On August 15, 2001, DIC announced that the series would premiere internationally in the Fall of 2001 and that the series would debut in the United Kingdom first on BBC's CBBC block on Saturday Mornings. DIC also announced that they had pre-sold the series to Antena 3 (Spain), YTV (Canada), Mediaset (Italy), Foxtel (Australia, to air on Fox Kids), Fox Kids (Latin America), Disney Channel (Asia), and RCTV (Venezuela). On the same day, DIC also announced they had signed a European deal with the UK-based toy company Martin Yaffe International to develop a toy and merchandising line based on the property, alongside DIC's Consumer Products division handling other kinds of merchandising.