終於有機會見到TMNT美版DVD的封面，嘩 !從沒想過可以如此醜陋... 最初不明白因何把四隻龜的顏色推至螢光綠的情度。驟眼看還以為是Saturday Morning Cartoon DVD...。的確這TMNT DVD 與其他 For Kids DVD放在一起，見到也不會令你想到原本的電影。Hong Kong (August 14, 2007) – Imagi Animation Studios (Imagi) today announced that it has established a strategic relationship with Wowwee Ltd. (Wowwee) to market and distribute toys based on the studio’s next two CG-animated feature films, Gatchaman and Astro Boy. Under the agreement, Wowwee will be the exclusive distributor in global markets (excepting Japan and China) for toy lines developed by Imagi and its OEM partner, Wah Shing Toys, Ltd.
The Gatchaman and Astro Boy toy lines are expected to include action figures, vehicles, playsets, robotic figures, activity toys, and plush. Wowwee is providing some of its proprietary technology for advanced robotics and flying vehicles. In all cases, the designs and play patterns of the toys will closely replicate the look and story line of the films.
“All too often, film-licensed toys fail to live up to kids’ expectations, because they fall so far short of what the kids see on the movie screen,” said Douglas Glen, Imagi’s Co-CEO and Chief Production Officer. “But in the case of Gatchaman and Astro Boy, the filmmakers are working closely with the toy designers to make toys that are as innovative and feature-rich as the films themselves.”
“We’re combining the most advanced technology in the toy industry with creative ideas from two great animated action movies,” said Eric Lau, Chief Operating Officer of Wowwee Ltd. “Our sophisticated toys will surprise and delight consumers with features and play depth they’ve never before enjoyed in film based products.”
The toys are scheduled to ship concurrently with the theatrical releases of the two CG-animated films in 2009.....
Mr. Douglas Glen, Imagi’s Co-CEO and Chief Production Officer (right), and Mr. Eric Lau, Chief Operating Officer of Wowwee Ltd. (left) with a selection of Wowwee’s developed toys.
About Wowwee:
Wowwee Ltd. is a privately-owned, Hong Kong based company with a worldwide sales and distribution network. The Company is the recognized leader in the manufacturing of innovative hi-tech consumer robotic and entertainment products. For more information and to see the latest Wowwee products please visit www.wowwee.com.
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2007年03月29日Hong Kong company Centro Digital Pictures also has been chosen to make Disney's first-ever non-Hollywood Chinese movie, "The Magic Gourd," which mixes animation and live action.
Amid dwindling interest in Hong Kong film, is computer animation the future of the Hong Kong entertainment industry?
Animators here boast that they offer a unique sensibility that combines Hong Kong's action cinema legacy and a deep awareness of both Asian and Western cartoon traditions in an English-speaking environment.
Industry experts say, however, that Hong Kong animators are merely taking outsourcing jobs from Hollywood by offering cheaper pricing while not generating creative ideas on their own - a point that people here concede is true, at least for now. (這一點大家同意嗎?)
At Imagi, which designed the turtle fighters in TMNT, Co-Chief Executive Douglas Glen is gung-ho about the prospects of a company that once made artificial Christmas trees and furniture and switched over to animation completely in 2002.
The former Mattel executive said computer artists in this Chinese-ruled former British colony blend the best of the East and the West.
"If our director says, 'I want this character in this film to react like Wilma Flintstone to this situation,' they get it, because people here have seen The Flintstones and they've seen all the Japanese anime," he said.
Glen said for TMNT - a take-off on the 1990's Teen-age Mutant Ninja Turtle films - Imagi didn't even hire an action choreographer because kung fu is "in the DNA" of its 350 Hong Kong-based animators.
During a visit to Imagi's Hong Kong offices, animators worked on computer drawings in cubicles cluttered with figurines including Mr Potato Head and the popular Japanese character Doraemon. Neighbouring shelves were lined with Japanese comic books.
But while Hong Kong's computer graphics industry dates back some two decades, it's still growing. A survey of 57 "digital entertainment companies" in 2004 - the most recent study of its kind - found that most employed fewer than 10 people and about a third had annual revenues of under $HK500,000.
"Hollywood's interest in Hong Kong animation is mostly financial," says Tom McLean, a US-based journalist who writes a blog on cartoons for the Hollywood trade magazine Variety.
original article: theWEST.com.au
02. Davy Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
03. Gollum, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
04. Bumblebee, Transformers (2007)
05. Yoda, Attack of the Clones (2002); Revenge of the Sith (2005)
06. T-1000, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
07. Woody and Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story (1995)
08. Sandman, Spider-Man 3 (2007)
09. T-Rex, Jurassic Park (1993)
10. Casper the Friendly Ghost, Casper (1995)
這是近期看得最開心過癮的一套動作片。
在香港就算你想到這些點子，你老板及你個客都不會讓它出街...
