Finally here it is! The 1st screen test from the new season of Bino and Fino. Work on the new episodes of Bino and Fino is progressing well. Unfortunately with animation, it takes a while before you can have something to show. This clip shows their new living room.

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Nigeria throws up some interesting things every now and then. One such case of this is a school in Dutse, Abuja called the ‘Pinky and The Brain School’. That’s right ‘Pinky and the Brain ‘from the cartoon show. Above is a clip from the cartoon for those who don’t know it.  

The school has been around for about 12 years

Bino and Fino's Bedroom.

Bino and Fino's classroom

Here are pictures showing work in progress on the new episodes of the show. We’re excited with the

Abeba and Abebe

Abeba and Abebe' is an animation series made in Ethiopia with kids, for kids, about… kids! Abeba and Abebe is the first ever animated series to be made in Ethiopia by and for Ethiopians. It follows a standard kids series format of 52 x 7 min episodes (that’s one story a week for a year!) and is aimed at an audience of 6 - 12 year olds. Here is the website.

At the risk of sounding like a pompous, self-righteous, grumpy old man I’m about to have another rant about messing up children's minds by bombarding them with adult images. Occasionally I see something that I feel crosses the line. Something that makes me scream like a mad man scaring innocent citizens.   Recently I wrote about Pittbull being invited by Nickleodeon for their children’s awards and D’banj being played at children’s parties. Now another example has turned up that makes that look like child's play.

Meet Ozzy Bosco A.K.A Wonder Kid who is supposed to be Nigeria's next music superstar. He is 6 years old.

A proud new owner of the Bino and Fino DVD! Love the hairstyle she’s rocking. It’s like Fino’s  afro puffs! 

Ok hold up. Before everyone gets their knives out after looking at the image above just wait……take a deep breath…..and calm down. We took this picture whilst in a shop in Abuja, Nigeria. The scene surprisingly isn’t that uncommon in Nigeria and I’m sure many other African countries. But this was the first time I had seen this in a major nationwide shopping chain. Usually I see it in small toy shops. However, seeing an aisle in a major shop in the capital of the largest black nation full of white dolls just made me stop for a second. 

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Hi all. Here is an image of the general design direction of the new Bino and Fino episodes. There is still more work to be done regarding locking down the look and getting it to a particular standard. We’ve experimented with different visual styles but

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