In animation, a green fish swims through water.

The fish says, BLOOP, BLOOP, BLOOP,
BLOOP, BLOOP

A brown monkey dances in front of a yellow background.

The monkey says, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH

A zebra trots in front of a green background. A yellow snake with pink polka dots slithers in front of a red background.
A grey elephant walks in front of an orange background. A blue and green peacock struts in front of a black background.
A pink pig carries an umbrella and then rides on the elephant. All the animals march in front of a burgundy background.

The animals sing,
ANIMANIMALS
ANIMANIMALS
ANIMANIMALS
ANIMANIMALS
ANIMANIMALS
ANIMANIMALS

A white cloudlike object sings, ANIMANIMALS.

The animals stop and say, HUH?

A sheep’s head pops out of the cloud-like object. The cloud is the sheep’s fluffy body.

The sheep sings, ANIMANIMALS!

All the animals sing, ANIMANIMALS!

(Elephant trumpeting)

The animals sing, ANIMANIMALS!

Title: Animanimals. By Julia Ocker

Text reads, Ladybird

A red ladybug (a ladybird) flies onto a blue tree branch. It carries a small red bag.

(Ladybug humming)

The red ladybug places its bag on the branch.

The red ladybug says, AH.

The ladybug notices a yellow ladybug with a yellow bag on a branch on the opposite side of the tree.

(The ladybugs gasp)

The ladybugs wave at each other.

(Squeaking greeting noises)

The ladybugs each pull a mushroom out of their bags.

(The ladybugs giggle)

(Soft guitar music)

The red ladybug pulls a table, a shower head, and a cot out of its bag and arranges them on its side of the tree.

(The red ladybug gasps)

The yellow ladybug has set up identical items on the branch on its side of the tree.

The yellow ladybug waves and says, HA-OH!

(The yellow ladybug giggles)

The red ladybug waves and frowns.

(The red ladybug grumbles)

The red ladybug takes a pillow and a toy ladybug out of its bag and flies up to its cot.

(The red ladybug yawns)

(The yellow ladybug yawns)

The yellow ladybug lies in its cot with a pillow and a toy ladybug.

The yellow ladybug says, HA!

The yellow ladybug squeezes its toy.

(Squeaking)

(The yellow ladybug giggles)

(The red ladybug groans)

The red ladybug pulls its pillow over its head.

The moon sets. The sun rises.

(Rooster crowing)

The red ladybug carries a white coffee mug with a red heart on it to its table.

(The red ladybug yawns)

The yellow ladybug sits at its table holding a coffee mug with a yellow heart. It waves at the red ladybug.

(Squeaky greeting)

(The red ladybug chuckles half-heartedly)

The red ladybug grimaces and waves.

(The red ladybug grunts)

The red ladybug reads a newspaper.

The red ladybug says, HM?

The yellow ladybug reads a newspaper and waves.

The yellow ladybug says, HA-OH!

The red ladybug rolls its eyes.

(The red ladybug groans)

The red ladybug takes a mop out of its bag and mops its branch.

(The red ladybug grumbles)

The yellow ladybug mops the branch on its side of the tree.

The yellow ladybug waves and says, HA-OH!

(The red ladybug grunts angrily)

The red ladybug holds up its mop and does rhythmic squats.

(The red ladybug grunts angrily)

The yellow ladybug holds up its mop, does rhythmic squats, and waves.

(The yellow ladybug grunts happily)

(The red ladybug snarls)

The red ladybug dances wildly with its mop.

(The red ladybug makes gibberish sounds)

The yellow ladybug dances wildly with its mop and waves.

(The yellow ladybug makes gibberish sounds)

(The red ladybug snarls)

The red ladybug looks angry. It throws down its mop, walks to the yellow ladybug’s side of the tree, and snaps its mop over its knee.

The yellow ladybug says, HUH?

The red ladybug storms back to its side of the tree. It sits at its table and drinks from the mug.

(The red ladybug cackles)

The yellow ladybug picks up its broken mop and frowns.

(The yellow ladybug sighs)

(The red ladybug cackles)

The red ladybug smiles as it mops its branch.

(The red ladybug hums)

The red ladybug looks to the yellow ladybug’s side of the tree. The yellow ladybug is gone.

The red ladybug says, OH!

The red ladybug looks sad.

(Upbeat dance music)

The yellow ladybug flies down to its branch carrying a boombox and a short yellow mop.

The red ladybug says, HUH? OH!

The yellow ladybug dances)

(The yellow ladybug chirps and sings)

The red ladybug says, HUH?

The yellow ladybug dances and says, YAY!

The red ladybug looks quickly from side to side, then taps its foot to the music.

(The red ladybug hums)

The red ladybug looks at its foot and says, OH!

The red ladybug sits on a stool beside the table and holds its legs.

The yellow ladybug dances and wipes its table with its short mop.

(The yellow ladybug sings)

One of the red ladybug’s antennae moves rhythmically to the music.

The red ladybug says, HUH?

The red ladybug’s foot starts tapping rhythmically to the music.

The red ladybug says, OH!

(The red ladybug chatters nervously)

The red ladybug’s eye twitches. It sits uncomfortably on its stool. The yellow ladybug brings the red ladybug a short red mop.

The red ladybug says, HUH?

The yellow ladybug runs back to its side of the tree and waves its short mop.

The red ladybug says, OH!

(The red ladybug chuckles)

Both ladybugs happily dance and mop their branches.

(Both ladybugs sing)

Credits: Producer, Thomas Meyer-Hermann. Design, Julia Ocker, Kiana Naghshineh. Script and Direction, Julia Ocker.
Animatic, Moritz Schneider. Story Advisor, Andreas Hykade. A cooperation of Film Bilder. Kika. SWR.
Copyright Studio Film Bilder – KIKA / ARD & ZDF – SWR 2022