RAVEN THE LITTLE RASCAL – THE SERIES is a children’s animated TV series project based on characters and themes from a beloved book series about cheeky Little Raven and his friends. The strong book brand, high emotional recognition value, entertaining stories, unforgettable characters, and appealing visual style will make for great children’s entertainment and, hopefully, an all-time classic.The production will be realized by Akkord Film (67%) in co-production with highly series-experienced 2 Minutes in France (33%) who also provides the director. We will produce 52 episodes of 12 minutes in four blocks of 13 episodes for a budget of € 5.37 million of which 91% are already secured.The underlying German book series "Der kleine Rabe Socke" has sold over 5 million copies and even more merchandise worldwide.The series will first be shown in 2016/17. Broadcast partner ARD is spearheaded by animation experienced editorial departments at SWR & NDR for a 6-7pm family slot on Kika. After a presentation at Cartoon Forum, the rights were presold by Akkord to NRK Norway, ORF Austria and have since been presold by its world sales agent, Beta Film, to Yleisradio OY in Finland, Pro Plus in Slovenia and Ceska Televize in the Czech Republic, thus six presales to broadcasters. On top, 2Minutes participation includes a pre-buy of French, Belgian and Chinese rights, and Beta Film pre-bought Italian rights, summing up to ten presales. Expert Beta Film expects world sales of over 1.8 million Euros.His animal friends already know it too well: Cheeky Raven is a winner, and life would be really boring without him!