Round the Bend was a satirical British children's television series, which ran on Children's ITV for three series from 1989 to 1991. The show was a Hat Trick production for Yorkshire Television. The show was later repeated on Channel 4, The Children's Channel and Nickelodeon UK and was nominated for an RTS Award.
It was created by the team behind the comic Oink! - Patrick Gallagher, Tony Husband and Mark Rodgers. The puppets, animation characters and main set were designed by Gallagher, who was also the show's graphic designer. The puppets were made by the team who made the puppets for Spitting Image. Round the Bend was a satirical parody of Saturday morning magazine shows — with a host providing linking material between cartoons, music videos and news sections - albeit set in a sewer. The anarchic tone of the show and its parody cartoons was similar to that of Viz. The animated segments were done by Aardman Animations and Catalyst Pictures.
The title of the show is a reference to a toilet U-bend, with the
Yamato 2520 was Yoshinobu Nishizaki's attempt at a sequel to Space Battleship Yamato, set several hundred years after the original series. However, Nishizaki was sued by Leiji Matsumoto for breach of copyright. Ultimately, Yamato 2520 was left unfinished after only three episodes were released.
The OVA series features mechanical designs by Syd Mead and a soundtrack by jazz musician David Matthews.
In the post-apocalyptic future, the earth is buried in an enormous megastructure created by machines. There is barely a trace of humanity and silicon beings run rampant. The last hope for mankind is information on a data disc from an engineer called Cibo.
Toca Life Stories is a slice of life show about Rita, Zeke, Nari and Leon - a ragtag quartet of mismatched personalities. In the series, we follow their quest to vanquish boredom and their everyday struggles around OK Street. The stories set off in everyday life, starting with those tiny, specific and trivial situations everyone can relate to. But with the help of OK Street's quirky inhabitants, the little gang can end up blowing things out of proportion as they find themselves in fun situations bordering on the surreal.
It's a world ruled by cards. Chen Mu is a one-star card maker, and he got a precious card in a second-hand store by chance. By learning card making theory during the day and studying the precious card at night, he makes rapid progress on card making, and his card is valued by the top student from Dongwei Academy. Fame, wealth, beauties, dangers gathered all around from far and near until finally, he became a paragon of inspiration to all.
Geza Mezga, Paula, teenager Kriszta their daughter and the restless little child, Aladar. So they are the Mezga family. Maybe Maris neighbour should also be counted here. They are always embroiled in extremely strange adventures, thanks to their "distant" relative, MZ/X discovered by Aladar. With the help of Aladar's own radio transceiver, they get in touch with their thirtieth-century relative. Incredible things happen suddenly in an otherwise ordinary family.
The Galaxy Alliance's home planets have become overcrowded, and a fleet of explorers has been sent to search for new planets to colonize. Along the way, they attract the attention of the evil Drule Empire, long engaged in an ongoing war against the Alliance, and the Drules proceed to interfere in the mission of the explorers and the colonists. Since the Voltron of Planet Arus was too far away to help the explorers, a totally new Voltron is constructed to battle the Drule threat.
Follows the adventures of Lars the little polar bear and his friends Lena the snow hare and Peeps the snow goose with the fun and mischief they get up to in the North Pole, all whilst making interesting discoveries along the way.
In this workplace comedy, Takeda, a 47-year-old business executive, is suddenly transformed into an infant with an out-of-control body but a mind that is as sharp as ever. Instead of his favorite food and cocktails, he is forced to switch to meals of porridge and baby formula, with plenty of naps in between. Meanwhile, his subordinates have to cope with the unusual circumstances and learn more about the meaning of understanding and compassion along the way.
This action-packed animated sci-fi anthology presents ten futuristic visions from Africa inspired by the continent's diverse histories and cultures. Executive produced by Oscar-winning director Peter Ramsey, these ten short films made by a new generation of animation creators draw on uniquely African perspectives to imagine brave new worlds of advanced technology, aliens, spirits, and monsters. This is Africa as you've never seen it before.
My Knight and Me is a medieval comedy led by Jimmy the Squire, his father Henri the Knight and Cat, the rebel princess who stages their incredibly zany adventures against evil witches, dragons and giant cyclopes. With Henri's unique enthusiasm, Cat's gumption, and Jimmy's faultless reasoning, our heroes are setting out to make the Dark Ages a little less dark and a whole lot more fun!