Moonbug Entertainment links with VeeFriends for animated YouTube series

Candle Media-owned Moonbug Entertainment has linked with entertainment company VeeFriends to create a show based on US businessman Gary Vaynerchuk characters.

René Rechtman

VeeFriends will be a 2D-animated show aimed at a family audience and children aged six-to-eleven. It is executive produced by VeeFriends creator Vaynerchuk and episodes will be released starting late summer 2024 as three-minute shorts on YouTube.

VeeFriends will feature a collection of “larger-than-life” characters who compete in the VeeDome arena to battle out the biggest issues facing tweendom today, with every character coming out “a little stronger, and a lot more self-aware,” the producers said.

The content will be made by CoComelon and Blippi maker Moonbug with VaynerWatt, the production studio founded by Vaynerchuk, Eric Wattenberg and Matt Higgins.

“The VeeFriends characters and universe that Gary and his team have created will make a strong foundation for an engaging show, which our team is excited to develop,” said René Rechtman, co-founder and CEO, Moonbug Entertainment.

VeeFriends president Andy Krainak said the show will not only entertain but nurture emotional intelligence.

“Through VeeFriends’ characters, we aim to inspire both empathy and competition, empowering the next generation to balance passion with emotional understanding,” said Krainak.