Anime Shows Delayed After Toei Animation
New episodes of 4 various anime collection have been postponed after a current hacking event put on hold some of Toei Animation's interior systems.
Inning accordance with Siliconera, Toei Computer animation became the target of an on the internet hack on March 6 when an unapproved 3rd party tried to access the company's network, which led to its online store and interior systems "briefly shutting down as a security measure." The suspension of those systems will affect the broadcasting days of some episodes of its anime collection.
The shutdown has affected the transmitting routines of 4 anime titles in total, with new episodes of Dragon Quest: The Experiences of Dai, One Item, Digimon Ghost Video game, and Tasty Party: Pretty Cure all affected by the event. New episodes will not air as planned, with upgraded broadcasting routines launched at a later on day.
In the meanwhile, some shows will air reruns of previously episodes instead of the new episodes that were initially scheduled for this weekend break. Dragon Quest: The Experience of Dai will air its 31st episode on March 12 instead of its approaching 73rd episode, while Tasty Party: Pretty Cure will air its 4th episode rather than the 6th episode.
Toei Computer animation common a news release on March 7 to verify that its network had been compromised by a 3rd party the previous day. They are presently carrying out an examination right into the event to determine the information of the hack, particularly whether the security violation affected any one of its user and customer information.
Toei Animation Hack Affects One Piece, Dragon Quest: Adventure of Dai, Delicious Party Precure, Digimon Ghost Game Anime
Toei Animation announced on Friday that on March 6, an unauthorized third party accessed the company's network, which resulted in a suspension of part of the company's systems. Toei Animation is investigating the matter, and added the hack will affect the broadcast schedules for the One Piece, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Delicious Party Precure, and Digimon Ghost Game anime.
For Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, episode 73 will not air on Saturday as planned, and episode 31 will air instead. The anime's staff will reveal at a later date what will air on March 19.
The Twitter account for Digimon Ghost Game stated it will announce at a later date what will air on March 20 (due to a broadcast of a marathon, no episode was slated to air on March 13).
The official website for the One Piece anime stated the staff will announce more details about the show's schedule starting with the episode that will air on March 20 at a later date.
Delicious Party Precure Anime Delayed by at Least 3 More Weeks
TV Asahi announced on Sunday that it will air the Hugtto! Precure Futari wa Precure All Stars Memories in three parts on March 20, March 27, and April 3 instead of airing new episodes of the Delicious Party Precure anime. TV Asahi cited the recent hack of Toei Animation as the reason for the schedule change. The channel stated it will reveal at a later date the schedule starting on April 10.
Toei Animation announced on Friday that on March 6, an unauthorized third party accessed the company's network, which resulted in a shutdown of part of the company's systems. Toei Animation is investigating the matter, and added the hack will affect the broadcast schedules for the One Piece, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Delicious Party Precure, and Digimon Ghost Game anime.
TV Asahi was originally slated to air episode 6 of Delicious Party Precure on Sunday, but due to the hack the channel aired episode 4 of the show instead.
The official websites and Twitter accounts for the One Piece, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, and Digimon Ghost Game anime have not yet updated their planned schedules for these three series since the original announcement of the hack. Fuji TV did not air new episodes of One Piece and Digimon Ghost Game on Sunday due to the planned broadcast of a marathon. Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai re-broadcast episode 31 instead of the planned new episode 73 on Saturday. It is currently not known if new episodes of these series will air next week.
How Anime and Teen Bedrooms All Feature in Production Design
Color wasn’t the only consideration for production designer Rona Liu and director Domee Shi when they were developing the look of Disney Pixar’s “Turning Red,” available on Disney Plus March 11. They also wanted “chunky cute.”
That meant building everything to look bigger and rounder for the coming-of-age story of a middle school girl, Mei, voiced by Rosalie Chiang, who transforms into a giant red panda each time she feels anxiety or gets angry, as she navigates between being a free-spirited teen with her posse of best friends and an obedient, all-A student for her mom.
Liu says it was Shi who wanted to use the idea of a red panda, an animal native to Asia that has not been widely portrayed in media. “They’re reclusive and sleep all day,” says Liu. “As Domee and the team were working on the story, we all thought, ‘Wait, that describes a teenager going through one of their phases, and so it was perfect.”
There were numerous design iterations for red panda Mei; the key was to highlight that this was Mei out of her comfort zone. “She’s chunky, has a big belly; she’s messy and smells,” says Liu. “We wanted her hair to be clumpy and matted.” Liu looked at alpaca hair, which, despite being soft, she says, is “grimy” and “sticks together.”
The character’s color was vital, Liu explains. Red panda Mei’s orange-red shade made it pop in every scene —from the blue of the ancestral temple in the family’s home to the green of Mei’s bedroom.
“Chunky” and “cute” were also watchwords for the design of the movie’s version of Toronto, where the film is set. Liu and the animators made three-story buildings instead of five-. They reduced staircases to seven steps instead of 10.
Inspiration for Mei’s bedroom came from both Shi’s and Liu’s own as teenagers. “We looked at what our own rooms looked like, with a stack of CDs, Sanrio stuffed animals and posters,” Liu says. However, since Mei lives at home, other touches reflected her devoted mom, Ming Lee, voiced by Sandra Oh. That meant, on the surface, things were still very organized. Even the Sanrio animals were arranged in size order. “The room has Ming’s controlling sensibilities,” Liu notes. However, under the bed was Mei’s haven. “We lit that in this red-pink light to show that she’s going into her own world, and her teenage fever feelings come out.”
To counterpoint the home, decorated in shades of green, pink and ochre, her middle school had splashes of color incorporated in posters, particularly in Mei’s science and math clubs. Liu says this is where the production came alive: “It’s a place where she can be free and with her friends, so we wanted a wide range of colors.” For instance, her bestie Miriam, voiced by Ava Morse, had green and yellow attached to her palette, reflecting the freedom Mei feels around her friends. In contrast, her mom’s green had more subdued blue tones, subtly reflecting Mei being pulled in different directions — as a dutiful daughter and the self-identity of Western culture.
In true Pixar style, “Turning Red” is also filled with Easter eggs. Liu points to the family temple as one audiences should pay attention to. “Everything about that is panda driven,” she says. “There are pandas if you look at the altar. The wood carving of the temple is two pandas in a tree. The offering table [at the altar] has pandas engraved — it shows a little girl turning into a panda.”
And yes, the main Easter Eggs including the Luxo ball, the famous A113 easter egg. Pronounced A1-13, A113 refers to the classroom number used by character animation students at California Institute of the Arts, and a new “Lightyear” easter egg – on a skateboard.
Sony's Crunchyroll anime streaming service
Another company is temporarily cutting the Russian market off from its services following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. On Friday, Sony’s Entertainment unit blocked Russian users from accessing its Crunchyroll anime streaming service and said it would halt the home entertainment release of films like Spider-Man: No Way Home within Russia, according to Variety. The company had previously said it would not release its upcoming slate of theatrical films in the country.
“We stand with many businesses around the world who have now paused their business operations in Russia, and in support of the humanitarian efforts currently underway in Ukraine and the surrounding region,” Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra said in an email obtained by the outlet. Vinciquerra went on to tell employees the company was also halting future TV distribution deals.
The timing of the Crunchyroll suspension is particularly noteworthy. Following Sony’s $1.175 billion deal to buy the platform in 2020, the company began adding titles from its Funimation catalog at the start of March. In a notice spotted by ComicBook, Crunchyroll told Premium subscribers in Russia it wouldn’t charge them for service while the platform is unavailable in the country. It’s also worth noting Sony’s PlayStation division had already halted hardware and software sales before Friday’s decision.
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