Boy, it’s not very often I get to use Forbes as a source. Nonetheless, the biz pub reports that Disney, in an attempt to reach the Japanese market, is partnering with anime juggernaut Toei to create three new TV shows using Toei’s CG technology (Pixar’s isn’t good enough?).

Disney will also work with Madhouse (yeeha!) and Jinni’s Animation Studios, who have done CG work for Reideen and Idaten Jump, among other TV shows, movies, commercials, etc.

As a result of the movie, Toei– who, if you didn’t know, brought us Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Voltron, and Digimon, among others –saw its stocks rise 3.4%.

Posted by gia in Anime, JP News, Misc, News, Western News • Comments (1)

Okay, so. A while back, Toei established an in-house licensing division for US audiences. Recently they launched an all-you-can-watch VOD service in Japan. And today, ANN posted a poll that Toei apparently asked them to host, to see what Toei anime titles Americans would want to get on demand (including download-on-demand).

Gee, I wonder if Toei is considering expanding their new service to the U.S.? Shame there’re only like two titles on that survey I’d be interested in seeing (Gegege no Kitaro and Slam Dunk).