Archive | October, 2008
Man Petitions to Marry Anime Cartoon Character!
Talk about crazy news! A man in Japan has launched a campaign in Japan to legally allow comic book-loving humans to marry their favourite fictitious characters! More than 1,000 people have signed Taichi Takashita’s on-line petition to establish a law permitting marriage to comic characters, according to The Daily Telegraph. Takashita says he feels more at ease in [...]
Continue reading...Glowing Review of Pixar’s Up
31. October 2008
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJmegq4IyU&eurl[/youtube] Pixar’s ‘UP’ seems to be receiving pretty rave reviews. Even prior to its official release, people who were lucky enough to watch its preview have glowing praises for the show. Here’s what one of them had to say of the animated movie. “Last night my wife and I had the wonderful opportunity to watch an early screening [...]
Continue reading...What Makes a Character Brand Licensable?
27. October 2008
It is very easy to think that character design alone determines the success and failure of a character brand and how many licensing and merchandising deals it can garner. In actuality, the very first criteria for merchandising opportunities is mass exposure before anything else. Licensing agents and manufacturing companies are often opposed to taking on properties [...]
Continue reading...Katakune Wins 3rd Prize in Digicon 6 Singapore Region
25. October 2008
Yesterday was a happy occasion for us. Katakune won the 3rd spot for the Digicon 6 animation contest organized by TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) for the Singapore region. For those of you who are unaware, Katakune is an original cartoon property Character Farm (a subsidiary of Mediafreaks) produced for the preschooler market. It is relatively [...]
Continue reading...Setting Up a Business
23. October 2008
I am an entrepreneur, and to an entrepreneur, opportunities are found in bad times. If you’ve been following the news, these are bad times. During bad times, people like Warren Buffett brace himself to make tons of money because of his theory “When people are greedy, be fearful. And when people are fearful, be greedy.” [...]
Continue reading...Orange Fiesta!
23. October 2008
Amsterdam’s streets and canals come alive in a sea of Orange (the colour of the local Royal family) each April 30th for Queens Day or Koninginnedag in the local lingo. Drinking, shaking your money maker – and being Amsterdam, whatever else takes your fancy – with friends is the order of the day (and the night [...]
Continue reading...Options in the Animation Industry
21. October 2008
Recently a gentleman from the States wrote me an email asking some questions pertaining financing for cartoon animated series production. This is an all-time favorite topic on this blog ever since I wrote an article titled 8 Steps to Producing a Cartoon Series. One of his questions is a most unusual question as it dealt [...]
Continue reading...Virtual Realities in Mobile Phones
19. October 2008
It is normally texting, talking, e-mailing and clicking pictures that are associated with cell phones, but now, you can access or even display 3D virtual reality simulations or animations on them. Researchers have created a new approach based on outsourcing all the heavy number crunching required by CG and virtual reality simulations to servers, by merging [...]
Continue reading...85 Years of Disney!
17. October 2008
85 years ago in 1923 on this very day, the Walt Disney Studios was founded by brothers Walk and Roy Disney! While we reminisce on the magic Disney brought us all these years, here’s also a clip showing what Disney has in store for 2009.
Continue reading...Pixar ‘Up’
17. October 2008
You can almost hear them shouting out, “Look, we can even animate a really old man and you’ll still love it.” Well, with Pixar, you can believe it. It’s just some balloons carrying a house, but since it’s Pixar, we know each of those balloons is full of a child’s dream/soul, and are therefore better than standard [...]
Continue reading...World’s Scariest Vegetables
15. October 2008
Looking at these vegetables, I am not surprised why kids hate their greens! Check out some of the scariest looking veggies ever … I’m not sure I ever want to pop one into my mouth …
Continue reading...The Bankers’ Stats Report
14. October 2008
A friend sent me this interesting ’stats’ report showing the wealth status of the most prominent bankers around the world. Quite an interesting read Disclaimer : Neither Mediafreaks Pte Ltd nor myself are exhibiting this as a factual report, nor can we authenticate the accuracy of this report. So please read it for amusement [...]
Continue reading...Games Designers Wanted!
13. October 2008
Definition of a Game Designer : A game designer develops the layout, concept and gameplay of a video game. This may include playfield design, specification writing, and entry of numeric properties that balance and tune the gameplay. You might be a glib salesman, a creative writer, an avid gamer. It doesn’t matter. We are a forward [...]
Continue reading...Bollywood Gets Animated
13. October 2008
Budgets on Bollywood animation have just gone up. While Hollywood giant Disney has entered the fray, local big daddies like Yash Chopra and Percept Picture Company have also joined the animation bandwagon. It is estimated that Bollywood studios are setting aside sum to the tune of Rs 20 crore per animation film. This Diwali, Disney and [...]
Continue reading...The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill
12. October 2008
I’m not sure how you feel when you see the picture of poor, aged Tweety above, but it sure freaked me out! Apparently it is part of the display of a show called The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill by prankster/graffiti artist Banksy.“I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the [...]
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31. October 2008
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