{"id":29946,"date":"2025-06-20T10:22:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-to-expand-friendswithyous-happy-world\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:26:21","slug":"visional-pop-to-expand-friendswithyous-happy-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-to-expand-friendswithyous-happy-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Visional Pop to Expand FriendsWithYou\u2019s Happy World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visional Pop has teamed up with artist duo Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III of FriendsWithYou (<em>True and the Rainbow Kingdom<\/em>) to grow their <em>Happy World<\/em> IP.<\/p>\n<p>The collaboration will see the development of the whimsical world into an animated property for YouTube and a multi-category consumer products line for e-commerce and retail.<\/p>\n<p>The<em> Happy World<\/em> IP is a vibrant, whimsical universe that aims to inspire love, a connection to ourselves and each other and to the living planet and its creatures. The upcoming animated property will follow the adventures of its characters and bring their narratives to life through a relaxing soundscape and storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>FriendsWithYou\u2019s artworks been exhibited in museums and public venues worldwide, and they were the featured artists in the 2018 Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 2022, the City of Miami Beach acquired their 50-foot-tall steel sculpture Starchild as a permanent artwork. The duo are also the creators of the animated series <em>True and the Rainbow Kingdom<\/em> on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFriendsWithYou\u2019s <em>Happy World<\/em> is a perfect embodiment of the creator-led, uplifting content we are passionate about at Visional Pop,\u201d said Benjamin Grubbs, director at Visional Pop. \u201cSamuel and Arturo have a proven ability to create characters and stories that resonate deeply with audiences. We are thrilled to partner with them to bring <em>Happy World<\/em> to a global community on YouTube and build a meaningful consumer products business that allows fans to bring the joy of the franchise into their everyday lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur mission has always been to use our art as a tool to spread happiness and connection,\u201d Borkson and Sandoval III said. \u201cThis partnership with Visional Pop is an incredible opportunity to amplify the message of <em>Happy World<\/em> and reach a broader audience than ever before. The Visional Pop team share our vision for creating positive content that can make a real difference, and we are excited to embark on this journey to bring <em>Happy World<\/em> to life in new and exciting ways, from animation to products that families can enjoy together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visional Pop has teamed up with artist duo Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III of FriendsWithYou (True and the Rainbow Kingdom) to grow their Happy World IP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":29947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[11103,11104,11105,11106,11107,10959],"class_list":["post-29946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-arturo-sandoval-iii","tag-benjamin-grubs","tag-friendswithyou","tag-happy-world","tag-samuel-borkson","tag-visional-pop","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Visional Pop to Expand FriendsWithYou\u2019s Happy World - 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\/visional-pop-to-expand-friendswithyous-happy-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Visional Pop to Expand FriendsWithYou\u2019s Happy World - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Visional Pop has teamed up with artist duo Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III of FriendsWithYou (True and the Rainbow Kingdom) to grow their Happy World IP.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-to-expand-friendswithyous-happy-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-20T14:22:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-20T14:26:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/VisionalPop-HappyWorld-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\/visional-pop-to-expand-friendswithyous-happy-world\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-to-expand-friendswithyous-happy-world\/\",\"name\":\"Visional Pop to Expand FriendsWithYou\u2019s Happy World - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-20T14:22:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-20T14:26:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-to-expand-friendswithyous-happy-world\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-to-expand-friendswithyous-happy-world\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/visional-pop-to-expand-friendswithyous-happy-world\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Visional Pop to Expand FriendsWithYou\u2019s Happy World\"}]},{\"@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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