4Kids has announced that the anime series One Piece will debut this fall on the Fox Box -- Fox's Saturday morning animation block. Created by Eiichiro Oda, and produced by Toei Animation Co., One Piece is based on a long running manga featured in Japan's Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump.
Other shows joining the Fox Box this fall will be F-Zero GP Legend (based on Nintendo's hi-speed racing title); Hollywood Mew Mew (formerly known as Tokyo Mew Mew); and the second season of Shaman King.
Excerpts from press release:
One Piece - As a young boy in a small port village, Monkey D. Luffy was inspired to become a pirate by his childhood hero "Red-Haired" Shanks. But when he accidentally ate the cursed Gum-Gum Fruit, he gained the power to stretch like rubber ... at the cost of never being able to swim again! Despite this limitation, Luffy vowed to grow up to become the king of the pirates, and find the greatest pirate treasure of all - the pirate Gold Roger's legendary "One Piece."
Created by Eiichiro Oda, ONE PIECE was introduced in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, which has a weekly circulation of three million, in 1997. ONE PIECE graphic novels in Japan have sold more than 100 million copies in 33 volumes. It has already gained a wide fan base in the U.S. through the monthly Shonen Jump magazine, as well as the four graphic novels that have been released to date by VIZ, LLC. The property also boasts five theatrical releases, eight video games and more than $1 billion in retail sales in Japan since 1999, with more than 70 licensees producing toys, games, apparel, stationery, home furnishings, collectibles and more.
F-Zero GP Legend - The year is 2201 and across the universe rabid fans flock to F-Zero tracks everywhere. The prizes are enormous and the stakes grow even higher when the outlaws compete to win ... at any cost! But the Elite Mobile Task Force, a team of high-risk racers, stands at the ready. Driven by a need for speed and a thirst for victory, the Task Force is determined to keep the prize money out of evil hands by defeating the menacing Black Shadow and bringing peace to the entire galaxy.
Hollywood Mew Mew - This anime property follows the adventures of five girls who possess the powers of endangered animals. They must battle aliens who want to destroy mankind -- when they're not busy with homework and boyfriends, that is. Fifty-two half hour episodes are now in production and a licensing program is planned to launch in 2005.
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