Bandai Entertainment have announced their forthcoming titles for July 2008. The second volume of Lucky Star will be released on 1st July, available in both standard and limited editions ($29.99/49.99). Also available on 15th July will be a Complete Collection of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ($59.98).
Gurren Lagann SE 01 with OP CD - $39.98 - 07/08/2008
Di Gi Charat Nyo! Vol. [read more]
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Investor Paul Allen has sold 1.2 million shares, or nearly one third of his stake, in DreamWorks Animation, the Associated Press reports.
Allen, who had invested $500 million in DreamWorks SKG when in launched in the mid-1990s, now owns about four percent of DreamWorks Animation stock.
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BKN! International has signed a deal for the L&M rights to Speed Racer Classic and Speed Racer- The Next Generation in several key territories. The deal signed with Speed Racer Enterprises grants rights for Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Middle East.
[Source: C21Media]
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3D animated children series Erky Perky has been licensed for several global territories. The series, produced by CCI Entertainment/ Ambience Entertainment, has licensed the series to networks including Sopresa in America, TV2 in Denmark, HBO in Asia and SRC in Canada. [read more]
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My experience with Galaxy Rangers is quite limited. Since there were so many 65-episode, action-adventure series all launched within a few years of each other back in the eighties, only the very most popular ones made an impact in the UK. Galaxy Rangers was one of the few that made it over here, but its lower profile meant that I had never seen an episode until now. [read more]
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FUNimation has licensed DVD, broadcast, and mobile rights to Save Me! Lollipop, the company said today.
The series, adapted from the Michiyo Kikuta manga Mamotte! Lollipop, is about a two sorcerers who fall from the sky and into the life of a girl who accidentally ate a coveted crystal. [read more]
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New York magazine has posted a brief interview with Ralph Bakshi, where he deals with his role in the rise of artist Thomas Kinkade, the use of a Bob Seger song at the end of American Pop, what he would have used for the soundtrack to Lord of the Rings, and what inspired his filmmaking during the 1970's.
(via Cartoon Brew)
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Those looking for an advanced peek of Cartoon Network's upcoming Flapjack can find it now playing at the network's website. "That's a Wrap" finds Flapjack and K'nuckles on a quest for old candy wrappers.
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Writer Brian Azzarello talks about working on "Working Through Pain," the fifth segment in Batman: Gotham Knight in a new studio-supplied interview. Among the questions asked and answered:
What was your overall impression of “Batman Gotham Knight,” and were you pleased with your segment?
When you’re writing for comics – and now for animation – do you put fairly detailed direction between the dialogue, or is it more of a collaborative process for you and the artist/animator?
You’re fairly particular about the projects you accept. [read more]
MTV Home Entertainment will release The Animation Show Vol. 3 to DVD on June 3, the company said today.
The 103-minute collection of animated shorts from the series' 2007 program will include work by Mike Judge, Don Hertzfeldt, Bill Plympton, Joanna Quinn and PES, among others. [read more]
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Vandals painted a ten-foot tall picture of SpongeBob SquarePants on the chimney of a historic Forest Service cabin in the Pike National Service, the Associated Press reports.
The Forest Service estimates it will cost several thousand dollars to scrub the image from the building.
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News Corporation, parent of Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Broadcasting, had third quarter net income of $2.7 billion, up from $871 million in the same quarter last year, the company said last week. Revenues rose to $8.8 billion from $7.5 billion.
Results reflected a one-time gain stemming from the sale of various assets to Liberty Media. [read more]
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Blue Sky Studios will not be getting more money from the state of Connecticut to finance a move to the state, the Stamford Advocate reports.
The state had already voted the company $15 million in tax credits to lure the animation studio to Greenwich, and the General Assembly adjourned yesterday without taking up a bill that would have given the company an addition $10 million in credits. [read more]
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Platinum Studios and Arclight Films will produce a live-action adaptation of Witchblade, the comic book title most recently seen in the US as a Gonzo-made anime series, Variety says. Casting, writing, and directing duties have not been announced yet.
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Twentieth Century Fox has penciled Alvin and the Chipmunks II in for a March 19, 2010 release date, Variety reports. The news came as part of a number of Fox-related schedule announcements.
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4Kids Entertainment suffered a net loss of $6.4 million in the latest quarter, up from a loss of $205,000 in the year-ago period, the company said today. Quarterly revenues were flat at $15.0 million.
The company blamed the increased loss on a fall in licensing revenues and a sharp increase in sales and administrative expenses related to its new Chaotic trading card game.
[Source: Business Wire]
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Cereal-box characters will come to CG life in Cereal Heroes!, a just-announced feature film from Fable Works and Sparx Animation.
The film, from a story by David Meinstein, will chronicle the misadventures of cartoon cereal-box mascots who are accidentally brought to life in a plan to replace the world's fallen superheroes. [read more]
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DreamWorks Animation will distribute a digitally remastered print of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa to IMAX theaters for its November 7 release under a deal announced by the two companies today.
The agreement caps arrangements that will put DreamWorks Animation pictures in IMAX theaters through 2010.
[Source: DMN Newswire]
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Aniboom and Oberon Media will partner to create animated series for mobile, online and TV platforms based on Oberon's games, the companies said today. Under the deal, Oberon will provide characters, stories, and backgrounds for use by Aniboom's community of independent animators in making the animations.
Turbo Subs is to be the first project animated. [read more]
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Nelvana Enterprises has licensed four of its properties to various international broadcasters, the company said today.
The Future is Wild, a CG-animated action-adventure about kids traveling to the future to study the course of evolution, has been licensed to RTL2 (Germany), RTBF (Belgium), YLE2 (Scandinavia) and Animal Planet (Latin America). [read more]
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HIT Entertainment has signed a long-term partnership agreement with US public TV broadcaster Thirteen/WNET New York, covering station representation and new project development, the company said today.
Separately, AWN reports that HIT will expand and reorganize its international home entertainment arm. [read more]
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* IGN is hosting a free episode of the new dub of Shin Chan. NOTE: For mature audiences only.
* Marvel.com is hosting an animated version of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men #1, similar to the vintage 60's cartoons that incorporated art from comic books. [read more]
Iron Man stayed golden at weekend box offices while Speed Racer, the live-action adaptation of the classic anime series, hit a wall.
Updated: Speed Racer, from the Wachowskis and Warner Bros., grossed only $18.6 million at North American box offices in its premiere weekend, coming in third behind Iron Man and the Ashton Kutcher romantic comedy What Happens in Vegas. [read more]
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Alvin and the Chipmunks sold 210,000 DVD units in the latest reporting period, while Enchanted continued to sell well with 142,000 unit sales, according to data complied by TheNumbers.com.
Other animated titles placing in the top 30 DVD sales for the week were Bee Movie (88,000), 101 Dalmations (33,000) and Beowulf (16,000).
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Bandai Visual will begin streaming the first episode of Super Robot Wars OG: Divine Wars through its dot-anime.us website, the company said today.
The streaming begins on May 12.
[Source: Bandai Visual]
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