Giant Wheel Animation the Anglo-Indian CGI animation studio today announced the appointment of Atlantyca Entertainment as a new distribution partner for the animated series Taka & Maka.

The 3-year agreement sees Atlantyca holding the distribution rights for the (40 x 1) series for Europe, North America and Latin America. Atlantyca will commence its representation of the series at this years forthcoming MIPCOM 2013.

Taka & Maka - a co production with French animation studio Tiktak Production, and series director Ulrich Boyers Techtonik Productions - follows the adventures of two loveable and mischievous geckos.

Soumyashree Mohapatra, Creative Director of Giant Wheel Animation said: We are delighted to be working with Atlantyca. They have a strong track record in international animation distribution and we look forward to them contributing to the success of the show.

We are delighted to be teaming-up with Giant Wheel Animation and so excited to be representing this unique property in such key territories, said Pedro Citaristi. Distribution Manager, Atlantyca Entertainment. Taka & Maka is a wonderfully creative story of friendship and we are thrilled to add the property to our growing distribution catalogue. We look forward to bringing this series to a whole new group of young audiences .

Laurent Medea, General Director of TikTak Production said  I am glad to work with Giant Wheel Animation, our co-producers and Atlantyca as distributing partners to represent the international potential of the series and I hope MIPCOM will bring success to our property.

Giant Wheel Animation is an artist led company comprising of designers and animators who have years of experience in developing popular animated shows and feature films.

Headquartered in London, Giant Wheel Animation develops original IP and also specializes on character design and storyboarding whilst the Indian studio focuses on servicing projects, both for Giant Wheels own properties and other clients including  Dear Dracula , which recently aired on Cartoon Network.