Mr. Magoo hits DVD legend in Classic Media’s Kung Fu Magoo
Justin Magoo was just an ordinary kid. And yet, when there are giant robot spiders, ninjas on jet skis, and mutant Beasteens, there’s just one person he’d think of calling to handle the trouble; his uncle Quincy a.k.a. Mr. Magoo. Sounds like your everyday plotline! It all starts when the world’s most notorious bad guys are invited to the island fortress of super villain Tan-Gu to compete in an Olympic-style tournament of evil. With all that badness combined, it’s up to Mr. Magoo and Justin to fight off the evil! The adventure is contained in Classic Media’s DVD Kung Fu Magoo, as well as in a downloadable form on Apple’s iTunes. Take a look at the teaser trailer: (more… )
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Nickelodeon stocks the iTunes store with SpongeBob SquarePants’ iSponge
SpongeBob has been a lot of places in his eleven years; Nick TV, video games, audio CDs, the big theatrical screen, etc. It only makes sense in this Apple-friendly “i” world that we’d see more and more of the porous one hitting the downloadable world of applications. Nickelodeon UK obviously completely agrees as the network’s Digital Group recently packaged together and launched the latest thing in the iTunes store: iSponge. SpongeBobs new app, made perfectly for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, has a number of under-the-sea features, including an exclusive SpongeBob SquarePants game, new classic video clips from the series added each week, the entire first episode of the toon, and sneak peeks of upcoming shows. SpongeBob forever!
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Warner Bros. brings Jonah Hex Motion Comics to iTunes
Warner Bros. recently brought Jonah Hex to the big screen – and while the film didn’t have the same critically acclaimed impact that Jonah Hex’s “little screen” TV appearances did for Cartoon Network’s Justice League, WB is hoping the third medium is a charm. Thus, the DC Comics character is making his way to a downloadable format, via the medium known as Motion Comics; taking existing comic book artwork, then animating them in a cartoon-like fashion. In total, three action packed Jonah Hex Motion Comics are available for download, bringing the books to life panel by panel via Warner Premiere’s digital push. Take a look at one of the clips in action, then head over to Apple’s iTunes for the full download! (more… )
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PBS Kids brings Super Why to Apple’s iPad
Apple’s latest tech crazy device, the iPad, has been out for a few months now, selling like hot cakes and driving everyone into an app-happy frenzy! Joining up on the downloadable band wagon, PBS Kids hopes to launch a number of new applications on the platform, giving kids a reason to sign up and play. First up in the new batch is the Super Why! app in iTunes. Developed as part of the PBS Kids Raising Readers initiative, the $3 app is based on the Out of the Blue Enterprises series, with a number of interactive games using art from the CG animated toon. (more… )
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With the iPad come the Disney Apps, Toy Story, Phineas and Ferb, and more
The iPad launched with tremendous success over this past weekend, letting Apple’s jumbo-sized iPhone device finally make its stance to challenge laptops and notebooks. Eager to hitch itself to the popularity of the new system, Disney is launching a series of applications for fans to enjoy. Included in the list are two different Toy Story apps (one free, the other $9/month) offering read-along stories and a number of other interactive features based on the Pixar franchise. Phineas and Ferb are also getting into the mix with their own Phineas and Ferb Arcade app. If you didn’t want an iPad before, do you want one now? (more… )
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Apple iPad and the future of animation
For a few years now, tv shows and movies have been available on handheld products, mostly pioneered by Apple’s iPhone and iTouch. Then, about a year ago, Kindle started to standardize a new digital frontier for printed books and comics to appear on mobile devices. A few days ago, Apple officially unveiled their latest creation, the iPad, which promises to bring all sorts of happiness to digital fans everywhere. With the device’s portable nature, high quality screens, and internet streaming capabilities, could this truly be the future of how we watch our cartoons? A number of companies have utilized the iPhone for showcasing their films and animated projects, like Disney and Pixar’s UP, or some Nickelodeon series. Now that the device have become large enough for a group of fans to sit around and watch, we could be seeing many more toons hit the iPad, daily. What’s your take? (more… )
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Little Pim iPhone game
Animax Entertainment has signed up with Little Pim, producer of the animated DVD series Fun With Languages, to create an interactive foreign language game for Apple’s iPhone. The hope is to have the game launched and ready for downloads from the iTunes store this August, starting with a series of learning activities in French and Spanish using vocabulary and animation from the Little Pim DVDs. Later installments of the app will feature additional languages, such as Mandarin, Japanese, and Hebrew.
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SpongeBob’s Tom Kenny goes iTunes
SpongeBob SquarePants is getting the royal treatment this year, as Nickelodeon continues to celebrate his 10th anniversary. Beginning July 13th, SpongeBob’s voice, Tom Kenny, will be creating his own “celebrity playlist” on iTunes, featuring his top 25 favorite episodes of the series under the sea. You can purchase the entire list to view on any video-playing iPhone or iPod device for less than $30.00. Great deal!
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