Animax to lure kids with 3 new animes
It’s celebration time for kids, the space for children on television is seeing a fierce churn with the Animax channel gearing up to muscle its entry into a territory dominated by Turner’s Cartoon Network, Pogo and Disney’s Channels.
Animax, the animation channel from the One Alliance bouquet will bring into effect three new shows for the young adulthood. The channel will introduce ‘Game Max’, and ‘JC, the Ninja Girl, and ‘Ranma ½’.
Rohit Bhandari, Animax, Director-Sales & Marketing, said, “For a channel just 14 months old and facing established multi-national broadcasters, even nosing up to No 2 is quite a feat, Animax will try to establish it presence in this Indian Market. From the next fiscal we will be introducing new Indian initiatives to lure the Kids, the Initiative also will have Local programming.”
‘Game Max’, a weekly show is in its period two, it provides information on the Asian gaming industry and offer advice on how to become a top professional gamer. The show starts from February 18 at 5 pm.
‘Ranma ½’ is about a 16-year-old martial artist Ranma Saotome, who is stuck with a peculiar curse after falling into an enchanted spring - whenever he gets wet with cold water, he changes into a girl! His father suffers from an even worse fate - he turns into a big fluffy panda whenever he touches cold water. Their only consolation is that upon contact with hot water, the curse is reversed and they revert to their original forms. The show begins on February 23 at 5.30 pm.
