Flatmania
Encyclopedia
Flatmania is an animated television program that airs in France
(on France 3
and Disney Channel France), Canada
(YTV and Radio-Canada
) Germany
(Nick), the U.S.
(Animania
) and in the United Kingdom
(on POP). It is based on a visual style created by Anne-Caroline Pandolfo and Isabelle Simler. The series is about a real teen who gets transported in the Flatmania (a series of magazines) paper world.
.
During each episode, Vincent and Kyu arrive on a new magazine and must find a rift that will send them to the next magazine.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
(on France 3
France 3
France 3 is the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France Ô....
and Disney Channel France), Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
(YTV and Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
) Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
(Nick), the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(Animania
Animania
Animania is an annual anime convention that has been held in Sydney, Australia since 2002. It is Sydney's first dedicated anime and manga event...
) and in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
(on POP). It is based on a visual style created by Anne-Caroline Pandolfo and Isabelle Simler. The series is about a real teen who gets transported in the Flatmania (a series of magazines) paper world.
Animation style
The animation style of Flatmania is very particular. Due to the heroes being paper flat, special effects were used so the paper people, when turning around or being seen aside, will be as flat as paper. This technique also implies paper transformations, which means that the heroes might be folded as origamiOrigami
is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD at the latest and was popularized outside Japan in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form...
.
The story
Vincent is a 13-year-old teen who buys the complete series of a magazine named Flatmania. The magazines look magical, and really are, because Vincent gets transported through a vortex and becomes as flat as a sheet of paper. While entering he meets Kyu, another teen from the magazine world. Now paper flat, Vincent must come back to the real world.During each episode, Vincent and Kyu arrive on a new magazine and must find a rift that will send them to the next magazine.