Netflix's Masha and the Bear is the latest addition to the list of controversial cartoons. On the face of it, it's an ...

On the face of it, Masha and the Bear appears to be a children’s cartoon series like any other. Masha is a little girl who loves exploring the forest and playing with her anthropomorphised animal ...

Cross-party group writes to ministers of concerns children’s show contains unsubtle ‘propaganda content’ ...

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Of the 80 projects that presented at last week’s Cartoon Forum in Toulouse, no pitch attracted greater (proportional) buyer curiosity than “Tiger and Bear.” Produced by Germany’s Wolkenlenker and ...

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