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1 st Season – 13 Episodes available2 nd Season - 13 Episodes in productionFeature Film in developmentThe Wild Soccer Bunch © WunderWerk 2012

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„Good kids never grow up“THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH: A close community of boys and girls who are crazyabout soccer.They are the wildest team of the world and each one is a soccer superstar:Kevin, the slalom-dribble-talent, Roger, the hero, Vanessa, the fearless or Tyler,the one with the hardest shot.Seven wild kids against the rest of the world. There’s always a lot at stake. Butit’s not always about soccer.

THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH by Joachim Masannek is one of the most successfulGerman children‘s book series of the last years.Thirteen volumes.New books upcoming.Circa 4 Mio. copies sold only in Germany.Translated into eleven languages, sold to 29 countries.Five successful movies with circa 9 Mio. viewers.International distribution in more than 30 countries.Most successful German brand for boys.Enthusiastic, loyal and wild fans.

Animation corresponds perfectly to the brand:Crazy, cool and wild — larger-than-life…Animation is the best way to show it:A soccer ball does not roll over a green lawn. It dashes through the clouds andtears a hole into them.One shot of Tyler busts the bars and makes the posts glow. And Mickey theBulldozer is fat. Very fat. Huge.Animation is the answer.

Animated TV Series:Feature Film:Target Group:Visual Style TV Series:1 st season, 13 x 22 min available2 nd season, 13 X 22 min in productionin development6 – 10 years, boys and girls2D Animation, with Anime/Manga elementsGripping characters, fast camera movements, big emotions, cool music

It‘s all good as long as you‘re wild……that‘s what the Wild Soccer Bunch firmly believe in. Kevin, Tyler, Roger, Joey, Kyle, Vanessa,and Rico are friends, best friends! But they‘re even more than that: they play together in the“best team on earth”. They‘d give their right leg for each other and for soccer.The series accompanies the seven on their way from a happy, anarchistic kickabout flock intoa self-organised, cool team, competing in the youth league. With jerseys; with a realstadium, the Devil‘s Pot; and with player‘s licences, signed with blood. Sports are never justa game but are always an emotional rollercoaster between good and bad experiences.

The Wild Bunch fight together for their acceptance as a soccer team whilst they need tocompete in external and internal challenges. Sometimes it’s the Unbeatables with theirboss Mickey the Bulldozer, sometimes an almighty father, or intense conflicts between eachother. But only if they all stick together and believe in their collective strength, somethingcan happen, what is possible for great soccer players and best friends only — mighty soccermagic!The single episodes are about everything, which is not always soccer. They’re aboutfriendship, trust, betrayal, envy, hope. The Wild Bunch create their own world. They havetheir own language, their special style, cool bikes, and secret places. the Wild Bunch gettheir own, “cool”, visually realised world in the series as well. This world is dark and leavesenough room for thrill, magic and big emotions — just like in Japanese Manga, the style ofthe new series complies with.

Episode 01The World’s EndThe Wild Soccer Bunch are shocked: their soccer field has been taken over by theirarchenemies the Unbeatables. A soccer match is to decide the fate of the field, but in orderto win, the Wild Soccer Bunch urgently need a coach.Episode 02Shadow JumperThe decisive match for possession of the soccer field is just around the corner. Butdisagreements between the members of the Wild Soccer Bunch make a victory seemimpossible.

Episode 03Signs in the NightAfter winning the match against the Unbeatables, the Wild Soccer Bunch are full ofthemselves. The extremely talented soccer player Rico brings them abruptly back down toearth. Rico ends up joining the team.Episode 04The Warrior QueenVanessa desperately wants to play with the Wild Soccer Bunch, but they don't want any girlson their team. Then Vanessa comes up with a daring plan to convince the team to let herjoin them.

Episode 05Torn ApartRico's father forces him to leave the Wild Soccer Bunch in order to play with the FC. At thematch between the FC and the Wild Soccer Bunch, Rico has to decide which side he's on.Episode 06The 8th DimensionIn order to join the official youth soccer league, the Wild Soccer Bunch must fix up theirsoccer field and turn it into a real soccer stadium — which, however, Kyle's father wants toprevent at all costs.

Episode 07The Beast of the Dark ForestJoey lives in an orphanage. When he learns that he is to be shipped off to a foster family,he runs away and hides in the Dark Forest. But a wild dog is on the loose in the woods…Episode 08Brothers in ArmsThe next team the Wild Soccer Bunch is up against is the Cool Kickers. Their deviouscaptain Harry-Dean does everything in his power to drive a wedge between Kevin and Tyler.Episode 09The TraitorKyle dreams of becoming the world's best goalkeeper. He gets an offer to join the FC andcan't decide what to do: should he really leave the Wild Soccer Bunch?

Episode 10Secret of the Graffiti CastlesJoey is blackmailed by the Unbeatables. When they force him into a crazy test of courage,only the Wild Soccer Bunch can save him.Episode 11Ghost DanceVanessa begins to doubt whether she really has what it takes to play professional soccer.The soccer oracle in the Dark Forest could help clear things up. But it is guarded by spookycreatures…

Episode 12Hell on WheelsOn the morning of the final league match, Rico is kidnapped by the Unbeatables. In orderto free him, the Wild Soccer Bunch agree to take part in a breakneck bicycle race.Episode 13Decision at the Devil’s PotAfter winning the unfair bicycle race against the Unbeatables, the Wild Soccer Bunch arriveat the Devil's Pot completely exhausted. They have no chance against the FC. Now only themagic of their soccer field can help them…

“Where there’s a will there’s a way.I’m talking about a wild will and a wild way.”Leader of THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH.Personal attributes:Kevin is charismatic, powerful and obstinate, he never gives up.

“I’d do anything for the WILD SOCCER BUNCH. And when I say anything, Imean anything.”He is the heart and the soul of the team.While Kevin is the head of the team, Tyler is its backbone.Personal attributes:Tyler is reliable, courageous and reserved, he has good social skills.

“I have finally found a real team, and I don’t care whether my dad likes itor not.”Extremely talented soccer player with an uncompromising will to win.Personal attributes:Strong willed, loyal, shies away from confrontations

“When there’s nothing to lose, you can only win.”Roger doesn’t really have much to contribute, as far as playing soccer isconcerned. He comes always up with a plan and is the one, who is able toturn things around.Personal attributes:Enthusiastic, exuberant, overestimates himself.

“Fear is wild. Who has no fear, can‘t be wild. Who doesn‘t know fear,doesn‘t know courage.”Her best shots are actually the ones when she wears her pink pumps. Shehas her heart in the right place.Personal attributes: Stubborn, funny. She knows what she wants.THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH’s best cyclist.

“If it wasn’t for the WILD SOCCER BUNCH, I wouldn’t have a real family atall.”He is rather reticent, feels a responsibility towards those who are weakerthan himself.Personal attributes: Caring, independent, restless, can be a bit of a loner

“Those who are wild, take action and do things themselves. Those whojust run off at the mouth or sit in front of TV are only dreaming aboutbeing wild.”He hardly ever talks and even conducts silent conversation on the phone.As a goalie, he stops every ball — even those that are unstoppable.Personal attributes: Pragmatic, straightforward.

He lives alone in a trailer behind the kiosk at the Devil’s Pot.

Leader of Grumpy Rick, Octopus, Mow Down, Juggernaut Jim, Black EyeHenry and Kong — better known as THE UNBEATABLES. Mickey theBulldozer reigns in the Graffiti Castles, the three tenements beyond theDark Forest.

Further adults in the series are:the butlerRico’s fatherMore Characters will be introduced in the second season:also known as “the secret inventor phantom”. All the fantastic stuff theteam will use in the second series is built in Hadschi’s secret laboratory.is Mickey the Bulldozer’s cousin and even fatter and older than his cousin.But he is also twice as mean and malicious. He considers himself a realvillain and lives in the Black Hills.

Admissions: 954,641Admissions: 1,578,251Admissions: 2,125,126Admissions: 2,458,742Admissions: 1,727,068All the feature films have received several awards.

THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH (1-5) feature films have been sold to the following countries:Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, The Caribbean Islands, Cambodia, China, Commonwealth ofIndependent States, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iran, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania,Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Sweden, Serbia, Slovakia,Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela etc.

Foreign Rights of THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH have been sold to the following countries:Czech Republic, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Faroe Islands, Finland, Georgian Republic,Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland,Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam etc.

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