Trolls of Troy is a French comic series published by

Soleil Productions Soleil Productions is a French publisher of both original and imported comic books. History Soleil was founded in 1989 in Toulouse. Soleil quickly became known as a publisher of cartoons and parodies such as Rahan, Blek le Roc et Tarzan. It so ...

. It is a spin-off series of ''

Lanfeust of Troy ''Lanfeust of Troy'' is a long-running French language comic series written by Christophe Arleston, drawn by Didier Tarquin, and published by Soleil Productions. Synopsis On the world of Troy, most humans have a single magic power. Each power is ...

'' and is created by author Scotch Arleston and writer Jean-Louis Mourier. Since 1997, 24 volumes have been published in French. The series is also translated in Polish, Dutch, German and Spanish. In 2013, it was adapted into an animated series.

Synopsis

Troy is a world populated by humans, trolls and other creatures and filled with magic. The trolls are physically strong, and viewed by humans as wild animals, but they are civilized from their own point of view. ''Trolls of Troy'' is set two centuries before the story of Lanfeust. It tells the story of Teträm, a brave troll, and his adopted human daughter, Waha. Men have decided to exterminate the trolls, and have formed a group of hunters with terrible powers. Teträm, must find a way to save his people.

Adaptation

In 2003,

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and M6 announced plans to adapt the comics into a 26 x 24-minute traditionally animated television series budgeted at $5.9 million. That version would ultimately not be released. In 2012,

Futurikon Futurikon is a French independent production company created in 1996 by Philippe Delarue, the company’s CEO and Producer, and based in Paris. It specializes in the production and international sales of animated programs, feature films and docume ...

and

Groupe Canal+ Groupe Canal+ is a French mass media company. It is owned and controlled by Vivendi and has a film library in excess of 5,000 films. Vivendi has sold some parts of Canal+ to private investors which are still using the name of Canal+. It is headqu ...

revealed a 78 x 7-minute animated series aimed at a younger audience. It debuted December 1, 2013 on

Canal+ Family Canal+ Family was a French TV channel devoted to the broadcast of family programming. It is part of the "Les Chaînes Canal+" and the "Famille" package from Canal+. Canal+ Family had an African version, on channel 6 from Canal+ Afrique. Histo ...

in France. The series would later run on

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and

Gulli Gulli (; stylised as gulli) is a French free-to-air television channel focused on kids programming for those aged 3 to 14. It was created as a result of a partnership between Lagardère Active and state-owned broadcaster France Télévisions. ...

References

External links

Official website
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