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Carl Macek, Father of 'Robotech' (1951-2010)
Jerry Beck at Cartoon Brew broke the news that his former Streamline Pictures co-founder and "creator" of Toonami cornerstone Robotech, passed away of a heart attack Saturday, April 17th.
Among other animation projects throughout his career in addition to adapting Robotech for Harmony Gold in 1984, Mr. Macek helped Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi start his Spumco animation studio as well as co-founding anime film distributor Streamline Pictures.
Mr. Macek had also recently worked on English script adaptations for Naruto and Bleach.
Mr. Beck summed it up best- "Carl had his critics. But one thing is certain: the popularity of anime in the North America [sic] would not be where it is today without Macek's groundbreaking work on Robotech and his efforts on behalf of Streamline Pictures."
R.I.P. and thank you Mr. Macek.
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Posted by Nobuyuki on Monday, April 19 @ 04:46:42 EDT (1484 reads)
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A message to the fans!
Toonami Fan just received a special message from Toonami co-producer Jason DeMarco!
Here's the message in full:
Yo Ty, just a heads up- tomorrow night you should check out Toonami
from 10:30 to 11 for an important message. You won't want to miss it.
Peace!
Jason
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Posted by Daikun on Friday, September 19 @ 20:22:10 EDT (7202 reads)
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'Samurai Jack' Back on Track for Feature Film
An article in today's Daily Variety on the move of Frederator Studios into the animated feature film business highlighted the first three projects planned for the new venture, not least of which is a Samurai Jack movie written and directed by series creator Genndy Tartakovsky!
No release date has been set at this time.
Frederator Studios founder Fred Seibert has produced Cow & Chicken, Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Laboratory for Cartoon Network, as well as The Fairly OddParents, ChalkZone and My Life as a Teenage Robot for Nickelodeon.
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Posted by Nobuyuki on Tuesday, June 26 @ 06:13:44 EDT (6191 reads)
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Doing It Right the Second Time Around: FUNimation on 'One Piece'!
AnimeOnline has posted an interview with FUNimation line producer Justin Cook outlining the changes that will occur with FUNimation's apparent takeover of One Piece from former licensor 4Kids Entertainment. Three important things will be: a new voice cast, milder TV edits more in line with Cartoon Network standards, and the future availability of unedited DVD's! Oh, and the original music score for the episodes.
Although FUNimation's initial TV presentation will start where 4Kids left off, with episode 105 (Japanese episode 144), they plan to eventually re-do the series from episode 1.
Keep a sharp lookout for future announcements!
:add: An AnimeOnline interview with FUNimation Brand Manager Lance Heiskell confirms uncut-DVD release plans for 13-episode sets at $49.98 MSRP, and FUNimation-dubbed One Piece episodes to start in August on Cartoon Network.
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Posted by Nobuyuki on Friday, April 13 @ 00:30:11 EDT (6840 reads)
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The Evolution of the Revolution Will Not Being Televised
According to a new Time-Warner press release, Toonami Jetstream achieved more than 9.5 million video streams since launching on
July 14. In the first four weeks since the launch, Toonami Jetstream
has attracted an average of more than 725,000 unique visitors per week.
“We are thrilled by the incredible response from our fans who are
visiting ToonamiJetstream.com to watch their favorite action and anime
programs online,” stated Paul Condolora, senior vice president and
general manager, Cartoon Network New Media. “Achieving 9.5 million
video streams since our July 14 launch proves that fans are looking to
Toonami Jetstream as the online destination of choice for action and
anime programming. We will continue to offer a variety of the newest
and most exciting animated series for our fans to access at anytime for
their viewing pleasure.”
“We knew there was an already large and growing fan base for these
series which have been huge in Japan. The initial numbers confirm that
we selected a strong offering for the launch,” says John Easum,
Executive Vice President, VIZ Media. “We look forward to adding even
more exciting and popular series to the list in the future.”
Toonami Jetstream is a joint venture between Cartoon Network and VIZ Media.
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Posted by Nobuyuki on Thursday, August 17 @ 03:28:10 EDT (6208 reads)
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More Toonami Jetstream details at Anime Expo
Crib notes from the article at Toon Zone:
- Jetstream will launch as scheduled on July 17th, expect "something special" on Toonami's July 15th broadcast (hint: read the next story down from this-N.)
- Shows will be webcast in Windows Media format, just like Adult Swim Fix
- There will be a way for user feedback to be sent back to Cartoon Network
- Shows on Jetstream will be edited to Toonami broadcast standards and will be dub-only, with no subtitles for on-screen text
- New episodes will appear online every Monday before noon, and will remain available for four to six weeks before being cycled out in favor of new content
- Naruto will start from episode one.
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Posted by Nobuyuki on Sunday, July 02 @ 20:20:21 EDT (1616 reads)
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Episode titles for Teen Titans Season 5 Revealed?
Titansgo.net reportedly has titles for 8 of the 13 new Teen Titans episodes set to premiere this fall, with additional plot information for 6 of the 8.
(Click "Read More" for titles and plots, as reported by them)
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Posted by Nobuyuki on Monday, September 12 @ 10:40:44 EDT (7230 reads)
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Listen to what The Man says: New Sean Akins interview!
GATV has a new streaming audio interview (approximately 25 minutes long) with Toonami head honcho Sean Akins talking about the new Fall schedule, primarily covering Naruto and IGPX, but also touching on Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and the success of Zatch Bell and One Piece on our favorite block.
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Posted by Nobuyuki on Wednesday, September 07 @ 15:41:46 EDT (6233 reads)
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CartoonNetwork.com revs up IGPX website
Anonymous writes "CartoonNetwork.com has opened a new website previewing IGPX. It features:
- a new promo that's almost two minutes in length and includes voice acting
- music from the show
- a downloadable screensaver with screenshots and a countdown of the minutes until the premiere
"
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Posted by tylerl on Friday, July 29 @ 19:11:58 EDT (4549 reads)
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