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Lulu's Islands
Lulu's Islands[6] (French: Les Mistigris, originally Lulu la Peste) is an animated children's series that premiered on 5 October 2009, on the TFOU block of France's TF1 network.[1] It is produced by Interactive Project 4 You (IP4U) of Valenciennes[7] and Patoon-Animation of Paris.[8] The show uses cutout animation for its style, and is targeted to young viewers.[2][9] SynopsisAnimals of various species live happily on an untouched archipelago called the Wonderlees.[6] One day, everything changes when a kitten named Lulu meets the first human ever to land on their shores: Peppy (or Pépin), a young shipwreck survivor turned castaway.[6][10][11] Characters
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ProductionLulu's Islands began development at Paris' HLC Productions in 2005 under the title Lulu la Peste, at a cost of €137,000.[12][13] By 2008, the budget had grown to €2,931,000.[10] Production of the new series involves at least three crew members of another TF1 animated series, The Bellflower Bunnies: Eric Berthier, the director of Bellflower's 2nd and 3rd seasons; screenwriter Valérie Baranski; and producer Patricia Robert, who in March 2008[14] set up Patoon-Animation exclusively for the new show.[15] Pierre Gillet, from the Belgian music and post-production outlet Dame Blanche, will serve as composer.[5][16] Episodes
Lulu's Islands consists of a planned 52 episodes,[3] in addition to a four-minute pilot that was shown as an official selection at the Annecy International Animation Festival in June 2008.[2]
MerchandiseThere will also be tie-in books based on the series, although further details have not been announced since early 2008.[7] References
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