Animation Collective delivers comedy, action and Chinese food to NATPE 2008

Three Delivery sneak peek for Las Vegas buyers

New York (Marketwire – January 11, 2008) - Animation Collective, a leading independent producer of children's entertainment in the U.S., today announced it will bring a sneak peek of the premiere episode of its hot new series “Three Delivery” (26 x 22 minutes) to NATPE later this month.


Targeting kids 6-11, this action comedy series tells the story of three teenage kung fu heroes on a quest to recover magical recipes missing from an ancient Chinese cookbook and battle the evil Kong Li who wants to use their power to take over Chinatown and the world. The series has sold to YTV, BBC and Nicktoons in the US and Nickelodeon Australia.


Larry Schwarz, CEO of Animation Collective and creator of “Three Delivery,” said, “This is our strongest slate so far. We had an extremely positive reaction to it at MIPCOM and are looking forward to closing more deals at NATPE.”


Animation Collective will also bring its growing library of titles to the market including:

Dancing Sushi (26 x 1’) — Dancing Sushi is a hyperactive anime comedy about four pieces of fish who have escaped from the sushi bar with one dream: to become the world’s biggest pop stars. A sneak peek of Dancing Sushi is available at www.dancingsushi.com.

Ellen’s Acres (52 x 11’) — Ellen’s Acres is about 5-year old Ellen, her feather duster, her radial tire, the hotel she owns and her amazing adventures. Actually, the hotel belongs to her parents, but the amazing adventures part is totally true.

HTDT (52 x 11’) —When all the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again, they turned to Dr. Kizami Miyazaki, who did the trick with some bio-nuclear physics. Now known simply as HTDT and with the help of Dr. Miyazaki’s 10-year-old son Axel and his babysitter, the beautiful assistant librarian and teen pop star, Arisa, he battles the forces of evil that regularly threaten the kingdom of Olde Story.

Jolly Rabbit (52 x 11’) — An idiotic and irreverent high seas adventure for boys. Jolly awakens one morning to find someone has stolen his leg. Leaving the safety of his boyhood burrow, he takes to the sea and makes friends with a punk-rocking trio who are inexplicably and precariously in control of a pirate ship. Together, they have lots of adventures, made more interesting by the relentless Captain Squid. The Captain stole Jolly’s left leg thinking it would bring him luck. Unluckily for Squid, Jolly’s right leg is the lucky one and now Squid will stop at nothing to get it.

Kappa Mikey (52 x 22’) — American actor Mikey Simon joins the cast of LilyMu, once the top rated anime show in Japan. Though Mikey is a fish out of water (a raw one in this case!), his crazy antics and style lift LilyMu out of the ratings gutter and transform Mikey into the biggest star Japan has ever seen.

Thumb Wrestling Federation: TWF (400 minutes) – A long time ago, when wrestlers wore Speedos and had back hair, the thumb wrestling ring was a place of heroic deeds, of fair competition, of honor. All was well, until Senator Skull led a revolt and split the Thumb Wrestling Federation in two. In this live-action comedy Senator Skull and the Sinistras will stop at nothing to defeat the Mighty Dexteras, take over the Thumb Wrestling Federation, and perhaps the world!

About Animation Collective

With original content in over 38 countries and in 18 languages on television, broadband, wireless, books and consumer products, Animation Collective is the U.S.'s leading independent creator of children's entertainment. Proprietary productions include: "Kappa Mikey," the highest rated original series on Nicktoons Network and Nickelodeon's first-ever global acquisition, "Three Delivery" for Nicktoons, YTV and the BBC, "Thumb Wrestling Federation: TWF" for the Kids WB, YTV and the BBC, and "Ellen's Acres" for Cartoon Network and ABC Australia. Work-for-hire productions include: the new "Speed Racer" series for Nickelodeon and "The Incredible Crash Dummies" for 4KidsTV. Animation Collective is the largest provider of original content for KOL, America Online's kids channel, and Red, its teen channel.