Vegesaurs

Vegesaurs
Created by
Directed bySteve Moltzen
Countries of origin
  • Australia
  • France
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Patrick Elgerton
  • Gary Eck
  • Mick Sullivan
  • David Webster
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseMay 22, 2022 (2022-05-22) –
present

Ginger and the Vegesaurs (also known as Vegesaurs) is an Australian children's CGI-animated television series that features fictional prehistoric creatures that are a hybrid of fruits, vegetables, and dinosaurs. Targeted at upper preschoolers, the show is produced by Cheeky Little Media in co-production with Belgian production studio Studio 100 and follows the adventures of a young Tricarrotops named Ginger and her friends, exploring themes like friendship, mealtimes, and sharing.

Premise

Set in a world featuring fruit and vegetable dinosaurs in Vegesaur Valley, the series follows a young Tricarrotops named Ginger along with her Pea-Rex friends.

Characters

  • Ginger is a young Tricarrotops and the protagonist of the series.
  • Wasabi, Minty, and Split are three Pea-Rexes who are friends with Ginger and go on adventures with her.

Production

Development for Vegesaurs was announced in December 2018 during the annual Asian Animation Summit of the year, when Cheeky Little Media had announced a new 39 x 7 series entitled Vegesaurs, combining prehistoric dinosaurs with fruits & vegetables and tells the story of Ginger. While it won Best in Show, Cheeky Little Media will be producing the series as its co-founder Patrick Egerton would serve as executive producer.[1]

Three years later in May 2021, the series had been greenlighted when the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had acquired the series to air on both its streaming platform ABC iview and ABC Kids.[2] Three months later in October of that year, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation had officially commissioned the then-upcoming animated series with its running time reduced to 20 episodes of 5 minutes as Cheeky Little Media announcing that its production will be made with Epic's Unreal Engine pipeline, Infinite Frameworks (now Infinite Studios) handling animation services.[3]

One month later in November also in that year, the series became an Australian/French co-production when French broadcasting network France Television had joined Vegesaurs when they acquired the upcoming television series to air on its France 5 channel, meanwhile Belgian children's entertainment company Studio 100 under its German distribution arm Studio 100 Media had also joined Vegesaurs as a co-producer and would handle worldwide distribution to the series as well as managing merchandising rights.[4][5][6]

Animation

Animation for the series was provided by Singaporean animation production studio Infinite Studios for the first two seasons.[3] Indian animation studio Vishus Productions had also supplied some animation with Infinite Studios for season 2 and would fully take over animation production services starting from season 3.[7]

Release

The official series had its world premiere & was released on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children television channel ABC Kids and its streaming platform ABC iview on May 23, 2022.[8]

The series has been made available in over seventy territories.[9] BBC picked up the second and third season.[10] The series has also been available on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer.[11]

It was announced in early 2025 that the series had been renewed for a fourth and fifth season.[9][12] In April, it was announced that the series would debut in the United States on PBS stations through the distribution of American Public Television.[13][14][15] MacMillian Children's Books owns publishing rights and has released story books for the series.[10]

Accolades

Year Award Category ResultRef.
2024 TV Week Logies Best Children's Program Nominated
2025 TV Week Logies Best Children's Program Nominated
2026 TV Week Logies Best Children's Program Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Hobson, Jane (December 5, 2018). "Cheeky Little walks away with AAS Best in Show". Kidscreen. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  2. ↑ "ABC iview renews kids' drama First Day". C21Media. May 12, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "The new Australian series will screen for the ABC in 2022". TV Black Box. October 28, 2021.
  4. ↑ Dickson, Jeremy (November 4, 2021). "Studio 100 invests in Vegesaurs". Kidscreen. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  5. ↑ Karminsha, Karolina (November 4, 2021). "Studio 100 Media backs ABC Oz, France Télévisions' Vegesaurs". C21Media.
  6. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (November 4, 2021). "Studio 100 Takes a Bite Out of ' Vegesaurs'". Animation Magazine.
  7. ↑ "Designing the Juicy Characters of Vegesaurs". Cheeky Little Media. November 29, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Australian gov funds variety of kids projects". Kidscreen. May 5, 2021.
  9. 1 2 Writer, Staff (2025-02-16). "ABC, BBC greenlight fourth and fifth seasons of 'Ginger and the Vegesaurs'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  10. 1 2 "BBC Picks Up 'Vegesaurs' Seasons 2 and 3". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  11. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (2022-09-13). "Cheeky Little Media's 'Vegesaurs' Takes a Bite Out of CBeebies". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  12. ↑ "Seasons 4 and 5 of Ginger & the Vegesaurs gets the greenlight". www.mediaweek.com.au. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  13. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (2025-04-07). "'Vegesaurs' Roars onto U.S. Screens with PBS". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  14. ↑ "'Vegesaurs' to Launch in U.S. Across PBS Member Stations". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  15. ↑ "Vegesaurs global growth continues | Studio 100 International". www.studio100international.com. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
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