Making a splash in Cannes, Mediawan Kids & Family world-premiered its early-school anime series “Ki & Hi in the Panda Kingdom” at MipJunior on Saturday, earning warm applause from industry attendees who filled the Debussy Theater.

Adapted from the best-selling manga by popular French YouTuber Kevin Tran — who also serves as co-producer and showrunner — the 52×11 title follows the daily adventures of 10-year-old Ki and his boisterous six-year-old brother Hi. The pair bicker and bond their way through the whimsical Panda Kingdom, a vibrant world that blends the everyday with the extraordinary, carrying animals and humans alike into something at once magical and mundane.

Those carefully chosen character ages mirror the show’s target audience — a demographic that Mediawan Kids & Family g

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