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Miyazaki Embaressed by Japan’s Prime Minister
Academy Award-winning animation filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki said Thursday that he is merely embarrassed by Japan’s comic-loving prime minister. But he was far more upbeat about investing in the nation’s children. Miyazaki’s latest film “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea,” now playing in Japan, is a story of a goldfish who forms a friendship with a little [...]
Continue reading...What Kids Like in a Cartoon Character
Friday, November 7, 2008
If you’re planning on producing a cartoon series or rolling out a kids’ campaign with an animated character you might be interested in Kidscreen’s three-part series on children’s TV viewing habits. The series covers recent research by Dr. Maya Götz of the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television in Germany. Part one is boring and [...]
Continue reading...Glowing Review of Pixar’s Up
Friday, October 31, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJmegq4IyU 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?
Monday, October 27, 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
Saturday, October 25, 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...Marvel Super Heroes to Congregate
Thursday, October 9, 2008
As the conglomerate of Marvel superheroes known as the Avengers gradually assembles on the big screen, Marvel Animation is prepping an animated television series that will bring together such iconic comic-book heroes as Iron Man, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Wasp and Giant Man. Toon shop Film Roman is producing 26 episodes of The [...]
Continue reading...China’s Animation Landscape Overview 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
I wrote this article to address what many cartoon producer friends discuss with me about China’s current animation landscape. They have been trying to penetrate this 1.3 billion population market for yonks but find difficulties. There are reasons for this, and I discuss them in this article. According to statistics collected until early 2008, China boasts [...]
Continue reading...If You Can Write, But Cannot Draw or Animate…
Friday, August 8, 2008
Somebody posted a question on one of my popular articles titled 8 Steps to Producing a Cartoon Series. The question was short but simple and straight to the point. ‘Pls i need help in producing a cartoon.i can write but cant draw.how do i start?’. I thought that it was a question whose answer should be shared, [...]
Continue reading...Katakune’s Blog has Been Launched
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The Katakune blog has been launched at http://www.katakune.com/blog! If you would like to find out how Katakune was conceived and produced from the very start, you can read all about it at Katakune’s blog. We have unselfishly shared our experiences in developing this series and are showing exclusive never seen before pre-production pictures and animation clips on [...]
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
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