Dear Christian,
I am Adrian Baragan, director and digital artist at 3d-rendringsEU
I have a proposal for you:
What do you think about a 3d animation such as Pixar style?
With this budget we can do an award winning 3d animation in a few months.
Also, even if the style has to be exactly 2d as the existing episodes, that's also possible to make even if we do everything in 3d. With using the proper lights and effects, we can make the 2d animation look absolutely great.
Please let me know more about your beautiful project, and if you need an award winning quality, me and my team would love to work with you.
God Bless,
Adrian