Danish Animation Apple Hills Heads to Cartoon Network

Warner Bros. Discovery has picked up the Danish animated series Apple Hills to premiere on the Cartoon Network YouTube channel on January 12.

The 20×5-minute series, produced by Nice Ninja with DR, takes place in a small town that is so insignificant it has been removed from Google Maps. Kids Trafalgar and Pulver are experts at surviving boredom, however, and their solutions to everyday problems often take wild, unpredictable turns.

Apple Hills debuted on DR in September 2023 and became the third ranking kids’ show in Denmark within six weeks. Within the first month of launching on DR’s kids’ VOD platform Ramasjang, the series was watched 6.5 million times. Season two is now in production and expected to deliver in Q1 2025.

Warner Bros. Discovery signed the deal with Meta Media Entertainment, the worldwide exclusive distributor of the series.

“Apple Hills is strongly influenced by all the slapstick comedy series that we have grown up with on Cartoon Network,” said Thomas Borch-Nielsen, producer at Nice Ninja. “So, we are more than proud that Apple Hills will launch on the Cartoon Network YouTube channel. I hope that kids around the world will enjoy Trafalgar and Pulver’s crazy adventures as much as we have while animating them.”

“Cartoon Network is synonymous with comedy, creativity and irreverence, all of which were themes we saw in Apple Hills,” commented Zia Sands, director of content acquisitions, partnerships and co-productions for kids in EMEA at Warner Bros. Discovery. “We hope our audience will be entertained and inspired by how Trafalgar and Pulver conquer the mundane with surprising and often wild adventures.”

Sara Cooper, founder of Meta Media Entertainment, added, “We are delighted to be working with the Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA kids team to launch the superb Apple Hills series on the prestigious Cartoon Network YouTube channel. It is a great start to 2025, which I am sure will see continued success for this riotous comedy.”