Showmax Sets First Original 2D Animated Series ‘Twende,’ Unveils Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Naman Ramachandran African streamer Showmax has dated and unveiled a first trailer for “Twende,” its first original 2D animated series. “Twende” follows a pangolin of the same name, the slowest moving animal in the savannah.

The pilot screened in competition at Annecy in 2021. MultiChoice Studios is handling international sales and will present “Twende” at Mipcom. “Twende’s belief that, ‘life is about the journey, not the destination’ is constantly at odds with his job as a boda boda (motorbike taxi) driver in the bustling, fictional East African city of Milima,” said South African showrunner Greig Cameron, who also wrote and directed “Seal Team,” which was in the Netflix global Top 10 film list in January last year, as well as hit soccer animated series, “Supa Strikas.” Twende is voiced by Junior Nyong’o (“The Legend of Lwanda Magere”), while June Gachui (“Crime and Justice”) plays his best friend and navigator, Nuru – a smart bird who always looks out for Twende, even if his chilled-out vibe drives her crazy sometimes.

Elsaphan Njora (“Super Sema”) voices Boss, the perennially broke and exhausted hyena who owns the boda boda agency where Nuru and Twende work.

The all-Kenyan voice cast also includes Charles Ouda (“Crime and Justice”) as showy stunt driver Kimbe and Mkamzee Mwatela (“Mali”) as Boss’s rival, Madam Mongoose, CEO of the evil tech empire Goober.