‘Lu & The Bally Bunch’ and ‘Let’s Go Bananas!’ premiered this week on Cartoon Network; both series also launch on Max in 2025.
9 Story Media Group has announced the US premiere of two brand-new animated preschool series, Lu & The Bally Bunch and Let’s Go, Bananas! on Cartoonito, Cartoon Network’s destination for pre-schoolers.
In Lu & The Bally Bunch join Lu, a little ladybird who has just started preschool with her new friends. Together they explore their brand-new social lives through play, music, big feelings, and even bigger fun. This animated dramedy for preschoolers takes place in Ballybug, a whimsical village where Lu meets friends Barnaby, Biba, Declan, Elodie and Gus.
This slice of life series explores the fun, drama and messiness that ensues. Lu & The Bally Bunch was created by Brown Bag Films’ director Nicky Phelan (Vampirina, Bing, Octonauts).
Check out the trailer for Lu & The Bally Bunch:
Let’s Go, Bananas! follows three sweet, silly, diverse families who share each other’s lives, loves, triumphs, and tantrums. Each episode features a funny, relatable story starring the three fabulous families: Apple the gorilla and her two Dads (the Bananas); crocodile twins Josh and Jamie and their single mother (the Crockers); and sisters Stellar and Piper and their tiger Mom and gazelle Dad (the Tiger-Zelles).
The series was created by award-winning writer and producer Tim Bain (Kangaroo Beach, Bluey, Thomas the Tank Engine).
Watch the trailer for Let’s Go, Bananas!:
Both series are produced by 9 Story Media Group and award-winning animation studio Brown Bag Films with the participation of Warner Bros. Discovery and CBC Kids.
Lu & The Bally Bunch premiered October 1, and Let’s Go Bananas! premieres October 3. The two series are also set to launch on Max in 2025.
Source: 9 Story Media
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