The team at Blue Spirit Animation, formerly known as Spirit Productions, has been hard at work on a new Flash-animated series titled Le monde de Pahé (The World of Pahe). It airs on France 3, and I haven’t read about it jumping the pond or being dubbed into English, but here’s a little sizzle reel I spotted:

The boys at Ka-Ching Cartoons have been mighty busy, churning out a new kids show titled De Grobbebollen Maken Lol (in Dutch “lol” rather appropriately means “fun”). It’s in Dutch, but there’s plenty of physical comedy that translates into any language. [might need Silverlight to view this]

[UPDATE] I learned from Joost at Ka-Ching that they’re making 52 five-minute episodes over 2 seasons. They’re also working with artists from around the globe like Mick Harrison, Jesse Cote and Todd Ramsay

We first wrote about Hero:108 back in 2007, and today the Flash-animated series arrives on Cartoon Network. The show is a co-production by Gamania Digital Entertainment, Mike Young Productions, Moonscoop, and Cartoon Network Europe. Big congrats to my pal Rita Street and the all the Flash-animators who helped get it on the air.

Late last week, The New York Times published an in-depth deconstruction of the animation process behind the upcoming HBO series The Ricky Gervais Show, which premieres on Friday night. My career mentor, Marge Dean, walks you through the series from storyboarding to final animation (produced in Flash at W!LDBRAIN), including an intersting bit about how Gervais wanted his character to resemble Fred Flintstone.

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Elwood and Ofie Wormington are the stars of Oddbot Inc’s new animated series, titled Around the World in 80 Wiggles. The Flash-animated series is “designed to spark a child’s interest in exploring diverse cultures.”