Underplayed Gems

City of Friends (2010)

City of Friends poster
Genre
children's television series
Country
Norway
Length
2 seasons, 52 episodes
Rated
G
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This show follows a group of animal characters who work as police officers, firefighters, and medical workers in a friendly town. Each episode shows them helping people and solving problems together.

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What happens

City of Friends (Norwegian: Vennebyen) is a Norwegian animated children's television series created by Carl Christian Hamre of CreaCon Entertainment. The TV show itself presents stories for young children about policemen, fire service personnel and medical service personnel. The series first aired in Norway on TV 2 in 2010, simultaneously with TV 2 Denmark, TV4 Sweden and MTV3 Finland. During its production phase, Parthenon Entertainment (later renamed Sky Vision) distributed the series outside of Scandinavia. In 2015, the IP's founders decided to sell it to TA Tolv. Hamre, the series creator, left CreaCon on 31 March of that year. The new shareholders planned the creation of a feature film, set to be released in the first half of 2017. The plan for a feature film was revived in early 2026 by Bergen locals, who aimed to find Scandinavian partners for funding. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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