Toonz Animation Partners with US Based Friends of Bark Buddies

TechnoparkToday>> January 29, 2013  Technopark based animation major, Toonz Animation has signed up with Los Angeles based Friends of Bark Buddies ®for the development, production, financing and distribution of a 3D animated children’s series titled Bark Buddies ®, based on the cool Bark Buddies ®Trees.

Developed by former radio talk show host and nature educator, Constance Nelson; Bark Buddies ®is an animated multi-media series that motivates kids to discover the great outdoors and to reconnect with nature and all things green. Bark Buddies ®will be a one of its kind show that can pull kids away from the sedentary, unhealthy lifestyles stuck indoors and connect with the green spaces where they can play, plant & explore.

“We’re excited about “Sparking a Nature-Child Reunion” and guiding kids to an interactive new “fun-tier” – the great outdoors!  The Bark Buddies ®multimedia TV series is not just “sit back and watch TV”, it’s hands on engagement with the best teacher of all, nature!”, says P. Jayakumar, CEO Toonz Group.

With eco-friendly merchandise based on the show’s characters already making waves in McDonalds, Walmart, parades, classrooms, and events, the series is slated to branch out into books and games as well.