1st Season – 13 Episodes available

2nd Season - 13 Episodes in production

Feature Film in development

The Wild Soccer Bunch © WunderWerk 2012

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„Good kids never grow up“

THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH: A close community of boys and girls who are crazy

about soccer.

They are the wildest team of the world and each one is a soccer superstar:

Kevin, the slalom-dribble-talent, Roger, the hero, Vanessa, the fearless or Tyler,

the one with the hardest shot.

Seven wild kids against the rest of the world. There’s always a lot at stake. But

it’s not always about soccer.

THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH by Joachim Masannek is one of the most successful

German children‘s book series of the last years.

Thirteen volumes.

New books upcoming.

Circa 4 Mio. copies sold only in Germany.

Translated into eleven languages, sold to 29 countries.

Five successful movies with circa 9 Mio. viewers.

International distribution in more than 30 countries.

Most successful German brand for boys.

Enthusiastic, loyal and wild fans.

Animation corresponds perfectly to the brand:

Crazy, cool and wild — larger-than-life…

Animation is the best way to show it:

A soccer ball does not roll over a green lawn. It dashes through the clouds and

tears a hole into them.

One shot of Tyler busts the bars and makes the posts glow. And Mickey the

Bulldozer is fat. Very fat. Huge.

Animation is the answer.

Animated TV Series: 1st season, 13 x 22 min available

2nd season, 13 X 22 min in production

Feature Film: in development

Target Group: 6 – 10 years, boys and girls

Visual Style TV Series: 2D Animation, with Anime/Manga elements

Gripping characters, fast camera movements, big emotions, cool music

It‘s all good as long as you‘re wild…

…that‘s what the Wild Soccer Bunch firmly believe in. Kevin, Tyler, Roger, Joey, Kyle, Vanessa,

and Rico are friends, best friends! But they‘re even more than that: they play together in the

“best team on earth”. They‘d give their right leg for each other and for soccer.

The series accompanies the seven on their way from a happy, anarchistic kickabout flock into

a self-organised, cool team, competing in the youth league. With jerseys; with a real

stadium, the Devil‘s Pot; and with player‘s licences, signed with blood. Sports are never just

a game but are always an emotional rollercoaster between good and bad experiences.

The Wild Bunch fight together for their acceptance as a soccer team whilst they need to

compete in external and internal challenges. Sometimes it’s the Unbeatables with their

boss Mickey the Bulldozer, sometimes an almighty father, or intense conflicts between each

other. But only if they all stick together and believe in their collective strength, something

can happen, what is possible for great soccer players and best friends only — mighty soccer

magic!

The single episodes are about everything, which is not always soccer. They’re about

friendship, trust, betrayal, envy, hope. The Wild Bunch create their own world. They have

their own language, their special style, cool bikes, and secret places. the Wild Bunch get

their own, “cool”, visually realised world in the series as well. This world is dark and leaves

enough room for thrill, magic and big emotions — just like in Japanese Manga, the style of

the new series complies with.

Episode 01

The World’s End

The Wild Soccer Bunch are shocked: their soccer field has been taken over by their

archenemies the Unbeatables. A soccer match is to decide the fate of the field, but in order

to win, the Wild Soccer Bunch urgently need a coach.

Episode 02

Shadow Jumper

The decisive match for possession of the soccer field is just around the corner. But

disagreements between the members of the Wild Soccer Bunch make a victory seem

impossible.

Episode 03

Signs in the Night

After winning the match against the Unbeatables, the Wild Soccer Bunch are full of

themselves. The extremely talented soccer player Rico brings them abruptly back down to

earth. Rico ends up joining the team.

Episode 04

The Warrior Queen

Vanessa desperately wants to play with the Wild Soccer Bunch, but they don't want any girls

on their team. Then Vanessa comes up with a daring plan to convince the team to let her

join them.

Episode 05

Torn Apart

Rico's father forces him to leave the Wild Soccer Bunch in order to play with the FC. At the

match between the FC and the Wild Soccer Bunch, Rico has to decide which side he's on.

Episode 06

The 8th Dimension

In order to join the official youth soccer league, the Wild Soccer Bunch must fix up their

soccer field and turn it into a real soccer stadium — which, however, Kyle's father wants to

prevent at all costs.

Episode 07

The Beast of the Dark Forest

Joey lives in an orphanage. When he learns that he is to be shipped off to a foster family,

he runs away and hides in the Dark Forest. But a wild dog is on the loose in the woods…

Episode 08

Brothers in Arms

The next team the Wild Soccer Bunch is up against is the Cool Kickers. Their devious

captain Harry-Dean does everything in his power to drive a wedge between Kevin and Tyler.

Episode 09

The Traitor

Kyle dreams of becoming the world's best goalkeeper. He gets an offer to join the FC and

can't decide what to do: should he really leave the Wild Soccer Bunch?

Episode 10

Secret of the Graffiti Castles

Joey is blackmailed by the Unbeatables. When they force him into a crazy test of courage,

only the Wild Soccer Bunch can save him.

Episode 11

Ghost Dance

Vanessa begins to doubt whether she really has what it takes to play professional soccer.

The soccer oracle in the Dark Forest could help clear things up. But it is guarded by spooky

creatures…

Episode 12

Hell on Wheels

On the morning of the final league match, Rico is kidnapped by the Unbeatables. In order

to free him, the Wild Soccer Bunch agree to take part in a breakneck bicycle race.

Episode 13

Decision at the Devil’s Pot

After winning the unfair bicycle race against the Unbeatables, the Wild Soccer Bunch arrive

at the Devil's Pot completely exhausted. They have no chance against the FC. Now only the

magic of their soccer field can help them…

“Where there’s a will there’s a way.

I’m talking about a wild will and a wild way.”

Leader of THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH.

Personal attributes:

Kevin is charismatic, powerful and obstinate, he never gives up.

“I’d do anything for the WILD SOCCER BUNCH. And when I say anything, I

mean anything.”

He is the heart and the soul of the team.

While Kevin is the head of the team, Tyler is its backbone.

Personal attributes:

Tyler is reliable, courageous and reserved, he has good social skills.

“I have finally found a real team, and I don’t care whether my dad likes it

or not.”

Extremely talented soccer player with an uncompromising will to win.

Personal attributes:

Strong willed, loyal, shies away from confrontations

“When there’s nothing to lose, you can only win.”

Roger doesn’t really have much to contribute, as far as playing soccer is

concerned. He comes always up with a plan and is the one, who is able to

turn things around.

Personal attributes:

Enthusiastic, exuberant, overestimates himself.

“Fear is wild. Who has no fear, can‘t be wild. Who doesn‘t know fear,

doesn‘t know courage.”

Her best shots are actually the ones when she wears her pink pumps. She

has her heart in the right place.

Personal attributes: Stubborn, funny. She knows what she wants.

THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH’s best cyclist.

“If it wasn’t for the WILD SOCCER BUNCH, I wouldn’t have a real family at

all.”

He is rather reticent, feels a responsibility towards those who are weaker

than himself.

Personal attributes: Caring, independent, restless, can be a bit of a loner

“Those who are wild, take action and do things themselves. Those who

just run off at the mouth or sit in front of TV are only dreaming about

being wild.”

He hardly ever talks and even conducts silent conversation on the phone.

As a goalie, he stops every ball — even those that are unstoppable.

Personal attributes: Pragmatic, straightforward.

He lives alone in a trailer behind the kiosk at the Devil’s Pot.

Leader of Grumpy Rick, Octopus, Mow Down, Juggernaut Jim, Black Eye

Henry and Kong — better known as THE UNBEATABLES. Mickey the

Bulldozer reigns in the Graffiti Castles, the three tenements beyond the

Dark Forest.

Further adults in the series are:

the butler

Rico’s father

More Characters will be introduced in the second season:

also known as “the secret inventor phantom”. All the fantastic stuff the

team will use in the second series is built in Hadschi’s secret laboratory.

is Mickey the Bulldozer’s cousin and even fatter and older than his cousin.

But he is also twice as mean and malicious. He considers himself a real

villain and lives in the Black Hills.

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All the feature films have received several awards.

THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH (1-5) feature films have been sold to the following countries:

Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, The Caribbean Islands, Cambodia, China, Commonwealth of

Independent States, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iran, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania,

Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Sweden, Serbia, Slovakia,

Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela etc.

Foreign Rights of THE WILD SOCCER BUNCH have been sold to the following countries:

Czech Republic, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Faroe Islands, Finland, Georgian Republic,

Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland,

Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam etc.

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