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The show centers around a girl named Birch Small, who plans to be a comic book artist, trying to survive high school with her friends. Birch is a manga and anime fan, and the art style of the show reflects this, using aesthetic elements typical of anime such as sweat drops, characters comically popping into 'super-deformed' mode, and comic book style speech bubbles. It was produced in part by Svetlana Chmakova,<ref>http://svetlania.com/about.shtml</ref> a Russian-Canadian artist who rose to fame with her comics for US manga publishers Tokyopop and Yen Press. The show attained mild infamy during its broadcast, however, for its attempted copying of manga aesthetics and tropes.
The show centers around a girl named Birch Small, who plans to be a comic book artist, trying to survive high school with her friends. Birch is a manga and anime fan, and the art style of the show reflects this, using aesthetic elements typical of anime such as sweat drops, characters comically popping into 'super-deformed' mode, and comic book style speech bubbles. It was produced in part by Svetlana Chmakova,<ref>http://svetlania.com/about.shtml</ref> a Russian-Canadian artist who rose to fame with her comics for US manga publishers Tokyopop and Yen Press. The show attained mild infamy during its broadcast, however, for its attempted copying of manga aesthetics and tropes.


Although it was only broadcast on Télétoon, the show was nominated for a few Canadian TV and animation awards during its run-time It's still listed as being run on three TV stations (KI.KA in Germany, Once TV in Mexico, and PBJ in the US), but this data (from Wikipedia)<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_Me</ref> has not been updated since June 2013. After investigating, the ''My Life Me'' web page on KI.KA's website states: ''"No longer airing - last broadcast 26.09.2015."''<ref>http://www.kika.de/my-life-me-mein-leben-und-ich/sendereihe1616.html</ref>, Once TV no longer carries the show or has any mention of it on its website, and PBJ no longer exists as a channel in the United States. Thus, as of 2016, ''My Life Me'' is no longer showing on any of the TV channels mentioned on its Wikipedia page.
Although it was only broadcast on Télétoon, the show was nominated for a few Canadian TV and animation awards during its run-time. It was still listed as being run on three TV stations (KI.KA in Germany, Once TV in Mexico, and PBJ in the US), but this data (from Wikipedia)<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_Me</ref> has not been updated since June 2013. After investigating, the ''My Life Me'' web page on KI.KA's website states: ''"No longer airing - last broadcast 26.09.2015."''<ref>http://www.kika.de/my-life-me-mein-leben-und-ich/sendereihe1616.html</ref>, Once TV no longer carries the show or has any mention of it on its website, and PBJ no longer exists as a channel in the United States. Thus, as of 2016, ''My Life Me'' is no longer showing on any of the TV channels mentioned on its Wikipedia page.


'''My Life Me''' supposedly had an entire line of merchandising planned, as well as a "heavily interactive website." While the Flash-heavy website <i>is</i> still available,<ref>http://www.mylifeme.com/langue.html</ref> along with its manga creator application, it now redirects, leaving the Wayback Machine<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20091030002712/http://www.mylifeme.com/</ref> as the best way to access it the way it originally was. It seems that the show's investors, a German company called TV Loonland, were eager to promote ''My Life Me'' in 2009, yet were forced into bankruptcy and insolvency in early to mid 2010. Thus, the show got lost in the shuffle and only one season was ever produced and sold to worldwide markets.
'''My Life Me''' supposedly had an entire line of merchandising planned, as well as a "heavily interactive website." While the Flash-heavy website <i>is</i> still available,<ref>http://www.mylifeme.com/langue.html</ref> along with its manga creator application, it now redirects, leaving the Wayback Machine<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20091030002712/http://www.mylifeme.com/</ref> as the best way to access it the way it originally was. It seems that the show's investors, a German company called TV Loonland, were eager to promote ''My Life Me'' in 2009, yet were forced into bankruptcy and insolvency in early to mid 2010. Thus, the show got lost in the shuffle and only one season was ever produced and sold to worldwide markets.

Revision as of 21:18, 12 April 2016

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My Life Me[1] is a Canadian/French animated show aimed at pre-teen audiences, which ran for only one season. There is little media about the show existing online in its original language, with only an edited version of the first episode available. (Unfortunately now non-existent due to the original uploader being banned.)

The show centers around a girl named Birch Small, who plans to be a comic book artist, trying to survive high school with her friends. Birch is a manga and anime fan, and the art style of the show reflects this, using aesthetic elements typical of anime such as sweat drops, characters comically popping into 'super-deformed' mode, and comic book style speech bubbles. It was produced in part by Svetlana Chmakova,[2] a Russian-Canadian artist who rose to fame with her comics for US manga publishers Tokyopop and Yen Press. The show attained mild infamy during its broadcast, however, for its attempted copying of manga aesthetics and tropes.

Although it was only broadcast on Télétoon, the show was nominated for a few Canadian TV and animation awards during its run-time. It was still listed as being run on three TV stations (KI.KA in Germany, Once TV in Mexico, and PBJ in the US), but this data (from Wikipedia)[3] has not been updated since June 2013. After investigating, the My Life Me web page on KI.KA's website states: "No longer airing - last broadcast 26.09.2015."[4], Once TV no longer carries the show or has any mention of it on its website, and PBJ no longer exists as a channel in the United States. Thus, as of 2016, My Life Me is no longer showing on any of the TV channels mentioned on its Wikipedia page.

My Life Me supposedly had an entire line of merchandising planned, as well as a "heavily interactive website." While the Flash-heavy website is still available,[5] along with its manga creator application, it now redirects, leaving the Wayback Machine[6] as the best way to access it the way it originally was. It seems that the show's investors, a German company called TV Loonland, were eager to promote My Life Me in 2009, yet were forced into bankruptcy and insolvency in early to mid 2010. Thus, the show got lost in the shuffle and only one season was ever produced and sold to worldwide markets.

Several episodes (in English) remain missing.

English Findings

These episodes can easily be found in English on YouTube. A total of 18 episodes have been found.

  • Miss President [ep1]
  • Manga Slam [ep2]
  • Star Struck [ep3]
  • Misconcepted Perceptions [ep4]
  • Planets Maligned [ep5]
  • Finding Neko [ep6]
  • Back To The Stone Age [ep10]
  • Liam The Hero [ep12]
  • Pom-Pom Girl [ep13]
  • Holiday Hijinx
  • A Fine Balance [ep17]
  • Bad Company [ep18]
  • The Big Flap [ep19]
  • Boss Man Blues [ep20
  • The Mascot [ep21]
  • Love Lessons [ep22]
  • Birch's Beef [ep23]
  • Rope Burn [ep25]
  • True Colors

References