EXCLUSIVE: The person credited with creating the enduring Pokémon “Gotta Catch ‘Em All” tagline is to supervise a brand new youngsters content material outfit from Korea‘s Aanaxion Studio.
Norman Grossfeld, who co-wrote and produced many of the Pokémon motion pictures, is main Seoul and L.A.-based Konfetti Studios, which has launched with a improvement slate and a core crew of 5 workers.
Konfetti is trying to “leverage Grossfeld’s experience with the surging worldwide demand for Ok-content,” Aanaxion mentioned. It’s going to make unique youngsters and household IP, beginning with animation and multiplatform content material whereas maximizing world licensing and shopper merchandise.
Konfetti kicks off with a slate together with Nanopop, bringing collectively the “largest pop stars on the earth [who] have a large TINY secret,” Sumomojo, about outrageous collectible creatures, and Hugglebops, a playful preschool universe the place on a regular basis moments flip into magical musical adventures.
Based mostly in Seoul and L.A., Aanaxion has quietly assembled a enterprise that’s aiming to supply three to 4 movies or sequence yearly. The studio is presently engaged on Protector starring Milla Jovovich and Thieves Freeway with Aaron Eckhart.
Grossfeld was beforehand EVP TV Animation at Legendary Leisure and was a longtime President of 4Kids Productions. Whereas on the latter, he labored throughout Pokémon and helped drive world hits together with Yu-Gi-Oh!, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic the Hedgehog and Winx Membership.
“Konfetti is constructed for right this moment’s viewers,” mentioned Grossfeld. “We’re designing manufacturers that have a good time youngsters, spark smiles, and get their toes tapping. Contemporary IP made for his or her world, crammed with enjoyable and constructed to journey.”
Aanaxion President Bong-Seob Mun added: “Seeing our long-term planning and collaboration with Norman come to fruition has been each a pleasure and deeply rewarding. He’s an enormous child with large concepts, and his ardour for creating unforgettable content material is contagious. I’m excited for the world to see what we’re constructing collectively.”
