Business Mouse Arrives on Channel4.com

Business Mouse has arrived on Channel4.com as part of their new Comedy Blaps comedy showcase.

The latest series from Modern Toss, it features the adventures of the inept Business Mouse and his bumbling associates as they invest in a variety of unlikely schemes. We animated the three episode mini-series for Modern Toss in a style inspired by classic cartoons like Top Cat.

Business Mouse is a launch title for Comedy Blaps, Channel 4's new online video website that aims to showcase and develop new comedy talent. New episode's will be released weekly on the custom Comedy Blaps site and on Youtube.

The first episode "Business or Leisure" is embedded below.

Business Mouse! Coming soon!

We're very excited about the fast approaching launch of Business Mouse, a new animation for Channel 4 from Modern Toss.

We've been busy animating this new cartoon about a little mouse built for big business. Soon you'll be able to watch as he blunders his way through deal after deal at rapid pace. Expect hilarious, hurricane velocity and stylish animation from this inspiring but reckless mouse entrepreneur and his portfolio of business associates.

More news soon!

DC Storm - Solutions and Container Tag Videos

DC Storm offer award-winning multi-channel digital marketing tracking, reporting and optimisation for advertisers, affiliates and agencies.

Many of there services are very complex, so our role was to create videos that give straight forward explanations of what they provide their clients.

The first introduces the companies core services.

The second provides information on their unique Container Tag product

Famous and Fearless

For Channel 4's new celebrity challenge show, Famous and Fearless, LSM were asked to provide character design and animation for their play along live prediction game.

The brand new prime-time show features celebrities facing a series of urban and extreme sports challenges on live television. Contestants include Dame Kelly Holmes and rugby legend Jonah Lomu, alongside musicians, actors and adventurers.

We created unique winning and losing animations for every contestant, alongside tug of war animations for the prediction screen.


The game, which can only be played while challenges are being broadcast live on Channel 4, is integral to the show, with gamers predictions feeding directly into the broadcast to be analysed by the shows presenters, Chris Evans and Jack Osbourne.


For more information on the show, visit the website here.

Gaspard and Lisa

LSM spent much of last year helping Impossible TV and Chorion Silver Lining Productions create a brand new children's television series, Gaspard and Lisa. Comprising of 50 x 11'00" episodes, plus 1 x 22'00" special, the pre-school series is based on the Gaspard et Lisa books created by Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben.

The show follows the adventures of two six year-old best friends living in Paris, and is made in beautiful high-definition 3D animation, mixing paint textures with incredibly detailed locations to create a unique look.

Currently being broadcast on TF1 in France and in Japan, there are plans to take the show to many more countires, including the UK.

You can view an example of the animation for the French audience below -

GASPARD ET LISA - TFOU Vidéo TF1 sélectionnée dans TV/Séries

You can also view the Japanese promo by clicking here.