Acquisition of Lastman

France tv distribution is happy to announce its acquisition of Seasons 1 & 2 of the French adult animation Lastman.

Distributed internationally by France tv distribution, this program will be launched during the MIPTV, which will take place from April 17 through 19, 2023.

After the local and international success of the original French manga, Lastman became an animation series in 2016. The first season proved to be a commercial and popular phenomenon. The season 2, also distributed by France tv distribution, features an original narrative structure where each episode tells the journey of a specific character evolving through a particular individual genre: thriller, musical, horror....

Synopsis

Season 1

In Paxtown, a capital city reeling from media hype, torn asunder by inequality and blighted by organized crime, trouble is part and parcel of daily life. This is the home turf of Richard Aldana, a streetwise brawler with no allegiance and no aspirations. But this part-time boxer’s life gets turned upside down when his friend Dave is murdered and he finds himself reunited with the latter’s strange child, Siri. Hunted by fanatics, Richard and Siri find themselves out of their league as they embark on a quest that takes them to "Valley of the Kings", a magic mythological place inhabited by demons, and accessed via Paxtown’s martial arts championship, the dreaded Fist Fight Funeral Cup.

Season 2

Nine years after their historic triumph, Richard and Duke are back together again, competing in the FFFC finals, just like the old days. But their internationally televised fight takes an unexpected turn in the first round when Richard turns against his own partner and knocks him out cold with a monstrous punch.

Original title: Lastman

Format: S1: 26x13’ - S2: 6x45’

From the comics Lastman by Balak, Bastien Vivès and Michaël Sanlaville (Editions Casterman)

Written by:

Season 1: Laurent Sarfati 

Season 2: Laurent Sarfati, Jérémie Hoarau, Adriana Soreil, Clotilde Bruneau, Bastien Vivès, Laury Rovelli

Directed by:

Season 1: Jérémie Périn

Season 2: Jérémie Hoarau

Production: Everybody On Deck.

French Broadcaster: France TV Slash.

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France tv distribution works with producers and licensors to maximise revenues from their programmes accross all media platforms encompassing video, VOD and music publishing, merchandising, magazine and book publishing, plus French and international distribution and fund-raising.

Since January 2017, France tv distribution has gone hand in hand with distribution films abroad. As a major player on the distribution of rights in France and in foreign markets, this new activity of trading feature films is added to its savoir-faire.