Jean-Yves Raimbaud died in June 1998 after producing the first episode of Oggy and the Cockroaches, having had lung cancer for some time.
In the studio, he met directors like Bruno Bianchi (Inspector Gadget), Bernard Deyriès (The Mysterious Cities of Gold), etc.
A year later, the company stood out with productions such as Mimi Cracra (A2), Walter Melon (Canal+) and Les Enfants de la Liberté (FR3).
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.
Raimbaud was diagnosed with lung cancer in the early 1990s, and died on 28 June 1998, in Paris, France, from a colorectal infection caused by the tumor.
Space Goofs became a success and remained one of his most popular works throughout the years, gaining a lot of views on its official YouTube channel.
Having died in 1998, Raimbaud did not live to take advantage of the success of his more cult series, Oggy and the Cockroaches, which premiered on France 3 months after his death.