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''''Walter'''' is a Canadian animated television series produced by [[Image Entertainment Corporation]]. The Series has 65 episodes in 2 seasons. It airs on [[TV5 Québec Canada]]  it was produced for TV5 for money  

==Production==
Created by Sylvain Viau for [[Image Entertainment Corporation]], the series first aired on [[TV5 Québec Canada]] under the ''Walter'' title in 2005.<ref name=sommets>[http://www.usherbrooke.ca/sommets/v17/n3/tetea.htm "Quand l'image vaut mille mots"]. ''Sommets'' ([[Université de Sherbrooke]]), Fall 2004.</ref> It had its roots in ''Mr. Ecolo'', a live-action short film which Viau produced for the [[National Film Board]] in 1997.<ref name=sommets/>

The series has since aired on a number of other broadcast networks, including [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]],<ref name=metro /> [[Télé-Québec]], [[Vrak.TV]]<ref name=metro /> and [[Cartoon Network (Latin America)|Cartoon Network Latin America]].<ref name=toonboom>[https://www.toonboom.com/community/success-stories/image-entertainment-corporation-inc "Going Cross-media with an Environmental Project in Harmony"]. [[Toon Boom]].</ref> The series won a [[Prix Gémeaux]] for Best Animated Program or Series in 2011.<ref>[http://www.acct.ca/prixgemeaux/2011/gagnants/avant-premiere.html "Gagnants aux prix Gémeaux 2011"]. [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television]], 2011.</ref>

''Walter 100%'', a "hybrid" series of 26 half-hour episodes which mixed animation with live-action, was also later created.<ref name=sommets /> In addition, the series has also produced cross-platform features for the web, including the shorter [[web series]] version ''Walter's World'' and interactive children's games,<ref name=toonboom /> as well as being franchised to books by children's author [[Bryan Perro]]<ref>[http://www.lapresse.ca/le-nouvelliste/arts-spectacles/201112/07/01-4475407-bryan-perro-prete-sa-plume-a-walter.php "Bryan Perro prête sa plume à Walter"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', December 7, 2011.</ref> and a pedagogical package on the environment for use in schools.<ref name=toonboom />
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[[Category:Canadian television series]]