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The Dragon Prince is a Netflix original series that has been airing on the platform for four seasons. Its expansive world is explored by characters Callum, Ezran and Rayla as they journey through the kingdom of Xadia to return the dragon prince to his mother. Among fans, the series is loved for its beautiful animation, compelling story, and inclusive characters.

A newcomer to the fantasy genre, the series is full of magic and adventure. Within the land of Xadia, the series' main characters encounter fantastical beasts, lands found in fairytales, and magic of all kinds. The series is one of a kind, and it can leave fans amiss when they finish the story. Luckily, there are other cartoons to watch that can invoke the same thrill as The Dragon Prince.

Updated on January 22, 2025, by Chen Drachman: With Dragon Prince being officially over, fans might be looking to fill the void.

“In 2007 I watched the “X Files” on YouTube. That changed my consumer experience!” said analyst firm Ampere Analysis’s Research Manager Olivia Deane, invited to discuss audience’s shift in the last 20 years, structural adaptations and new business models in kids’ content at MipJunior’s opening session Oct. 18.

From the boom of on-demand to peak and post-peak TV, kids content creators have been on a rollercoaster in the last two decades, as explained by Deane in her presentation ‘Mapping out a New Era of Kids TV & Entertainment’ at the Grand Theatre of the Jw Marriot Cannes.

First the good news. During the years 2004-2014 defined by Dean as “the first age of on-demand,” “children had the ability to access media at any time, and were more likely to have more than one TV connected device than households without,” noted the expert.

To adapt to this trend and surge in demand,...

Ankama, the French company behind the cult favorite adult animated feature “Mutafukaz” and video game franchises such as “Dofus” and “Wakfu,” has acquired a minority stake in Inthebox, a thriving Annecy-based animation studio.

The alliance will allow Ankama to “fast-track its production pipeline and benefit from Inthebox’s expertise with different techniques, such as 3D animation,” Ankama’s co-founder Anthony Roux told Variety in a conversation with Inthebox’s co-founders Mathieu Marin and Madjid Chamekh (pictured). “Even if they also do 2D and stop-motion projects, they have a know-how in 3D which we don’t have,” Roux continued.

Roux said that working with 3D animation opens many doors that are no longer accessible to 2D projects. “In France, there are still people working in 2D but as soon as you want to make a bit of money or be slightly more commercial it has to be in 3D,” Roux said,...

Ankama-backed animation company Studio Unagi has officially launched in Montreal after setting up under the radar over the first half of 2024.

The new company has been founded by animation industry veteran Guillaume Dubois, who previously held roles at Mercury Filmworks and Mondo TV, with the support of Anthony Roux, CEO of Ankama, the French entertainment company behind multiplayer game Dofus and animated series Wakfu.

“Our ambition with Studio Unagi is to combine the technical and artistic excellence of Japanese animation with the cultural richness and creativity of Montreal to offer a competitive presence in North America. We aim to create works that resonate with anime fans worldwide while providing a space where talents can thrive,” said founder and president Dubois.

The strategic partnership with Ankama is the fruit of a longstanding relationship between Dubois and Roux.

Under the mutually beneficial tie-up, Studio Unagi will meet the growing production needs...

Comics and graphic novel publisher Ablaze continues to dive into Spring reading action with a bevy of new titles set for release in June and a notable advance solicitation that debuts in July

Action-packed manga and manhwa series launches for June include Wakfu Manga, based on the smash hit Netflix anime series, and the debut of Terror Man, a new manhwa series based on the hit Korean webtoon. Terror Man offers complex, compelling story of an unlikely hero who is misunderstood and unappreciated for the good he does. Terror Man also has an anime adaptation coming soon!

Next up, Ablaze proudly debuts Spot It: Double Trouble, an all-ages graphic novel title based on Spot It, the best-selling, award-winning card game from Asmodee and Zygomatic Games Studio!

An advance solicitation for July also opens with the coming launch of Shepherdess Warriors. The award-winning series is the odyssey of a young heroine...

Pulsar Content (“The Deep House”) has secured worldwide sales on “Dragon Princess,” an ambitious animated feature produced by Ankama, the thriving French studio behind the international franchises “Dofus” and “Wakfu.”

Directed by Jean-Jacques Denis (“Dofus”) and Anthony Roux, “Dragon Princess” tells the story of Bristle, a little girl who is being raised by dragons. When her father is forced to give up his second most valuable possession to Sorcerog, a witch frog, he offers up Bristle. Falling into despair, the little girl flees the family cave and embarks on a journey of discovery in the world of humans. She learns the meaning of friendship and solidarity – and greed, which seems to eat away at men’s heart.

Now completed, the feature was written and produced by Roux, a comicbook author and filmmaker who is the co-founder of Ankama. Based in Northern France, the company best known for developing in-house several...

There's something refreshing to the trailer for Jean-Jaques Denis and Wakfu director Anthony Roux's upcoming French animated feature Dofus Livre 1: Julith. For while the film clearly makes use of the full range of modern tools at the animators' disposal it equally clearly draws its inspirations - both in terms of story and art style - not from the post-Pixar wave of animated features but from the much earlier traditions of 2D cell animation with what feels to me like an obvious - and appreciated - nod to the work of Don Bluth.The strange little guy in the blue hood is well known to Krosmoz. His name is Joris and he's proposing to take you on a fantastic adventure. Our hero is leading a happy...

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