In the aftermath of a world-changing event, Green Ninja Lloyd must train young heroes to rescue dragons from a technologically advanced enemy. New and old Ninja team up to find three Dragon Cores with the power to save their unstable world unless their enemy – the Imperium – steals them first. Premiere: Saturday, 9 December @ 08:05 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Weekends @ 08:05 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Join eight-year-old Ella Ryder and her friends as they set out on adventures of excitement and discovery in outer space. Hop between stars and planets and ride alongside comets and meteors in an amazing universe that goes beyond imagination. Premiere: Saturday, 9 December @ 17:00 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Weekends @ 17:00 CAT Also available on DStv Catch
The ACME Construction Company team is at it again, wreaking havoc but still finding a way to deliver on their customers’ crazy desires. They build Kathy Bat an upside-down radio station – and Porky’s worst fears are realised because he didn’t speak up during the build. The Beaver Brothers bring their own brand of chaos to the mix while the Builders try to assemble their log cabin. Trouble brews quickly when plans for a skate park cause a clash with Hoots Talon and his friends. Premiere: Saturday, 25 November @ 08:00 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Weekends @ 08:00 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Childhood besties Oscar the Elephant and Hedgehog the … hedgehog … are back with their cast of friends for a sixth season of Summer Camp Island. Plenty of weird and wacky stuff continues to happen at camp – all of which Oscar and Hedgehog must contend with. A magic trick gone wrong sees Susie relying on Oscar and Hedgehog in unimaginable ways – and later, Oscar heads to the Sasquatch Monastery in search of enlightenment while Hedgehog lends a hand to some alien friends to help them pull off a once-in-a-lifetime ritual. Premiere: Saturday, 25 November @ 14:55 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Weekends @ 14:55 CAT (2x episodes per day) Also available on DStv Catch Up
The sensational, sentient, super-powered Batwheels continue to defend Gotham City against the meanest of villains alongside Batman, Robin, and Batgirl. Bam, Bibi, Redbird, Batwing, and Buff must navigate the growing pains of being a newly formed super-team, as well as the growing pains that come with just being a kid. This month, Bam must overcome his biggest fear when Poison Ivy strikes, and Bibi learns an important lesson when her mistakes lead to the Joker getting away. Calamity strikes when all the Batwheels mysteriously disappear, and Bam must enlist a legend to help track them down. Premiere: Monday, 13 November @ 15:45 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Mondays – Fridays @ 15:45 CAT Also available on DStv Catch
Mr Magoo is a kind-hearted fellow who is always happy to lend a hand – but often causes disasters instead. He only has one enemy – Fizz, a megalomaniacal hamster who is somehow always accidentally thwarted by Magoo. Fizz decides to shroud himself in mystery, but while he’s tracing his giant portrait in the desert sand, Mr Magoo arrives with his golf clubs … His next dastardly plan is to take control of the weather with the MeteoFizz when Weasel takes his annual holiday – but when Mr Magoo finds the machine’s remote control, he thinks he’s stumbled upon a treasure hunt. Premiere: Monday, 13 November @ 15:15 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Mondays – Fridays @ 15:15 CAT (2x episodes per day) Also available on DStv Catch Up
A special new episode of Looney Tunes Cartoons marks the spookiest day of the year – Halloween – with a bunch of our Cartoonito friends putting their own spin on the ghostly celebration. We kick off with some spooky episodes of Masha and the Bear, Cocomelon, Mr Bean and many more at 15:10 CAT. Then to cap off the Halloween fun, catch the 30-minute special Bugs Bunny’s Howl-o-Skreem Spooktacula Graveyard Goofs where Daffy Duck and Porky Pig take center stage – but will things go as planned? ⏰ Tune in: Bugs Bunny’s Howl-o-Skreem Spooktacula Graveyard Goofs – Tuesday, 31 October @ 17:35 CAT Halloween special block – Tuesday, 31 October from 15:15 CAT
Cartoon Network celebrates Halloween this month with a daily block of spooky episodes ofTeen Titans Go!; We Bare Bears; Craig of the Creek; The Amazing World of Gumball; and many more. From 28 – 31 October, catch the freakiest, craziest, oddest episodes of your favourite shows in a special not-so-scary, a-bit-more-hairy block, only on Cartoon Network Africa! Tune-in: Saturday, 28 October – Tuesday, 31 October from 14:55 CAT
Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! is back on track with big adventures fueled by friendships. Thomas and his friends will embrace unexpected surprises and discover more about each other as they get into new shenanigans on the Island of Sodor. When Carly doesn’t return from saving Emily from an accidental derailing, a worried Sandy recruits the help of a bored Diesel to find her best gal pal. As their friends organise a special party, Sandy and Kana try to create a surprise of their own – but when it goes wrong, they learn that togetherness is more important than any surprise. In a bid to make their job of prepping hay bales for a huge hay delivery more fun, Terence and Carly set out to create the tallest hay tower ever! Premiere: Monday, 23 October @ 08:25 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Mondays – Fridays @ 08:25 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Hop in the box for a We Baby Bears journey where The Baby Bears’ wish upon a star turns their box into a magical means of transportation to many worlds, from a village of talking vegetables to a land where snow sculptures come to life. This month – join Baby Grizz, Baby Panda, and Baby Ice Bear in a two-part special entitled ‘The Little Fallen Star’ where the Baby Bears travel to the far reaches of space to discover the origin of their magic box. Premiere: Saturday, 21 October from 08:45 CAT
Little bugs learn big lessons in feelings, friendship and fun as Lu & the Bally Bunch flutters onto Cartoonito Africa on Monday, 9 October. Join Lu & the Bally Bunch on their school journey filled with music, laughter, and lots of fun! Created by Oscar®-nominated director Nicky Phelan, Lu & the Bally Bunch is about a little ladybird named Lu who has just started preschool with her new friends. Together, they explore their brand-new social lives through play, music, big feelings, and even bigger fun. As an only child, Lu is used to being the centre of her universe. Having just started preschool, she’s learning that sharing space with five other centres of the universe has its challenges. Exploring the everyday dramas of life in school, Lu & the Bally Bunch is a funny and affectionate look at Lu and her friends – Barnaby, Biba, Declan, Elodie and Gus – as they learn how to get along with each other in their new social setting. Inspired by Nicky Phelan’s memories of helping his mum in her own preschool, Lu & the Bally Bunchcelebrates the joy, drama and humour of young schoolers learning to share space. There’s nothing as funny as seeing a bunch of three-year-olds fail to navigate each other and nothing as heart-warming as seeing them learn to get along. Set in Ballybug, a small village home to a community of bugs, Lu and her friends attend Shella Kabooky’s Shell School. Shella, a snail, is the wise and kind teacher of the preschool housed in her shell. Inspired by the teachings of Montessori, Shella guides the bugs through games, play and learning with a gentle, kid-led approach. Under Shella’s watchful eye, Lu and her friends learn to laugh and play together. Lu & the Bally Bunch highlights the high-stakes drama of navigating first friendships with real children’s voices, heartfelt humour, and dramatic stories that play out in real-time. The series features real-life and authentic scenarios that young kids deal with as they go to school for the first time, with lessons in social-emotional learning and conflict resolution. Produced by 9 Story’s award-winning studio, Brown Bag Films, with the participation of Warner Bros. Discovery and CBC Kids, Lu & the Bally Bunch was created by Brown Bag Films’ director, Nicky Phelan (Vampirina, Bing, Octonauts), Oscar®-nominated for his short film Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty. Phelan also directed the series. Join Lu & the Bally Bunch on their journey with music, laughter, and fun, premiering exclusively onCartoonito Africa, weekdays at 17:10 CAT, from Monday, 9 October.
What starts as a summer vacation in the tropical Alola region becomes the next exciting chapter in Ash Ketchum’s quest to become a Pokémon Master! There’s plenty for Ash and Pikachu to explore, exciting new Pokémon to discover and interesting people to learn from along the way—including the cool Professor Kukui and the fun-loving Samson Oak. More new faces will help guide Ash’s Alolan adventure, in skilled Trainers Kiawe, Lana, Mallow, and Sophocles—and a mysterious research assistant called Lillie. It’s not all set to go Ash Ketchum’s way, though – familiar foes, Team Rocket, have also made their way to Alola and are joined by new challenges, Team Skull. Premiere: Monday, 9 October @ 17:30 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Mondays – Fridays @ 17:30 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Lu is a ladybird who has started school at Ms Shella’s Shell School with her new friends in the village of Ballybug. Lu and her ‘Bally Bunch’ of five insect classmates learn how to laugh, play, and navigate their new social lives together at school, dealing with the ups and downs of getting along and sharing a new space with other children and learning about one of life’s most important skills – how to be a friend. Inspired by creator Nicky Phelan’s memories of helping his mum in her own preschool, there’s nothing as funny as seeing a bunch of three-year-olds fail to navigate each other and nothing as heart-warming as seeing them learn to get along. Premiere: Monday, 9 October @ 17:40 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Mondays – Fridays @ 17:40 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Whether it’s Hibernation Rabbid heading for Mars on a misinformed adventure, Robin Hood needing a helping hand from Tom & Jerry to save himself and rescue Maid Marion or Scooby-Doo and the gang setting out to clear their names after being accused of plotting a practical joke, there’s something for everyone with some of the biggest stars on Cartoonito this spring school holiday! ⏰ Tune in: Monday, 2 October – Monday, 9 October @ 09:40 CAT 2 October: Rabbids Invasion: Mission to Mars 3 October: Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and his Merry Mouse 4 October: Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword 5 October: Tom & Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 6 October: Looney Tunes Rabbits Run 7 October: Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (Live action) 8 October: Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (Live action) 9 October: Kangaroo Jack: G’Day USA
Accompanied by his loyal squire Bert, Prince Ivandoe sets off on a quest to Eagle Mountain through The Five Kingdoms to claim the legendary Golden Feather. So far, Prince Ivandoe has travelled from his home, the Kingdom of the Mighty Stag, through Svanland – the idyllic Land of the Swans, the rogue state of The Forest of the Outlaws, the Red Squirrel Kingdom – set high in the trees – and the Underground Kingdom of the Ogres, where King Ironhorn rules from a crumbling and this month, his journey takes him into the Underground castle. These new episodes bring a lot of wacky adventures along, Prince Ivandoe’s unfortunate hiccups have an interesting twist on a wish granted by a Wishpillar. His squire Bert is thrust into the limelight when he pulls a mysterious sword from a stone, and and Prince Ivandoe and Bert are going to form a unlikely bond with a Sassy Gnome while trying to get him reunited with his brothers! Premiere: Monday, 2 October @ 16:35 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Mondays – Fridays @ 16:35 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Settle in for a CN Movie every day of the spring holidays. In Teen Titans Go! vs Teen Titans (2 October), The comedic Teen Titans take on their serious counterparts when villains from each of their worlds team up to pit the two Titan teams against each other. On 3 October, Best Bros Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear go on a wild, hilarious and dangerous adventure to escape a foe that threatens to tear them apart in We Bare Bears: The Movie and on 4 October, DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis sees Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Bumblebee and the rest of the Super Crew must journey through the depths of the ocean to Atlantis. On 5 October,Ben 10 vs The Universe: The Movie sees Ben go interstellar to save the day when Vilgax returns to do double the damage on Team Tennyson and planet Earth. To round things off on 6 October, two slacker groundskeepers must go back in time and battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe after accidentally creating a Timenado in Regular Show: The Movie. Tune-in: Monday, 2 October – Friday, 6 October @ 11:30 CAT
In the year 3021, on a space station somewhere between Mars and Jupiter in the Milky Way, 8-year-old Ella Ryder sets out with her friends on exciting adventures of discovery. And because they are in space, there’s lots to experience and even more to explore! This month, the team encounters solar flares, huge moon craters, spectacular giant red stars and crashes on a trip to a rogue planet! Slippy tries to hide his inventions away on the dark side of Mercury, Ella’s Dad tries to fix Glitch’s arms and the gang play a star-riddle game that’s a tradition in Slippy’s family. Premiere: Monday, 18 September @ 15:10 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Mondays – Fridays @ 15:10 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
The third Saturday of September is observed globally as Batman Day, which marks the anniversary of the first-ever appearance of the character in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. To celebrate, we’ve put together an epic day ofLEGO DC movies and Teen Titans GO! episodes on 16 September that’s sure to unleash the Caped Crusader in all of us! We’ll kick off with LEGO Batman: DC Superheroes Unite, LEGO DC Batman: Family Matters, LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout, and LEGO DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered before swinging into an all-action Teen Titans GO! Batman marathon. Premiere: Saturday, 16 September from 08:50 CAT
Celebrate Batman Day by diving into a special themed Cartoonito marathon, featuring the best of the Batwheels and all their crazy Gotham City adventures. Tune in on Saturday, 16 September, from 08:30 for Secret Origins of the Batwheels and Batwheels episodes 2, 18 & 30 from Season 1, with special appearances by Batman himself! ⏰ Tune in: Saturday, 16 September @ 08:30 CAT
Moley follows the day-to-day misadventures of Master Moley as he travels the tunnels of his secret underground realm and falls into lots of good-natured trouble along the way. But with his perseverance, resourcefulness and helpful friends, he always finds an ingenious way to dig himself out of a crisis. Whether it’s hunting down lost treasure with Mystic, entering a magical world of Manny’s creation or stopping an out-of-control Ferris wheel after Manny’s plan goes awry, Moley always has to find a way to save the day! Premiere: Saturday, 9 September @ 11:20 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Weekends @ 11:20 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Indigenous Film Distribution has announced that HEADSPACE, the exciting new animation sci-fi feature from Johannesburg’s Luma Animation, will release at cinemas on 15 September 2023. Written by Ronald Henry, Daniel Buckland, Paul Meyer and Gerhard Painter, the film is co-directed by Gerhard Painter and Paul Meyer of Luma Animation (Shaka Ilembe, CGI &VFX and Kings of Joburg 2 CGi & VFX) and produced by The Ergo Company’s Dumi Gumbi (Mrs Right Guy, The Fragile King) and Catharina Weinek (Mrs Right Guy, Pou) with Luma Animation. The film starts with a freak accident, where Max, Sophie and Gus of the Space Protection Force, and their microscopic spaceship The SPF50, take up residence inside 14-year-old Norman’s brain. They can see what he sees and hear what he hears. The nanosized crime fighting aliens must enlist Norman’s help to save earth from Zolthard, an evil intergalactic villain who has taken control of principal Witherington. Norman and the aliens, together with his friends from school must go to great lengths to conceal the presence of alien life at their high school, all the while fighting the galactic struggle between good and evil. After all, Zolthard still has a school to run, and Norman still has a life to live and homework to hand in! Headspace introduces a host of interesting and colourful characters, both human and alien, who are sure to resonate with audiences globally and become firm favourites. The camaraderie between humans and aliens in this classic story of the triumph of good over evil, produces the most unlikely of heroes who ultimately save the day. “At the heart of our vision for Luma Animation and for Headspace, is the notion that everyone deserves to be the hero of their own story, not forgetting that ultimately, we rely on the support of friends and collaborators to triumph,” commented Paul Meyer and Gerhard Painter. Having been exposed to the very best animation available from Pixar and Disney, films like Lion King, Toy Story, and Finding Nemo, the filmmakers were inspired to create films of the same quality in South Africa, thereby, adding their fresh voices to the global animation marketplace. Like the films that inspired it, Headspace is perfect family fare. “It was our dream to make an action-packed, delightful, funny, and family-orientated 3-D animation film celebrating South African talent,” say the filmmakers. The characters in Headspace are voiced by some of the country’s finest talents including Bonko Khoza (The Wife), Zak Henrikz (An Act of Defiance), Nelisa Ngcobo (The Queen), Chris van Rensburg (Huis van Liefde), Michelle du Plessis (Koelpixels), Jana Louw (Shrek: The Musical), Sparky Xulu and 11-year-old Dineo du Toit (Kiya and the Kimoja Heroes). This first animation feature film by Luma Animation and The Ergo Company will definitely leave audiences blown away! View trailer here: Indigenous Film Distribution : www.indigenousfilm.co.za Luma Animation : www.luma.co.za
Living an adventurous life in Mikako, Junior is an amazingly resourceful 10-year-old boy who always has 1001 ideas for solving everyday problems. Having brilliant ideas is one thing; putting them into practice is another! And that’s where the problems usually begin … The gang have a run-in with a nest of threatening wasps at HQ, and Mr Basi spoils their half-day school plans when he reminds them that they have to clean the toilets. Junior asks for Arthur’s help to escape taking Mama’s Medicine – and Junior returns the favour when he tries to help Arthur escape a booster injection. Premiere: Monday, 4 September @ 08:15 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Mondays – Fridays @ 08:15 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Oscar sets out to explore the world and ends up meeting new characters who teach him about himself and others. He quickly discovers that it’s not the destination that matters but rather the people you meet along the way. Oscar and Leah stumble upon tech-obsessed recluse Charles Bucowspenguin, who invites them in. He scans the content of Sinoe’s book into his computer, but something goes awry, and soon Oscar and Leah are trapped in an old computer game! Not only must Oscar and Leah win the games, but Charles Bucowspenguin needs to figure out a way to get our friends back into the real world! Premiere: Saturday, 19 August @ 07:00 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Weekends @ 07:00 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Batwheels Bam, Bibi, Redbird, Batwing and Buff continue to navigate their status as a newly formed super-team in Gotham. When the Legion of Zoom plans to cheat their way to winning the Gotham Grand Prix, the Batwheels zoom into action to ensure the race is run – and won – fair & square. Bam brings Catwoman’s Catmobile, Kitty, to life to join the Batwheels in a game – and when she saves him in a tight spot, he decides to take her on a ride-along patrol in the hopes of recruiting her as a Batwheel – if he can convince her to stop playing long enough to focus on their mission! Premiere: Monday, 14 August @ 16:45 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Mondays – Fridays @ 16:45 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Mr Magoo is a kind-hearted fellow who is always happy to lend a hand – but often causes disasters instead when he makes mad mix-ups without his glasses. While he’s out trying to do good, his nemesis – Fizz, the megalomaniac hamster – is on his trail, hoping to put an end to Magoo’s good deeds. Magoo plays matchmaker and sets up a date between Weasel and Linda before Weasel mistakenly shrinks Fizz with the newly invented Fizzometer. His next invention, the muscle-building TransmorgaFizz, ends up in Magoo’s hands, and our hero turns Fizz into a chihuahua. It’s never dull when Mr Magoo is around! Premiere: Monday, 14 August @ 15:15 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Mondays – Fridays @ 15:15 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Cartoonito celebrates our favourite female characters for South African Women’s Day on Wednesday, 9 August. Girl power is super-powered with adventure, comedy, capers and crime-fighting in specially selected episodes ofMasha and the Bear; Interstellar Ella; Zig & Sharko; Bugs Bunny Builders; Cocomelon;Batwheels and Meet the Batwheels. Turn on, tune in and fangirl out as the ladies take us on a voyage of discovery, fight crime, solve problems and teach us valuable lessons along the way! Premiere: Wednesday, 9 August ⏰ Tune in: Wednesday, 9 August from 08:30 CAT
There’s nobody loonier than the cast of Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and other marquee characters — and nobody does slapstick gags any better! This month, Elmer throws a birthday party, Porky goes old school, and Marvin, The Martian, tries to give his dog a bath. Porky and Daffy go diving for pearls, Elmer Fudd has a hunting mishap – and Wile E. Coyote gets a new suit. When Tweety goes to a hotel, Sylvester gets hungry for room service. Daffy’s up to his old tricks, and Bugs Bunny expands a buzzard’s palate. Premiere: Saturday, 5 August @ 12:25 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Weekends @ 12:25 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
Cartoon Network celebrates Women’s Day on 9 August with a dedicated week of epic girl-hero programming! Catch the best of We Bare Bears;Jade Armor; Craig of the Creek; The Amazing World of Gumball; Teen Titans Go! and We Baby Bears on Women’s Day from 14:10 CAT. Then settle in from Monday to Friday of the Women’s Day week for a new DC Superhero Girls movie, each day at 17:15 CAT. Hang out with DC Super Hero Girls: Legend of Atlantis; DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games; Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High; DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High and DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year. ⏰ Tune in: Monday, 7 August to Friday, 11 August from 17:15 CAT and Wednesday, 9 August from 14:10 CAT
Garbage Boy and Trash Can was created & directed by Nigerian animator Ridwan Moshood, who took inspiration for the show from the adversity he experienced during his childhood. “The inspiration for the lead characters came from the derogatory name some bullies used to call me back in school. I soon realised that this name didn’t define my identity or limit my potential,” he says. “That’s why I decided to create a show centred around overcoming adversity and proving that hurtful labels do not determine one’s true worth”. Garbage Boy, a self-proclaimed super hero, believes he has superpowers and fights for justice with his sidekick, Trash Can. Premiere: Friday, 4 August @ 18:00 CAT for episodes 1-10
Everyone’s favourite delightfully deluded young royal buck, Prince Ivandoe, continues his quest to claim the legendary Golden Feather. Surrounded by magical fairy tale creatures and swashbuckling heroes, Prince Ivandoe bumbles through epic adventures – often without realising it! This month, Rabbit Hood mistakes Prince Ivandoe for a peasant and gifts him jewels … which were stolen … from Prince Svan … who finds out and demands that Prince Ivandoe and Bert be captured! A Hooded Stranger from Prince Ivandoe’s past also seeks revenge by attempting to ruin his perfect princely appearance… Premiere: Monday, 31 July @ 16:45 CAT ⏰ Tune in: Mondays – Fridays @ 16:45 CAT Also available on DStv Catch Up
