According to The PR Web from United States BABYMETAL teamed with Warner Bros. and Blue Ribbon Content to release an Animated Digital Series based in the three girls adventures for the US audience through Amuse USA subsidiary. Read the Press Release below.
BABYMETAL Animated Digital Series to be released in United States!
Fresh off the triumphant finale to their unforgettable 2016 world tour in front of more than 110,000 fans at the Tokyo Dome, Japanese pop-metal sensation BABYMETAL will embark on a new adventure with an original shortform series from Warner Bros.’ digital studio Blue Ribbon Content and Japanese powerhouse Amuse Inc’s subsidiary, Amuse USA. Manager and creator of BABYMETAL Key Kobayashi (a.k.a. KOBAMETAL) is also producing. The hybrid live-action and animated project is currently in development, it was announced today by Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series.
Sam Register said: “BABYMETAL have to be seen to be believed — a mind-blowing, fun combination of pop vocals, heavy metal music and dance choreography brought to life by three incredibly talented teenage stars. We are huge fans here at Blue Ribbon Content and are extremely excited to help bring the BABYMETAL phenomenon to U.S. audiences through this upcoming digital series.”
Tatsuro Hatanaka, President, Amuse, Inc. and Amuse USA, commented: “We are grateful for Warner Bros. and Blue Ribbon Content’s interest in BABYMETAL, and to be moving onward with the project. We are very much looking forward to working on this project with Sam and his team, and hope everyone will enjoy our completed work.”
The action-adventure will take viewers inside the magical world of heavy metal music as it comes under attack, and one lonely god, Kitsune, forms the warrior band BABYMETAL to save the day. In the series, Su-Metal, Yuimetal and Moametal join together to ultimately redefine the genre. The series will also feature new live-action performances from the group, who will enter the animated world through a secret portal.
-About Blue Ribbon Content
Formed in 2014, Blue Ribbon Content (BRC) is Warner Bros.’ digital studio. BRC develops and produces live-action series for digital platforms, tapping the creative talent already working at the Studio while also identifying opportunities for collaboration with new writers and producers. In addition to live-action programming, BRC produces animated content and is also experimenting with emerging platforms such as virtual reality. BRC programs include the UNINTERRUPTED Original Series Now We’re Talking for go90; Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles for Machinima; Vixen and the upcoming Freedom Fighters: The Ray for CW Seed; and the Batman: The Animated Series virtual reality experience with OTOY Inc. for Mattel’s View-Master, among others.
-About Amuse Group USA, Inc.
Established in 2014, Amuse Group USA, Inc (Amuse USA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amuse, Inc. Both ventures are led by President Tatsuro Hatanaka. Amuse USA provides artist management and tour support for bands — including BABYMETAL (pop-metal), ONE OK ROCK (rock), and Perfume (EDM) — as well as growing Japanese talent globally, discovering local talent, and producing & investing in local film/TV projects. In spring 2016, Amuse USA launched a breakthrough Japanese content matching project, J-CREATION: A FIRST LOOK SHOWCASE, uniting Japanese IP and Hollywood producers & talent in their shared mission to adapt English language films and TV series.
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Press Release via: The PR Web.
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Kenji (Wednesday, 28 September 2016 22:49)
Hope it won't be like this :-)
https://twitter.com/tmt722/status/723980573367107584
Kolohe (Thursday, 29 September 2016 02:35)
Come on! Have faith in Koba! Anything BABYMETAL touches turns to gold!!
MetalMan (Friday, 30 September 2016 08:36)
Wow, The beginning of the end and I have been a fan for only a week
BAT-METAL (Friday, 30 September 2016 11:55)
MetalMan,
Glad to year you survived your fist week! This is what happened to me at that point:
Stopped listening to any other rock music.
Started to notice Suzuka Nakamoto is on her way to become the best female rock vocalist of all time.
FunkoPops.
BABYMETAL tee-shirts.
Next up? Got all the blu-ray releases. (except the first one.. I heard it's not great, and the band is air-guitaring). Watch these 2-4 hours per day, every day, until people start questioning my sanity.
Spend a ton of money to fly to the UK to see them do a short set (opening for RHCP)
Enjoy!
P WATSON (Saturday, 08 October 2016 03:59)
In two minds about this. On the one hand it's remeniscent of the beatles animated series and the monkees, which puts them in good company, and more exposure is good so they can do arenas potentially in the US. They put on great shows in smaller venues, but I fear lots of small gigs puts much on the 3 girls, and they are so good they deserve bigger billing.
My cynical side though questions whether they are taken seriously by the likes of Warner, and are just trying to cash in. I have some comfort in that Kobametal is producing. I wonder if it's going to be in japanese with english subtitles or just in english. It's just I feel the rest of the world need to catch up to babymetal, and Japanese music in general, and not vice versa.. Lets just say I'd be more at ease if it were a Japanese animation company doing it, and warner were doing an english port for the US.
I wish them the best of luck