Gaumont Animation Hits MIP Junior With Lanfeust Quest Gaumont Animation - September 2013

 
CGI Series premieres on M6 September 25th 2013

Gaumont Animation and DQ Entertainment are coming to Cannes with the first episodes of LANFEUST QUEST, an adaptation of the best-selling comic and manga franchise Lanfeust Of Troy – 10 million copies sold worldwide. French broadcaster M6 commissioned the 26 half-hour, CGI epic comedy for kids 6 to 11. The channel asked one of its star presenters, Alex Goude, to perform Lanfeust’s French voice. Remi Jimenez, Head of Youth Programming, M6: “We are very pleased to broadcast LANFEUST QUEST in our Wednesday morning slot. The series, which is very well balanced between action/adventure on the one hand, and comedy on the other hand, is the big event of our fall schedule.”

Pierre Belaïsch, Managing Director, Gaumont Animation: “We have worked with incredible talents adapting the mangas’ rich universe and putting this first series together. We therefore look forward to the first results on M6 and to showing the programme to broadcasters worldwide.”

Directed by Antoine Charreyron (The Prodigies, Galactik Football) and Tarik Hamdine, the show was also acquired by Lagardere’s Canal J. In this series, 14 year-old Lanfeust is living out his dream as the only hero in charge of protecting Planet Troy. An action-packed adventure with an incredibly positive hero, full of character flaws with which young viewers will identify, LANFEUST QUEST gathers feature-film-like animation and an opening theme composed by Pirate of Carribean’s Klaus Badelt.

LANFEUST QUEST premieres on M6 Wednesday, September 25th 2013 at 8.20am.