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Hub Announces Truly Outrageous ‘Jem’ Marathon
Glamour and glitter, fashion and fame await fans of the classic ‘80s animated rock adventure series Jem and the Holograms as Hub Network celebrates the pink-haired heroine with a five-episode marathon Sunday, May 26, beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET. No need to fret about which Memorial Day weekend barbeque invitation [...]
Lucky 13: MIPTV 2013 Toon Highlights
The spring TV season is officially in full swing when the annual MIP-TV content market returns to the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. You can get a good feel for what animation producers have in store for broadcasters and viewers around the world by checking out the goods at the [...]
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 [...]
Movie Plans for Toei’s Dragon Ball, One Piece & Saint Sieya
Japan’s toon powerhouse Toei Animation announced that the studio is releasing a new Dragon Ball Z movie in March of 2013. At MIPCOM, Toei Animation vice chairman Kozo Morishita told Animation Magazine, “This is one of our studio’s most popular brands, and we have worked hard to make sure the [...]
Imavision Nabs ‘Goldorak’ for French Canada
Toei Animation Co. Ltd. has awarded French Canadian DVD, TV and digital distribution rights to the studio’s classic series Goldorak (also known as Grendizer) to leading independent DVD distributor Imavision. This latest agreement, announced jointly by Toei GM Kenji Ebato and Imavision prez Pierre Paquet, will see the retro property [...]
Animator Akira Daikubara Passes Away
The Anido animator’s group revealed over the weekend the sad news that early Toei animator Akira Daikubara had passed away from pneumonia on June 17, Anime News Network reports. Daikubara had been hospitalized early in the year for the pneumatic infection; he was 94. The animator was a part of [...]
Takagi is Toei’s New Prez
Long-time company executive Katsuhiro Takagi has been named President, Toei Animation Co., Ltd., the studio announced. Takagi’s former title was Senior Director for the company. Takagi joined Toei over 30 years ago. In 2001, he was named Director of Character Licensing Dept. in which role he helped forge licensing partnerships [...]
New ‘Sailor Moon’ Reboot Arrives in 2013
A new version of Toei Animation’s popular Sailor Moon is in the works for delivery in the summer of 2013. Originally created by Naoko Takeuchi in 1992, the iconic Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon character will be the star of a new anime series, co-produced by Kodanshi Comics. Credited for revitalizing [...]
Toei Announces New ‘Saint Seiya’ Series
Japanese toon powerhouse Toei Animation is celebrating the 25th year of its popular Saint Seiya property by introducing a brand new series this spring, as producer Goh Wakabayashi announced this week. Titled Saint Seiya Omega, the new show marks the first new outing produced since 2008’s The Hades Chapter. Based [...]
Character Designer Araki Passes Away
Veteran Japanese animation director and character designer Shingo Araki passed away on December 1 at age 72. Araki was best known for his work on Toei’s adaptations of Go Nagai’s manga including Devilman, Cutie Honey and UFO Robo Grendizer as well as his work with Michi Himeno, with whom he [...]
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