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85-547: The series was originally licensed in North America by Saban Entertainment , aired in the US from September 2001 to June 2002 as the third season of Digimon: Digital Monsters . A Hong Kong manhua adaptation of the series, by Yu Yuen-wong , was serialized from April to October 2004. Takato Matsuki, a fan of the Digimon card game, finds a Blue Card, which transforms his card reader into

170-457: A "product of human ingenuity", she concludes that "those of us in the 'real' world have become so good at playing creator, at making 'things' appear much like 'real' creatures, that we tend to confuse the two." DigiFes 2021, an official Digimon event taking place annually on August 1, held a live reading featuring the original voice cast of an original audio drama that Konaka had written for Digimon Tamers' 20th anniversary. The script featured

255-525: A D-Power Digivice. His original Digimon creation, Guilmon, materializes into real life when his D-Power scans his drawings. Takato meets Henry Wong and Rika Nonaka, two other children who are partnered with Terriermon and Renamon respectively, as well as Calumon and Impmon. As wild Digimon began roaming Shinjuku , the Tamers defeat them and defend the city. Using their D-Powers, the Tamers can Digi-modify through scanning cards or help them Digivolve. After each Digimon

340-461: A Marvel series for television. Marvel was developing a Captain America animated series with Saban Entertainment for Fox Kids to premiere in fall 1998. However, due to Marvel's bankruptcy, the series was canceled before the premiere. Both Marvel and Saban would become parts of The Walt Disney Company ; Saban (renamed BVS Entertainment) in 2001 and Marvel by the end of 2009. On July 23, 2001, it

425-419: A billion dollars in profits. At distinct times in the 1980s, both Loesch and Saban had attempted adaptations of these shows, but had found themselves repeatedly rejected by other networks. Later on in 1992, Saban formed a syndication subsidiary, Saban Domestic Distribution, and unveiled a $ 50 million development slate. David Goodman, formerly of Goodman Entertainment Group, served as senior vice president of

510-405: A collaboration with television syndicator Orbis Communications ; All-American Family Challenge , a game show taped at Six Flags ; and Alphy's Hollywood Power Party , a teen celebrity dance show; the fourth project would be a network game show version of the board game Uno , which was set for NBC , and was to be produced by Peter Berlin and Rob Fiedler, who joined Saban shortly after Wordplay

595-655: A home video deal with Prism Entertainment that would allow Saban International the international distribution rights to select films. In 1992, Saban signed a domestic distribution deal with Bohbot Communications to syndicate Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams and Saban's Gulliver's Travels as part of its Amazin' Adventures block. In 1992, Saban partnered with the Marvel Entertainment Group to produce an animated series based on Marvel's comic-book heroes

680-482: A home video distribution deal with Saban Brands, which includes VR Troopers , the first two seasons of Big Bad Beetleborgs and Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation . The first 17 seasons of Power Rangers have been licensed for DVD releases by Shout! Factory , which has released the first 17 seasons to DVD in Region 1. In Germany, they have released complete-season boxsets to every Power Rangers series, along with

765-580: A message to children from modern society. For the last episodes of the series, Konaka believed the final enemy is the D-Reaper. While making the series, Konaka had conceptualized the idea of the Tamers combining with their Digimon to reach the highest level of evolution, Mega. Shinji Aramaki joined the design team in the CGI animation, which including the Bio-merge scenes. Unlike the previous series, Konaka did not introduce

850-632: A partnership/joint venture with UPN to establish the UPN Kids block. The block would eventually premiere on September 10, 1995, with Space Strikers and Teknoman . In 1995, the Saban Interactive unit was established to produce CD-ROM software based on the Power Rangers franchise. On October 17, 1995, Libra Pictures president Lance Robbins was made Saban's president of motion pictures and television. On November 3, 1995, Saban Entertainment and

935-664: A record label; in 1989, it moved into the animation field. In November 1991, Saban International Paris became a separately-operated facility after its shares were divided in thirds, with Saban Entertainment holding a 49.8% share (later reduced to 49.6%). In 2001, Disney inherited Saban's 49.6% stake in Saban International Paris as part of its purchase of Fox Family Worldwide. The studio was renamed as SIP Animation in October 2002, and continued producing shows with this respective name until it went dormant in 2009. Although

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1020-486: A revival of Captain Kangaroo for the now-named Saban Kids Network. In 1998, Saban Entertainment began exclusively producing programs for Fox Kids and Fox Family, while its syndication unit Saban Domestic Distribution refocused on developing films for syndication outside of Fox channels. In 1996, New World Animation ( The Incredible Hulk ), Saban ( X-Men ), and Marvel Films Animation ( Spider-Man ) each produced

1105-412: A sudden change in new characters from the last series, and a less-than-exciting first half), the more you watch it, and the further you get into it, the more you'll enjoy it." In comparison to the first two series, Tamers also displayed darker undertones in its plot. According to English-language dub voice actor Dave Wittenberg , the new series possessed "an element of seriousness" that was not present in

1190-479: A television film on NBC , an hour-long late-night series for CBS , a first-run strip for syndication, and a theatrical feature film. Several pilots such as Love on Trial , Hidden Rage , Shocking But True were produced but never realized. In late October 1987, Saban Productions had obtained three independently produced projects as part of its first slate for the NATPE conference. The three strips included Love Court ,

1275-609: A third film in Saban's Au Pair film series, Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise , in 2009, featuring Haim Saban's stepdaughter Heidi Saban again in the leading role. Disney would not produce any more new projects based on pre-existing BVS properties until X-Men '97 in 2024. Disney served very little other than to hold copyrights for existing Saban properties. The company only existed legally after its last production, Power Rangers RPM , in 2009. Disney took little action other than merging

1360-514: Is "The Biggest Dreamer" by Kōji Wada , which peaked at #59 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. The ending themes are performed by AiM , the first half of the show being "My Tomorrow" and the second half being "Days (Aijō to Nichijō)" ( Days-愛情と日常- ) . "My Tomorrow" peaked at #70 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, while "Days (Aijō to Nichijō)" charted at #68. Insert songs featured in the show include "Slash!!" by Michihiko Ohta as

1445-607: Is a dormant subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company . Founded on April 24, 1980, as a music production company by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy , it slowly transitioned to or gravitated towards television production and distribution , where it is most known for producing and distributing children's programs for Fox Family/ABC Family and defunct channels Fox Kids and Jetix . The company imported, dubbed and adapted various media formats from Japan such as Maple Town , Noozles , Funky Fables , Samurai Pizza Cats , and

1530-603: Is a separate unit, it has existed only as a label and was not a legal entity. Throughout its existence, it produced low-budget B-grade films, some of them erotic thrillers, for TV networks and the direct-to-video home entertainment market. Saban's business partner, Shuki Levy, was usually in charge of the productions produced by this unit, and he was also included in the credits of most shows produced in this unit. The productions from Shuki Levy's personal company, Vertigo Pictures , were later licensed by Saban Entertainment via Libra Pictures, and are still owned by Disney; Vertigo Pictures

1615-681: Is defeated, their Digimon obtains their data. Meanwhile, Hypnos, an intelligence agency led by Mitsuo Yamaki, has been capturing the Digimon and sending them back to the Digital World. The Tamers eventually began working with Hypnos when the wicked Devas invade the Real World. Calumon is captured by the Devas, and the Tamers follow him to the Digital World to save him. During their journey, they meet Ryo, and his Digimon Partner, Cyberdramon. Impmon turns his back on

1700-608: Is still credited as being a co-writer on the cue sheets. A 1998 investigation by The Hollywood Reporter alleged that during the 1990s, many television compositions credited to Levy and Saban were being ghostwritten by a salaried staff who did not receive royalties. This practice was legal since the musicians signed a contract agreeing to give up the rights to their compositions prior to joining. Feature films produced by Saban Entertainment usually had to give proper credit to these ghostwriters, presumably since they were union productions. Levy and Saban aren't included as composers in

1785-460: Is well known for his work in the .hack franchise and his writing for the 1995 Ghost in the Shell movie . Itō supervised the writing for the novel, .hack//Another Birth which was written by his student, Miu Kawasaki. He is a member of the artist group known as Headgear . Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies calls him "one of the best screenwriters in anime". This article about

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1870-765: The Fox Broadcasting Company entered into a partnership where the two companies would create children's programing channels and services, develop and distribute programing and build licensing and merchandising opportunities on a global basis, and help expand Saban programs' reach. In February 1996, Saban Domestic Distribution launched a Syndicated television block in the United States, entitled "The Saban Network for Kids!". The block consisted of two newly produced programmes - Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist and The Why Why Family , new episodes of VR Troopers and repeats of Samurai Pizza Cats and Tenko and

1955-696: The Marvel Productions and Marvel Films Animation library. Shortly afterwards, Saban terminated its home video distribution deal with WarnerVision Entertainment and moved to Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment . In December 1996, Saban Domestic Distribution announced that they would launch an additional syndicated block - "X-Men … and More!" in the Fall of 1997, of which the hour-long serials would consist of an episode of X-Men: The Animated Series and other Marvel programmes such as Iron Man and Fantastic Four . Saban also announced that they would produce

2040-424: The Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. An insert song in the film, "Tomodachi no Umi" ( トモダチの海 ) , was performed by Sammy and released as a single on September 29, 2001. The film's original soundtrack was released on December 5, 2001. Digimon: Runaway Locomon ( デジモンテイマーズ 暴走デジモン特急 , Dejimon Teimāzu: Bōsō no Dejimon Tokkyū ) was released on March 2, 2002 as part of Toei Animation Spring 2002 Animation Fair. The film

2125-455: The Susie Q copyrights following its purchase of Saban in 2001. Including the shows produced after the sale, Susie Q is the only BVS Entertainment property to be directly Disney-branded among the other BVS properties. Following the completion of the sale, Disney shut down Saban Entertainment's animation unit, but animation production continued at SIP Animation, which BVS held a minority stake in at

2210-436: The metafictional story of Tamers where "bits of forgotten computer data have fused to become a separate world inhabited by live creatures". In acknowledging the line drawn between good and evil in the series, Schwartz writes, "The evil here consists in refusing to see that Digimon are 'real', real creatures, and that destroying any one of them is in fact murder ." Through the existence of intangible communication networks as

2295-449: The 1980s, prior to officially forming Saban Entertainment. Nearly all of these compositions are listed on legal cue sheets as being written by Shuki Levy and Haim Saban, with these two also appearing in television credits as the composers for most Saban-related productions. Starting in the 1990s, Haim Saban started using the pseudonym "Kussa Mahchi" for his musical credits, with spellings varying (for example, on Dragon Ball Z' s credits it

2380-806: The Digi-modify theme, "Evo" by Wild Child Bound as the Digivolution and Matrix Digivolution themes, and "One Vision" by Takayoshi Tanimoto as the Biomerge Digivolution theme. An edited English-language version was produced by distributor Saban Entertainment and aired on Fox Kids in the United States from September 1, 2001, to June 8, 2002 as the third season of Digimon: Digital Monsters . Saban's version received various changes to character names, music and sound effects, as well as edits pertaining to violence and cultural references. The show also began airing on ABC Family in 2002, after Disney had acquired

2465-469: The English versions included up until season 6 due to problems with Disney. In Australia, Digimon: Digital Monsters' first and second seasons were re-released by Madman Entertainment on August 17, 2011. In addition, the first five series was released on DVD in North America through New Video . In 1996, the company had a library of more than 3,700 half-hours of children's programming, making it one of

2550-524: The Guardians of the Magic . Some of the block's programmes corresponded with FCC mandates, with The Why Why Family being the first FCC-friendly program produced by the company. In July 1996, Fox Kids Network secured rights from Marvel Entertainment Group for Captain America , Daredevil and Silver Surfer and additional characters to be developed into four series and 52 episodes over seven years. In

2635-545: The Multiverse of Madness and X-Men '97 (which use the X-Men theme). Some of this music library is believed to have gotten misplaced when Disney purchased Saban in 2001. In 2010, Haim Saban sold it to independent Los Angeles label Bug Music , who in turn sold it to BMG in 2011. Kazunori It%C5%8D Kazunori Itō ( 伊藤 和典 , Itō Kazunori , born December 24, 1954) is a Japanese anime screenwriter and artist who

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2720-615: The Tamers fighting a villainous entity called " political correctness ", which used an attack called " cancel culture ." Prior to this, Konaka had been keeping a retrospective blog for rewatching Digimon Tamers and had blogged his opinions about conspiracy theories around 9/11 and COVID-19 . The audio drama was met with international backlash. Konaka released an apology on his blog and clarified that he did not associate with any political ideology. Saban Entertainment BVS Entertainment, Inc. , previously known as Saban Productions , Saban Entertainment and Saban International ,

2805-466: The Tamers when he encounters the dog Deva Caturamon, and wishes to become strong, thus becoming Beelzemon. Eventually, the Tamers confront Beelzemon, and Beelzemon kills Leomon, causing to Jeri Kato fall into depression. After resolving conflicts with the Digimon Sovereigns, the Tamers learn that the Digimon are protecting themselves from humans and the Real World after the Digital World is invaded by

2890-509: The United Kingdom. Many Marvel-related series distributed by Saban and some of their live-action films such as Richie Rich's Christmas Wish and Three Days are available on the Disney+ streaming service, while The Tick is available on Hulu , and Prime Video has Sweet Valley High and A.T.O.M. available only in the United States. On March 13, 2012, Shout! Factory announced

2975-764: The X-Men . Saban obtained the rights in a joint partnership with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and the Fox Kids Network , becoming Saban's first hit program (running until 1997) and the company's first breakthrough, in partnership with another company. The following year, Saban brought another hit to the Fox Kids lineup, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , an adaptation of the Japanese Super Sentai franchise. In 1994 alone, licensed Power Rangers merchandise made Saban over

3060-482: The behalf of its parent company ABC Family Worldwide Inc. The parent Jetix company in the Netherlands was responsible for financing, sales and operations across Europe. These shares were later transferred to Disney Holdings B.V. Libra was founded to produce programs targeted to older audiences, like Saban did in its early years. It produced mostly co-productions with Shavick Entertainment and O'Hara-Horowitz. Although it

3145-597: The company grew, additional executives were hired to push into new areas like prime time programming. Saban created a division, Saban International N.V., based in both the U.S. and the Netherlands, for the international distribution of its shows (not to be confused with the interchangeable but separate company Saban International Paris). Saban hired Stan Golden from Horizon International TV to head their international distribution arm. Then in August 1989, Tom Palmieri came from MTM Enterprises to become Saban's president. On September 13,

3230-481: The company renamed itself Saban Entertainment, Inc. CLT in Luxembourg had signed a deal with Saban to market TV shows. In 1990, Saban entered into a partnership with video game publisher Acclaim Entertainment and syndicator Bohbot Entertainment to develop the program Video Power . Also that year, Saban started Saban Video, with distribution being handled by Video Treasures . In 1991, Saban Entertainment struck

3315-539: The company's subsidiaries, such as Teen Dream Productions, Interprod Inc., Laurel Way Productions, and SIP Animation into BVS Entertainment. Most BVS Entertainment properties have been vaulted by Disney since the late 2000s. BVS Entertainment was last listed by Disney in SEC filings in 2014 before becoming dormant. The company had many subsidiaries around the world, some established to gain financial advantages; not all subsidiaries were actively producing shows, but contributed to

3400-536: The company. In 1994, Saban Entertainment launched Libra Pictures in an effort to gear films for older audiences, while the Saban name was used for kid-friendly material, in a similar manner what The Walt Disney Studios and Touchstone Pictures would have to offer. In the same year, Saban signed a deal with A*Vision Entertainment to distribute cassettes under the Saban Home Entertainment and Libra Home Entertainment banners. In December 1994, Saban launched

3485-417: The credit sequences of films where the ghostwriters had to be acknowledged, however, they are still present on the cue sheets for most of these films. Compositions which are believed to have been created by ghostwriters, including Ron Wasserman 's theme for X-Men: The Animated Series , remain credited to Shuki Levy and Haim Saban whenever they are licensed to appear in other media, such as Doctor Strange in

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3570-484: The early 1990s made their way to VHS in most regions. However, from the late 1990s on, almost all Saban Entertainment-owned entities were only released as Australian and New Zealand Region 4 VHSes . And also, according to current North American rights holders, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment still has no plans to release these titles to DVD and Blu-ray , and as such, some of them instead aired on their sibling television channel, Disney XD and originally

3655-409: The effects of the program. The series ends with Takato discovering the portal in the tunnel. After the success of Digimon Adventure 02 , Hiroyuki Kakudo and staff did not know what to do now that the series was finished. The team was satisfied with the release of Digimon Tamers , as Kakudo believed the setting could have also been applied in the previous anime. Chiaki J. Konaka was concerned that

3740-423: The end of 2000, was renamed as Active Licensing Europe on April 13, 2003, and eventually Jetix Consumer Products on May 4, 2004. Prior to the sale, Disney was only involved with one title produced by Saban Entertainment and its extensions. Susie Q , commissioned by Disney on behalf of Super RTL and Disney Channel , was produced by Saban's adult label Libra Pictures and was released in 1996. Disney would gain

3825-469: The events have been analyzed within the context of the series. Margaret Schwartz of PopMatters writes, "As NPR and other […] media began to debate the September 11 images, I began to see just how important it was to consider how we as a culture define and experience 'reality' […] Some argue that the shocking video footage […] is a necessary experience of the catastrophe—even a condition of it." She points out

3910-404: The evil D-Reaper, a rogue clean-up program. As the Tamers return to the Real World, the D-Reaper kidnaps Jeri, manipulating and trapping her inside the body. When the D-Reaper begins to materialize in the Real World, the Tamers defeat it, using the program and saving Jeri. With both worlds restored, the children say goodbye to their Digimon partners, when they end up returning to the Digital World by

3995-704: The first three Digimon series to North American and international markets over syndication, including both animation and live-action shows. Saban also adapted various tokusatsu shows from Toei Company , including Power Rangers (based on the Super Sentai series), Big Bad Beetleborgs (based on Juukou B-Fighter ), VR Troopers (featuring elements of various Metal Hero series), and Masked Rider (featuring elements of Kamen Rider Black RX ). Saban has also distributed and provided music for television programs produced by outside companies such as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! , Inspector Gadget and

4080-509: The first two dubbed seasons of Dragon Ball Z . In the 1990s, Saban also operated the Libra Pictures label which produced programs targeted towards older audiences than Saban's usual kid-friendly output, as well as a syndicated subsidiary Saban Domestic Distribution , whose primarily purpose was to distribute shows for first-run and off-net syndication. Saban Entertainment was formed on April 24, 1980, as Saban Productions, Inc. , which

4165-460: The first two series. Additionally, some parts would be better understood by older viewers due to the introduction of more difficult concepts. Regarding this, Konaka believes that Calumon and Terriermon were able to tone down the grim and serious atmosphere of the occasionally tough scenes throughout the series. The airing of the series coincided with the September 11 attacks , and in at least one case,

4250-476: The idea of Digimon being reborn after death, as he believed death should be portrayed realistically in a show for children, especially since the main characters were risking their lives. As a result, the staff decided to portray death as a shocking event by using Leomon like in Digimon Adventure , even though Konaka had doubts about it. While the series was presented as dark, Terriermon and Calumon balanced out

4335-546: The largest in the world. By the time they were sold to Disney in 2001, their library had increased to over 6,500 half-hours of children's programing. With a few exceptions, the programs produced and/or distributed by BVS Entertainment and its subsidiaries are currently owned by The Walt Disney Company , and distributed by Disney Platform Distribution . Saban's music library consisted of roughly 3,800 songs, themes and musical underscores, with this number taking into account music that Shuki Levy and Haim Saban produced together in

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4420-495: The last quarter of 2001. Afterwards, BVS Entertainment continued to produce Power Rangers series and SIP Animation continued to produce animated series. However, the BVS Entertainment corporate umbrella also remained the parent company, holding the company's subsidiaries, even though shows produced or distributed by subsidiaries of the company are not credited to BVS Entertainment. Most Saban Entertainment-owned media from

4505-460: The market. Henry became the basis of the proposed non-Japanese or emigrant character, and Konaka decided to make him half-Chinese and half-Japanese based on the statistics of non-Japanese students in elementary schools. Originally, the main cast from Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02 were set to appear as mentors, but the idea was scrapped and only Ryo Akiyama from the WonderSwan games

4590-538: The only Disney-branded production in Saban's history, some films from NBC's Moment of Truth series and erotic-thriller Blindfold: Acts of Obsession starring Shannen Doherty and Judd Nelson , constitute a significant part of the Libra catalog. Libra also contributed to the production of Terminal Velocity , a Hollywood Pictures - Buena Vista theatrical movie. The company's main U.S. unit produced and distributed television shows and films as Saban Entertainment until

4675-556: The past voice actors returned with a lack of some voice actors such as Joshua Seth . After BVS Entertainment continued production of the Power Rangers franchise throughout the 2000s, Haim Saban founded Saban Capital Group and Saban Brands in 2010 and bought back Power Rangers and related properties from Disney. Saban Brands produced programs such as Power Rangers seasons starting with Power Rangers Samurai and Glitter Force . Saban Brands closed in 2018, with many of its assets being acquired by Hasbro . ABC Family produced

4760-429: The philosophical and technological issues surrounding the creation of artificial intelligence. In 2018, Konaka uploaded an updated version of the story onto his website. Due to its differences from the first two Digimon series, Tamers received mixed reviews when it first aired in the United States (September 1, 2001). Tim Jones of THEM Anime writes, "Although Digimon Tamers has its faults (slow character development,

4845-409: The portrayal of the Digimon as "kind-hearted creatures" in Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02 might affect the "monster-like spirit of Digimon ." As a result, Konaka wanted to explore the primitive nature of Digimon, where they instinctively harm other creatures to become stronger and would learn morals from their partners. This aspect would be primarily explored through Guilmon. Konaka

4930-459: The production or distribution of shows in certain aspects. All of these subsidiaries were later terminated by Disney into BVS Entertainment or other Disney units. SIP Animation , formerly known as Saban International Paris , was a television production studio based in France, operating from 1977 to 2009. Saban International Paris was founded in France by Haim Saban and Jacqueline Tordjman in 1977 as

5015-671: The property of its parent company BVS Entertainment. A rebranding of DIC's French unit (run by Jean Chalopin) after it split from DIC's American unit (run by Andy Heyward), which produced programs into the mid-1990s and owned some of DIC's earliest series. In April 1996, it was acquired by Saban International Paris (including the rights to produce a Diabolik series), and in 1998 its assets were liquidated by Saban. Some of these assets are still owned by Disney. Jetix Europe N.V. , formerly Fox Kids Europe N.V. (1996–2009): BVS Entertainment held 73.3% priority shares in Jetix Europe N.V. to

5100-620: The rights from Saban Entertainment , which later also included a package deal with Digimon Frontier . The show was released on Hulu with English subtitles in January 2011. New Video Group release the dubbed version as a DVD boxset in North America on June 11, 2013. Manga Entertainment released the series in the United Kingdom in 2018. The series was added to the Netflix Instant Streaming service on August 3, 2013 in separate English dubbed and Japanese subtitled versions. The series

5185-554: The rights to Créativité et Développement shortly afterward, leading to DIC suing Saban for damages before reaching a settlement in 1991. In 1987, DIC expanded its relationship with Saban Productions to co-produce several shows, with Saban handling international distribution. That year, both DIC and Saban Productions collaborated to provide series commitments to 26 episodes of I'm Telling! and 13 episodes of The New Archies for NBC . On June 10, 1987, Saban Productions expanded to live-action TV and theatrical features with plans for

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5270-648: The same day. The strategy remained the same with Fox Kids Europe continuing to handle all television rights in Europe and the Middle East with Buena Vista handling servicing, while Saban content not under FKE would be handled exclusively by Buena Vista for all territories including rights outside of Europe and the Middle East. Saban's European licensing subsidiary based in the United Kingdom, Saban Consumer Products Europe, which had been integrated within Fox Kids Europe since

5355-531: The same month, Saban formed a new division, Saban Enterprises International, to handle international licensing, merchandising and promotional activities under president Michael Welter. Oliver Spiner, senior vice president of Saban International, took over operational duties previously handled by Welter. Eric S. Rollman was promoted from senior vice president production to executive vice president of Saban Animation. Also in 1996, Fox Kids Network merged with Saban Entertainment to form Fox Kids Worldwide , which included

5440-600: The same programs and other non-Saban television material, including international sales of DIC programs such as Hey Vern, It's Ernest! prior to a lawsuit in 1990. By early 1989, Saban formed the Saban/Scherick Productions division for production done with Edgar Scherick, primarily miniseries and made-for-TV films. Around this time, they also began syndicating the film library of New World Pictures (which had been sold to Trans-Atlantic Entertainment, consisting of ex-New World employees) to television stations. As

5525-563: The series reprised their roles. Digimon Tamers: Original Story: Message in the Packet ( デジモンテイマーズ オリジナルストーリー メッセージ・イン・ザ・パケット , Dejimon Teimāzu: Orijinaru Sutōrī: Messeji in za Paketto ) was released on April 23, 2003 and follows the lives of each Tamer after the events of Digimon Tamers . Digimon Tamers: 2018 Days: Information and the Unordinary ( デジモンテイマーズ 2018 Days -情報と非日常- , Dejimon Teimāzu: Ni-sen-jū-hachi Deizu: Jōhō to Hinichijō )

5610-449: The studio was a separately operated multi-shareholder unit between 1991 and 2012, BVS International N.V. owned the rights to "SIP Animation" respective name, brand, logo and trademark between 2002 and 2012. Disney became the sole shareholder partner in the studio through BVS Entertainment in 2012 and it was terminated and fully closed in October 2023. Following the formal dissolution of the studio, all remaining assets owned by SIP became

5695-669: The time. In this period, all shows produced and owned by BVS Entertainment (which did not receive its own logo) and SIP Animation were distributed by Buena Vista International Television and ended with their logos. The portion of Saban that handled ADR production and post-production services for anime's English-language dubbing was renamed by ABC Family Worldwide as "Sensation Animation" on September 9, 2002; and remained as such so Disney could continue dubbing Digimon (the second half of Digimon Tamers and Digimon Frontier ) episodes. Once production ended in July 2003, Sensation Animation

5780-522: The tone of the series. According to Chiaki Konaka, the story-line of Digimon Tamers was largely influenced by one of the original scripts prepared for Gamera: Guardian of the Universe by Chiaki and Kazuya Konaka before the script written by Kazunori Itō , and the ideas by Konaka brothers were later adopted for Digimon Tamers and Gamera the Brave . The characters were designed by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru and

5865-564: Was Power Rangers Time Force , which ran throughout 2001, however, Power Rangers Wild Force was the final series created and pre-produced by Saban as MMPR Productions, the producer of the Power Rangers series from 1993 to 2001. Following Disney's acquisition of Saban, its subsidiaries were also rebranded, with Saban International N.V. becoming BVS International N.V. and Saban International Services, Inc. becoming BVS International Services, Inc. Saban's 49.6% stake of Saban International Paris

5950-471: Was also worried about Digivolutions losing impact due to their repetitiveness. In order to solve this, the D-Power was designed as the new Digivice so that it could be used alongside cards and give the characters another "ace up sleeve." The writers wanted to limit the use of cards to one at a time. The main characters being more responsible of the evolutions and their adventures was another of Konaka's priorities as

6035-483: Was announced that the group would be sold to The Walt Disney Company as part of the sale of Fox Family Worldwide/Fox Kids Worldwide (which Disney renamed ABC Family Worldwide ) by Haim Saban and News Corporation , and on October 24, 2001, the sale was completed with Saban Entertainment, Inc. rebranding as BVS (Buena Vista Studios) Entertainment, Inc. on November 29, 2001. The final program fully produced and distributed by Saban Entertainment and Saban International N.V.

6120-468: Was based on the concept of "a normal elementary school student has a great adventure over the span of a year." Producer Hiromi Seki had wanted the three main characters to be of mixed genders and consist of an immigrant or someone not raised in Japan. Rika was designed with a "strong" image and character in an attempt to boost sales for products based on female characters, which traditionally did not perform well in

6205-428: Was cancelled. In 1988, Saban Productions and Washington-based newspaper columnist Jack Anderson agreed to produce four quarterly specials under the branding American Expose , with then-future Cops creator/producer John Langley and Malcolm Barbour serving as producers. Orbis Communications , who previously syndicated Macron 1 , signed on to distribute the programs. Saban International N.V would distribute

6290-469: Was closed and folded into Walt Disney Television Animation . Disney would later go on to dub the four remainder Digimon films, Revenge of Diaboromon (DA02), Battle of Adventurers (DT), Runaway Locomon (DT) and Island of the Lost Digimon (DF) in 2005 and the fifth TV season, Digimon Data Squad in 2007, but this time, the dubbing was handled by post-production studio Studiopolis . The majority of

6375-450: Was double-billed with One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals . The film grossed ¥ 200 billion. The film's story is centered on the Tamers battling Locomon, who has been infected by Parasimon and led into the Real World. The film's ending theme song is "Yūhi no Yakusoku" ( 夕陽の約束 ) by AiM . Two CD dramas written by Chiaki J. Konaka were released. The voice cast from

6460-404: Was initially a music production company. In 1981, it formed a longtime relationship with DIC Audiovisuel and DIC Enterprises to create soundtracks for their programs; Saban also composed music for companies like Ruby-Spears Enterprises and Filmation . In 1984, Saban moved into production outright with its first television program Kidd Video , a co-production with DIC Enterprises , and it

6545-492: Was on Toon Disney and ABC Family until the retirement of the Jetix branding in the U.S. In most European countries, Fox Kids Europe (later as "Jetix Europe") had a sister channel called Fox Kids Play (later as "Jetix Play") which aired various Saban Entertainment programs and shows owned by Fox Kids Europe/Jetix Europe. Some shows were also released on DVD and VHS by various independent distributors, such as Maximum Entertainment in

6630-478: Was picked up by NBC as part of their Saturday morning lineup. The next project Saban produced was Macron 1 , an English version of GoShogun featuring pop music, which was picked up for syndication by Orbis Communications for the fall of 1986. In 1986, Saban Productions bought the foreign rights to the DIC Enterprises library of children's programming from DIC's parent DIC Animation City and then sold

6715-497: Was purchased along with Fox Family Worldwide after Saban stepped down from the studio and the studio was rebranded as "SIP Animation" in October 2002, as the studio was not allowed to use the "Saban" brand after its take-over. Saban's distribution branch was folded into Buena Vista Television on May 1, 2002. A week prior, Fox Kids Europe announced that Buena Vista International Television would take over distribution services of Saban's children's library from Saban International on

6800-600: Was released on April 3, 2018 as a bonus with the first-press edition of the Digimon Tamers Blu-ray disc set. Digimon Tamers 1984 , written by Chiaki J. Konaka and illustrated by Kenji Watanabe, was published on July 5, 2002 in Volume 5 of SF Japan , a Japanese science fiction magazine. The story focuses on the creation of the original Digimon program by the Monster Makers at Palo Alto University and dealt largely with

6885-444: Was released on July 14, 2001 as part of Toei Animation Summer 2001 Animation Fair. The film was featured along with Mōtto! Ojamajo Doremi: The Movie: Kaeru Seki no Himitsu and Kinnikuman: Second Generations . The film takes place during the Tamers' summer vacation, where Mephistomon sends Digimon to invade the Real World through a virus called the "V-Pet." The film's ending theme song is "Moving On!" by AiM , which peaked at #95 on

6970-457: Was removed on August 1, 2015, after nearly two years on Netflix when Crunchyroll acquired streaming rights to the English dubbed versions and Funimation acquired rights to the English subtitled versions, the English dubbed version of Tamers returned to Netflix while the English subtitled version of Tamers are now exclusive to Funimation. Digimon: Battle of Adventurers ( デジモンテイマーズ 冒険者たちの戦い , Dejimon Teimāzu: Bōkensha-tachi no Tatakai )

7055-417: Was spelt "Kussa Mahehi"). For shows produced by Saban International Paris, he used the pseudonym "Michel Dax" beginning in the mid-1990s. Princess Tenko is an exception as it was not produced by SIP, although Haim Saban still composed the musics for the show under this pseudonym. "Michel Dax" is listed in television credits as the sole composer on all programs where this pseudonym is used, although Shuki Levy

7140-461: Was suspended by FTB/SOS in 2004. Disney acquired the trademark rights to Libra Pictures with Saban in 2001 and then discontinued the unit. Except for some definitive titles, it is unknown today how much of the Libra catalog is entirely owned by Disney, due to numerous co-productions or the transfer of home video/international distribution rights and/or some copyrights to third parties in the years before Disney acquired Saban Entertainment. Susie Q ,

7225-581: Was used. In 2021, Konaka had posted on his blog that he originally had plans to create Digimon Tamers 2020 , which would have been the continuation of an audio drama that was released with the 2018 limited edition Blu-ray box set of Digimon Tamers . However, Toei Animation had rejected the pitch; Konaka claimed it was due to casting problems, particularly in regards to having some voice actors reprise their roles or play older versions of their characters convincingly. The series aired 51 episodes on Fuji TV from April 1, 2001, to March 31, 2002. The opening theme

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