Emmy Award-winning French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo will be unveiling its new 2D animated TV project A Day with the Dogs to potential industry partners at this year’s Cartoon Forum in Toulouse (September 19-22).
Adapted from the book series Les Toutous by Dorothée de Monfreid — published by l’école des loisirs and printed in numerous countries and languages including English, Italian, Spanish, German, Chinese and Japanese, to name a few — A Day with the Dogs (78 x 7’) is a character-driven comedy series aimed at four- to seven-year-old viewers.
Directed by Cédric Guarneri and co-produced by Dandelooo and Barcelona-based audiovisual production company Teidees, the series follows the doggy adventures of a good natured Saint Bernard named Popov, who does his best to take care of his younger doggy cousins during their visits … little does he know how much trouble they’re going to get him into!
Popov lives on his own in a big house by the sea. His idea of a perfect life? Enjoying the peace and quiet of the countryside, tending his vegetable patch and listening to music. Except that whenever the holidays come around, Popov becomes a nanny to his young cousins — eight ebullient pups, bursting with energy — and it’s goodbye to his quiet life!
Despite being very different in appearance and nature, this explosive pack of pooches are united by their youthful insouciance and considerable naivety. The pups have always got an idea in mind, a surprise in store and a wish to fulfil. But the consequences of their adventures are inevitably borne … by Popov! Probably due to the fact that he never gets angry, the pups love to drive their big cousin crazy. Their desire to play always prevails over his instructions and advice. And as for Popov, he only wants one thing: for his cousins to be happy.
“We are very proud that the talented and successful creator, Dorothée de Monfreid, has chosen Dandelooo as the producer for her first adaptation to an animated series,” said Dandelooo co-Founder Emmanuèle Pétry. “A Day with the Dogs (Les Toutous), rooted in the Normandy countryside, has a worldwide appeal thanks to the character driven stories about a bunch of cousins on holiday. They are such lucky kids to enjoy this perfect vacation … well, almost perfect!”
