Monday, June 06, 2005

The next one from Bee-Train: "Spider Riders"

Subject: Noir
To summarize, Canadian company Cookie Jar Entertainment is teaming up with Bee-Train and Yokimo Advertising to deliver a 52-episode series adapted from "Spider Riders", a franchise of kids' books --
"Written by Tedd Anasti and Patsy Cameron-Anasti, the story follows a 13-year-old boy who tunnels underground to the find a world where warriors ride on the backs on giant arachnids to defend their world of Arachnia against equally giant mutant insects."

Another quote:
With 52 half-hours due to be delivered in 2007, the show will likely be Cookie Jar's headline title at Mipcom, with the producers lining it up as the next Yu-Gi-Oh! and its predecessors like Pokémon. "It has a Western feel but the Japanese animé look," said Romero.

It's supposed to start in January 2006, so I'm guessing production is well under-way. I'm surprised I haven't heard anything else about this sooner!

EDIT: I'm a dumbass -- it's January 2007. And I guess this was news last week, but me being on vacation, I didn't have my usual Google News "Bee Train" alert that I have set up here in the office. I'd better fix that.

EDIT 2: Looking at the article again, I think what it's saying is that the first episode launches this coming January (2006), and all 52 episodes are what get delivered in January 2007. A la syndication, I'd guess. So maybe my first hunch is correct?


KT Kore said...

Interesting. ...wait, no, actually it sounds kind of lame.

Fellini 8.5 said...

I'm waiting a little longer before I totally pass judgement; I want to learn more first. The whole "next YuGioh" whatever hype is pretty typical of a North American company trying justify why they're doing it in the first place.

Plus, since they're just across the lake from me, I'm hoping to score an interview or some behind-the-scenes peeks. :)

Fellini 8.5 said...

Now that it's airing in Japan and Canada, you can find more info over at the Bee Train Fan Forums