Code Lyoko Overview

Introduction

• Code Lyoko was a French animated series.
• Focused on a group of kids saving the world from an evil computer virus named XANA.
• Premiered: September 3, 2003, in France and April 19, 2004, in the US on Cartoon Network.
• The show blends 2D and 3D animation.

Main Characters

• Yumi: Intelligent, fast learner, has telekinetic abilities.
• Ulrich: Attractive, introverted, skilled fighter, has cloning abilities.
• Odd: Comedic, confident, has shielding power, travels with dog Kiwi.
• Jeremy: Tech genius, controls virtualization into Lyoko, creates ways to fight XANA.
• Aelita: Pink-haired virtual girl, originally human, important in shutting down XANA's towers.

Plot Summary

• Lyoko: Virtual reality home to Aelita and XANA, a violent virus.
• Mission: The group must rid XANA of his command by entering Code Lyoko and shutting down towers.
• Aelita's Predicament: The team works to bring her into the real world.
• Villain: XANA uses technology to manipulate the physical world.

Prequel

• XANA Awakens: Two-part prequel explaining how characters met and how Jeremy found Aelita.

Animation Style

• Mix of 2D for the real world and 3D for Lyoko.
• Distinctive large foreheads on characters.
• Early adopter of combining 2D and 3D animation.

French Origins

• Creators Tania Palumbo and Thomas Romain from Gobelins School.
• Originally an animated short Les Enfants and later Garage Kids.
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