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'''Cosy Corner (Original title: Le Nidouille)''' was a French animated series for kids that first aired on television on March 17, 2003. The series had 52 episodes. Books and DVDs have been released about the series. Although the series was very popular (especially in France, Saudi Arabia and Poland), part of episodes have not survived to this day.
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==The methods of creating the series==
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The series was made in the early 2000s in Storimages, when GCI animation was developing. The creators of the series decided to combine the GCI methods with 2D, which gives an amazing effect (GCI characters, 2D backgrounds). Cosy Corner was probably one of the first French series to use this method.
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'''Cosy Corner (Le Nidouille)''' was a French animated series for kids that first aired on television on March 17, 2003. The series tells the story of 7 anthropomorphic animals who built their own houses "cozy nests" on a big tree (hence the name of the tree "Nidouille").<ref>https://animeguides.com/guides/nidouille.html</ref> Although the series was very popular (especially in France, Saudi Arabia and Poland), part of the 52 episodes, Books, and DVDs have not survived to this day.


==Plot==
The series was made in the early 2000s in Storimages (which also created very known series such as: TroTro, Yakari or Cartouche: Prince of the Streets. Here, Cosy Corner was the only show in this company that used 2D and 3D methods while the rest of the shows only used 2D methods and the second oldest series created there, the oldest being Cartouche: Prince of the Streets. Cosy Corner is also the only very infamous series from this studio nowadays), when GCI animation was developing. The creators of the series decided to combine the CGI methods with 2D, which gives an amazing effect (CGI characters, 2D backgrounds). Cosy Corner was one of the first French series to use this method.
The series tells the story of 7 anthropomorphic animals who built their own houses "cozy nests" on a big tree (hence the name of the tree "Nidouille"). The characters are:


==Characters==
'''Stella the Mouse''' - A very feminine mouse that tries to be pretty. She sees herself as a "princess", likes to play with dolls and is nice to others (sometimes not). Her cottage is pink with white garlands on the edges of the roof and the interior is pink striped wallpaper. Inside there is a window with yellow curtains, a wardrobe with an attached mirror and a pink dressing table next to it.
'''Stella the Mouse''' - A very feminine mouse that tries to be pretty. She sees herself as a "princess", likes to play with dolls and is nice to others (sometimes not). Her cottage is pink with white garlands on the edges of the roof and the interior is pink striped wallpaper. Inside there is a window with yellow curtains, a wardrobe with an attached mirror and a pink dressing table next to it.


'''Victor the Bird''' - He is a bird and the youngest inhabitant of Cosy Corner. He is often a victim of bullying. He loves airplanes and even his house is decked out with airplanes (literally). Though he has a child mentality, he is a caring and inquisitive boy. His house has a blue plane shape with a red wheel on the front. The wallpaper is blue, with red bed and fake airplane controls, where Victor can playing a airplane pilot.
'''Victor the Bird''' - He is a bird and the youngest inhabitant of Cosy Corner. He is often a victim of bullying. He loves airplanes and even his house is decked out with airplanes (literally). Though he has a child mentality, he is a caring and inquisitive boy. His house has a blue plane shape with a red wheel on the front. The wallpaper is blue, with red bed and fake airplane controls, where Victor can play an airplane pilot.


'''Mario/Marius the Crocodile''' - a very lazy crocodile. She very rarely helps to his friends. He often has a mess in the house and Mario/Marius doesn't bother to clean it up. We rarely see him active, but he's good in making parties. His little house is orange and so is the interior. It has a fridge, wardrobe, TV and frequent mess.
'''Mario/Marius the Crocodile''' - a very lazy crocodile. She very rarely helps to his friends. He often has a mess in the house and Mario/Marius doesn't bother to clean it up. We rarely see him active, but he's good in making parties. His little house is orange and so is the interior. It has a fridge, wardrobe, TV and frequent mess.


'''Nina/Nini the Coyote''' - We don't know exactly if Nina/Nini is a coyote. She is a professional acrobat and she's hyperactive. She's bossy and very mobile. Nina/Nini has difficulty calming down sometimes. She loves to show off. Nina/Nini is not used to failure. Nina's/Nini's house is purple with an orange triangular roof. Inside, the wallpaper is purple-orange. There is also a circus rope attached inside, a ladder, a swing and beams supporting the rope. There is no fridge in the house, but there is a mini-bar with a green cupboard next to it.
'''Nina/Nini the Coyote''' - We don't know exactly if Nina/Nini is a coyote. She is a professional acrobat and she's hyperactive. She's bossy and very mobile. Nina/Nini has difficulty calming down sometimes. She loves to show off. Nina/Nini is not used to failure. Nina's/Nini's house is purple with an orange triangular roof. Inside, the wallpaper is purple, orange. There is also a circus rope attached inside, a ladder, a swing and beams supporting the rope. There is no fridge in the house, but there is a mini bar with a green cupboard next to it.


'''Louis the Owl''' - The owl with passion to music. He is nervous in the very early episodes, but is later seen as an intellectual and quite a nice character. He has crush on Stella. His house is blue with a purple roof. Inside, the walls are deep blue to bright blue stars. Inside there are musical instruments (such as piano, bongos), loudspeaker, lots of books on shelves, turntable, computer, telescope next to the window, pouffe and lots of cabinets.
'''Louis the Owl''' - The owl with passion to music. He is nervous in the very early episodes but is later seen as an intellectual and quite a nice character. He has crush on Stella. His house is blue with a purple roof. Inside, the walls are deep blue to bright blue stars. Inside there are musical instruments (such as piano, bongos), loudspeaker, lots of books on shelves, turntable, computer, telescope next to the window, pouffe and lots of cabinets.


'''Jacky the Hedgehog''' - Previously a racist hedgehog. He's bossy and he is not afraid to say what she thinks, whether it is nice or maybe not. Sometimes he's a typical "bad boy". He is often very rude to Victor, and one of the few exceptions he is nice to is Nina (his best friend) and Margot (his crush). He loves sports very much. His house is brown with spikes on the roof. Inside, the walls are yellow with a bed with attached to it slide. Next to it is a skateboard ramp and a basketball net. There is a chest with his personal belongings under the bed (often this chest is in other places).
'''Jacky the Hedgehog''' - Previously a racist hedgehog. He's bossy and he is not afraid to say what she thinks, whether it is nice or maybe not. Sometimes he's a typical "bad boy" or "karma Houdini". He is often very rude to Victor, and one of the few exceptions he is nice to is Nina (his best friend) and Margot (his crush). He loves sports very much. His house is brown with spikes on the roof. Inside, the walls are yellow with a bed with attached to it slide. Next to it is a skateboard ramp and a basketball net. There is a chest with his personal belongings under the bed (often this chest is in other places).


'''Margot the Frog''' - Cottagecore frog. She's without assertiveness in herself. She has many interests such as painting on canvas, cooking or bathing in the bathtub and swimming pool (located outside her house). She is honest and never lies. She always cares about her friends. She has a huge crush on Jacky. She is the character with the most frequent animation errors. Her house is green with a parasol and hammock on the roof. Inside, the wallpaper is green with a long staircase, a bath in the center and a kitchen.
'''Margot the Frog''' - Cottage core frog. She's without assertiveness in herself. She has many interests such as painting on canvas, cooking or bathing in the bathtub and swimming pool (located outside her house). She is honest and never lies. She always cares about her friends. She has a huge crush on Jacky. She is the character with the most frequent animation errors. Her house is green with a parasol and hammock on the roof. Inside, the wallpaper is green with a long staircase, a bath in the center and a kitchen.
==Dubs==
One of the '''most important points here''' is that most of the Cosy Corner dubs are lost or rare. One example of such dubbing is the original French dubbing that has never been published since the release of VHS tapes and DVDs. It is known about the clips: French intro and a few seconds long silent clip from episode 12, which was released on DVD (full episode). The second example is Polish dubbing, a variant on the DVD. It was released under the name "Uroczy ZakΔ…tek". Of which only 7 episodes are available on the Internet. The rest (11 episodes to be exact) are unpublished. The real Polish dub from "Bedtime Story" block from TVP1 is completely lost and little is known about it. As for the almost complete dubs, there is Arabic from Ajyal TV and Karbala TV. It is also the most famous dub. Unfortunately, the dub got its religious version (similar to the first). It was broadcast on the Basma Channel probably around 2012-2015. Dub is uncommon and thanks to this dub lost episodes of Cosy Corner have been found, which are currently posted on Youtube. The Polish dub, variant 2, belongs to the only surviving Slavic dub. There was also a Slovenian dub (after which only photos from the broadcast of episode 21 were left, which many were looking for, which took place probably on March 30, 2011 on TV Slovenia, and the photos come from the SloCartoon website) There was also a Serbian dub about which almost nothing is known, except that it was recorded in Loudworks Studio and aired on the Mini Ultra. The biggest mystery is the English dub, which is left with a lot of things like: episode titles, a 2-second clip from episode 11 and voice acting. Dub was also recorded in France. The only almost complete dubs are Arabic, French-Unpublished and Polish.


==Criticisms and Controversies==
==Reception==
In Slavic countries, the show is rated fairly low due to the disturbing character artwork, even though the show was made in the early 2000s where the 3D character artwork was not somehow perfect. This ranks among the critics. The series, for unknown reasons, is nowadays very infamous and forgotten, despite the fact that probably many people watched it from around the world.
In Slavic countries, the show is rated fairly low due to the disturbing character artwork, even though the show was made in the early 2000s where the 3D character artwork was not somehow perfect. This ranks among the critics. The series, for unknown reasons, is nowadays very infamous and forgotten, despite the fact that probably many people watched it from around the world.


The second cause of criticism is the series' controversy, even though the show was geared towards preschoolers. The controversy emerged especially in the early episodes of the series from episode 1 to episode 25. These episodes featured not only the main plot of the series, i.e. racism and discrimination, but also dirty and black jokes, propaganda jokes, sexism and sexualization. Discrimination and racism were the most common here, and the rest appeared too, but rarely. The most controversial episode is Episode 5, which was about propaganda (possibly North Korean, where Mario acted like Kim Jong Il, what is bad enough and something quite worrying considering that this series aimed at children).
The second cause of criticism is the series' controversy, even though the show was geared towards preschoolers. The controversy emerged especially in the early episodes of the series from episode 1 to episode 25. These episodes featured not only the main plot of the series, i.e., racism and discrimination, but also dirty and black jokes, political jokes, sexism and sexualization. Discrimination and racism were the most common here, and the rest appeared too, but rarely. The most controversial episode is Episode 5, which was about propaganda (possibly North Korean, where Mario acted like Kim Jong Il, what is bad enough and something quite worrying considering that this series aimed at children). In episode 38, homosexuality was also mentioned (Margot and Nina moment), but this is technically a controversy, but the element of main plot of the series, i.e. "friendship, love, tolerance, peace".
==Episodes and They're statutes==
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==Availability==
Most of the Cosy Corner dubs are either lost or rare. French dub was made public from all parts of the DVD (17 episodes) in January 2023 on [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTMKdcFuk84grDa4aQ4M_RVBb9k9Z-Rp_ youtube] (previously it was not available anywhere for over 20 years). Caroline Combes and Brigitte Lecordier performed there. It is partially found.. The second example is Polish dubbing, a variant on the DVD. It was released under the name "Uroczy ZakΔ…tek". Of which only 7 episodes are available on the Internet. The rest (11 episodes to be exact) are unpublished. The real Polish dub from "Bedtime Story" block from TVP1 is completely lost and little is known about it. As for the almost complete dubs, there is Arabic from Ajyal TV and Karbala TV (the most famous dub). Unfortunately, the dub got its religious version (similar to the first). It was broadcast on the Basma Channel probably around 2012-2015. Dub is uncommon and thanks to this dub lost episodes of Cosy Corner have been found, which are currently posted on YouTube. The Polish dub, variant 2, belongs to the only surviving Slavic dub. There's also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO_19Box3EM found Slovenian dub]. There was also a Serbian dub about which almost nothing is known, except that it was recorded in Loudworks Studio and aired on the Mini Ultra. The biggest mystery is the English dub, which is left with a lot of things like: episode titles, a 2-second clip from episode 11 and voice acting. Dub was also recorded in France. The only almost complete dubs are Arabic, French and Polish.
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Most of scenes in dubs (especially the Arabic ones) were cut due to the controversies mentioned above. This is the reason why the show was on the level of Tomorrow's Pioneers formerly.
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==Episode List==
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|2||It's Not Your Game!||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=619&v=xbTtFgN093c&feature=youtu.be<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on DVD
|2||It's Not Your Game!||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=619&v=xbTtFgN093c&feature=youtu.be<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on DVD
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|3||Bright Me The Moon!||[https://youtu.be/xbTtFgN093c?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=619<span style="color:green;">'''Found with censorship''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|3||Bright Me The Moon!||[https://youtu.be/xbTtFgN093c?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=619<span style="color:green;">'''Found with censorship''']||Released on DVD
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|4||Where Did The YoYo Go?||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=358&v=doxa1qILYgA&feature=youtu.be<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|4||Where Did The YoYo Go?||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=358&v=doxa1qILYgA&feature=youtu.be<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
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|11||Magic Soup||[https://youtu.be/tfX0mqFOMHI?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=36<span style="color:green;">'''Found with censorship''']||Released on DVD
|11||Magic Soup||[https://youtu.be/tfX0mqFOMHI?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=36<span style="color:green;">'''Found with censorship''']||Released on DVD
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|12||The Treasure Of The Pirate Ship||'''Unpublished'''||Released on VHS and DVD
|12||The Treasure Of The Pirate Ship||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLyjlvb8j74&list=PLTMKdcFuk84grDa4aQ4M_RVBb9k9Z-Rp_&index=1<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
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|13||Radio Cosy Corner||[https://youtu.be/ab4eHwfGHgY?t=15969<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on DVD
|13||Radio Cosy Corner||[https://youtu.be/ab4eHwfGHgY?t=15969<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
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|14||Victor's Blankey||[https://youtu.be/jaTq5hWkSPE?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=344<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|14||Victor's Blankey||[https://youtu.be/jaTq5hWkSPE?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=344<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|19||Nina's Jokes||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|19||Nina's Jokes||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
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|20||One Foot in Front of the Other||'''Unpublished'''||
|20||One Foot in Front of the Other||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa2pBt0JVHs&list=PLTMKdcFuk84grDa4aQ4M_RVBb9k9Z-Rp_&index=12<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
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|21||The Monster in the Drawer||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG_8uoWzN2A<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on DVD
|21||The Monster in the Drawer||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG_8uoWzN2A<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on DVD
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|22||The Prince's Blankey||[https://chomikuj.pl/Dracena352/Dla+dzieci/Bajki/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek+07+-+Ksi*c4*85*c5*bc*c4*99ca+korona,2560479009.avi(video)<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
|22||The Prince's Blankey||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn98RoUtUl8&list=PLTMKdcFuk84grDa4aQ4M_RVBb9k9Z-Rp_&index=8<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
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|23||Ice Cream...||'''Unpublished'''||Released on VHS and DVD
|23||Ice Cream...||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0h85daY7A<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
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|24||Stella's Secret||'''Unpublished'''||Released on DVD
|24||Stella's Secret||'''Unpublished'''||Released on DVD
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|29||The Stroller||[https://youtu.be/5EnBNO8lbko?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=36<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|29||The Stroller||[https://youtu.be/5EnBNO8lbko?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=36<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|29||The Stroller||[https://youtu.be/5EnBNO8lbko?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=36<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|30||Nosy Cosy||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbTtFgN093c&list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=303s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|30||The Cosyllard||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbTtFgN093c&list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=303s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|31||Victor is Afraid of Water||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2aLzvCxWQc&list=PLTMKdcFuk84grDa4aQ4M_RVBb9k9Z-Rp_&index=13<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
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|31||Victor is Afraid of Water||'''Unpublished'''||Released on DVD
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|32||Best Friends||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3D2pV5OYH0<span style="color:green;">'''Found without original soundtrack''']||
|32||Best Friends||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3D2pV5OYH0<span style="color:green;">'''Found without original soundtrack''']||
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|37||Vroom Vroom!||[https://youtu.be/xbTtFgN093c?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=36<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|37||Vroom Vroom!||[https://youtu.be/xbTtFgN093c?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=36<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|38||Margot and Nina are angry||'''Unpublished'''||Released on DVD
|38||Margot and Nina are angry||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPv5o--T07U&list=PLTMKdcFuk84grDa4aQ4M_RVBb9k9Z-Rp_&index=14<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Released on VHS and DVD
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|39||All Cheaters!||[https://youtu.be/wxNQPXqGMT0?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=353<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|39||All Cheaters!||[https://youtu.be/wxNQPXqGMT0?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=353<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|41||The Lucky Charm||[https://youtu.be/wxNQPXqGMT0?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=671<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|41||The Lucky Charm||[https://youtu.be/wxNQPXqGMT0?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=671<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|42||Bubble Game||[https://animeguides.com/guides/detaille/nidouille.html<span style="color:yellow;">'''Partially Found''']||
|42||Bubble Game||[https://animeguides.com/guides/detaille/nidouille.html<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']||
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|43||The Sandcastle||[https://youtu.be/5EnBNO8lbko?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=355<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|43||The Sandcastle||[https://youtu.be/5EnBNO8lbko?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=355<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|44||Tongue in His Pocket||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|44||Tongue in His Pocket||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
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|45||Magical Candy Cane||[https://animeguides.com/guides/detaille/nidouille.html<span style="color:yellow;">'''Partially Found''']||
|45||Magical Candy Cane||[https://animeguides.com/guides/detaille/nidouille.html<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']||
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|46||One Hell of a Number||'''Unknown'''||
|46||One Hell of a Number||'''Unknown'''||
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|47||The Sandcastle||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2YCt_ldnOg<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|47||Dancing the Tortilla Cosilla||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2YCt_ldnOg<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|48||Why Do Things Keep Disappearing?||[https://youtu.be/wxNQPXqGMT0?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=36<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|48||Why Do Things Keep Disappearing?||[https://youtu.be/wxNQPXqGMT0?list=PLI0Cq__WtXQ-fOojHdqyTEDEVGxZCnBkD&t=36<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|49||Messy Mario||[https://chomikuj.pl/Dracena352/Dla+dzieci/Bajki/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek+03+-+Nieporz*c4*85dny+Mario,2560479013.avi(video)<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|49||Messy Mario||[https://chomikuj.pl/Dracena352/Dla+dzieci/Bajki/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek+03+-+Nieporz*c4*85dny+Mario,2560479013.avi(video) <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|50||The Mysterious Drawing||[https://chomikuj.pl/Dracena352/Dla+dzieci/Bajki/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek+04+-+Tajemniczy+rysunek,2560479012.avi(video)<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|50||The Mysterious Drawing||[https://chomikuj.pl/Dracena352/Dla+dzieci/Bajki/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek+04+-+Tajemniczy+rysunek,2560479012.avi(video) <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|51||The Battle of the Tea Set||[https://chomikuj.pl/Dracena352/Dla+dzieci/Bajki/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek+05+-+Walka+o+zastaw*c4*99,2560479011.avi(video)<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|51||The Battle of the Tea Set||[https://chomikuj.pl/Dracena352/Dla+dzieci/Bajki/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek+05+-+Walka+o+zastaw*c4*99,2560479011.avi(video) <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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|52||Cosy Corner Combo||[https://chomikuj.pl/Dracena352/Dla+dzieci/Bajki/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek/Uroczy+Zak*c4*85tek+06+-+Zesp*c3*b3*c5*82+z+Uroczego+Zak*c4*85tka,2560479010.avi(video)<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
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==References==
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==External Links==
*https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Nidouille
*https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3229792
*https://lostdubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Cosy_Corner
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Latest revision as of 17:13, 9 April 2023

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One of DVD Covers (one of two releases)

Status: Partially Lost

Cosy Corner (Le Nidouille) was a French animated series for kids that first aired on television on March 17, 2003. The series tells the story of 7 anthropomorphic animals who built their own houses "cozy nests" on a big tree (hence the name of the tree "Nidouille").[1] Although the series was very popular (especially in France, Saudi Arabia and Poland), part of the 52 episodes, Books, and DVDs have not survived to this day.

The series was made in the early 2000s in Storimages (which also created very known series such as: TroTro, Yakari or Cartouche: Prince of the Streets. Here, Cosy Corner was the only show in this company that used 2D and 3D methods while the rest of the shows only used 2D methods and the second oldest series created there, the oldest being Cartouche: Prince of the Streets. Cosy Corner is also the only very infamous series from this studio nowadays), when GCI animation was developing. The creators of the series decided to combine the CGI methods with 2D, which gives an amazing effect (CGI characters, 2D backgrounds). Cosy Corner was one of the first French series to use this method.

Characters

Stella the Mouse - A very feminine mouse that tries to be pretty. She sees herself as a "princess", likes to play with dolls and is nice to others (sometimes not). Her cottage is pink with white garlands on the edges of the roof and the interior is pink striped wallpaper. Inside there is a window with yellow curtains, a wardrobe with an attached mirror and a pink dressing table next to it.

Victor the Bird - He is a bird and the youngest inhabitant of Cosy Corner. He is often a victim of bullying. He loves airplanes and even his house is decked out with airplanes (literally). Though he has a child mentality, he is a caring and inquisitive boy. His house has a blue plane shape with a red wheel on the front. The wallpaper is blue, with red bed and fake airplane controls, where Victor can play an airplane pilot.

Mario/Marius the Crocodile - a very lazy crocodile. She very rarely helps to his friends. He often has a mess in the house and Mario/Marius doesn't bother to clean it up. We rarely see him active, but he's good in making parties. His little house is orange and so is the interior. It has a fridge, wardrobe, TV and frequent mess.

Nina/Nini the Coyote - We don't know exactly if Nina/Nini is a coyote. She is a professional acrobat and she's hyperactive. She's bossy and very mobile. Nina/Nini has difficulty calming down sometimes. She loves to show off. Nina/Nini is not used to failure. Nina's/Nini's house is purple with an orange triangular roof. Inside, the wallpaper is purple, orange. There is also a circus rope attached inside, a ladder, a swing and beams supporting the rope. There is no fridge in the house, but there is a mini bar with a green cupboard next to it.

Louis the Owl - The owl with passion to music. He is nervous in the very early episodes but is later seen as an intellectual and quite a nice character. He has crush on Stella. His house is blue with a purple roof. Inside, the walls are deep blue to bright blue stars. Inside there are musical instruments (such as piano, bongos), loudspeaker, lots of books on shelves, turntable, computer, telescope next to the window, pouffe and lots of cabinets.

Jacky the Hedgehog - Previously a racist hedgehog. He's bossy and he is not afraid to say what she thinks, whether it is nice or maybe not. Sometimes he's a typical "bad boy" or "karma Houdini". He is often very rude to Victor, and one of the few exceptions he is nice to is Nina (his best friend) and Margot (his crush). He loves sports very much. His house is brown with spikes on the roof. Inside, the walls are yellow with a bed with attached to it slide. Next to it is a skateboard ramp and a basketball net. There is a chest with his personal belongings under the bed (often this chest is in other places).

Margot the Frog - Cottage core frog. She's without assertiveness in herself. She has many interests such as painting on canvas, cooking or bathing in the bathtub and swimming pool (located outside her house). She is honest and never lies. She always cares about her friends. She has a huge crush on Jacky. She is the character with the most frequent animation errors. Her house is green with a parasol and hammock on the roof. Inside, the wallpaper is green with a long staircase, a bath in the center and a kitchen.

Reception

In Slavic countries, the show is rated fairly low due to the disturbing character artwork, even though the show was made in the early 2000s where the 3D character artwork was not somehow perfect. This ranks among the critics. The series, for unknown reasons, is nowadays very infamous and forgotten, despite the fact that probably many people watched it from around the world.

The second cause of criticism is the series' controversy, even though the show was geared towards preschoolers. The controversy emerged especially in the early episodes of the series from episode 1 to episode 25. These episodes featured not only the main plot of the series, i.e., racism and discrimination, but also dirty and black jokes, political jokes, sexism and sexualization. Discrimination and racism were the most common here, and the rest appeared too, but rarely. The most controversial episode is Episode 5, which was about propaganda (possibly North Korean, where Mario acted like Kim Jong Il, what is bad enough and something quite worrying considering that this series aimed at children). In episode 38, homosexuality was also mentioned (Margot and Nina moment), but this is technically a controversy, but the element of main plot of the series, i.e. "friendship, love, tolerance, peace".

Availability

Most of the Cosy Corner dubs are either lost or rare. French dub was made public from all parts of the DVD (17 episodes) in January 2023 on youtube (previously it was not available anywhere for over 20 years). Caroline Combes and Brigitte Lecordier performed there. It is partially found.. The second example is Polish dubbing, a variant on the DVD. It was released under the name "Uroczy ZakΔ…tek". Of which only 7 episodes are available on the Internet. The rest (11 episodes to be exact) are unpublished. The real Polish dub from "Bedtime Story" block from TVP1 is completely lost and little is known about it. As for the almost complete dubs, there is Arabic from Ajyal TV and Karbala TV (the most famous dub). Unfortunately, the dub got its religious version (similar to the first). It was broadcast on the Basma Channel probably around 2012-2015. Dub is uncommon and thanks to this dub lost episodes of Cosy Corner have been found, which are currently posted on YouTube. The Polish dub, variant 2, belongs to the only surviving Slavic dub. There's also found Slovenian dub. There was also a Serbian dub about which almost nothing is known, except that it was recorded in Loudworks Studio and aired on the Mini Ultra. The biggest mystery is the English dub, which is left with a lot of things like: episode titles, a 2-second clip from episode 11 and voice acting. Dub was also recorded in France. The only almost complete dubs are Arabic, French and Polish.

Most of scenes in dubs (especially the Arabic ones) were cut due to the controversies mentioned above. This is the reason why the show was on the level of Tomorrow's Pioneers formerly.

Episode List

# Episode Title Status Notes
1 Fitgety Nina Found Released on VHS and DVD
2 It's Not Your Game! Found Released on DVD
3 Bright Me The Moon! Found with censorship Released on DVD
4 Where Did The YoYo Go? Found Released on VHS and DVD
5 I'm The Chief Found Released on VHS and DVD
6 Autumn Leaves Found
7 Gift for Margot Found Found without original soundtrack
8 Stella Makes Star Of Herself Found Released on VHS and DVD
9 Frickle Stella Unpublished Released on DVD
10 Mario Has Hiccups Found Released on DVD
11 Magic Soup Found with censorship Released on DVD
12 The Treasure Of The Pirate Ship Found Released on VHS and DVD
13 Radio Cosy Corner Found Released on VHS and DVD
14 Victor's Blankey Found
15 Liar's Cake Found
16 The Storm Lost
17 Giving is Giving Found
18 Trampoline Found
19 Nina's Jokes Lost
20 One Foot in Front of the Other Found Released on VHS and DVD
21 The Monster in the Drawer Found Released on DVD
22 The Prince's Blankey Found Released on VHS and DVD
23 Ice Cream... Found Released on VHS and DVD
24 Stella's Secret Unpublished Released on DVD
25 Poor Victor Found Released on DVD
26 It Doesn't Matter Lost
27 There's Only One Found
28 Jacky's Good Deeds Found
29 The Stroller Found
30 Nosy Cosy Found
31 Victor is Afraid of Water Found Released on VHS and DVD
32 Best Friends Found without original soundtrack
33 Opeartion Pollution Found
34 The Kid Hearted Dragon Lost
35 Tongue in His Pocket Unknown
36 When Stella Comes Home Lost
37 Vroom Vroom! Found
38 Margot and Nina are angry Found Released on VHS and DVD
39 All Cheaters! Found
40 Margot doesn't dare to say "No" Found
41 The Lucky Charm Found
42 Bubble Game Partially Found
43 The Sandcastle Found
44 Tongue in His Pocket Lost
45 Magical Candy Cane Partially Found
46 One Hell of a Number Unknown
47 Dancing the Tortilla Cosilla Found
48 Why Do Things Keep Disappearing? Found
49 Messy Mario Found
50 The Mysterious Drawing Found
51 The Battle of the Tea Set Found
52 Cosy Corner Combo Found

References

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