c/buyeuropean · by slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 1y

Animated characters from Europe

Hey. I know, a bit special interest and maybe not the right place for this but i was thinking about animated characters from europe as part of its cultural DNA and then startet to research them for all the countries including where to buy merch (to also support that industry). I will hopefully be able to comlete the list over time but i would be happy about help and feedback. So here is what i got so far:

European animation characters (sometimes with merch) in no particular order:

Finland - Moomins, Angry Birds adaptations: https://shop.moomin.com/collections/all

France - Asterix, TinTin, edit: + les Shadoks, OuiOui, W.i.t.c.h., Barbapapas, Yugo https://boutique.asterix.com/de/ https://thetintinshop.uk.com/

Belgium - lucky luke, edit: also TinTin, Spirou & Fantasio, The Smurfs, Marsupilami

Poland - Lolek and Bolek, edit: +Reksio, Koziołek matołek, Plastuś, Miś uszatek

Netherlands - Alfred j. Kwak, nijntje, edit: + Miffy: https://www.dewinkelvannijntje.nl/en/

Czech republic - krtek, edit: + Pat and Mat, Rumcajs: https://czechmovie.com/collections/little-mole-krtek?page=2 https://www.czech-stuff.com/krtek-little-mole/

Spain - Mortadelo and Filemón, Superlópez, Pocoyó, The Telerín Family

Switzerland - globi, pingu, edit: + Titeuf: https://globi.ch/ https://www.pingu-store.jp/ (can't find a european one)

Portugal - tic tac tales

Italy - calimero, edit: + Corto Maltese, mio mao, La Linea, The Seagul and the Cat/Lucky and Zorbq (La Gabbianella e il Cato), Dylan Dog, Winx

Greece - Pandora and Plato

Sweden - Bamse, petterson and findus, the little ghost laban, editv + Lippi Longstocking, Arne Anka

Norway - Elias the little rescue boat, Ella Bella Bingo

Iceland - some lazy town characters

Denmark - Rita & Crocodile, Valiant Prince Ivandoe, edit: + The Child Who Wanted to Be a Bear (Drengen der ville gøre det umulige), John Dillermand

Germany - the mouse, bernd the bread, cptn. Blaubär, edit: + the sandman, Werner, the little Asshole: https://www.logoshirt-shop.de/en/COLLECTION/The-Show-with-the-Mouse/ https://mausundmehr.com/ https://www.spreadshirt.de/shop/bernd+das+brot/

UK - wallace and gromit, paddington bear, danger mouse edit: + postman pat, rupert bear, family ness, bananaman, bob the builder, the hurricanes, thomas the tank engine, captain pugwash, Dennis the Menace (the superior one): https://wallaceandgromitvmf.shop/ https://store.paddington.com/ https://www.truffleshuffle.co.uk/cartoons/dangermouse

Ireland - puffin rock, Kiva can do, edit: + the book of kells, song of the sea, and wolfwalkers

Luxembourg - ?

Malta - ?

Cyprus - ?

Lithuania - ?

Latvia - Flow

Estonia - ?

Slovakia - ?

Slovenia - Medved Bojan

Croatia - Profesor Baltazar, Little Flying Bears (Leteći Medvjedići)

Bulgaria - The Three Fools, The Blue Eyed Moon, The Little Girl, The Cat and the Clock, Anna Blume

Serbia - ?

North macedonia - ?

Montenegro - ?

Bosnia Herzegowina - ?

Albania - Nine Years, Nine Days

Romania - ?

Moldova - The Stairway (Letnistsa)

Austria - ?

Hungary - The rabbit with checkered ears, Frakk, pom pom, Mézga family, Szaffi, King Matthias, Magyar Népmesék, Ludas Matyi

Also nice read: animationineurope.eu

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Lazycog@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Ha this is cool! Please add Pippi Longstocking/Pippi Långstrump to swedish ones :)

GrafZahl@feddit.org · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I feel Sweden's Arne Anka shouldn't be missing...

Lazycog@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

Did not know about Arne Anka, cool!

RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

🇮🇹Pippi Calzelunghe FTW

lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

🇳🇱Pippi Langkous, as well!

Lazycog@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 1y

🇫🇮Peppi Pitkätossu! Love this thread, our Pippi has many names :)

UnderFreyja@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Belgium has also Tintin. I would argue its better overall and represents better Belgium than the cowboy.

Tartufo@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

Tintin is listed under France for some reason. Definitely should be swapped imo because the author was Belgian.

espentan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Tintin is fantastic. Lacking comic books, where I am now, I'm giving the 2011 movie a rewatch..

axh@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The list is missing Pat and Mat for Czechia. Which is a terrible overlook, because that cartoon is hilarious.

For Poland Reksio and probably a lot of others, but that's not a big deal.

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y

Thanks i will check them out

ijon_the_human@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Are you looking for animations only or are comics and childrens' book characters also welcome?

Belgium - Spirou & Fantasio, The Smurfs

Italy - Corto Maltese

Germany - The Little Sandman (Unsere Sandmännchen)

Sweden - Peter-No-Tail

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y

I think all kinds of art work would be nice but started at animations.

Miha23@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Croatia - Profesor Baltazar (eng. Professor Balthazar)

It aired from 1967 until 1978.

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y

Thanks, i will look it up

GrafZahl@feddit.org · 6 pts · 1y

Germany also has Werner and das kleine Arschloch.

UnderFreyja@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Also this might help

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Children%27s_animated_television_series_by_country

inlandempire@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 1y

Also this for France https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A9gorie:Personnage_d%27animation_fran%C3%A7ais

taladar@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

The Marsupilami should probably be on the list for Belgium too.

Also, not sure if you just want animated ones or comics too but Franka and Yoko Tsuno are some comic book characters of European origin too.

curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Not really a character focus on these, but the book of kells, song of the sea, and wolfwalkers are Irish made movies, based on Celtic myth, with fantastic animation.

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y

Thats also fine. I will check them out :)

tetris11@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

UK- postman pat, rupert bear, family ness, bananaman, bob the builder, the hurricanes, thomas the tank engine, captain pugwash

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y

Wow. I missed a lot here. Thanks!

jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y

If you want to include CGI Latvia is going through a Flow-mania after winning the Oscars. I would be surprised if they don't have merchandise for it already.

kabi@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I can only think of oldies for Hungary: The rabbit with checkered ears, Frakk, Pom pom, etc.

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks so much :)

Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Does stop motion count?

John Dillermand from Denmark

tetris11@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Is that guy playing with what I think he's playing with?

Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yes, that's the gimmick of the entire show basically.

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y

Lol, will definately check that out

Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Slovenia has Medved Bojan. Cannot really think of any others

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks, i ill look it up

Bernar_moustach@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 1y

France: les Shadoks. I don't know if it has been published outside of France but that's an amazing piece of animation from the 60's.

BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Poland: Rumcajs (actually Czech but still popular here), Miś uszatek, Pszczółka maja (Maya the bee), Koziołek matołek, Plastuś

If you use a VPN to Poland you can probably watch https://vod.tvp.pl/dla-dzieci (see the "retro kraina" section)

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y

I will add some of them. Thanks :)

FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

France: OuiOui, Barbapapas

Netherlands: Miffy

Switzerland: Titeuf

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks, added. Will check them out later

manicdave@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It should be noted that in the UK we have the superior Dennis the Menace

I can't say for certain, but the US one is probably a Christo-fascist.

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y

Allright, thanks :)

brokenlcd@feddit.it · 2 pts · 1y

Isn't Xilam french? If that's the case, there is a lot to add there.

Also for italy there is mio mao,if you count claymation as animation.

alex@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 1y

W.I.T.C.H is French and Winx is Italian I believe!

HK65@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

For Hungary there is also the Mézga family, Szaffi, the King Matthias series and Magyar Népmesék, also Ludas Matyi

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Wow seems like Hungary has a lot to explore

HK65@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

A Mézga család / The Mézga Family is actually three separate series, the original one is about an ordinary 80s Hungarian family with a genius son who invents a time-telephone that they use to talk to their great-great-great-son. They ask him to send things back in time to help with their problems, but they inevitably use them wrong, and chaos ensues.

There are two spinoffs, one which is about the same genius son making an inflatable spaceship and going on adventures in space with the family dog, and one where the whole family goes on a trip around the world.

Szaffi / The Treasure of Swamp Castle is an animated movie set in 18th century Hungary, the story based on a novel The Gypsy Baron. It's a cute and charming romance story. There is an English dub since it was made as a Canadian collab.

Mesék Mátyás királyról / Tales of King Matthias is a series about King Matthias (1458-1490), revered in Hungary as the "just king", going incognito in his kingdom and righting wrongs.

Magyar népmesék / Hungarian Folk Tales is another series, with each episode being an adaptation of a Hungarian folk tale. Fun fact, the series does not shy away from animated female full frontal nudity despite being from the 80s.

Ludas Matyi - the title being the name of the protagonist - is the adaptation of a popular story about a young shepherd vowing revenge being caned by the local landlord for insubordination - the landlord stole his geese. He says he will return the favour threefold, and accomplishes his goal with guile, beating up the landlord three times.

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y

Sounds really entertaining. Especially the time telefone :)

systemshock@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Croatia: Little Flying Bears (Leteći Medvjedići) which is a combined effort of Croatian and Canadian animators.

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y

Thats cool. Canada is almost europe. Thanks i will check it out

MoHTHoM@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Italy also has Dylan Dog

slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y

I will check it out. Thanks :)

loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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