Based on a two-volume fantasy novel penned by Timothée de Fombelle and published between 2006 and 2007, Toby Alone required the creation of “whole graphic universe to turn it from a tween novel into a 12-hour animated saga”. By 2016, the 600-page book had been translated into 29 languages and had sold over 400,000 copies. The main obstacles when it came to adapting it were the ...