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ZDF Sets October Launch for Adult Animated Satire ‘Task Force Querlitz’

ZDF frames the three-part satire as a Quantum lab experiment to court adult animation viewers.

Overview

  • All three episodes arrive in the ZDFmediathek on October 24 at 10:00, with a TV premiere overnight on October 27–28 starting at 0:10.
  • The series consists of three episodes with a runtime of about 20 minutes each.
  • Set in the fictional town of Querlitz after a meteorite strike, the story follows a four-person task force grappling with surreal bureaucratic chaos.
  • The project was developed in ZDF’s Quantum/Das kleine Fernsehspiel format lab and produced with studio PixelPECS.
  • ZDF describes the show as its first adult-animation sitcom with provocative elements; creators include Arne Hain, Sebastian Simon and Simon Thummet, with voices by Hans-Joachim Heist, Luise Wolff, Elisabet Mell and Noah Tinwa.