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Japanese-based kids entertainment company Adness Entertainment has assigned leading German brand management and media company m4e AG with broadcast, home entertainment, licensing and merchandising rights for Germany and German-speaking territories on behalf of the company’s new live action series, “Kamen Rider Dragon Knight”, it was announced jointly by Adness’ Fumio Sebata/President and m4e’s Hans Ulrich Stoef/CEO. Adness has completed principal production on 40 episodes of “Kamen Rider” for delivery into the global marketplace in January 2009. One of Japan’s most successful youth-oriented television series “Kamen Rider” is a live action franchise following the adventures of teenager Kit Taylor who, through a mysterious Advent Card, is given the power of the Kamen Rider, an armored warrior who exists only in the Mirror World – a dimension opposite our own reality. Kit, now Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, discovers his father is held hostage by the evil General Xaviax, a renegade warlord who gains his power by kidnapping people from other worlds. Together with Len, the leader of the Kamen Riders, Kit must quickly learn to use his newfound powers if he is to battle General Xaviax and his evil army to find his father. Little does Kit realize that if the remaining Advent Cards should fall into the wrong hands, it could pose an even greater danger to the world. “As we build “Kamen Rider” across the global marketplace, it is key that we secure partnerships with the world’s best entertainment companies in broadcast and licensing representation. m4e is an outstanding organization that is respected worldwide for its branding and media prowess in Germany and across German-speaking Europe and is an outstanding partner for “Kamen Rider” in the vitally important German market,” said Mr. Sebata. “Adness Entertainment has created and produced a live action series that is certain to be among the most talked-about programs in television among kids in Germany and around the world. “Kamen Rider” truly has it all – high action, great effects, an attractive cast and compelling storylines that will propel this properties to success,” said Mr. Stoef. |
