Le Mans And The Tuff Guys
Rio, Brazil, the near future. Three orphans befriend a giant robot gone AWOL and together they bring peace and security to much more than just their favela.
This was my idea for the perfect saturday morning TV cartoon. I was deeply impressed by the foreign theme of ‘Mysterious Cities Of Gold’ and also being drawn to the music of Sergio Mendes (who provides the theme music here) I just had to set my kids-with-giant-robot series in Brazil. Made at the turn of the century 2000AD by hand in Islington, London where I used to live. Nice