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.
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Adventure
Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
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Les Aventures de Colargol | Barnaby (UK), Jeremy the Bear (Canada) |
1967-1974 | France Poland |
French Polish |
Stop motion animated series about a bear named Colargol who wants to sing and travel the world. |
Adventure-drama
Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
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Babar | N/A (title is main character's name) | 1989-1991 | France Canada |
French English |
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. |
Babar - Les aventures de Badou | Babar and the Adventures of Badou | 2010–present | France Canada |
French English |
The adventures of Badou, grandson of the famous king of the elephants, Babar. Unlike Babar's classically animated series, this series is created with CGI animation. |
Bibifoc | Seabert | 1984–1986 | France Belgium |
French English |
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. |
Comedy
Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
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Agrippine[1] | (lit. Agrippina) | 2001 | France | French | 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". |
Bêtes à Craquer | Animal Crackers | 1997-1999 | France Canada |
French English |
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. |
Garfield et Cie | The Garfield Show | 2008 – present | France USA |
French English |
CGI animated series based on the American comic strip Garfield by cartoonist Jim Davis. |
Les Shadoks | 1968-2009 | France | French | ||
Oggy et les Cafards | Oggy and the Cockroaches | 1998 – present | France Canada |
French English |
The slapstick style story of a lazy blue cat, Oggy, whose quiet life keeps being interrupted by three cockroaches named after members of the Ramones musical group. |
Titeuf | Tootuff | 2001 and 2008[2] |
France | French | Based on the Swiss comic series created by Zep. |
Comedy-drama
Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
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Potlach | The title is an alternate spelling of "Potlatch". | 2006 | France Italy |
French | 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. |
Educational
Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
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Archibald le Magichien | (lit. Archibald the Magic dog or Archibald the Magician dog) | 1980-1981 | France Belgium |
French | 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. |
Il était une fois... l'homme | Once Upon a Time... Man | 1978 | France Japan |
French | 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. |
Il était une fois... la vie | Once Upon a Time... Life | 1987 | France Japan |
French Czech |
The third Il était une fois... (Once Upon a Time...) series. |
Il était une fois... les Amériques | Once Upon a Time... The Americas | 1991 | France | French | The fourth Il était une fois... (Once Upon a Time...) series. |
Il était une fois... les Découvreurs | Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers | 1994 | France | French | The fifth Il était une fois... (Once Upon a Time...) series. |
Il était une fois... les Explorateurs | Once Upon a Time... The Explorers | 1996 | France | French | The sixth Il était une fois... (Once Upon a Time...) series. |
La Vie des animaux | (lit. The Life of animals) | 1952-1966 | France | French | Stylized drawings of animals animated to music. Created by Frédéric Rossif, with commentary by Claude Darget. |
Fantasy
Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
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Clémentine | N/A (title is the main character's name) | 1985-1987 | France | French | 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. |
Le Manège enchanté | (lit. The Enchanted Roundabout) | 1964-1971 | France | French | 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 1965–1977. 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. |
Le Manège enchanté | The Magic Roundabout | 2007 | France UK |
French English |
A computer animated remake of the original 1964-1971 series. |
Wakfu | N/A | 2008-2014 | France | French | 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), Ruel Stroud (an old man from his village), Princess Amalia (who can talk to plants) and her bodyguard Evangelyne. |
Mystery/detective
Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
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Archibald le Koala | Archibald the Koala | 1998-2000 | France UK USA |
French English |
A show for preschoolers. Archibald, a koala detective wearing a checked suit, solves mysteries on his tropical island home, Rastepappe. |
Inspecteur Gadget | Inspector Gadget | 1983-1986 | France Canada USA Japan Taiwan |
French English |
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. |
Les Aventures de Tintin | The Adventures of Tintin | 1991–1992 | France Canada |
French English |
Second television adaptation of Belgian artist Georges Remi's popular comic book series Les Aventures de Tintin (English: The Adventures of Tintin). |
Les Aventures de Tintin, d'après Hergé | Hergé's Adventures of Tintin | 1959–1964 | France Belgium |
French | First television adaptation of Belgian artist Georges Remi's popular comic book series Les Aventures de Tintin (English: The Adventures of Tintin). |
Shortcom
Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
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Avez-vous déjà vu..?[3] | (lit. Have you ever seen..?) | 2006 | France | French | 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"). |
Spy
Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
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Totally Spies! | N/A | 2001-2014 | France Canada |
French English |
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. |
Supernatural/sci-fi
Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
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Code Lyoko | N/A | 2003-2007 | France | French English Spanish |
A boy, Jeremie, and his friends must enter a supercomputer in order to fight a malevolent artificial intelligence named X.A.N.A. who is bent on conquering the world and all the humans in it. |
Code Lyoko: Evolution | N/A | 2013 | France | French | A year after the events of Code Lyoko, Jeremie and his friends are again forced from their regular lives as X.A.N.A., inadvertently released by a mad scientist, returns to threaten humanity once more. |
Il était une fois… l'Espace | Once Upon a Time... Space | 1982 | France Japan |
French | 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. |
Les mondes engloutis | Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea (lit. The Engulfed Worlds) |
1985–1987 | France | French | |
Robo Story | N/A | 1985 | France | French | |
Robotboy | 2005-2008 | France UK |
French English |
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Sonic le rebelle | Sonic Underground (lit. Sonic the rebel) |
1999 | France USA |
French English |
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. |
Western
Original title in France | English title (or literal meaning) |
Year | Country of origin | Original language | Summary |
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Les Nouvelles Aventures de Lucky Luke | The New Adventures of Lucky Luke | 2001-2003 | France | French | 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. |
The Legend of Calamity Jane | N/A | 1997-1998 | France USA |
French English |
See also
References
- ^ "Agrippine". imdb.
- ^ "Titeuf". Planète Jeunesse.
- ^ "Avez-vous déjà vu..?". imdb.