{"id":29850,"date":"2025-06-10T06:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-studios-kids-family-developing-new-anime\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T06:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:51:00","slug":"bbc-studios-kids-family-developing-new-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-studios-kids-family-developing-new-anime\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Kids &#038; Family Developing New Anime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios Kids &amp; Family has begun development on<em> Children Vs Battle SuperStars<\/em> (w.t.), the first project to come out of its two-year first-look deal with Blink Industries.<\/p>\n<p>The title takes place in a fantastical modern-day world and explores the fallout as ordinary kids come up against battle superstars. It was created by Remus Buznea and Kyriaki \u201cKiki\u201d Kyriakou, who have worked on <em>Rick and Morty<\/em> and <em>Primal<\/em> bumpers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea for the series was initially sparked by our constant defeats in online fighting game matches at the hands of children and the tremendous turmoil this no-win scenario brought about,\u201d Buznea and Kyriakou said. \u201cThrough a \u2018tournament\u2019 narrative, we wanted to explore the competitive spirit and humorously deconstruct the tropes of the martial arts genre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grainne McNamara, VP of development for live-action and animation at BBC Studios Kids &amp; Family, said, \u201cWe are really excited to reveal more about the series to clients for the first time at Annecy. It is comedic and quirky, combining the ordinary with the bizarre, and has the most brilliant characters\u2014from the central trio of friends battling the superstars to a mystery fighter that no tournament would be complete without.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are super excited to share our anime-inspired show <em>Children Vs Battle SuperStars<\/em> with the world,\u201d added Benjamin Lole, head of animation and executive producer at Blink Industries. \u201cWe have had a blast developing the show with the formidable creators Remus and Kiki, who are animation superstars themselves, and BBC Studios Kids and Family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemus and Kiki\u2019s specific brand of humor and standout visual style have created such a unique take on the tournament genre, which there is a huge proven and hungry audience for. We can\u2019t wait to throw our hat in the ring and create something that will compete with anime greats like <em>Naruto<\/em>, <em>Dragonball<\/em> and <em>Pokemon.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios Kids &#038; Family has begun development on Children Vs Battle SuperStars (w.t.), the first project to come out of its two-year first-look deal with Blink Industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":29851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[6432,11055,5550,11056,10601,11057,11058,11059],"class_list":["post-29850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios-kids-family","tag-benjamin-lole","tag-blink-industries","tag-children-vs-battle-superstars","tag-grainne-mcnamara","tag-kyriaki-kiki-kyriakou","tag-remus-and-kiki","tag-remus-buznea","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Studios Kids &amp; Family Developing New Anime - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-studios-kids-family-developing-new-anime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Studios Kids &amp; Family Developing New Anime - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC Studios Kids &amp; Family has begun development on Children Vs Battle SuperStars (w.t.), the first project to come out of its two-year first-look deal with Blink Industries.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-studios-kids-family-developing-new-anime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-10T10:45:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-10T10:51:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/BBCStudiosKidsandFAmily-ChildrenvsBattleSuperStars-0625.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-studios-kids-family-developing-new-anime\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-studios-kids-family-developing-new-anime\/\",\"name\":\"BBC Studios Kids & Family Developing New Anime - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-10T10:45:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-10T10:51:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-studios-kids-family-developing-new-anime\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-studios-kids-family-developing-new-anime\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-studios-kids-family-developing-new-anime\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Studios Kids &#038; Family Developing New Anime\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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