4Kids Entertainment, the American licensee and packager of Pokemon, announced the production of three Japanese series for the American market.

An article by Jim Rothenberg sensationally entitled 'A Wave of Violence Engulfs Children's Cartoon Programs' graced the front page of the Sunday, January 28 th New York Times.

Here's a list of what appear to be, at this moment, the best merchandising opportunities among 2001 movie releases.

Just a week after it debuted on the Cartoon Network, the anime Outlaw Star reached #54 on the Lycos chart of computer searches for the week ending January 20, 2001.

We asked Fletcher what the new trends for 2001 would be. Find out what he said.

Internet users looking for information about their favorite interests searched for Dragonball more than any other topic except Britney Spears in 2000, according to the Lycos 50 top searches for 2000.

Japanese properties are booming--with a major impact on U.S. pop culture.

Whatever the labor situation in Hollywood, it should be an interesting year in the theatres where an unusually heavy diet of sequels and remakes will be enlivened (we hope) by some great directors.

A raft of new anime titles, including the highly anticipated Earth Defense Family , are debuting on Japanese TV this January.