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Sunrights Beyblade Burst Beyblade Burst is the third installment of the animated boyskewing franchise. At MIPTV, Sunrights hopes to find partners outside of Asia for the series, which features a new cast of characters battling to become the best Bladers and making friends along the way. “The Beyblade brand has a tremendous history of international success with every launch and an extremely passionate global fan base,” says Daizo Suzuki, the newly appointed president of Sunrights. “The animation is a key brand entry point for a new generation of fans and it is critical that the content is compelling, exciting and fresh. While still very much a boys’ action show, this season has its share of humor along with a theme of competitive sports, both [of which are] relatable concepts for boys.”
“As the Western entertainment arm of a Japanese production company, Sunrights has a keen interest in adapting and harmonizing cultural themes to launch brands successfully across each market.” —Daizo Suzuki Beyblade Burst
Superights The Horn Quartet / The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales / Story Time! Four cows decide to leave their meadow to discover the sea in The Horn Quartet, one of Superights’s highlights. The company is also offering up The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales, a collection of animated specials about animals who leave their farm to go on adventures, and Story Time!, which features 26 tales that take viewers on a journey around the globe. “Although Superights’s catalogue has been expanding and integrating award-winning shows,” the company is always looking to take on new projects that are in the development stage, says Morgann Favennec, deputy managing director of international sales and acquisitions. “Being involved at the very early stages allows us to give a little international touch that a project may need.”
“Superights’s highlights for MIPTV strengthen the distributor’s strategy of offering a diversified selection of top-quality programming.” —Morgann Favennec
The Horn Quartet
Toon Goggles “Toon Goggles gives creators the opportunity to not only showcase their series on our leading worldwide SVOD platform, but makes the development process more immediate for them by feeding our global audiences new and inventive content—as it’s being created.”
Eddie Is a Yeti This MIPTV will see Toon Goggles introduce the first episodes of its original 3D short-form series Eddie Is a Yeti, co-produced with Mondo TV. The show follows the adventures of Polly and her best friend Eddie, who is a yeti. “Eddie’s highly curious nature combined with Polly’s adventurous spirit, plus the dynamic direction and timing of the series, makes this show captivating, caring and comedy-filled,” says Stephen L. Hodge, Toon Goggles’s CEO. “At Toon Goggles we are now evolving our premier SVOD kids’ destination to feature one-of-a-kind series like Eddie [that] you can’t find anywhere else and that also have digital and merchandise extensions. This, in conjunction with our presence on most smart TVs and mobile devices, keeps kids engaged throughout their day.”
—Stephen L. Hodge Eddie Is a Yeti 190 World Screen 4/16