Animalia is an Australian children's television series based on the 1986 picture book of the same name by illustrator Graeme Base, about two children - Alex and his friend Zoe - who stumble into a magical library which transports them to the animal-inhabited world of Animalia.
The series originally premiered in the USA on Animania HD on 2 November, 2007; in Australia on Network Ten on 11 November, 2007; and in the United Kingdom on CBBC and BBC One on November 19, 2007.
Animalia premiered in South Africa on SABC2 on Friday 28 March 2008, at 17h00. There are 40 half-hour episodes in the series.
Synopsis
Comedy, adventure and mystery combine in this animated series featuring two kids, Zoe and Alex, who are swept into a world of speaking animals.
But all is not right and harmonious in the once peaceful kingdom. Unusual events are undermining the fabric of Animalian civilisation.
Zoe and Alex and their new best friends, G'bubu the gorilla and Iggy the iguana, do everything they can to help solve the mysteries and bring peace and order back to the land.