The Fixies
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About project

  • Genre: edutainment
  • Format: 3D (CGI) + 2D (flash)
  • Number of episodes: 262
  • Episode’s length: 6 min
  • Audience: boys and girls 4-7, family co-viewing
  • Author: Alexander Tatarsky, Georgy Vasiliev
  • General Producer: Ilya Popov, Julia Nikolaeva
  • Producer: Georgy Vasiliev, Ilya Popov, Julia Nikolaeva, Oksana Gukasyan, Michael Mennies
  • Production: Aeroplane Productions

An instant TV hit since its premier in 2010 Aeroplane Production’s “The Fixies” has grown year after year, not only as one of Russia’s biggest animated brands of all time, but as an international hit sold into over 150+ countries. The edutainment brand for boys and girls 4-8 boasts 5 seasons of series, 2 feature films, a robust licensing and publishing program, live stage shows and more. The show has more than 25 billion online views around the world with more than 2 million views/day on its English YouTube channel which is managed by Wildbrain.

Synopsis

Each episode is devoted to one of the gadgets, equipment, or phenomena. The series explains to children how the world around them is arranged. With the fixies, kids learn about things and how to use the complicated equipment carefully through play and entertainment. Each episode is devoted to one of the gadgets, equipment, or phenomena. The series explains to children how the world around them is arranged. With the fixies, kids learn about things and how to use the complicated equipment carefully through play and entertainment.


32
languages
167
countries of the world
Over
120 mln
plays on music platforms
more than
3500
licensed products with “The Fixies” brand
More than
10 mln
subscribers on YouTube
More than
14 bln
views in China
More than
1 mln
subscribers on social networks
Over
10 bln
views on YouTube
TOP-3
Among the favorite Russian animation brands
Over
100 000
TV shows in Russia

Translations

Interesting facts

01
A famous animation director, Alexander Tatarsky (“Plasticine Crow”, “Last Year’s Snow Falling”) suggested using Eduard Uspensky’s story “Little guarantee people” as a basis for a new animation series.
02
The world “Fixie” is coined from two English words: “pixie” and “to fix”.
03
The Fixies’ sign was drawn and registered even before the characters were created.
04
The artists have been working on the images of the Fixies for several years, when Yury Pronin, the artistic director, suggested that they should be able to turn into small screws to hide from the humans and made the characters’ shape resemble them.
05
The songs, which the Fixies like are called “Fixie Ditties”. There are more than 30 songs included in “Fixie Ditties” compilation.
For more information on cooperation with the Fixies brand, please contact our licensing department (812) 777-77-88, or write at international@riki.team
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