ICv2 reports that Svetlana Chmakova, the creator of the popular TOKYOPOP global manga Dramacon (pictured left), as well as Yen Press’ upcoming Night School, is moving on to a new frontier: animation.

The show is being marketed to 8-12 year olds and will feature certain manga-style visual elements, and follows a quartet of tweens in their daily lives. It’s called My Life Me (pictured right) and 52 11-minute episodes will hit Canadian and French TV in fall ‘09. No word on whether there’ll be a US release.

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Just caught this on my way to bed - apparently Svetlana Chmakova - creator of the very popular OEL manga DramaCon as well as a new title for new publisher Yen Press, Night School - is waiting for a green light for a show on Cartoon Network.

An adaptation of DramaCon, perhaps? Or something completely new? I’m not especially an OEL fan, nor a big fan of what I’ve seen of Chmakova’s works (admittedly, that’s very little), but I think I’d try to tune in for an OEL anime on Cartoon Network to see what it’d be like.

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