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Naruto Shippuden successfully aired in Disney XD this Wednesday.
Naruto Shippuden, the popular cartoon animation series, premiered on Disney XD this Wednesday, October 28, with four back-to-back episodes beginning at 8:30pm. The episodes were as follows: Homecoming: 8:30pm A fearless teen trains to become a ninja while battling the demon who lives inside of him. Sequel to “Naruto,” a popular anime series. In the opener, [...]
Continue reading...L.A. Looks Announces Partnership With Blockbuster CG Animated Film, Astro Boy
21. October 2009
The partnership blasts off with Astro Boy’s star-studded Premiere including cast members Freddie Highmore and Kristen Bell. The iconic 3D animation film is in Theaters Nationwide on Friday, October 23, 2009 At last night’s premiere of Summit Entertainment and Imagi Studios’ Astro Boy in Los Angeles, L.A. Looks, a leader in mass market professional styling products, [...]
Continue reading...Astro Boy’s Heroic Animated Tale Blasts Off with D-BOX Motion Technology in Theatres October 23
16. October 2009
D-BOX Technologies Inc., a leader in motion technology for the entertainment industry is about to take flight with Imagi Studios and Summit Entertainment’s classic cartoon character Astro Boy, rated PG and landing in theatres October 23. Moviegoers will stir and quake from their individual D-BOX MFX theatre seats as D-BOX Motion Code(TM) moves audience members during [...]
Continue reading...Koihime Musou Gets Subtitles
16. September 2009
Enter the world of the Han Dynasty as Japanese Anime distribution company, Marvelous Entertainment Inc., and the number one online destination for Anime and Asian Entertainment, Crunchyroll, are set to stream the action packed/comedic/fantasy fan-favorite KOIHIME MUSOU (episodes 1-4; subbed) to Crunchyroll Anime Members and fans worldwide starting Saturday; Sept. 12, 2009 at 5pm PDT. Inspired [...]
Continue reading...Torrent Downloads to Blame for Anime Recession?
5. August 2009
Just because anime is popular doesn’t mean that it’s proliferating. As Japan sinks deeper into a recession, even its seemingly stable animation industry has started to feel the curse of the economic plague. Even worse, we, anime fans, may have blood on our hands. Yasuo Yamaguchi, executive director of the Association of Japanese Animators, in an [...]
Continue reading...Mediafreaks Picks: Our Five Favorite Animes
3. August 2009
If you’re living in the same generation, then you most probably have your own top picks. In our five favorite anime series of all time, however, we based the results from other top name-a-number lists in the blogosphere and other online communities. It’s not quite scientifically sampled, but in the number of sites that we’ve [...]
Continue reading...Ghost in the Shell: Locking in, Focusing, Zooming in
1. August 2009
If there’s anything to get from anime, it’s that this medium proves that the Japanese are visionaries. Their sci-fi genre has always captivated us not only because of hard- kicking animation, but because of the philosophy and ideology that they insert in every stroke, shade and color. This time, MediaFreaks will feature to you what [...]
Continue reading...Cartoon Network Asia Secures Rights to MixMaster2
29. July 2009
Cartoon Network Asia Pacific announced today that it has secured the cable and satellite rights to broadcast MIXMASTER2, the hugely popular action adventure series, to over 91 million viewers across 25 Asia Pacific countries. Cartoon Network’s agreement with Sunwoo Entertainment, the producer and distributor of MIXMASTER2, marks a significant milestone for the Korean animation industry as [...]
Continue reading...Halo Universe Unveils Halo Legends Anime Project
28. July 2009
A renowned set of storytellers from some of the world’s leading anime studios in Japan are about to take one of the most iconic franchises in science fiction and video games to a new level. Microsoft Corp., in collaboration with some of the most acclaimed anime creators, today unveiled a new project called “Halo Legends,” [...]
Continue reading...Three Ponyo Books Coming August
21. July 2009
Ponyo, the new animated film from Studio Ghibli and Academy Award-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki, will offer the official 4-volume full-color PONYO Film Comic, a PONYO Picture Book, and THE ART OF PONYO, which presents a comprehensive collection of original art, sketches, character designs and storyboards from the film. Walt Disney [...]
Continue reading...Gundam 00, Anime Block renewed
19. July 2009
Syfy has renewed and expanded a content licensing deal with Starz Media’s anime distribution arm, Manga Entertainment. The new agreement renews the weekly Ani-Monday programming block on Monday nights from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. ET. This month marks the beginning of a new season of Ani-Mondays and a new, two-hour programming block on sister [...]
Continue reading...Growing in A Shinobi Generation
17. July 2009
It was back in 2002 when people first witnessed the famous cartoon character and anime from Japan, Naruto and his struggles to become a chief ninja or Hokage in his village. However, things got complicated when one of his friends Uchiha Sasuke chose to leave their village to seek revenge against his own brother. Naruto [...]
Continue reading...The Return of Astro Boy
16. July 2009
Same with Mickey Mouse’s timeless fame, there is a cartoon character or should I say, a robot, who is coming back to life again! Few people born in the 1980s would fall short of recognizing the small and mighty figure of a robot boy soaring through the sky. There is no one but Astro Boy. I, [...]
Continue reading...UFC Warriors in Cartoon Animation
14. July 2009
While everyone is still in the middle of the euphoria of UFC 100 last July 11 after the heavyweight clash of Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir, we here in our 3D animation studio Mediafreaks would like to think how some of the icons of cartoon animation will do here. After all, one of the other [...]
Continue reading...Toei Brings Dragon Ball Z, One Piece and Saint Seiya to Latin America
8. July 2009
Toei Animation has secured a number of Latin America-based licensees for cartoon animation series DRAGON BALL Z, ONE PIECE and SAINT SEIYA, it was announced today by Eduardo Lucio, sales manager, Latin America. Included among the company’s prestigious roster of Latin American-based licensees are Panini for DRAGONBALL Z magnets in Mexico; Chenson for DRAGON BALL Z [...]
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28. October 2009
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