Thursday, October 06, 2016

Saban Still Makes the Cartoons

In the go-go nineties, Haim Saban's studio was a prolific cartoon producer. Saban partnered with Marvel and Dic, distributed (and redubbed) dozens and dozens of Japanese anime cartoons. They produced live-action television shows (Power Rangers) and theatrical features (Casper the Ghost 2). The company partnered with Fox and both corporations profited hugely by selling out to Disney.

But Mr. Saban's corporate namesake is still in the game:

... Saban Brands also received two series orders from Netflix: Kibaoh Klashers, to debut next year, and Treehouse Detectives, co-produced by Saban Brands and Sunwoo Animation, and set for a 2018 launch. ...

Of course it's not just Netflix animation and kid shows) being made with Saban. There's also this ...

[Netflix] ordered eight episodes of Lego Elves, The Lego Group, to debut in 2017 with hero character Emily Jones returning to Elvendale with her little sister, Sophie. Netflix already has Lego Bionicle: The Journey to One and Lego Friends: The Power of Friendship in its kids' lineup.

The streamer is also reteaming with Arad's 41 Entertainment shingle on Super Monsters, about six preschoolers with superpowers. Netflix earlier partnered with Arad on Kong: King of the Apes and the upcoming Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan and Jane. ...

Also headed to Netflix is Slap Happy Cartoons' The Hollow, an animated-action series about three teens in a maze of bizarre towns and odd time portals, to debut in 2018; and ITV Studio's Robozuna, to launch worldwide in early 2018, and then afterward in the U.K. on CiTV. ...

The point is that animation, driven by a voracious market, continues to grow because large corporate entities continue to find it highly profitable. Which brings employment opportunities to artists, writers and technicians, both in California and other parts of the globe.

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