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Intel and Dell Launch Mass Animation on Facebook

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Animation is getting democratized. After years of watching consumer-generated shorts sprout up on Google’s YouTube, NewsCorp.’s MySpace, and elsewhere, a Hollywood veteran wants to tap these amateur animators for help on projects that could hit the big time. With funding from Intel and Dell, former Sony Pictures digital chief Yair Landau is launching Mass [...]

MyToons Launches Digital Portfolio System

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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MyToons.com, the world’s first and only online animation community to offer HD animation, today announced the launch of its ground-breaking Digital Portfolio System. Using the Digital Portfolio System, artists and [...]

What Kids Like in a Cartoon Character

Friday, November 7, 2008

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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 [...]

Katakune Wins 3rd Prize in Digicon 6 Singapore Region

Saturday, October 25, 2008

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Katakune Wins 3rd Prize in Digicon 6 Singapore Region

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 [...]

Katakune’s Blog has Been Launched

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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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 [...]

Katakune on Squidoo

Monday, July 28, 2008

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We’ve just published a spanking hot lens for Katakune on Squidoo. Please check it out at http://www.squidoo.com/katakune. For a cartoon property coming out of Singapore - which is a country relatively new in the world of animation - we are humbled that Katakune is making some headway and gaining recognition across the world. Currently already sold [...]

Katakune DVDs to be Released in USA

Sunday, July 27, 2008

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Katakune DVDs will be released in USA in October 2008! Through the efforts of our distributor, Katakune has secured a DVD release deal with PorchLight Home Entertainment. Already broadcasted on the Voom Kid’s Channel Animania HD in 2007, this is Katakune’s second entrance into the North American market and a testimony of Katakune’s cute appeal. “PorchLight Home [...]

High Definition Katakune on MyToons

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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Upon their invitation, we are trying out MyToons, an internet platform for putting up High Definition movie clips and I must say that it is working beautifully. The resolution is really good and we had no trouble uploading Katakune - our first preschooler 3D animated series. We will be using MyToons a lot more I’m [...]