While the coronavirus emergency is putting new focus on kids’ content offerings, the production of animation in Italy is going on, even in this difficult period, with a stronger commitment.
Rai Ragazzi, the kids division of the Italian public broadcaster, and Sergio Bonelli Editore, the leading comic publishing house in Italy, announce the first Bonelli cartoon production based on the highly successful comic Dragonero, created by Luca Enoch and Stefano Vietti.
The fantasy universe of Dragonero, born in 2007 as the first of the publisher's Comic Novels and became a regular monthly series in 2013, is a brand new Made in Italy cross-media project that will expand beyond the confines of the printed paper.
Dragonero Animated Series, produced by Rai Ragazzi and Sergio Bonelli Editore and created graphically by some of the most appreciated Italian pencils, is set in Erondár, a fantasy world dominated by magic, where humans live together with Elves, Dwarves and Ogres.
The Animated Series tells in 26 episodes of 26 minutes the adventures of two teenage brothers Ian and Myrva, and of Gmor, their best friend ogre, called by the mighty dragon Crackly to fight the power of the Arcana queen, an evil sorceress who wants to precipitate Erondár in a dark age. Made with 3D CGI Cel-Shaded animation and 2D, the series is aimed at an audience between the ages of 7 and 12.
The pantheon of Bonelli heroes includes characters and stories set in the most diverse worlds of fantasy. From the western prairies with Tex, the stainless ranger born seventy years ago from the pen of Gianluigi Bonelli, to the mysterious Darkwood inhabited by Zagor, the Spirit with the Ax, to the most contemporary, realistic or fantastic settings with Dylan Dog, Martin Mystère, Nathan Never, Mister No, and Julia.