India's animation sector is witnessing a major boom. Overseas entertainment giants like Walt Disney, Imax and Sony are increasingly outsourcing cartoon characters and special effects to India.
Major animation studios and producers from all over the world are now turning to India for opportunities to outsource animation projects. This can be witnessed from. Toonz Animation Studio, based at Technopark in Kerala, is one of India's top animation companies. It created waves with the original production of its 26 episode series, The Adventures of Tenali Raman .
The Adventures of Hanuman , is shown on Cartoon Network, which has the distribution rights for India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan. Toonz also feels that the 13-episode Hanuman series will have an edge as the Hanuman legend is known not just in India, but throughout Asia.
The 26-episode series will be telecast on several channels across Europe, including France 5, ORBF Belgium, RTV Germany, Teletoon France and others. This year alone, UTV Toons' artists will produce 2,500 minutes of animation for TV and film. Among the other shows that it is working on are series like The Adventures of Oliver Twist for Fox family channel, Jo Kilat for TV12 in Singapore and a film for Unicef.
starring a character called Wabo, which the United Nations is using to educate worldwide audiences on the importance of fresh drinking water.