BRB Internacional

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BRB Internacional S.A.U.
Company type Sociedad Anónima
Industry Animation, production, distribution, licensing
Founded1972;53 years ago (1972)
FounderTito Basto
José Rodriguez
Claudio Biern Boyd
Defunct2022;3 years ago (2022)
Fate Bankruptcy and liquidation
Headquarters,
Spain
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jose Luis Ucha Lliviria
Total assets Carlos Biern Enriquez
Number of employees
200
Divisions Apolo Films
Website brb.es

BRB Internacional S.A.U was a Spanish licensing and production company of animated television series such as Around the World with Willy Fog , Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds and The World of David the Gnome . [1] [2] At the end of January 2018, WildBrain, a leading digital kids' network & studio, has been appointed as the exclusive global manager of BRB Internacional's extensive catalogue of kids' content on YouTube. [3] In 2022, the company closed after filing for bankruptcy. [4] DeAPlaneta acquired the company's library in January 2023. [5] [6]

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History

The name BRB comes after its three founders: Títo Basto, José Rodriguez and Claudio Biern Boyd, who founded BRB Internacional SAU in 1972 as a merchandising agency in Spain where the company was headquartered in Alcobendas, Madrid. At first, BRB bought distribution rights in Spain to some of popular characters of foreign studios such as Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros., short film and television series as The Pink Panther , Tom and Jerry , The Muppets and Charlie's Angels . [7] In 1975, thanks to an agreement with the German company Merchandising München, [8] BRB began licensing and distributing animation series both domestically and worldwide, including The Wood of Tallac , Banner and Flappy and Tom Sawyer , all anime series made by Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. in Japan, to start beginning BRB's long relationship with the Japanese animation studio.

After seeing a steady growth in this sector, BRB decided to start producing their own cartoon series, but delegating the whole animation process to other companies, starting with Nippon Animation with Ruy, the Little Cid , premiering in 1980 on Televisión Española (in Japan in 1984). Other series co-produced with Nippon Animation were Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (MBS and TBS 1981, TVE 1982), Around the World with Willy Fog and Football in Action (with Naranjito, the official mascot of 1982 FIFA World Cup). In 1985, after the increase of the Japanese yen due to the price asset bubble, [8] BRB contracted Wang Films Productions in Taiwan their first international hit: The World of David the Gnome , which aired in the United States on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block two years later. The company continued to produce new cartoon series, including Iron Kid ("Eon Kid" in the United States), Suckers and Canimals .

After that, they continued licensing successful foreign properties' rights in Spain including Pokémon , Pepsi , and The Pink Panther . Their most recent project by Screen 21 SA was Super Bernard, a theatrical film based on their short-form series Bernard , but it fell to bankruptcy during the mid-2010s. BRB had a film division called Apolo Films. The studio's only film was a reboot of their Dogtanian series which was released in 2021. [9] [10]

In 2023, the company's catalog was acquired by DeAPlaneta Entertainment.

Animated television programs

Animated films

Live-action films

Live-action TV

Feature films

Awards

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<i>Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds</i> 1981 Spanish-Japanese animated TV series

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds is a Spanish-Japanese children's animated television series that adapts the classic 1844 Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers, produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional with animation by Japanese studio Nippon Animation, that was first broadcast on MBS in Japan in 1981–82.

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<i>Around the World with Willy Fog</i> Childrens animated television series

Around the World with Willy Fog is a Spanish animated television adaptation of the 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional and Televisión Española, with animation by Japanese studio Nippon Animation, that was first broadcast on TVE1 weekly between 8 January and 15 July 1984.

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IMP is an animated television series created by Andy Fielding. The series was developed in black and white with a minimalist design, and was developed and produced by Red Kite Animation, with Screen 21 as co-producer. Distributed by BRB Internacional, it aired on TVC and consists of 65 episodes of 90 seconds each. IMP has been issued and aired worldwide including Cartoon Network, in which the series was part of Sunday Pants, Disney Channel Japan, and Antena 3 in Spain.

<i>Willy Fog 2</i> Childrens animated television series produced by BRB Internacional

Willy Fog 2 is a Spanish animated television adaptation of the novels Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne, with the characters from Around the World with Willy Fog, produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional and Televisión Española that was first broadcast on La 2 between 24 September 1994 and January 1995.

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Claudio Biern Boyd was a Spanish television writer, director, producer and founder of the Spanish animation studio BRB Internacional. He created the television shows The World of David the Gnome and Gladiator Academy, among other projects.

Ruy, the Little Cid is an animated adventure series produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional and Televisión Española with animation by Japanese studio Nippon Animation. The series is based upon the life of El Cid, an 11th-century Spanish hero and was the first original project from Claudio Biern Boyd.

The New World of the Gnomes is a Spanish animated adventure series produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional with Antena 3 TV, CLT-UFA and Panini. It is a spin-off of the series The World of David the Gnome and based on the children's book The Secret Book of Gnomes, by the Dutch author Wil Huygen and illustrator Rien Poortvliet. David the Gnome travels the world with his nephew Tomte as they protect the world from trolls polluting the world. The show was also made in collaboration with the WWF.

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<i>Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds</i> (film) 2021 Spanish film

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, known as The Dog Knight in North America, is a 2021 Spanish animated adventure comedy film directed by Toni García and written by Doug Langdale, based on the 1981 television series of the same name, in turn adapted from Alexandre Dumas' 1844 story of d'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers. The film is produced by Apolo Films and Cosmos Maya.

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