''Lulu's Islands'' (french: Les Mistigris, originally ''Lulu la Peste'') is an animated children's series that premiered on 5 October 2009, on the

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block of France's TF1 network. It is produced by Interactive Project 4 You (IP4U) of

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and Patoon-Animation of Paris. The show uses

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for its style, and is targeted to young viewers.

Synopsis

Animals of various species live happily on an untouched

archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Arch ...

called the Wonderlees. One day, everything changes when a kitten named Lulu meets the first human ever to land on their shores: Peppy (or Pépin), a young shipwreck survivor turned

castaway A castaway is a person who is cast adrift or ashore. While the situation usually happens after a shipwreck, some people voluntarily stay behind on a deserted island, either to evade captors or the world in general. A person may also be left as ...

Characters

* Lulu, a mischievous

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cat, and the show's heroine * Romeo, a baby elephant * Erik (Eric), a maned wolf cub * Simone, a french bulldog * Isabelle, a giraffe, and the teacher of the children * Peppy (Pépin), the boy who gets stranded on the Wonderlees

Cast

* Lizzie Waterworth - Peppy * Jules de Jongh - Lulu and Erik * Joanna Ruiz - Romeo and Simone * Harriet Carmichael - Pipa and Isabelle * Eric Meyers - Daddycat, Badjijaba, Bartolo * Fabrice Ziolkowski - Dr. Button

Production

''Lulu's Islands'' began development at Paris' HLC Productions in 2005 under the title ''Lulu la Peste'', at a cost of €137,000. By 2008, the budget had grown to €2,931,000. Production of the new series involves at least three crew members of another TF1 animated series, ''

The Bellflower Bunnies , genre = Children's animated series comedy , creator = Geneviève Huriet (original book series, ''Beechwood Bunny Tales'') , director = Season 1: Moran CaouissinSeasons 2 & 3: Eric Berthier , voices ...

'': Eric Berthier, the director of ''Bellflower'''s 2nd and 3rd seasons; screenwriter Valérie Baranski; and producer Patricia Robert, who in March 2008 set up Patoon-Animation exclusively for the new show. Pierre Gillet, from the Belgian music and post-production outlet Dame Blanche, will serve as composer.

Episodes

''Lulu's Islands'' consists of a planned 52 episodes, in addition to a four-minute pilot that was shown as an official selection at the

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in June 2008.

Merchandise

There will also be tie-in books based on the series, although further details have not been announced since early 2008.

References

External links

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