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Code Lyoko
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<p><i>Code Lyoko</i> is a French <a href="/facts/Anime-influenced_animation/522ptEtp">anime-influenced</a> <a href="/facts/Animated_series/9IWkyjon">animated series</a> created by <a href="/facts/Thomas_Romain/sYtp5Xdb">Thomas Romain</a> and Tania Palumbo and produced by <a href="/facts/Antefilms_Production/2CgeeGnr">Antefilms Production</a> (season 1) and <a href="/facts/MoonScoop/2CgeeGnr">MoonScoop</a> (seasons 2–4) for <a href="/facts/Cartoon_Network/0rdGXMmw">Cartoon Network</a>, <a href="/facts/France_3/j65spC25">France 3</a> and <a href="/facts/Canal_J/qahvhsdr">Canal J</a>, with the participation of Conseil Général de la Charente, Pôle Image Magelis, Région Poitou-Charentes and Wallimage. The series centers around a group of teenagers who travel to the <a href="/facts/Virtual_world/Shuxbc0B">virtual world</a> of Lyoko to battle against X.A.N.A., a hostile <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">artificial intelligence</a> which seeks to attack the real world. The scenes in the real world employ traditional animation with hand-painted backgrounds, while the scenes in Lyoko are presented in <a href="/facts/Computer-generated_imagery/ThJ2gh1X">3D CGI animation</a>. The series began its first 97-episode run on September 3, 2003, on France's <a href="/facts/France_3/j65spC25">France 3</a>, and ended on November 10, 2007 and on <a href="/facts/Cartoon_Network/0rdGXMmw">Cartoon Network</a> in the United States on April 19, 2004 and ended in 2008 after its final seven episodes aired online at Cartoon Network video. </p><p>A follow-up series, <i><a href="/facts/Code_Lyoko%3a_Evolution/1q8QC07H">Code Lyoko: Evolution</a></i>, which used <a href="/facts/Live_action/rRJrwAH5">live action footage</a> rather than hand-drawn animation to represent the real world, began airing in 2012. The series only consisted of one season of 26 episodes with the final episode airing in late 2013, leaving off on a cliffhanger with no second season or other sequel series planned due to MoonScoop’s filing for bankruptcy shortly after in 2014. </p>