Migali Spider Princess Premieres AI-Free at MipJunior — SkimNews
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- "Migali" premieres at MipJunior on Oct. 10 as a 52x11-minute series following six-year-old spider princess Migali at a Royal Academy, produced by Easy Peasy Entertainment and Bardaf! Productions with co-producers RTBF, Ketnet, RTS and TF1.
- Director Cédric Frémeaux (previously "50/50 Heroes") framed the show as explicitly AI-free, saying teams received strict instructions against AI use during production and arguing that 'creativity has to remain at the center' of animation.
- The series adapts the eponymous comic by Alexandre Arlène and Fabien Ockö Lambert, which has sold more than 150,000 copies across nine volumes in France — with Terme spotting its series potential before the first comic was even published.
- Production ran across Caribara studios in Annecy and Paris plus Belgian subsidiary Waoooh, with international distribution handled by Moon-Keys International Content following the Cannes screening.
- Frémeaux positioned the show for kids 5–8, saying the writers aimed for humor that 'doesn't shy away from deeper topics' rather than chasing attention with 'fast-paced, frantic content.'
Why it matters: Frémeaux's public, unprompted AI-free commitment distinguishes "Migali" from a crowded kids-animation slate increasingly anxious about generative tools, while its five-broadcaster co-production structure (RTBF, Ketnet, RTS, TF1 plus Easy Peasy/Bardaf!) gives Auzou Publishing's screen arm a meaningful international launchpad if MipJunior buyers convert pre-sales into pickups.
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