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Toei Unveils New Seasons of ‘Saint Seiya’ and ‘Driland’
New seasons of Toei Animation’s top properties, Saint Seiya Ω (Omega) and Driland will debut internationally at MIPTV 2013 according to Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Toei Animation’s managing director. Previously available only inside of Japan, the debut of these new seasons are a response to high international demand. Saint Seiya Ω, the [...]
Faceware Technologies Releases Retargeter 4.0
Sherman Oaks, Calif-based Faceware Technologies has unveiled the new Retargeter 4.0, a major upgrade to its award-winning Faceware software. The new software’s key features, which include AutoSolve, Expression Sets, Tracking Visualization, Shared Pose Thumbnails and Batch Processing, focus on automating more of the facial motion capture process, as well as [...]
Toei and Manga Ent. Take ‘One Piece’ to U.K.
Toei Animation and Manga Entertainment will bring popular anime series One Piece to fans in the U.K. as a packaged DVD box-set for the first time, it was announced by Ryuji Kochi, managing director of Toei Animation Europe and Jerome Mazandarani, Manga’s head of marketing and acquisition. The two companies [...]
‘One Piece Film Z’ Breaks More Records
Toei Animation’s hit feature One Piece Film Z has earned 3.1 billion yen (about $36 million) during its first 10 days at the Japan box office since it opened on December 15. The 2D animated pic has sold selling a total of 2.6 million tickets, according to Nikkan Sports. During [...]
‘One Piece Film Z’ Rises to the Top in Japan
Toei Animation’s 11th One Piece animated feature tilted subtitled Film Z, landed at the No. 1 spot at the Japanese box office with a 1.3 billion yen (approximately $16.2 million) during its opening weekend (Dec. 15, 16). The 11th film of the long-running hit anime series opened on 300 screens [...]
Valhalla, Toei, ANEW to Produce ‘Gaiking’ Pic
Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment, Toei Animation and All Nippon Entertainment Works (ANEW) will be producing a new live-action feature based on Toei’s popular anime property Gaiking. This marks a new push for Toei into the U.S. marketplace and the first development deal for ANEW. The anime property follows a [...]
The Last-Ditch DVD Gift Guide!
Wracking your brains trying to come up with last-minute holiday gift options for the toon lovers of various persuasions still haunting your shopping list? There are a few brand spankin’ new sets out this week that might be just what you need: For your Totally Retro Bro: You can’t beat [...]
Otomo’s ‘Combustible’ Wins Japan’s Media Arts Award
Katsuhiro Otomo’s acclaimed animated short Combustible won Japan’s prestigious Media Arts Award on Thursday (Dec. 13). Set in mid-18th-century Edo (the old name for Tokyo), the short centers on a merchant’s daughter and her childhood friend, who are attracted to each other, but forced to stay apart by their families. [...]
Tiny Island, Scrawl Win Big at Asia TV Awards
Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens and Guess How Much I Love You won the top awards for Best 3D Animated Program and Best 2D Animated Program over the weekend at the 17th Asian Television Awards. The event was organized by Contineo Media and Television Asia Plus and held at the [...]
Ready for their Market Close-Ups
We know what many of the TV animation industry will be doing during the first 10 days in October. They’ll be checking out all the new animated shows in production and early stages of development at the MIPCOM market in Cannes. Here are some of the intriguing shows and newsworthy [...]
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German software producer Boinx has unveiled some special upgrades the 3.1...
