26-episode series set in Paris about teenager with super powers now in production
The entertainment trade magazine
Variety
reported
on Wednesday that
Toei Animation
will co-produce the upcoming animated series
Miraculous
(tentative title) with the French animation company Zagtoon. The comedy action series will be set in Paris and will follow the adventures of a justice-seeking teenage girl named Marinette who has super powers.
Variety
reported that the 26-episode series has a budget of US$11.2 million and has a "colorful manga style." Aton Soumache's Method Animation (
The Little Prince
) studio is also co-producing the series.
Miraculous
is currently in production.