And Japanese anime where first introduced by the Récré A2[1] program, created in 1978 and whose team moved to TF1 after the privatization where became the Club Dorothée[2] which is probably the program the author has in mind.

[1]: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9cr%C3%A9_A2

[2]: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Doroth%C3%A9e