Lost in everyday happenings are mundane objects that are waiting for just the right amount of inspiration to be transformed into a work of art. Well this time out here in our 3D animation studio blog, we get eggs! We skip these eggs everyday. In some cases, we don’t even get to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 6, 2010
Ludorum plc, a leading specialist in the creation of global pre-school children’s IP, announced today that it has licensed the second season of 13 half hour episodes of Chuggington, its successful train-based, 3D animation series, to Disney Channel for its Playhouse Disney programming block in the United States. The acquisition of the second season [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 7, 2010
The ongoing advancements in gaming technology have created a generation of kids more interested in the latest, greatest video games than traditional outdoor games such as freeze tag, hide-n-seek or hop scotch. To address this craze, The InZONE©, an interactive gaming venue, will open its doors Saturday, March 6, to serve Pearland and the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 7, 2009
Nickelodeon UK was presented with four awards at the EA British Academy Children’s Awards which took place on Sunday 29 November. The awards ceremony, which celebrates the very best in Children’s Entertainment from the last year, saw Nickelodeon recognised with 11 nominations across a variety of categories. Nickelodeon’s preschool animation channel Nick Jr UK was awarded [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 30, 2009
March Entertainment, a leading producer of animated movies, series and games, is proud to announce that it has teamed up to co-produce a series of interactive animated movies for toy maker Playmobil. The movies will be produced by March Entertainment, XLT and Toonz in partnership. The DVDs are distributed by Sony Pictures Television International. The first DVD, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 16, 2009
Pre-heat the oven and have the icing close at hand as Majesco Entertainment Company, an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, and Sandlot Games Corporation, creator of the Cake Mania franchise and the world’s leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced that Cake Mania 3 for Nintendo DS(TM) has shipped [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 7, 2009
On the eve of MIPCOM, The Jim Henson Company has finalized a new broadcast agreement with Discovery Kids Latin America to air the all-new CGI-animated series, Dinosaur Train, across the region. The new deal follows previously announced agreements for the series with Nickelodeon (Australia), Selecta Vision (Spain), Al Jazeera (Middle East), TVO and TFO (Canada), Knowledge [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 4, 2009
Chloe’s Closet, the popular TV 3D cartoon animation for pre-schoolers, is now primed for a global audience after entering into a worldwide character licensing agreement with leading international toy company Bandai America Inc. The deal provides Bandai America with the rights to create certain toys, activity sets & crafts, role-play toys and dress-up sets based [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 21, 2009
Even the Congress of the United States is into the phenomenon of free virtual worlds, especially those which caters especially to children. The Federal Trade Commission has a report due for presentation to the Congress about the kinds of environment presented by these online communities to children. Focus is especially given to the access of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 27, 2009
Much as we want children to learn 3D animation right away, the mechanics for this skill would require intense training in the nuances of making motions move under the principles of three dimensions. For children eager to start immediately, this may seem like a tall task. An effective software for children to carry out baby [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 23, 2008
I did a post on some great looking wooden toys I found on the internet yesterday but was unable to say where the toys came from. My good friend – Xavier Feng (also co-creator and Creative Director on our animated series Katakune) – gave me the answer today – you can find them [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 22, 2008
With recent news of high lead content and chemicals in plastic toys for kids, it is perhaps not a bad idea to look towards toys made from other materials. How’s wood for example? I’ve never been a fan of wooden toys personally, until I saw this collection. It totally blew me away! Check them out yourself. Wooden [...]
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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