‘Leo and Tig’ cartoon is expanded via a musical spin-off

25.09.2020

New animated series for kids ‘Leo and Tig. Magic Songs‘ is debuted on ‘Moolt‘ app today, September 25. It is a musical spin-off, each episode is a full-featured music video with the participation of main and supporting characters from the famous cartoon. The animated series is created by animation studio ‘Parovoz’ at the request of ‘Digital Television’ company.

‘Leo and Tig. Magic Songs’ cartoon is aimed at kids of any age. Each episode lasts for 3,5 minutes, during which the characters stroll through the forest, skate, organize dancing battles and sing songs. Verses about friendship, dreams and nature are written by main author from ‘Parovoz’ studio Maria Parfenova; while music for the project is created by composers Sergei Bogolubski and Daria Stavrovich.

CEO of animation studio ‘Parovoz’ Anton Smetankin:

‘We came to an idea to create a musical spin-off ‘Leo and Tig. Magic Songs’ together with our partners from ‘Digital Television’ company when ‘Mult-music’ channel appeared. We comprehended how badly children needed music videos. We suppose that the animated series will be appreciated by children and parents who enjoy both modern and traditional kid’s music. The cartoon will also become a present for those fans of ‘Leo and Tig’ for whom the main story of the characters is not enough.

Our project is a test case and if audience like it, we can launch similar musical spin-offs for other cartoons of the studio’.

General Producer of TV-channel ‘Moolt’ Tatiana Tsivareva:

‘Animated series ‘Leo and Tig‘ has become popular with young audience right after its release in 2016 as a part of news-reel ‘MULT in cinema’ launch. Gradually the story about two inseparable friends has become famous not only in Russia, but also abroad. In 2020 the rights to broadcast it were purchased by Piwi+ (France), Star Channel (Greece), Spacetoon International (Middle East). Earlier in 2018 it was done by Netflix, Hungary MTVA – national media holding and NPO – the main public broadcasting organization in the Netherlands. Licensed product with the characters from the cartoon is heavily marketed in Italy’.

The first episode ‘Mysterious Forest’ premieres:
September, 25 – ‘Moolt’ app
October, 10 -TV channel ‘Moolt’
October, 11 – TV channel ‘Moolt-music’
October, 17 – TV channel ANI
October, 18 – TV channel ‘MAMA’

Production: Russia, 2020
Duration of an episode: 3 minutes 30 seconds
Number of set episodes in the first season: 26
Authors of the cartoon: Evgeny Golovin and Maria Parfenova
Composers: Sergei Bogolubski and Daria Stavrovich
Lyrics: Maria Parfenova
Directors of the cartoon: Alexander Lutkevich, Nikolai Kozlov
Art Director: Daria Romanova
Audience: 3-6 years old.