Cosy Corner

*See also Cosy Corner (place)*

**Cosy Corner (original: Le Nidouille)** is French cartoon where first released on television on March 17, 2003 in France (Teletoon). There it was broadcast on France 5 in the children's block "Midi Les Zouzous" and later on "Piwi +". Each episode lasts approximately 6 minutes and 30 seconds. Series has 52 episodes. The director of the series is Eric Cazes, the author of the series is Béatrice Marthouret and the author of the character design is Luis Zuazua.

## Execution

The series was created using methods of combining 2D and 3D/GCI animations where the characters were created in 3D and the scenery in 2D, which gives an amazing effect, even though the characters had errors in the animation.

## Plot

The action of the series takes place in the early 2000s. The series is about seven anthropomorphic animals that live in a large tree, where they have built their apartaments. Characters don't always get along well, but they learn to cooperate every day.

## Synopsis

### French (Piwi)

Le Nidouille est un arbre plein de vie à la lisière de la ville, où vivent sept petits personnages au caractère bien trempé. Chacun y dispose d'un petit chez soi dont le décor témoigne bien de sa personnalité. Tous cohabitent dans une relative sérénité... sauf quand ils se disputent ou font les fous. Car ce n'est pas toujours facile de vivre ensemble quand on est différent!

### English (Mediatoon)

**It’s fun to get to know new friends!**

Cosy Corner tells the story of a bunch of characters who have been thrown together by chance and grow to know more about one another… Each one of them has a huge personality! The series follows the trials and tribulations of getting to new friends and relations. You might not like everybody at first sight but you need to learn how to get along!

### Polish (DVD)

Niezwykli mieszkańcy Uroczego Zakątka to:

Kokietka Stella, wścibski Victor, leniwy Mario, urocza Nina, muzykant Louis, narwany Jacky i mądrala Margot.

Każdy z nich zbudował na wspólnym drzewie swój domek. Mimo różnych charakterów i temperamentów potrafią się razem bawić. Bo plac zabaw to najlepsze miejsce aby zapomnieć o konfliktach i urazach.

### Slovenian (SloCartoon)

Prikupna in poučna risanka za predšolske otroke, pripoveduje o različnih značajih otrok, ki se po naključju znajdejo na enem prostoru. Gre za spoznavanje novih prijateljev in medsebojnih odnosov. Odpuščanje in spoštovanje do drugih ni nekaj prirojenega in enostavnega.

## Characters

***The characters is:***

**Stella the Mouse** - The very feminine mouse who devotes a lot of time to her beauty. She is very sweet and kind. Stella still play with dolls and sees herself as a "princess". Sometimes, she can't stand boys because they damage or break her items and toys.

**Victor the Bird** - is a bird that many reject (e.g. Jacky, Nina, etc.) Still, Victor is smart and very good when it comes to a fighting game. He's protected by Margot, when he is ridiculed (she cares a lot about him). He is kind and helpful and cares about the people around him. He's so inquisitive. He has his own Lucky Blankey.

**Mario the Crocodile** - is a literally lazy crocodile. Always sleeping in his hammock, he is not very active and prefers to take a nap rather than play. But it is good for throwing parties.

**Nina the Coyote** - is a prank coyote and professional acrobat. She can be pretentious and unscrupulous. She is very restless and has difficulty keeping still. It can happen that it is very hurtful. She wants us to do whatever she wants. She is not able to laugh at herself and cannot bear to be defeated.

**Louis the Owl** - Louis is an owl with a taste for music. He has his own radio station which is at his house. It is called Radio Cosy Corner. Louis is rather nice and intellectual, but sometimes his temperament is very limited. He is close to Victor who is one of his best friends. He has crush on Stella.

**Jacky the Hedgehog** - Jacky is an athlete. He's not afraid to speak his mind and it doesn't matter if it's nice or mean. He has crush on Margot. Jacky wants to prove that he is strong and that he can impress everyone but in fact, he keeps part of his birth. He has a lucky charm: it's a pink cloth with yellow dots.

**Margot the Frog** - Margot is a rather calm frog and, like her friend Stella, she is very sweet and kind. She likes to help her friends and do them good. She has huge crush on Jacky. To flirt with him, she gives him compliments. Margot is a remarkable friend, but she can't say "no". She has multi-hobbies, incl. art and cooking.

## Other Broadcasts

The series was released in Poland on TVP1 in the block "Bedtime Story" at 7 pm for the first time in 2005. Later, episodes of the series in Polish were released on DVD with re-dub. These DVDs feature uncensored episodes.

In Ontario Canada, the series was aired on TFO's children's program, Mini TFO.

In U.K, the series was aired on Tiny Pop. The Polish DVD has English subtitles, and even American voice actors are described there.

Slovenian dub was aired on TV Slovenia

The Arabic dub has two variants: The first is from Karbala TV and Ajyal TV and the second is from Basma Channel. Both dubbings are quite heavily censored (because of sexism jokes, contemptuous content or dark jokes known also as Fanservice)

Serbian dub was broadcast in the Mini Ultra program. It was dubbed in Loudworks studio. Title of dub is unknown

## Moral

The moral of Cosy Corner is **to make the child understand daily life situations**. It also shows that **revenge is useless** and that **trusting friends is good**.

## Trivia

* Cosy Corner series is constantly lost media. Some episodes are missing. Some are rare and some are available on Youtube or Chomikuj.pl.
* It is not known whether the pilot episode of the series was created, but the only evidence of its existence is the character design on the back of an extremely rare Polish VCD that looks as if they were very old/early. People say the pilot was created either in the mid-90s (1996-1999) or in the early 2000s (2000-2001). Designs were probably created in Storimages with the help of Luis Zuazua. Otherwise, the "cosy-pilot" is completely lost.

## Additional links

Episodes in Arabic (with censorship)

Episodes in Polish

Cosy Corner on Wikipedia (French)

Cosy Corner Mediatoon page