Power Ball (the tentative, unofficial title) is a French, sports, action, comedy, cel-shaded, animated television series. It was produced by Gaumont Animation or Gaumont Group, which was known at that the time this was made as Alphanim-Gaumont Animation. It first surfaced and was brought up to the public at Cartoon Forum and MIPCOM in 2013, according to the Animation Magazine website. So far, to date, the only available footage of it is the promo trailer.
Plot[]
A pre-teen named Storm Curtis has the special ability to call upon the force of Earth's Underground Sun in order to defeat an antiquated malevolence that threatens the world. But he is not alone, as he and four others team up, and play the sport known as Power Ball as part of the task to combat the evilness, and save the world. The Energy Balls that are used are not ordinary, as they all contain different, special powers that are element-based and it's possible each kind is for each team member.
Status[]
There are very few sites that have featured articles on this cartoon. As mentioned above, there is an article about it on the Animation Magazine site. On the Yearinmerde blog, a character designer who worked on the TV pilot known as Barth posted pictures of the character designs while another site called Le Monstre has an article that contains pictures of a couple monsters and the Energy Balls. A trailer of this is on Youtube and Vimeo. On the list of works by Alphanim/Gaumont Animation, Power Ball is among those mentioned on the studio's Wikipedia page, claiming its release was to be in 2020, but that year came and went, and there's still no sign of the series, whether on TV or online. It's not even mentioned on the Gaumont Animation site. There is no explanation for the delay and why it still hasn't been released a decade later, it's unknown if the release is still being planned or if it was cancelled, and there have been no further updates. Maybe someone involved in the making of this will finally get back to those who may have been anticipating and trying to follow this for the longest to let them know what gives.