Mutant Busters to Debut on Spain’s Neox Kidz

BARCELONA: Spain’s Neox Kidz has set an October 31 premiere date for the animated kids’ comedy Mutant Busters.

The 52×11-minute series is a co-production between Planeta Junior, toy manufacturer Famosa and animation studio Kotoc. Geared toward kids 6 to 8, the series will first launch webisodes on Atresmedia Televisión this Saturday. The transmedia property takes place in a post-apocalyptic world created by horrendous levels of contamination.

José Antonio Antón, the director of programming and TDT channels at Atresmedia Televisión, said: “It’s a luxury for Atresmedia Televisión to have a production on the scale of Mutant Busters as Neox Kidz’s star series. We know it’s going to be an unprecedented success thanks to the work of a very intense collaboration between all the partners involved.”

“Mutant Busters is a very original comedy that will delight 6- to 8-year-olds,” said Ignacio Segura de Lassaletta, the director general at Planeta Junior. “It was presented at MIPJunior with great success and numerous [channels] across the world will follow the example of Neox Kidz in broadcasting the series.”

Eduardo Garagorri, Famosa’s CMO, added: “Famosa wants to be a part of children’s entertainment. Seeing how the Mutant Busters action figures come to life on the screen is very exciting, and another step forward in the development of our brands and the way we tell their stories. Children are going to love the adventures of the Mutant Busters: they’re full of action, team spirit, battles, mutants, incredible scenes, jokes…everything that kids want from their ideal animation series. We’ve had a lot of fun in the creative process.”

Freddy Córdoba, Kotoc’s CEO and series director, remarked: “We created Mutant Busters like a milkshake of frenetic action and cheeky comedy. No child’s going to be able to resist.”