Irish Animation Puffin Rock Flies onto Netflix this September
Netflix has announced that Puffin Rock, an animated series from Kilkenny-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon, Derry-based children’s media company Dog Ears and global publisher Penguin, will premiere on the online streaming service from September 2015.
A new animated preschool series, Puffin Rock is set on a beautiful island off the coast of Ireland. Oona is a charismatic and plucky young puffling, who along with her evercurious little brother Baba, explores the diverse array of sea, sky, land and underground creatures. The series introduces a combination of preschool themes and soft natural history learnings to young viewers.
Acclaimed actor Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids, Moone Boy, The IT Crowd) narrates the English language version, with a diverse group of international talent narrating in other languages across the globe. Penguin Random House Children’s, Dog Ears, and twice Oscar-nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon partnered on the 13 episode season, which will premiere exclusively on Netflix in the U.S., Canada, Latin America,Benelux, France and Germany this September, and in all other Netflix markets at a later date.
A second series of Puffin Rock was announced earlier this year, Puffin Rock was financed by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, Northern Ireland Screen, RTÉ, Nickelodeon UK, HOP! And YLE. Watch the trailer for Puffin Rock at http://nflx.it/puffinrock