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Animation about ball-shaped aliens the Likeaballs, who compete in sporting challenges

Animation about ball-shaped aliens the Likeaballs, who compete in sporting challenges and promote fair play and team spirit

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The Likeaballs: Series 1

The Likeaballs: Series 1: System

08/07/2006

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Series 1

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Knowledgeaball and Fashionaball are holding book-signings.

2D animation about sporting aliens the Likeaballs and their competitions with the renegade group the Dislikeaballs. Knowledgaball's book causes problems for the Likeaballs.

2D animation. Travelling through space after their home planet was destroyed, ball-shaped aliens the Likeaballs compete in sporting challenges, whilst promoting fair play and team spirit. Renegade group the Dislikeaballs are out to beat them using any evil method they can. 

Knowledgeaball and Fashionaball are holding book-signings for books they've each written. They are on sale in the same bookshop in World City and this leads to fierce rivalry. 

Meanwhile, the Likeaballs are playing football against a team of weedy geeks who use a silly strategy they got from the Knowledgeaball book to try and beat our heroes.

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