New Animated Series ‘Shaun Tan’s Tales from Outer Suburbia’ Trailer

by Alex Billington
December 5, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Want to make new friends? Come on.” ABC Australia has unveiled an official trailer for an animated series called Tales from Outer Suburbia, based on a children’s book about moving to the suburbs. I’m always curious about animation and discovering creative new work – this looks like something special already. And considering how huge Bluey has become, it’s nice to see another Australian animated series with potential. A clever ‘almost 13’ year old girl and her younger brother move to Outer Suburbia with their newly single mother. Their summer holiday turns into a series of unexpected & surreal adventures as they adapt to their new reality. “Sometimes it takes a truly strange event to reveal how we feel about our place in the world, and what things we care about most deeply. With Tales From Outer Suburbia, we hope to awaken that fantastic realisation that fiction & reality are never very far from one another… there’s really no such thing as ‘normal life.'” Adapted from Shaun Tan’s bestselling, beloved children’s book, it follows the adventures of Klara and Pim – voiced by Brooklyn Davies & Felix Oliver Vergés, with Geraldine Hakewill as their mum. It looks like stop-motion but it’s just 3D animation with its own distinct style. Check out the first trailer below.

Here’s the first official trailer for Noel Cleary’s series Tales from Outer Suburbia, direct from YouTube:

Based on Shaun Tan’s beloved children’s book. The animated series begins when ‘almost thirteen-year-old’ Klara and her six-year-old brother Pim move to Outer Suburbia with their newly single mother Lucy. The siblings’ summer holiday turns into a series of unexpected and surreal adventures. The family goes on a roller-coaster ride of emotion, encountering weird and miraculous phenomena as they adapt to their new reality. Shaun Tan’s Tales from Outer Suburbia is an animated series created and directed by Noel Cleary, director of the “Tashi” series and Maya the Bee: The Honey Games previously, plus lots of animation work including on Zack Snyder’s Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. With writing by Sam Carroll, Lally Katz. Adapted from Shaun Tan’s book of the same name. Produced by Sophie Byrne and Alexia Gates-Foale. Made by Flying Bark Productions & Highly Spirited. ABC in Australia debuts Shaun Tan’s Tales from Outer Suburbia series streaming on ABC iview starting on January 1st, 2026 early next year. Look good?

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