2 Minutes is an animation studio that produces, co-produces, and oversees the entire production of 2D and 3D animation programs from TV series to feature films. Between 2009 and 2015, both 2 Minutes and Zagtoon worked together to co-produce several ZAG Toon projects.
See also[]
See French Wikipedia: 2 Minutes
History[]
2 Minutes was founded in 2000 by Jean Michel Spiner and is based in central Paris. The studio also operates in Angoulême, Montreal (Canada), Nanjing (China), and Réunion. Over the last 15 years, its teams, about 120 people spread over the different sites, have made about 40 series and participated in five animated feature films.
Works co-produced with ZAG[]
Released[]
| TV series | Year | Creator(s) | Brand | Co-Production(s) | Notes |
| Rosie | 2011-2014 | Romain Gadiou | ZAG Toon | Zagtoon | Rosie is the first TV series that ZAG co-produced to be successfully released. |
| Kobushi | 2012-2015 | Jeremy Zag Nathanaël Bronn Heng Chin Soon |
Zagtoon Inspidea |
The Kobushi TV series was originally going to be a co-production between SIP Animation and Inspidea before the former was defunct.[1] | |
| Miraculous Chibi | 2023-present | Jeremy Zag | ZAG Chibi | Zagtoon Mediawan Kids & Family Zynco Studios |
A spin-off web series based on Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. 2 Minutes begin animating the web series during its revival run. |
Cancelled[]
| TV series | Brand | Co-Production(s) | Notes |
| Basile and Melba | ZAG Toon | Zagtoon Europa-Glénat |
Pilots for both projects were created and were shown at MIPCOM 2010.[2] However, plans for both of them to become a series were cancelled due to Glénat regaining the full rights to Basile and Melba and Job Academy after Europa-Glénat was defunct. |
| Job Academy | |||
| Transylmaniac | Zagtoon |
A pilot was created and was shown at MIPCOM 2009.[3] However, plans for it becoming a series were later cancelled for unknown reasons. |
Trivia[]
- Even though ZAG and 2 Minutes both co-produced several projects together, both Kobushi and Miraculous Chibi are the only TV series that ZAG owns the rights to.
- Kobushi was originally pitched to SIP Animation in 2008.[1] However, after the studio became defunct, one of its co-founders Jacqueline Tordjman later co-founded ZAG Entertainment (initially known as Univergroup) along with Jeremy Zag. Because Jeremy Zag and Nathanaël Bronn both co-created the Kobushi TV series, ZAG owns the full rights to it.
- 2 Minutes owns the full rights to Rosie due to its creator Romain Gadiou pitched the series to the studio.[4]
- ZAG, 2 Minutes, and Europa-Glénat used to own the television rights to both Basile and Melba and Job Academy. However, after Europa-Glénat became defunct, Glénat regained the full rights to them.
- All of the projects ZAG and 2-Minutes co-produced were animated in 2D. However, except for Transylmaniac, each of the projects is based on an existing intellectual property.
- Rosie is an animated adaptation of a short-run comic strip created by Romain Gadiou and was published on a now-defunct website called Mundo Bd.[5]
- Kobushi is based on a TV pilot that was pitched to SIP Animation.[1]
- Miraculous Chibi is a spin-off web series of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.
- The cancelled Basile and Melba and Job Academy TV series are both based on graphic novels published by Glénat.
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