Paris — Emmy Award-winning French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo has signed deals in Portugal for several of its hit animated series.

The deals finalized by Dandelooo’s International Sales Manager Gennarino Romano sees RTP acquire a package of over 290 episodes of content.  Programming included in the deal includes the sitcom comedy Royals Next Door created by Veronica Lassenius and produced by Pikkukala, the award-winning TV Special Shooom’s Odyssey, the preschool series’, Petit, Little Bear Season 1, Kiwi Season 1 & 2, and Jasmine & Jambo Season 1, scheduled to air in Q4 2023 on RTP2 and the children’s programming block ZigZag.

TV Network Dreamia has also acquired Royals Next Door and Stinky Dog, an adventure comedy series, produced by Folivari, Dandelooo, Panique! and Pikkukala. Based on Colas Gutman & Marc Boutavant’s successful books “Chien Pourri”, edited by l’école des loisirs, the series follows the adventure of Stinky Dog and his friend Flatty Cat, a couple of misfits who live in a trash can. 

Commenting on the deals, Gennarino Romano, International Sales Manager at Dandelooo said, “I’m thrilled that RTP and Dreamia have confirmed the acquisition of several series from our portfolio including the entertaining and fun Royals Next Door and the endearing Petit.  We look forward to seeing the Portuguese version of the ‘royal family’, the curiosity filled Petit and our other wonderful series on air soon.  I am certain that kids will enjoy and be delighted with these great shows”.

About Dandelooo
Dandelooo is a French award-winning creative company based in Paris dedicated to the development, production, and distribution of original and ambitious animated programs.

Dandelooo has commenced production on the ambitious The Upside Down River (8 x 22′), a serialized series for kids based on the cult novel by Jean Claude Mourlevat and the pre-school series Billy the Cowboy Hamster (52 x 11′), set for delivery in Q1 2024.  The company’s key productions include the hybrid pre-school series The Treehouse Stories (three seasons on air, the 4th season now complete and airing on Canal+ and two theatrical films), which won an International Emmy Kids Award in 2017, Stinky Dog (52 x 11′) for France Televisions and TV3 Catalunya, the wonderful TV Special Mum is pouring rain (winner of a Jury Award for a TV Special at Annecy 2021) for Canal+, Chico Chica Boumba commissioned by M6 and the animated feature film Houdini. Introduced at Cartoon Forum 2022 A Day with the Dogs is now in development and financing stage. Dandelooo is also developing Hold On Gaston! targeted at 4- to 7-year-olds.

On the international sales front, Dandelooo is very proud to distribute a selection of the best TV Specials such as Shooom’s Odyssey (Annecy Cristal 2020 as best TV Special), the deeply meaningful Dounia and the 2D animation Margot and The Robot.

Dandelooo has its own studio, Ooolala, in la Cartoucherie (Valence, France) and sales offices in Barcelona and Milan.