First trailer for All Star Superman

Watch the first trailer for All Star Superman, a new animated film based on the comic of the same name around the man of steel.

All Star Superman is a 12-part comic book series that ran from 2005 to 2008. The Superman-adventure was written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Frank Quitely.Also this time save Warner Brothers Animation and DC Comics to an animated film based on this popular cartoons.

Director of the animated heroes film is Sam Liu.In addition to Superman (James Denton) are, of course, Lois Lane (Christina Hendricks) and the Republic of Lex Luthor (Anthony LaPaglia) of the party.The story follows the last year of the superhero when he is confronted with something new: mortality.

The film is still under development and will be in the winter 2011 expected.

Trailer for All Star Superman

(Via Bleeding cool and MTV)

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The serious side of Silly Bandz, the latest collectible craze

Psychologists say colorful bracelets can build social skills, but some teachers don't want them aroundParents may call them a fad. Teachers may call them a distraction but some child psychology experts say the colorful, collectible rubber bands that have captured the hearts of suburban kids in recent months are tools that can help them build social skills, form friendships and learn other important life lessons. And like stickers and collectible cards before them, the bands can even help inspire children struggling in school by being used as rewards for completing math problems, raising a hand before speaking or accomplishing other challenging tasks. "Those items have been very successful in terms of (motivating) kids, "said Mundelein, Illinois elementary District 75 psychologist Cindy Sementa. But there is that matter of being distracting in class. Some educators have declared the bands contraband or restricted their presence to the playground because they can take students ' attention away from's schoolwork. "If the start outweighing the pros cons ... then you have to start making an adjustment for that, "said Jason Leahy, executive director of the Illinois Principals Association. Silly Bandz and their similarly named ilk are the latest craze school yard collectible, occupying the attention of kids in the same way marbles, baseball cards, Pogs and Pokemon cards did for children of other generations. The stretchy bracelets come in countless shapes and colors and are available for purchase in toy stores, greeting-card shops, discount stores and many other locations. Packs or 12 or 24 generally cost less than $ 5. Inspired by a Chinese product, their popularity in the U.S. started in the South and expanded to the Chicago area toward the end of the 2009-10 school year. This summer, kids from across the suburbs were busy swapping the bands at camps, community swimming pools, vacation destinations and other locations. The social aspect of band collecting is valuable for kids, says child psychologist Kenneth H. Kessler, the director of the clinical counseling program at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago. Whereas adults can talk and bond about concepts like sports, politics or cars, kids often need physical objects to form social connections-and the colorful bracelets fill that role, Kessler said. "These things provide some structure around which interactions and social behavior can occur," said Kessler, who also serves as Mundelein's mayor Joseph Ferrari, a social psychologist and professor at DePaul University in Chicago, said collecting and trading the bracelets is a great way for children to start building friendships. That can be particularly beneficial for kids who struggle with peer relationships. Parents should help their children nurture those budding, bracelet-inspired relationships by encouraging get-togethers that don't involve the bands, Ferrari said. Those experiences will help form what he called a history of friendships. "I think the insightful parent will see these as a good opportunity ... to teach them (social) skills, "said Ferrari, or Lisle. "Don't just sit back."The bracelets have potential benefits beyond friendship-building, too, psychologists say. "They can teach kids about sharing and taking care of things, and they can teach kids about money, "Kessler said. "They're a commodity."Swapping bands also can help children understand how to trade and barter, Ferrari said. And an important part of that is how to trade without fighting or losing friends. "There are a lot of great social skills kids can learn from these things, "Ferrari said. District 75 's Sementa expects some teachers will use the bracelets to motivate students. In some classes, kids earn points by doing their work or meeting behavioral goals. If they collect enough points, they can get prizes-such as Silly Bandz. "These types of things will always end up in my treasure box for kids to pick from, "Sementa said. Not every grown-up is thrilled about the bracelets, of course. Schools in New York, Florida and other states have gained media attention in recent months for blacklisting the bands. School administrators across Illinois talked quite a bit about the bracelets this summer, the Principals Association's Leahy said. Some principals have restricted their display to recess or free time, while others have banned them completely, Leahy said. And at other schools, kids can wear the bands freely. it's really a judgment call, "Leahy said.It's a constant evaluation of the school climate and culture, "he said. In carpentersville, Illinois-based Dundee Unit District 300, the bracelets are prohibited at Liberty elementary in carpentersville, Illinois and Dundee Highlands elementary in West Dundee. Dundee Highlands Principal Patty Schmidt broke the news to parents in a recent letter."We have large class sizes this school year, and anything that distracts from a positive learning environment must be addressed, "Schmidt wrote. Some Arlington Heights School District 25 students have been told not to wear the bands in class, too."It's a classroom-by-classroom decision, "said Ivy Hill elementary School Principal Kristy Csensich. But even if some Ivy Hill kids can't wear the bands in class, displaying them during recess is OK, Csensich said. Trading is frowned upon, however, because elementary-age kids aren't necessarily mature enough to understand the consequences of such deals, she said. One place the bracelets definitely don't belong is the sports field, said Steve Endsley, executive director of the Illinois Elementary School athletic Association, a statewide organization. Just like traditional metal jewelry, they aren't allowed to be worn during sporting events because of safety concerns. "If you weren't born with it, then you don't wear it during athletic competitions, "said Endsley. But even the Endsley household isn't immune to the charm of Silly Bandz. His 9-year-old son recently came home with a wrist full of the bracelets. "They are the rage, "Endsley said.

Now in cinema: Legend of the Guardians

Dutch can as of today, Legend of the Guardians in the cinema. Unfortunately, it has to be Belgian fans for a period of two weeks of waiting. The animated film, which is defined as The Lord of the Rings for young people, tells the epic adventure of some owls. The movie itself because we have not seen it, you get from us just a big collection of pictures from the film.

Legend of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The OWL (person) is the first animated film by Director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300). With this release Animal Logic hopes his somewhat childish image to shake off. In contrast to the merry Happy Feet, the previous production of the animation studio, this film is not just to the youngest viewers.Snyder Snyder would, of course, if the film is not a huge chunk of tension and action would include (but not to the extent that there is blood of the cinema screen over their faces, the film remains suitable for children).

Legend of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The OWL (person) appears from 29 september 2010 in the Western Netherlands, in the cinemas.The Belgian release following 13 October 2010 at the latest,. In addition to the following gallery there are also some character posters, three TV spots, a music video and the trailer for the new animated film in 3D is released.

Prior to the film you will get also Fur of Flying.That is one of the new, short animated films around the Looney Tunes-heroes wile e. Coyote and Road Runner.

Images from Legend of the Guardians(click for high resolution)

(Via Collider)

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First trailer for animated television series that aired around K3

Singing girls, naughty crooks and angry monsters! The first images have emerged from the K3, an animated television series around the famous girl group. Belgium and the Netherlands are clearly become too small for K3, because the new animated series around the Dutch-speaking girl group, proposed an English-language trailer. The series is still in the development phase, but the idea is to 52 episodes of 13 minutes.That would then be made in France by Studio 100 Animation, specially founded in Paris. That a group that is called K3 in reality consist of Karen, Kristel and josje get, of course, no one explained, so in the animated television series that Kathleen plays remain.The trio also got a big old man made young again, because the series centers around three young teens who as pop stars go through life. Of course there are also a few (naughty?) boys and a father figure in the form of a driver/cook/bodyguard. hile they are with their coach ' from one drive to another concert, they all kinds of adventures.Whether they are looking for a orphanage saving some developers, jewel thieves protect expose or a sample of some of the hunters, K3 solves the problem always, always in time for their next action in which they treat yourself to the public some hip songs.Although I do not belong to the target group, I see this concept will still be able to catch on to the kijkbuiskinderen today.As you on the images at the bottom you can see, there are – in terms of its content and animation style – a number of similarities with other popular animated series such as Totally Spies, The Powerpuff Girls, Winx Club and other series to young children.If all goes according to plan, expected to be released some time in the series 2011-2012.Images from the animated television series that aired K3 First trailer for Warner Brothers K3 (Thanks to Levi for the tip)Also read: first pictures of Reign of the DinosaursAlso read: Foretaste Cleveland Show in new trailerAlso read: New Iron Man animated series forAlso read: a new look for The Looney TunesAlso read: Wonderful first pictures from Alice in WonderlandDo you have animation.

Lisa Twaronite's This Week in Japan: Bank of Japan likely to ease further

Alert Email Print By Lisa Twaronite, MarketWatch TOKYO (MarketWatch) — Black and white seems to have been a popular theme in Japan this month, and is likely to color next month's Bank of Japan meeting as well.

Easing, or no easing?

The BOJ's policy board will mull this very black-and-white question at its regular two-day meeting that starts Monday.

The U.S. Federal Reserve could take further quantitative easing-steps to help the slowing U.S. economy, and the resulting lower U.S. yields would mean more downward pressure on the dollar and more upward pressure on the yen at a time when Japan's export-powered recovery is losing traction.

So ahead of the Fed's next policy meeting on Nov. 2-3, the BOJ is probably going to take some steps of its own.

Easing The most likely route for Japan's central bank is expansion of its low-interest-rate-lending facility.At an emergency meeting last month, it increased the program by ? 10 trillion ($ 119.5 billion) to ? 30 trillion, and analysts say the BOJ could expand it by another ? 10 trillion or even ? 20 trillion.

As the need for a weaker yen intensifies, pressure for more Bank of Japan intervention in the currency markets will grow.  

The tankan BOJ's quarterly survey released Wednesday gave credence to those expecting more easing — and also fit the black-and-white color scheme well.

The tankan's key diffusion index for large companies improved for the sixth straight quarter, rising more than expected. Read more on Bank of Japan tankan survey.

But the report also contained some very black clouds: The companies surveyed expect significant deterioration in sentiment in the next survey in December.

Little giant-screen

"Black" and "White" are also the names of the two latest Pokemon games for Nintendo Co. 's (JP: 7974 23,900, + 100.00 + 0.42%)/quotes/comstock/11i! ntdoy (NTDOY 32.80, 3.25,-9.02%)DS game console, which this month became Japan's best-selling DS game ever.

Good for Nintendo?Yes, but not good enough — on Wednesday afternoon, the game-console giant said the launch of its new 3D-capable DS will miss the lucrative holiday season.It also cut its profit and sales outlooks for the fiscal year, citing a stronger-than-expected yen as one reason for doing so.See story on Nintendo's profit outlook

Some 2.5 million copies of the new game titles were sold in the week following their mid-month launch.Customers included my own 8-year-old son, who has barely surfaced for air since our pre-ordered copies arrived.

Yen comfort zone unknown

One of the few gray areas in September has been the foreign-exchange market.

DQ Entertainment International ("DQE"): DQE Agrees Jungle Book Merchandising Agreement for Nordic and Eastern European Regions

HYDERABAD, India, September 27, 2010/PRNewswire-FirstCall/—-DQE, the entertainment production and distribution company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Plus Licens AB ("Plus Licens"), one of Sweden's leading licensing and merchandising agents, as their licensing representatives for ' the Jungle Book '.

Plus Licens is the largest licensing company in Eastern Europe and the Nordic countries, a market with more than 450 million consumers-more than half of Europe's population.Plus Licens licensing has over 30 years experience working alongside the world's most successful licensors and holds the rights to popular animated properties like Dragon Ball, Elmo's World, Felix the Cat, Global Grover, One Piece, Naruto, Peanuts and Play With Me Sesame.

Under the terms of the agreement, Plus Licens will represent DQE on the commercial exploitation of all Jungle Book merchandising and publishing agreements in several countries including Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia and several other countries in Eastern Europe.

The agreement is commercially significant to DQE with estimated potential revenue in excess of a million dollars for the license term as estimated by Plus Licens. Plus Licens intends to market The Jungle Book merchandise and books to coincide with the TV broadcast of Jungle book series to begin early next year as broadcast and distributed by ZDF TV & ZDF enterprises, Germany.

Tapaas Chakravarti, Chairman & CEO of DQE Group, commented,

"As DQE continues to execute its strategy of capitalising on licensing opportunities or our core global brands, we believe our partnership with Plus Licens will maximize commercial opportunities in these regions.Plus Licens have an impeccable track record stretching back over 30 years coupled with tremendous market reach in the Nordic countries and over 30 East European nations. "

Louise Lindquist, Director of New Business Plus Licens AB, said: "To quote the secretary of the Swedish Academy Kipling as they awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907: ' in Sweden, as elsewhere, The Jungle Books are much admired and beloved '. This, needless to say, still holds true today-the Jungle Book stories have been read and loved by generations of children in the Nordic countries as well as Central and Eastern Europe and has also been gained popularity in modern adaptations like the successful musical which has run for more than 14 years in Hungary. Plus Licens is proud to work with the new Jungle Book TV series, a modern yet respectful adaptation of a literary classic. "

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The series tells stories of the man-cub 'Mowgli ', raised in the Indian jungles by a pack of wolves.Drama, excitement and adventure mixed with a high element of comedy tell tales of how Mowgli lives and survives in the jungle, where his only companions are animals.His adventures reflect his daredevil, fearless, high-spirited and fun-loving escapades.He is helped by Baloo the wise bear, his best friend and the black panther Bagheera (sometimes!) mighty Kaa, the rock python. Mowgli learns to overcome adversity and make progress in his life by using his quick wit and natural curiosity, with his constantly optimistic outlook on life. This is very challenging for the little man-cub, with an evil enemy like Shere Khan, the royal Bengal tiger.

Mowgli's adventures open out in the lush tropical forest or Seeonee amidst splendid royal Indian temples, forts, water falls and the Waingunga river.Throughout the series, other characters from the Kipling stories add flavor to the drama, comedy and action, bringing out excellent quality animation and storytelling.

Trailer available for viewing: http://www.youtube.com/user/dqent

Company Web Site: http://www.dqentertainment.com

About DQE:

DQE is one of the leading producers or animation, visual effects, game art and live action entertainment content for the global media and entertainment industry.DQE has produced/co-produced and distributed iconic brands such as Iron Man-the first 3D animated TV series, Twisted Whiskers, Mikido, Casper, Pinky & Perky, second season of Large Family, third season of Mickey Mouse Club House, First and Second Season of Madagascar TV Series and Fanboy & chum Chum-for Nickelodeon, USA and is now co-producing properties like The Little Prince and Little Nick with major international broadcasters and producers.DQE has a library of over 500 hours of international programs for distribution and licensing globally for TV, home entertainment, merchandising and publishing.

DQE's home grown production in Hi-end 3D, ' the Jungle Book ' is in production as a 52 episode animated series and a 60 minute TV feature in presentation with international majors including TF1 and Moonscoop, France, Germany and ZDF Group, is to be released world-wide in early 2011.Toomai-The Elephant Boy which is a live action TV series is in development in co-operation with international broadcasters, while several Indian IPs like Mysteries & Feluda, Omkar, Balkand I, II and III with International Broadcasters have had a successful run.

DQE is also developing a series of animated short films for television in collaboration with French production companies Method Animation and MK2.DQE, Method Animation and MK2 announced the production and worldwide distribution and exploitation of an animated version of 104 six-minute episodes inspired by the legendary Charlie Chaplin's film icon Hollywood movies.

DQE has received several international awards including an EMMY for tutenstein TV series, 11 Emmy nominations, The UK Broadcast Awards 2010, Sichuan TV Festival International "Gold Panda" Awards, Cartoons on the Bay awards, The E & Y Entrepreneur of the Year-2009 India Award and many others.

DQE's production facilities are based in Hyderabad and Kolkata and it has international sales representatives in Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo.With a workforce of approx. 3500 permanent employees DQE has a global client-partner base or about 90 producers, distributors, broadcasters and licensors including Walt Disney Group, Universal Pictures, Nickelodeon Animation Studios Inc., Electronic Arts, Marvel Comics, American Greetings,, BBC Group, M6/France TV Group/TF-1-leading broadcasting and Distribution groups from France, ZDF TV and ZDF enterprises-leading Distributors/broadcaster and global distributor from Germany, ABC Australia, Al Jazeera-Arabic nations, Disney Channels-Asia, Cartoon Network Group and many more world-wide.

Contact: DQ Entertainment International Tel: + 91-40-2355-3840/27 Sumedha Saraogi sumedha@dqentertainment.com DQ Entertainment International P R Vishnu vishnu@dqentertainment.com

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Stylish trailer for Chico and Rita

Watch the first trailer for Chico and Rita, a musical cartoon in which a singer in love pianist a handsome follows all over the world.

Havana, 1948. The Cuban capital buzzing with energy. It is there where the young pianist Rita Chico meet for the first time, a handsome singer with an exceptional voice.Sweet music and romance bring the two together right away.

But just as it does in a bolero (a Spanish ballad which was also very popular in Latin America), their relationship also plagued by pain and grief.However, his passionate love travels Chico and so we follow the characters on a musical adventure that of Havana to New York and from Paris to Hollywood. The passion is thriving as high on while the two try to find each other in the music ... and in love.

For the independent animation film was no less than six years.The Spanish filmmakers Javier Mariscal and Oscar winner Fernando trueba's film directing and the 93-year-old Bebo Vald?s composes. The latter made sure that the film is a delight to the ear.Several big names from the world of jazz (such as Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk) make their appearance in the film.

If and when Chico and Rita in the Netherlands and in Belgium, is currently not known.In England, the movie on 6 October 2010 at the latest, premiered at the London Spanish Film Festival.

First trailer for Chico and Rita

(Via Cartoon Brew)

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