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CN Upfront: "Flapjack,""Chowder,""Re-Animated" Series Among New Shows for ’07
Flapjack, Chowder, Santo, The Secret Saturdays and a series spin-off of last year’s Re-Animated movie are among the new series coming to Cartoon Network in 2007. The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack...
View ArticleCN Upfront: "Ben 10" Live Action and Animated Movies In Production-UPDATED
Cartoon Network will produce two movies based on its series Ben 10, the network says. Alex Winter, star of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and a voice actor on Saul of the Mole Men will direct a...
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CN Upfront: Three "Billy & Mandy" Movies, More Specials & Crossovers...
Cartoon Network plans major crossover events and TV movies for its series in 2007, the network said today at its Upfront presentation. According to CN’s senior vice president of development and...
View ArticleCN Upfront: New Online Initiatives Include MMO for 2008
In Spring 2008, Cartoon Network will launch a massively multiplayer online game in what they call “one of our largest new media investments ever.” Other online initiatives include CN Clipbook, an...
View Article"Seirei no Moribito" Novels Come to U.S. 2008
At a press conference at the Tokyo Anime Fair for their upcoming series Seirei no Moribito (Guardians of the Sacred Spirit) yesterday, Production I.G. announced English translations of the novels on...
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25 Minutes with "Negadon" Beats Two Hours With a Green Ogre
The tone for Negadon: The Monster From Mars is set early, when the words “Showa 100” (indicating the year 2025) flash across the screen. The Japanese number their years according to the current...
View ArticleTokyo Theater to Screen "Stand Alone Complex" Ahead of "Solid State Society" 3D
If you’ve ever wanted to see Stand Alone Complex on the big screen (and you live in Tokyo), this is your chance. The large cineplex Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo will be screening all 52 episodes of “Ghost...
View ArticleKenneth Mars, Comedic and Voice Actor, 1935 – 2011
Actor Kenneth Mars, beloved voice and character actor, died of pancreatic cancer on Saturday in Granada Hills, California. He was 75. Best known among the general public for his live action roles in...
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"Jin-Roh" Director Returns with "Letter to Momo" in 2012
Fourteen years after his directorial debut with “Jin-Roh,” Hiroyuki Okiura will return to the big screen with “Letter to Momo,” set to be released in Japan next year, the film’s production studio...
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Hope for Ghibli’s Next Generation in "From Up on Poppy Hill"
I expect From Up on Poppy Hill (Kokurikozaka kara) will strike American Studio Ghibli fans as a little strange. It’s not set in a fantastic world of gunslinger samurai, flying pigs, tiny people, magic...
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