TeamTO, Europe's largest independent CGI animation company, enters Beijing to establish transnational cooperation

On July 26, it was reported that TeamTO Studio, Europe's largest independent CGI animation company, is an internationally renowned CGI animation company with nearly 400 employees. It is headquartered in Paris and has a branch in Los Angeles, USA. Recently, TeamTO announced that its second overseas branch will soon be established in Beijing, China, and announced that Shu Ye will serve as the general manager of TeamTO's China region. It is reported that the Beijing office started work in March.

July 26. TeamTO Studio, Europe's largest independent CGI animation company, is an internationally renowned CGI animation company with nearly 400 employees. It is headquartered in Paris and has a branch in Los Angeles, USA. Recently, TeamTO announced that its second overseas branch will soon be established in Beijing, China, and announced that Shu Ye will serve as the general manager of TeamTO's China region. It is reported that the Beijing office started work in March.

In the past year, box office records for animated films in China have been broken one after another. From "Return of the Great Sage","Kung Fu Panda 3" to "Zootopia", animation is ushering in a new golden period in China and has also attracted the participation of major animation leaders around the world. From the earliest introduction of "The King and the Bird" to Luc. The "Arthur" trilogy directed by Besson, from "Story of the Insects" to last year's release of "The Little Prince", animated films produced in France have always been favored by China audiences. The world's sold well "Stolen Dad" series also has considerable French genes. Lighting McGuffin, a subsidiary of Lighting Entertainment, is a French animation production company. In terms of animation production, France has become a world leader.

Founded in 2005, TeamTO Animation Studio is Europe's largest independent CGI animation company, ranking among the top three in Europe in terms of animation content production. The animations produced by TeamTO have won many nominations and awards such as the Oncy Animation Festival, the Toronto Film Festival, the Emmy International Awards, the European Animation Awards, SIGGRAPH and the Cannes International Television Festival. It has maintained long-term cooperation with Ubisoft, Disney, eOne, Nanmo Bandai and Gaomeng Animation and other world-renowned animation game companies or platforms to produce "Crazy Rabbit" Animated series such as Rabbids Invasion, Sofia the First, Babar & the Aventures of Badou, AngeloRules and PJ Masks all received good ratings. Over the past 10 years, TeamTO has completed a total of 14 animated dramas and 1 animated film. Among them, each animated series is broadcast in 100-150 countries around the world. In 2015, the first animated film "Yellow Bird" produced by TeamTO was released in theaters in more than 30 countries and is currently being introduced in the mainland of China.

As the animation business continues to grow, TeamTO's scale is gradually expanding, opening branches in Los Angeles, USA, and Valence, France, and establishing a large-scale animation base in Valence that accommodates more than 260 people. Now, TeamTO has set its sights on China again. Guillaume, founder, CEO and president of TeamTO Animation Studio. Eruan has 29 years of rich experience in the CGI animation industry. He has won 2 Emmy animation awards and 6 nominations. Speaking of entering the China market, he said: "In addition to Europe and the United States, we have been exploring new international cooperation. China's animation industry market has huge potential. We are full of interest here. Market miracles are constantly being created here. We realize that we should come to Beijing. I am very happy that Shu Ye has joined and led our China team. Her previous work experience is very suitable for our needs."

Shu Ye lived in France for eight years and obtained a Master's in Film from the Sorbonne University in Paris, majoring in film marketing and economics. She has rich experience in international cooperation and has participated in the production of many Sino-French films and the introduction and distribution of foreign films in China. In March 2016, TeamTO announced its entry into China and expanded its business operation functions to Beijing, the center of China's film and television industry. During his tenure, Shu Ye will be responsible for TeamTO's market development and project cooperation in Greater China, working closely with the China film and animation industry and other China partners in the fast-growing China film and animation market environment.

This year, TeamTO has made blockbuster productions one after another. First, it cooperated with Activision Blizzard Studios and is currently producing Activision Blizzard's first work since its establishment,"Sparrow: The Little Dragon"(Skylanders Academy). The animated series "Sparrow: Academy" is adapted from the video game of the same name, which has sold 250 million copies worldwide and generated sales of more than US$3 billion. The first 13 episodes of the first season of "Sparrow: Academy" will be available on Netflix this fall. In addition, TeamTO's executive production of "Elena of Avalor" is Disney's animated series featuring Elena, the first Latin American princess. It was released on the Disney Channel on the 22nd of this month. TeamTO just released "Relax! The concept trailer for Take It Easy Mike, a project still under development, is an innovative animated series that uses Photo Real technology. The realistic performance of animated characters is similar to "Fantasy Forest", which means that when the audience sees the image, they can't tell whether it is a real dog or an animated dog!

"China's investment amount and expectations for animation have increased compared with the past. At the same time, China's animation production companies are becoming technologically mature and are approaching the international technical level. More and more China animation companies are beginning to seek international co-production cooperation." Shu Ye said: "We hope that TeamTO's cooperation in China will also be heavyweight. We are looking for excellent partners in China so that our animation projects can have the best production conditions, thereby maximizing brand value."

The traditional cooperation model in which China animation companies provide OEM services to overseas companies has rapidly transformed. The Chinese-foreign cooperation 2.0 model of jointly developing, co-producing, and sharing rights and interests of high-quality projects adapted to the global market is emerging. It is reported that TeamTO has entered into close negotiations on project cooperation with top local animation companies in China.

Editor: yvette