Jade Armor: Celebs Rumors

Martin Dale Contributor Paris-based TeamTO – one of Europe’s leading kids’ entertainment companies – is investing in new IP projects to broaden its global reach, while pioneering green production techniques that have set the standard for the French animation sector. The company, with a capacity of up to 700 staff, has developed a high-end production pipeline, primarily catering to kids animation series, such as the Emmy-nominated “Angelo Rules,” “Jade Armor” and “Behind the Beats,” as well as servicing third-party series, ranging from Hasbro’s “Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes” to Netflix hit “The Creature Cases,” recently nominated for an Annie award and a Kidscreen award.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentWarnerMedia Kids & Family EMEA has acquired broadcast rights to “Jade Armor,” a banner martial arts action comedy animated series from France’s TeamTO, one of Europe’s foremost kids entertainment production companies.As part of Cartoon Network’s declared commitment to broadcasting more animation targeting girls, “Jade Armor” will be released on both HBO Max and Cartoon Network in Europe, West Asia and North Africa later in 2022.An instance of platforms’ drive into local animation and diversity which is galvanizing animation in Europe, the new licensing deal builds on last year’s sale of “Jade Armor” to WarnerMedia Kids & Family in the U.S., ensuring classy powerful premium platform distribution for the series. Produced by multi-award winning TeamTO founder Corinne Kouper and co-created by showrunners Chloé Miller whose anime passions shines through in the series, “Jade Armor” turns on Lan Jun, who bucks any kind of gender stereotyping, as Miller noted for Variety: She likes pink but likes to fight and likes to watch soccer games and paint her nails.Martial-arts loving, she also becomes an unexpected and unlikely teen hero when she dons a mysterious jade bracelet, obliging her to learn the ancient secrets of her family and uncover the unexpected, including a cohort of super villains, while navigating the typical challenges of teen life.Kouper and Miller are supported by an all-female key creative team: Head writer M.J.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Grubbs,” a Keenspot all-ages webcomic that draws inspiration from “Calvin & Hobbes” and “Dennis the Menace,” is slated for an animated TV series adaptation penned by M.J. Offen.

Lise Pedersen Increased competition and higher demand is good for native animation production, says Corinne Kouper, the co-founder of France’s TeamTO, which recently announced the sale of all U.S. and Latin American rights to its original animated series, “Jade Armor,” to WarnerMedia.“There’s a really positive energy in French animation, linked to the growing number of platforms, increased competition and demand,” adds Kouper, who believes the deal will allow her company to extend its reach within the U.S.