspector Gadget featuring a bionic kid-detective with a personality similar to that of Gadget. | Traditional |
Gadget & les Gadgetinis | Gadget & the Gadgetinis | 2002–2003 | DIC Entertainment Corporation SIP Animation |
Spin-off to Inspector Gadget. | Traditional |
Les Aventures de Tintin | The Adventures of Tintin | 1991–1992 | Ellipsanime | Second television adaptation of Belgian artist Georges Remi's popular comic book series Les Aventures de Tintin (English: The Adventures of Tintin). | Traditional |
Les Aventures de Tintin, d'après Hergé | Hergé's Adventures of Tintin | 1959–1964 | Belvision Studios | First television adaptation of Belgian artist Georges Remi's popular comic book series Les Aventures de Tintin (English: The Adventures of Tintin). | Traditional |
Les enquêtes de Mirette | Mirette Investigates | 2016 | Cyber Group Studios | A series about young detective Mirette and her talking cat Jean-Pat on their adventures around the world, based on the books by Fanny Joly and Laurent Audouin. | Digital |
Sherlock Yack | N/A | 2011 | MoonScoop | A children series about Sherlock Yack, a zoo manager and detective who, with the help of his assistant Hermione, finds clues and interview the suspects, in order to find the culprit. | Digital |
The Green Squad | N/A | 2011 | Gaumont | Claire, Julian, Thomas and their trusty ferret Wifi travel the world with their wildlife documentary film-making parents. | Digital |
Les Mystères d'Alfred | The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog | 2010 | Gaumont | N/A | Traditional |
Les nouvelles aventures de Spirou et Fantasio | The New Adventures of Spirou and Fantasio | 2006–2009 | Belvision Studios | The adventures of the intrepid Spirou, accompanied by his reporter friend Fantasio and his squirrel Spip. | Traditional |
Pre-School
[edit]Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Archibald le Magichien | (lit. Archibald the Magic dog or Archibald the Magician dog) | 1980–1981 | DIC Audiovisual | A magician, named Archibald, has transformed himself into a dog but cannot remember how to turn himself back. Now he spends his time teaching his new friend, a boy named Pierre, about the importance of hygiene and good health. | Traditional |
Ariol | N/A | 2020 | Folimage | A donkey learns about growing up in a school with a wide variety of animals | Digital |
Atout 5 | N/A | 2007–2008 | Euro Visual | Five friends dream of forming a band | Digital |
Ava Riko Teo | N/A | 2008–present | Moonscoop | Preschool animation about a giraffe, a rabbit and a koala | Digital |
Chloe' s Closet | N/A | 2010–2014 | Moonscoop | The adventures of a four-year-old Chloe and her friends as they go on magical adventures while playing dress-up in her closet at her room. | Digital |
Cooking? Child's Play! | N/A | 2005 | Gaumont | Prune and Bob bring the world's favourite recipes to the fingertips of aspiring young chefs: 13 entrees, 13 mouth-watering main courses and 13 desserts with top tips and lots of fun! | |
Il était une fois... l'homme | Once Upon a Time... Man | 1978 | Procidis | The first Il était une fois... (Once Upon a Time...) series. Twenty-six episodes, each twenty-six minutes long, telling the story of humans from the beginning of humankind to the end of the twentieth century. Most episodes are about history but the last is set in the future. The same characters, a family and their closest friends and enemies, are used in each story, though the stories are all set in different time periods. | Traditional |
Il était une fois... la vie | Once Upon a Time... Life | 1987 | Procidis | The third Il était une fois... (Once Upon a Time...) series. | Traditional |
Il était une fois... les Amériques | Once Upon a Time... The Americas | 1991 | Procidis | The fourth Il était une fois... (Once Upon a Time...) series. | Traditional |
Il était une fois... les Découvreurs | Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers | 1994 | Procidis | The fifth Il était une fois... (Once Upon a Time...) series. | Traditional |
Il était une fois... les Explorateurs | Once Upon a Time... The Explorers | 1996 | Procidis | The sixth Il était une fois... (Once Upon a Time...) series. | Traditional |
La Fée Coquillette[10] | Magic Lilibug | 2010 | Les Armateurs | A fairy ladybug grants the wishes of her animal friends. | Digital |
Franklin | N/A | 1997–2004 | Gaumont | Franklin focuses on the eponymous growing young turtle who, as his television stories and books always begin, "could count by twos and tie his shoes". | Traditional |
La Vie des animaux | (lit. The Life of animals) | 1952–1966 | Stylized drawings of animals animated to music. Created by Frédéric Rossif, with commentary by Claude Darget. | ||
La tribu Monchhichi[11] | Monchhichi | 2017–present | Technicolor Animation Productions | Monchhichi monkeys return in a new CGI series for brand new adventures | CGI |
Petit Poilu | Little Furry | 2016–present | Dupuis | A series of dialogue-free shorts about the fantastical adventures of a little boy, based on the picture books by Pierre Bailly and Céline Fraipon | Digital |
Oui-Oui, Enquêtes au Pays des Jouets | Noddy, Toyland Detective | 2016 | Gaumont | Noddy turns detective. Accompanied by his dog Bumpy and car Revs, Noddy travels to the four corners of Toyland to investigate mysteries. | CGI |
Souris des villes, souris des champs | The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures | 1997–1998 | Moonscoop | The show follows the adventures of two cousin mice, Alexander from the city and Emily from the country, who go on adventures around the world in the late 19th and early 20th century, usually to help their cousins, solve a mystery, or stop the evil rat, No-Tail No-Goodnik. | Traditional |
Stillwater | N/A | 2020 | Gaumont | Kids with typical kid challenges have Stillwater, a wise panda, as their next-door neighbour. | CGI |
Rolie Polie Olie | N/A | 1998–2004 | Sparx | The show focuses on the Polie Family, who live in a teapot-shaped house in a geometric world (Planet Polie) populated by robot-based characters. | CGI |
Welcome to Bric-a-Broc | N/A | 2019 | Gaumont | Mino is a cat sent to live on an old farm so he can learn how to behave. With a long list of rules to follow, Mino can't seem to help continue getting in trouble[12] | Digital |
Anatole Latuile | N/A | 2018 | Label Anim | Anatole Latuile is a young boy who is always getting into trouble | Digital |
Allen Raconte, | Come On, Tll Me | 2006 | Les Armateutrs | Two children enter their father into a storytelling contest | Digital |
Babar | N/A | 1989–1991; 2004 | Ellipsanime | Based on the books by Jean de Brunhoff and Laurent de Brunhoff. The King of the elephants, Babar, tells stories of his adventurous youth to his children | Traditional |
Babar – Les aventures de Badou | Babar - The Adventures of Badou | 2010–2015 | TeamTO | The adventures of Badou, grandson of the famous king of the elephants, Babar. | CGI |
Bibifoc | Seabert | 1984–1986 | SEPP International SA | The adventures of a baby seal named Bibifoc ("Seabert" in the English language version), a boy named Tommy and a girl of Inuit descent named Ayma ("Aura" in English) as they rescue various animals from poachers | Traditional |
Les Grandes Grandes Vacances | The Long Long Holiday | 2015–2018 | Les Armateurs | A 3D-Animated adventure-drama series about the two siblings, Ernest and Colette, staying to their grandparent's place in Normandy and having an experience during World War II. | CGI |
Loulou de Montmartre | N/A | 2008–2009 | Pictor Media Animation | Loulou is an orphan young girl, who dreams to becoming a great dancer, but after the death of the good Father Menard she goes to live in the Orphanage of the nasty Madame Trochu, who makes every effort to prevent Loulou to fulfill her desire. And who is the mysterious man that follows Loulou from a distance and that seems to know everything about her past? Are Loulou parents really dead? | Traditional |
Monsieur Bonhomme | Mr. Men and Little Miss | 1995–1997 | Marina Productions | An animated TV series based on the original Mr. Men and Little Miss books created in the 1970s and 1980s by British author Roger Hargreaves and his son Adam Hargreaves. | Traditional
Digital |
Shortcom
[edit]Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Avez-vous déjà vu..?[13] | (lit. Have you ever seen..?) | 2006 | One hundred and fifty episodes, each about 45 seconds long. The format consists of a narrator asking, "Have you ever seen..?" followed by various outlandish scenarios such as, "A chip in a G-string", "Houses who compete at who can spit the furthest" or "A horror movie for candy". Then there is a short, comical animation enacting the described situation. Each sketch ends with the narrator saying, "Maintenant, Oui" (English: "Now, Yes"). | Digital |
Spy
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Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Miss Rose | N/A | TBA | Zagtoon | Two estranged sisters who must learn to deal with teenage challenges, assimilation, and of course, protecting a magical power from the forces of evil. | CGI |
Totally Spies! | N/A | 2001–2014 | Zodiak Kids Studios | A parody of spy films and teen television series inspired by the 1970s series Charlie's Angels. It follows the adventures of three teenage girls who are in reality secret agents. | Traditional |
Pop Secret | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Digital |
Superheroes
[edit]Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Atomic Puppet | N/A | 2016–2017 | Technicolor Animation Productions | Mega City's superhero Captain Atomic suffers a setback when, as he shaking hands with 12-year-old fanboy Joey Felt, his disgruntled sidekick Mookie (or Sergeant Subatomic) transforms him into a living sock puppet. | Digital |
Combo Niños | N/A | 2008 | SIP Animation | 4 juvenile capoeira practitioners named Paco, Serio, Azul and Pilar, protect the city of Nova Nizza from attack by mystical creatures from another dimension called "Divinos". The Combo Niños have the ability to transform into mystical beings in animal form by touching one of the totems that appear on the Divinos. This form gives them unique skills that serve them in the battle against the Divinos and to perform special attacks called Big Blastico, used to return a Divino back to its own dimension. | Digital |
Delta State | N/A | 2004 | Gaumont | Claire, Luna, Martin and Philip are four "anti" super-heroes in their early twenties. Gifted with paranormal powers, they are the only ones who can rid humanity of the "Rifters", some mysterious entities seeking control of human minds... Their fight will essentially take place in a strange parallel universe called the "Delta State". | CGI |
Enigma | N/A | 1997 | Millésime Productions | Traditional | |
Ghostforce | N/A | 2021 | Zagtoon | In a new series from Zag, high school kids working as a team of superheroes, the "Ghost-force", secretly fight against the ghosts that haunt their town in a wacky, comedic fashion. With inherent desire to "troublemake," the ghosts, which are invisible to the human eye, will use fright as fuel to increase their power and ability to affect the world around them. Our heroes have no choice but to put their daily lives on hold in order to ghost power-up and restore the city to normalcy before citizens catch. | CGI |
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes | N/A | 2006–2010 | Moonscoop | Mr. Fantastic, The Invisible Woman, The Human Torch and The Thing, otherwise known as Marvel's most famous family, the Fantastic Four. Following the original comic story-lines, characters, and plots, the Fantastic Four will battle their most famous villains including their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom. | Traditional |
Miraculous, les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir | Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir | 2015–present | Zagtoon | A superhero show focusing on two Paris teenage superheroes – Marinette Dupain-Cheng aka Ladybug and Adrien Agreste aka Cat Noir ("Chat Noir" in the original French dub); they protect Paris from a mysterious villain named Hawk Moth ("Le Papillon", lit "The Butterfly", in the original French dub), who has the power to turn any civilian into a supervillain if they have a bad day using akumas (literally "devil"), butterflies infused with dark energy. | CGI |
Pixie Girl | N/A | TBA | Zagtoon | A spunky, adventurous Pixie and her awestruck human friend explore New York City while battling the tyrannical rule of the city’s evil wytches, who scheme to forever cast away the city’s ties to pixies and the purity of nature. | CGI |
Pyjamasques | PJ Masks | 2015–present | TeamTO | Three 6-year-old friends, Connor, Amaya and Greg, lead regular lives during the day, but at night they transform into superheroes and have amazing adventures. | CGI |
SamSam | N/A | 2007 | Bayard Jeunesse | SamSam is considered the smallest superhero. He does not know properly how to use his powers. He flies his SamSaucer into space to deal with space pirates or King Marthy. He receives assistance from SamTeddy, SamMummy and SamDaddy. | CGI |
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles | N/A | TBA | Gaumont Animation | Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles takes place in the far future and will center on rabbit teenager Yuichi, who is the descendant of Miyamoto Usagi, and his group of eccentric companions. | CGI |
Supernatural/Sci-fi
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Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Atomic Betty | N/A | 2004–2008 | Tele Images Productions | Betty Barrett is a typical 12-year-old girl who enjoys school, daydreaming about living in outer space, sci-fi movies, and singing in her musical band, living in Moose Jaw Heights (a fictional suburb of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan). | Digital |
Les Chumballs | Chumballs | 2009 | Ellipsanime | On an environmentally ruined Earth, Solana, Stel, Tom, and their robot Tago travel outside their underground home to reactivate the Chumballs, robots that restore Earth's environments. | Traditional |
Code Lyoko | N/A | 2003–2007 | Moonscoop | A computer prodigy, Jeremie Belpois, and his three best friends must enter a virtual world called Lyoko inside a quantum supercomputer in order to fight a malevolent artificial intelligence/multi-agent system named X.A.N.A. who is bent on dominating the real world, all while helping a virtual humanoid being named Aelita from falling prey to the multi-agent system's schemes, who lives on Lyoko, to be successfully materialized into the real world. | Traditional 2D/CGI |
Cosmic Quantum Ray | N/A | 2007–2008 | Moonscoop | Robbie Shipton has a shoe box leading to the ninth dimension, home of Quantum Ray. Together with Team Quantum, Robbie is taking on bad guys spread over the whole universe, but also goes to school. | CGI |
Galactik Football | N/A | 2006–2010 | Gaumont | With magical powers, The Snow Kids are a group of teenagers who formed a team of intergalactic players in order to compete in Galactik Football | Traditional |
Hero: 108 | 2010–2012 | Moonscoop | A long time ago humans and animals lived together in harmony. But a wicked wizard named High Roller controlled 2 animals and tricked the other animals into thinking that humans were their enemies. Chaos reigned until a group of warriors, Lin Chung, Jumpy Ghostface, Mystique Sonia, Commander ApeTrully, Mr. No Hands, and Mighty Ray, had joined forces to end the war. | Digital | |
Kosmik Wrestle: Space League | N/A | TBA | Zagtoon | When an intergalactic champion wrestling coach comes calling, the ambitious, 12-year- old wrestling-fanatic, Frog Legs, is ready for action. Further emboldened by learning of his family’s deep roots in the Galaktik Wrestling Federation (GWF), he embarks on a crash course training regimen and commences a long, bruise-riddled journey to defeat champions from all planets, with the goal of becoming the best wrestler in the galaxy. | CGI |
Ōban Star-Racers | N/A | 2006 | Sav! The World | In the year 2082, Earth has been invited to compete in the Great Race of Ōban, an intergalactic race competition whose winner can be given "The Ultimate Prize", supposedly granting any wish in the world – even bringing back a loved one. | Traditional / CGI |
Power Ball | N/A | 2020 | Gaumont | An ancient evil threatens Planet Earth and 12-year-old Storm Curtis is the only one who has the power to summon Earth"s defenses. Using the force of the earth"s Underground Sun, he is thrown into an epic duel! Storm will answer the call of destiny, learn about team spirit and face the ups and downs of communal living – not so easy sharing the bathroom with a monkey! Get ready for Football like you"ve never seen before. | CGI |
Il était une fois… l'Espace | Once Upon a Time... Space | 1982 | Procidis | The second Il était une fois... (Once Upon a Time...) series. Most of the characters are the same as in the previous series but there is more of a focus on female characters than before. This time the story is set in space and is about an interplanetary struggle. There are some educational elements but less than in the series' predecessor, Il était une fois... l'homme. | Traditional |
Les mondes engloutis | Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea (lit. The Engulfed Worlds) |
1985–1987 | Moonscoop | An underground civilization named Arkadia launches an expedition for exploring the world of the surface to restore its fading sun.[14] | Traditional |
Power Players | N/A | 2019–2020 | Zagtoon | A young boy who gains the powers to turn from human a living toy must protect his bracelets, which give him his powers, from the hands of evil, toys come to life. | CGI |
Robo Story | N/A | 1985 | A girl and her dog wind up on a planet inhabited by robots.[15] | Traditional | |
Robotboy | N/A | 2005–2008 | Alphanim | Fearing an attack, Professor Moshimo entrusts Robotboy, a heroic fighting robot, to 10-year-old Tommy Turnbull and his friends. | Digital |
Sonic le rebelle | Sonic Underground (lit. Sonic the rebel) |
1999 | DIC Productions, L.P. Les Studios Tex |
In a universe that is parallel to other Sonic the Hedgehog stories, Mobius is taken over by Dr. Robotnik. Its ruler is forced to conceal herself and hide her children, Sonic, Sonia and Manic, in three separate homes. Years later, an oracle reveals the siblings' true identity to them and they set out to find their mother and defeat Robotnik. As weapons they have their amulets which can turn into musical instruments and can be used as laser guns. | Traditional |
Sonic Boom[16] | N/A | 2014–2017 | Technicolor Animation Productions | Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Sticks reside on Seaside Island in Hedgehog Village, formerly Unnamed Village.[17] Together, they defend the island from various threats like Doctor Eggman and his robotic creations. | CGI |
Stargate: Le Dessin Anime | Stargate Infinity | 2002 | DIC | 5 crew members are prevented from coming back home and must use the Stargate network to do so. | Traditional |
Tara Duncan | Tara Duncan: The Evil Empress | 2011 | Moonscoop Group | Very loosely based on the first novel of the fourteen fourteen-novel series of the same name. It was cancelled after its twenty-sixth episode "The Naughty Little Vampire." | Digital |
Team DroniX | N/A | 2019–present | Technicolor Animation Productions | A group of teenage drone enthusiasts use their skills to build a powerful drone, named Dronix, to compete in school competitions and use their drone for good whenever possible | CGI |
Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline | N/A | 2007–2008 | Dargaud | Set in a utopian future where time travel is possible, the show follows two futuristic spatio-temporal French special agents who protect time and space from time travel-related paradoxes. | Traditional |
Zak Storm | Zak Storm: Super Pirate | 2016–2018 | Zagtoon | When teenager Zak Storm takes his father's necklace and goes surfing, he is suddenly sucked by a giant wave and ends up in the Bermuda Triangle where he is picked up by a sentient pirate ship called the Chaos with a talking sword named Calabrass. He discovers that the necklace contains a gem called the Eye of Beru, which gives him special powers, and that in order to return home, he needs to become the captain of the Chaos and unite the Seven Seas. He assembles a band of misfits: a ghost boy, an Atlantean princess, a Viking, and a space alien. | CGI |
Les Zinzins de l'Espace | Space Goofs | 1997–2006 | Gaumont | Five extraterrestrials from the fictitious planet Zigma B, Candy H. Caramella, Etno Polino, Bud Budiovitch, Gorgeous Klatoo and Stereo Monovici go on a picnic together in space. However, their spaceship crashes into an asteroid, and they fall to planet Earth. They realize that if any human finds out that they are aliens, they could be captured and experimented on by scientists, so they take shelter in the attic of a house that is up for rent. | Traditional |
Western
[edit]Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Studio | Summary | Technique |
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Les Nouvelles Aventures de Lucky Luke | The New Adventures of Lucky Luke | 2001–2003 | Xilam | Based on the comic book series by Belgian artist Morris. Lucky Luke, the sharpshooting cowboy who draws faster than his own shadow, keeps desperadoes like The Daltons, Billy the Kid and Jesse James in check. | Traditional |
The Legend of Calamity Jane | N/A | 1997–1998 | Contre Allée | Traditional |
See also
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Meh Burger is horrible. The people of the Unnamed Village deserve better.