Jean Chalopin
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Jean Chalopin is a French
producer
and writer
. In 1971, Chalopin created the company DIC Audiovisuel, which later evolved into DIC Entertainment
, and wrote and produced programs animated by Japan
ese studios. Jean Chalopin is married to Chinese
/Singaporean ex-Model, Ethel Chalopin. They have two children, Janvier and Tanis.
A list of cartoons where the original concept and/or story was created by Chalopin, and mostly made in South-East Asia, Japan
and South Korea
, with some exceptions. As well as working with his own animation studio KK DIC / KK C&D Asia, Jean and DiC had worked with various other studios that were uncredited by DiC.
France
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producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and writer
Writer
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. In 1971, Chalopin created the company DIC Audiovisuel, which later evolved into DIC Entertainment
DiC Entertainment
DIC Entertainment was an international film and television production company. In addition to animated television shows such as Ulysses 31 , Inspector Gadget , The Littles , The Real Ghostbusters , Captain Planet and the Planeteers , and the first two seasons of the English adaptation of...
, and wrote and produced programs animated by Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese studios. Jean Chalopin is married to Chinese
Chinese people
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/Singaporean ex-Model, Ethel Chalopin. They have two children, Janvier and Tanis.
A list of cartoons where the original concept and/or story was created by Chalopin, and mostly made in South-East Asia, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, with some exceptions. As well as working with his own animation studio KK DIC / KK C&D Asia, Jean and DiC had worked with various other studios that were uncredited by DiC.
- Archibald le Magi-chienArchibald le Magi-chienArchibald le Magi-chien is a half hour animated television series Franco-Belgian production from 1980. A total of 46 episodes were produced by DiC Entertainment....
(DIC Audiovisuel) - Ulysses 31Ulysses 31is a Franco-Japanese animated television series that updates the Greek mythology of Odysseus to the 31st century. The show comprised 26 half-hour episodes and was produced by DIC Audiovisuel in conjunction with anime studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha...
(DIC Audiovisuel) - The Mysterious Cities of GoldThe Mysterious Cities of Goldabbreviated MCoG, is a Japanese-French animated series co-produced by DiC Entertainment and Studio Pierrot. The series premiered in Japan on NHK on May 1, 1982 and ran weekly for 39 episodes until its conclusion on February 5, 1983...
(DIC Audiovisuel) - Inspector GadgetInspector GadgetInspector Gadget is an animated television series that revolves around the adventures of a clumsy, simple-witted cyborg detective named Inspector Gadget – a human being with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr...
(DIC Audiovisuel + NelvanaNelvanaNelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
) - The LittlesThe Littles (TV series)The Littles is an animated television series based on The Littles characters in a series of children's novels by American author John Peterson, the first of which was published in 1967...
(DIC Audiovisuel) - The Magic Trolls and the Troll Warriors
- HeathcliffHeathcliff (1984 TV series)Heathcliff is an animated television series that debuted on September 5, 1984. It was the second series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by DIC Entertainment. It ran in syndication until 1988 with a total of 86 episodes...
(and the Catillac Cats; 1984 series) (DIC Audiovisuel) - Kidd VideoKidd VideoKidd Video was a Saturday morning cartoon created by DiC Entertainment in association with Saban Entertainment. Its original run was on NBC from 1984 to 1985, but continued in reruns on the network until 1987, when CBS picked the show up...
(DIC Audiovisuel + Saban Entertainment) - Pole PositionPole Position (TV series)Pole Position is an animated cartoon series produced by DIC Entertainment.The name Pole Position was used under license from Namco, who held the rights to the name due to the video game Pole Position. The show sought to capitalize on the popularity of the video game...
(DIC Audiovisuel + Visual 80 Productions) - Rainbow BriteRainbow BriteRainbow Brite was a character franchise introduced by Hallmark Cards in 1983, with the animated television series starting the following year....
(DIC Audiovisuel + Hallmark) - Photon (DIC Audiovisuel + Eureka Productions)
- The Get-Along GangThe Get-Along GangThe Get Along Gang were characters created in 1983 by American Greetings' toy design and licensing division, "Those Characters from Cleveland" , for a series of greeting cards...
(DIC Audiovisuel + Those Characters from Cleveland) - Poochie Poochie (Toy)Poochie was a popular Mattel toy in the 1980s, a white poodle with pink ears and paws that wore a pair of purple sunglasses and could do extraordinary things, such as drive a car and speak....
(DIC Audiovisuel) - M.A.S.K.M.A.S.K.M.A.S.K. is an animated television series directed by several uncredited Japanese studios, KK C&D Asia, Studio Juno, Studio World, Ashi Production , and produced by the French-American DIC Enterprises, Inc and also the toyline of the same name sold by Kenner.-History:A total of 75...
(DIC Audiovisuel) - The Care BearsThe Care Bears (TV series)The Care Bears is an animated television series based on the Care Bears franchise, which aired between 1985 and 1988 in syndication; on the ABC network in the United States; and on Global in Canada. The 1985 episodes were produced by DIC Entertainment; the ABC/Global episodes were made by...
(DIC version) (DIC Audiovisuel + Those Characters from Cleveland) - Jayce and the Wheeled WarriorsJayce and the Wheeled WarriorsJayce and the Wheeled Warriors is a French/North American animated TV show which first aired on September 16, 1985. It was produced by DIC Entertainment , and animated by Japanese animation studios Sunrise, Shaft, Studio Giants, Studio Look and Swan Production...
(DIC Audiovisuel) - Robotman and Friends (DIC Audiovisuel + United MediaUnited MediaUnited Media is a large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. It syndicates 150 comics and editorial columns worldwide. Its core business is the United Feature Syndicate and the Newspaper Enterprise Association...
) - Here Comes the Littles (DIC Audiovisuel)
- Rainbow Brite and the Star StealerRainbow Brite and the Star StealerRainbow Brite and the Star Stealer is an animated film released on November 15, 1985 by Warner Bros., and produced by DiC Entertainment and Hallmark Cards...
(DIC Audiovisuel + Hallmark + Warner Bros. Pictures) - Dennis the MenaceDennis the Menace (1986 TV series)Dennis the Menace is an American animated series produced by DIC Entertainment , based on the comic strip by Hank Ketcham....
(DIC Audiovisuel) - Heathcliff: The MovieHeathcliff: The MovieHeathcliff: The Movie is a 1986 low budget animated film from DiC Entertainment, released by Atlantic Releasing under their Clubhouse Pictures label. Paramount Home Video released Heathcliff: The Movie on VHS in 1988...
(DIC Audiovisuel) - The Kingdom Chums: Little David's AdventureThe Kingdom Chums: Little David's AdventureThe Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure is a 1986 television special inspired by the Biblical tale of David and Goliath, and originally broadcast on the ABC network in the United States. In the special, three schoolchildren from the real world are transported into the world of the Bible,...
(DIC Audiovisuel + Diana Kerew Productions) - Liberty and the Littles (DIC Audiovisuel)
- Zoobilee ZooZoobilee ZooZoobilee Zoo is an Emmy Award-winning children's television program featuring costumed performers dressed as animal characters. It originally aired from 1986–1987, then in syndication until 2001 on several television channels including commercial network television stations, public television...
(DIC Audiovisuel + Hallmark + BRB Entertainment Inc.) - PopplesPopplesPopples is a series of fantasy characters created by Those Characters From Cleveland , a subsidiary company of American Greetings. Popples resemble brightly colored teddy bears or marsupials , and have pouches on their backs that they can go into and resemble brightly colored balls.-History:Susan...
(DIC Audiovisuel) - The Real GhostbustersThe Real GhostbustersThe Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Enterprises, and Coca-Cola Telecommunications. "The Real" was added to the title after a dispute with...
(DIC Audiovisuel + Columbia TriStar TelevisionColumbia TriStar TelevisionColumbia TriStar Television was the third name of the television studio Screen Gems, named after its then-current 1991 home video division....
+ Coca-Cola TelecommunicationsCoca-Cola TelecommunicationsCoca-Cola Telecommunications was a short-lived first-run syndication unit of Columbia Pictures Television created in 1986 that was a merger between CPT's first-run syndication department and The Television Program Source...
) - The Adventures of Teddy RuxpinThe Adventures of Teddy RuxpinThe Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin is an American animated television series based on Teddy Ruxpin, an animatronic teddy bear created by Ken Forsse and distributed by toy manufacturer Worlds of Wonder...
(DIC Audiovisuel + Atkinson Film-ArtsAtkinson Film-ArtsAtkinson Film-Arts was an animation studio based in Ottawa, Ontario, The company is best known for the first two Care Bears television specials, The Land Without Feelings and The Freeze Machine, and the four syndicated specials that inspired The Raccoons...
) - The Hitchhiker (DIC Audiovisuel + Markowitz/Chester Publishing)
- DiplodosDiplodosDiplodos is a French animated series that ran from 1987 to 1988.- Plot :Diplodos is an animated cartoon series which focuses on five dinosaur-like creatures, known as the diplodorians. These creatures are from Diplodorianrex, the sister planet of Earth, which lies in the fourth dimension. The story...
(C&D - Creativite et Developpement) - The New Adventures of He-ManThe New Adventures of He-ManThe New Adventures of He-Man is an animated series which ran in syndication in the fall of 1990 while Mattel released the toy line He-Man, an update of their successful Masters of the Universe line...
(Jetlag ProductionsJetlag ProductionsJetlag Productions was an American-Japanese animation studio that, just like the similar studio Golden Films, has created a number of animated films based on different, popular children's stories, while at the same time creating a few original productions...
) - Saban's Adventures of the Little MermaidSaban's Adventures of the Little Mermaidis an animated series produced by Fuji Television in the early 1990s, based on upon the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid....
(Saban Entertainment) - Sophie et Virginie (C&D)
- Les Jumeaux du Bout du Monde (C&D)
- Cupido (C&D)
- King Arthur and the Knights of JusticeKing Arthur and the Knights of JusticeKing Arthur & the Knights of Justice was a Sunday morning, syndicated animated series which lasted for two seasons of 13 episodes each. The cartoon was produced by Golden Films, C&D Entertainment and Bohbot Entertainment...
(C&D) - Conan the AdventurerConan the Adventurer (animated series)Conan the Adventurer is an American animated television series adaptation of Conan the Barbarian, the literary character created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s. Produced by Jetlag Productions and Sunbow Productions, the series debuted on September 12, 1992, ran for 65 episodes and concluded on...
(C&D, Sunbow ProductionsSunbow ProductionsSunbow Entertainment was an animation studio, founded in 1980 and owned up until 1998 by Griffin-Bacal Advertising in New York. The first animation efforts by Griffin-Bacal were producing the animated commercials for Hasbro's G.I...
) - The Adventures of T-RexThe Adventures of T-RexThe Adventures of T-Rex was a co-production between Japanese and American animated series that aired in syndication from 1992 to 1993 in North America...
(C&D, Gunther-Wahl Productions, Kitty Film, TF1TF1TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
) - Around the World in 80 DreamsAround the World in 80 DreamsAround the World in Eighty Dreams is an French animated series with 26 episodes produced in 1992. The cartoon was localized for a Western audience by Saban Entertainment and broadcast in the United States in first-run syndication in the early 1990s as part of Bohbot Entertainment's "Amazin'...
(C&D, Saban Entertainment) - The Bots MasterThe Bots MasterThe Bots Master was a 1993 cartoon series, produced by Jean Chalopin through his company "Creativite et Developpement" in France . In total 40 episodes were made, each one having a special 3D segment and titles. The series was co-produced by Avi Arad and Associates...
(C&D) - Cyrano 2022 (France 2 + Neuroplanet)
- Space StrikersSpace StrikersSpace Strikers was an animated television series that was based on the Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The series aired on UPN from 1995 to 1996. Action sequences were shown in "Strikervision" 3-D. It was the first animated series to be made specifically for UPN.-Voice...
(AB Productions + Saban Entertainment) - Littlest Pet ShopLittlest Pet ShopLittlest Pet Shop is a toy franchise owned by Hasbro. The original toy series was produced by Kenner in the early 1990s. An animated television series by Sunbow Productions and Creativite et Developpement, based on the franchise, debuted in 1995. However, an updated version of Littlest Pet Shop was...
(C&D, Sunbow ProductionsSunbow ProductionsSunbow Entertainment was an animation studio, founded in 1980 and owned up until 1998 by Griffin-Bacal Advertising in New York. The first animation efforts by Griffin-Bacal were producing the animated commercials for Hasbro's G.I...
, AB Productions) - Gadget and the GadgetinisGadget and the GadgetinisGadget and the Gadgetinis is a spinoff of the classic series Inspector Gadget, developed by DiC in cooperation with Haim Saban's SIP Animation and produced from 2001 to 2003. There are 52 episodes.-Plot:...
(DIC EntertainmentDiC EntertainmentDIC Entertainment was an international film and television production company. In addition to animated television shows such as Ulysses 31 , Inspector Gadget , The Littles , The Real Ghostbusters , Captain Planet and the Planeteers , and the first two seasons of the English adaptation of...
+ SIP Animation)