BRB Internacional


BRB Internacional S.A.U is a Spanish licensing and production company of animation series as Around the World with Willy Fog, Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds and The World of David the Gnome.

History

The name BRB comes after its three founders: Tito Basto, José Rodriguez, and Claudio Biern Boyd, who founded the company in 1972 as a merchandising agency in Spain –where the company is headquartered–. At first, BRB bought distribution rights in Spain to some of popular characters of foreign studios such as Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros., and television series as The Pink Panther, Tom and Jerry, The Muppets and Charlie's Angels. In 1975, BRB began licensing and distributing animation series both domestically and worldwide, including ', ' and Tom Sawyer, all anime series made by Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. in Japan, to start beginning BRB's long relationship with the Japanese animation studio.
After seeing a steady growth in this sector, BRB decided to start producing their own cartoon series, but delegating the whole animation process to other companies. Started with Nippon Animation with Ruy, the Little Cid, premiered in 1980 on Televisión Española . Other series co-produced with Nippon Animation were Dogtanian, Willy Fogg and Football Stories. In 1985, BRB contracted Wang Films Productions in Taiwan their first international hit: The World of David the Gnome, aired in the United States on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block two years later. The company continued to produce new cartoon series, including Iron Kid, Suckers and Canimals.
Afer that, they continued licensing successful foreign properties' rights in Spain including Pokémon, Pepsi, and The Pink Panther. Their most recent projects was Superbernard, a theatrical film based on their short-form series Bernard. However it fell to bankruptcy during the mid-2010s. BRB now has a new division called Apolo Films for the future of the brand. The studio’s first film which is a reboot of their Dogtanian franchise which will debut in 2020.

Animated television programs