Directed by Bruno Desraisses Country of origin France No. of episodes 26 Network France 5 Number of episodes 26 | Composer(s) François Elie Roulin No. of seasons 1 First episode date 31 October 2009 Number of seasons 1 | |
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Production company(s) Ellipse AnimationLes Films de la PerrineAraneo Belgium Genres Animation, Adventure, Science Fiction, Children's television series Similar Taratabong, Bunny Maloney, Funky Cops, Tales of Tatonka, SantApprentice |
Chumballs (French: Les Chumballs) is a French animated series that aired on France 5.
Contents
Premise
An environmentally unlivable state in Earth following a catastrophic event has driven humans to live underground. They dispatched robots called Chumballs out to the surface to help restore Earth. The Chumballs are supposed to beam a signal down to the humans once their work is complete and confirm that the surface can be resided again. But the humans haven't received the signal, forgets the Chumballs and are forced by the council to remain inside the Earth. Three kids named Solana, Stel, and Tom and their robot Tago leaves the underground and explores the surface of Earth on a goal to find and reactivate the Chumballs in order to have the humans move back.
Characters
Production
Chumballs was based on the comic book series L'odyssée du temps by Maxime Péroz, a graduate of the École supérieure des arts décoratifs in Strasbourg., and Michèle Graveline. There was also an interactive Chumballs website that existed as of 2001.