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FUNimation Ent. Awards Multi-Series Toy License To Shocker Toys
FUNimation Entertainment today announced the signing of multi-year, national licensing agreements with toy manufacturer Shocker Toys LLP, now a toy licensee for several high-profile action-adventure animation properties including Soul Eater, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Dragon Ball Z and One Piece. Shocker Toys has the rights to develop, manufacture, market and sell designer figures called “Mallows” based on [...]
Continue reading...Naruto Shippuden successfully aired in Disney XD this Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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...Little Prince Gets New Animation Project
Monday, October 26, 2009
Paris’s Method Animation is rendering the classic novel of Antoine de Saint-Exupery THE LITTLE PRINCE back to television. With a budget of 18.4 million euro ($27.5 million) the new production is set to appear next December. A 3D animation version is also in the works. The Little Prince tells the story of a philosophical little boy who [...]
Continue reading...L.A. Looks Announces Partnership With Blockbuster CG Animated Film, Astro Boy
Wednesday, October 21, 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
Friday, October 16, 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
Wednesday, September 16, 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...Naruto Shippuden now in Disney XD
Monday, September 14, 2009
In a landmark agreement, VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media),announces that its popular animation series NARUTO Shippuden has been acquired by Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group for debut on Disney XD (www.DisneyXD.com) television channel beginning in October. Disney XD is a new basic cable channel and multi-platform brand that showcases a compelling mix of live-action and animated programming [...]
Continue reading...GameX launches Art Competition
Saturday, August 22, 2009
GameX, the Games & Media Expo, today announced the launch of their debut artwork contest, the “GameX Steampunk Art Competition.” Presented in conjunction with the GameX, the game consumer show and industry conference supported by NBC Local Media Philadelphia, the “GameX Steampunk Art Competition” is a one-of-a-kind science fiction-fantasy art contest designed to support and [...]
Continue reading...Torrent Downloads to Blame for Anime Recession?
Wednesday, August 5, 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
Monday, August 3, 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
Saturday, August 1, 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...Halo Universe Unveils Halo Legends Anime Project
Tuesday, July 28, 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
Tuesday, July 21, 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
Sunday, July 19, 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...What if Doraemon Was Head of a State?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
In March of 2008, the Foreign Ministry of Japan appointed a certain cartoon character Doraemon into an anime ambassador. While it can be argued what exactly an anime ambassador does, it is a great honor for a cartoon character – and only those with such high status in the popular culture of a country (in [...]
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