Shout! Factory Gets Dinosaur King for DVD

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
By: Ryan Ball

Shout! Factory and 4Kids Ent. today announced an agreement to bring the popular 4Kids TV animated series Dinosaur King to home entertainment. The multi-year deal makes Shout! the exclusive home entertainment distributor for the title in the U.S. Multiple DVD releases of the show’s 49 half-hour episodes will begin rolling out to retailers later this year.

Based on the internationally successful arcade and collectable card game from Sega, Dinosaur King employs a mix of 2D and 3D animation to chronicle the adventures of Max, Rex and Zoe (a.k.a. the “D Team”) as they race around the world to uncover secrets that bring dinosaurs back to life. They are able to transport themselves anywhere in the world in their quest to find all the dinosaur cards that have been lost by the time-traveling Dr. Z and his bumbling team of bad guys.

Dinosaur King currently airs in the U.S. during FOX’s 4Kids TV Saturday-morning block, where it has been a hit with kids 6-11 since its September 2007 premiere. The show is also seen on YTV in Canada, TV2 in Denmark, TV4 in Sweden, Mediaset in Italy, RTL2 in Germany, France 3 and Canal J in France, and Jetix in the U.K., Scandinavia, Spain and Latin America, among others.

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