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ACQUISITION OF EUROPEAN & AFRICAN RIGHTS FOR HIGHLY EXPECTED ANIME TV SERIES MY HERO ACADEMIA FEATURED
Thursday, 31 March 2016
VIZ MEDIA EUROPE (VME) is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the animated TV series MY HERO ACADEMIA for TV, Home Entertainment/VOD, and Licensing & Merchandising rights for Europe (UK & Scandinavia excluded), Russia and Africa.
MY HERO ACADEMIA is based on +3.7 million selling superhero manga series, serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump and created by Kohei Horikoshi.
The TV series is being animated by Japanese hit-maker studio BONES, which has been behind various successful anime series like 'Fullmetal Alchemist,' 'Cowboy Bebop,' 'Soul Eater,' 'Space Dandy' and ‘Blood Blockade Battlefront.”
VME will start presenting the TV series to broadcast partners at upcoming MIPTV 2016 in Cannes and has also striken deals with local SVOD and simulcast platforms in Europe.
"We're thrilled to be launching in Europe “MY HERO ACADEMIA”, the much awaited new TV series adapted from Shonen Jump’s manga. We believe this new series should resonate well with European fans” says Pascal J. Bonnet - Senior Director TV Sales & Licensing, VIZ Media Europe.
Thursday, 31 March 2016
VIZ MEDIA EUROPE (VME) is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the animated TV series MY HERO ACADEMIA for TV, Home Entertainment/VOD, and Licensing & Merchandising rights for Europe (UK & Scandinavia excluded), Russia and Africa.
MY HERO ACADEMIA is based on +3.7 million selling superhero manga series, serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump and created by Kohei Horikoshi.
The TV series is being animated by Japanese hit-maker studio BONES, which has been behind various successful anime series like 'Fullmetal Alchemist,' 'Cowboy Bebop,' 'Soul Eater,' 'Space Dandy' and ‘Blood Blockade Battlefront.”
VME will start presenting the TV series to broadcast partners at upcoming MIPTV 2016 in Cannes and has also striken deals with local SVOD and simulcast platforms in Europe.
"We're thrilled to be launching in Europe “MY HERO ACADEMIA”, the much awaited new TV series adapted from Shonen Jump’s manga. We believe this new series should resonate well with European fans” says Pascal J. Bonnet - Senior Director TV Sales & Licensing, VIZ Media Europe.
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