In 1975, he joined a then-small animation studio called
DIC Entertainment created by
Jean Chalopin. This was where he learned to make cartoons. In the studio, he met directors like
Bruno Bianchi (
Inspector Gadget), Bernard Deyriès (
The Mysterious Cities of Gold), etc. In the 1980s, he helped launch the series
Ulysses 31. He decided to pursue his career in
Paris. He contributed to
Albert Barillé's series,
Once Upon a Time... Space and
Once Upon a Time... Life. In 1986, Raimbaud created his own studio, Jingle, with Christian Masson (advertising and producer). 25 people under them outsourced series like
Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea and
Rahan. A year later, the company stood out with productions such as
Mimi Cracra (A2),
Walter Melon (
Canal+) and
Les Enfants de la Liberté (FR3). It was not until 1988 that Jingle itself made a series:
Manu created by
cartoonist Frank Margerin. Thus, 104 episodes were broadcast on
La Cinq, starting in March 1990. The challenge of Raimbaud was not to create tasteless cartoons for children only. In 1992, the bankruptcy and liquidation of La Cinq caused the closure of many production companies. In 1993, Jingle itself became bankrupt.
Gaumont Multimedia By then, Raimbaud was known in the community and
Gaumont Film Company hired him to revive the films of
Asterix and
Lucky Luke, that were last produced in the 1970s. Promoted artistic director of the then-new studio Gaumont Multimedia, he began working on
Highlander: The Series for
M6. At the same time, he created the series
The Little Witches, the story of Sherilyn and her apprentice witches who use their magical powers to thwart the diabolical plans of a businessman. This series was produced by Millésime Productions for
TF1 and it will be sold very little in Europe. Raimbaud came up with an idea he could not have realized at Jingle – a story of shipwrecked aliens on Earth who took refuge in a house for rent. With writer Philippe Traversat, he created the series ''Les Zinzins de L'espace
, similar to 1950s American cartoons, akin to titles like Looney Tunes. It was localized as Space Goofs and co-produced by Xilam, during its broadcast on France 3 in September 1997. Against all odds, the series became the most popular among programs introduced the same year, becoming a hit worldwide. In 1997, Marc du Pontavice approached Jean‑Yves Raimbaud with a specific creative brief: "think about what Tom and Jerry would look like in the year 2000." Raimbaud responded by designing a blue cat (later named Oggy) and replacing the classic mouse with three mischievous cockroaches—effectively inverting the usual predator-prey dynamic, and thus Oggy and the Cockroaches'' was created. == Illness and death ==