Toei Animation Co. Ltd. and Toei Animation Inc. will launch their most popular animated content online starting this June. The offering will start with big hits Slam Dunk and Fist of the North Star, available for download on IGN.com's Direct2Drive.
Keep checking back, more titles will be added throughout the 2008!
Toei Animation Inc. (TAI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toei Animation Co., Ltd. established in Los Angeles in 2004, looks forward to spreading the world-renowned Japanese animation studio's extensive library and pursuing co-production in English-speaking territories worldwide.
With a rich catalogue of unique animated properties including such famous titles and franchises as Digimon, Dragonball, Sailor Moon, Saint Seiya, One Piece, Slam Dunk and Fist of the North Star, Toei Animation everyone the ability to dream.
TAI is committed to the challenge of marrying its various assets with cutting edge technologies such as VOD, the internet and mobile media to best deliver the company's message of unbound possibilities to this and future generations.
Dream Ahead – Toei Animation.
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DIGIMON ADVENTURE 02
3 years after the adventure of Tai and his friends, a new enemy Digimon Kaiser appears in the Digital World and he is out to control all Digimon. The powers of Digimon Kaiser prevent Agumon and other Digimon from Digivolving, causing a big scare. In this pinch a new generation of hero arrives, it's the Veemon! Veemon is able to combine with DigiMental and create a new type of Digimon that has never been seen before. Tai calls upon Daisuke Motomiya, a kid on his soccer team to the Digital World and to fight along with Veemon. What kind of adventures will this new pair run into, but more importantly, will they be able to save the Digital World from the Digimon Kaiser?
©AKIYOSHI HONGO, TOEI ANIMATION
Pretty Cure
Nagisa Misumi is an outstanding athlete and daring girl that doesn't take to studying but has a very strong sense of justice. She is one of the most popular students in her class.
Honoka Yukishiro is an honor-roll student always boasting the best grades in her class. At first glance, she may seem rather stuck-up, but actually she's just a bit spacey.
The two are both 8th graders at the Verone Junior High School for girls. Nagisa and Honoka each encounter Mepple and Mipple – two mysterious creatures who came down from the sky one night. Mepple and MIpple have fled from their homeland – the Field of Light – in order to escape an attack by the evil force of Dotsuku Zone. These two strange creatures, grant Nagisa and Honoka the power to transform into superheroes called "Cure Black" and Cure White" and thus the two girl become guardians of planet Earth.
Using their super powers, the two girls with contrasting lifestyles and personalities work together to battle the evil enemies sent to conquer Earth by Dotsuku Zone.
BUT will they be able to save our planet?
©TOEI ANIMATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Slam Dunk
Former punk Sakuragi Hanamichi, joins his high school basketball team attempting to impress his dream girl Haruko. Naturally athletic, yet lacking any experience in the sport, will Sakuragi be able to contribute to the Shohoku High team looking to get in the run for the national championship?
©TAKEHIKO INOUE/I.T. PLANNING, TOEI ANIMATION
Fist of the North Star
It's the year 199x, and the world is enveloped in the fires of a nuclear holocaust. On the charred remains of the earth's surface, a few remaining group of humans are struggling to survive. However, they find themselves in a fearful world ruled by violence. The young wanderer, Kenshiro, stands up to the bandits. Upon his chest are seven scars in the shape of the North Star!
©BURONSON & TETSUO HARA /NSP 1983 ©NSP, TOEI ANIMATION 1984
