GP will manage the sales, marketing and distribution of all JAKKS’ MONSUNO™ toy products in Europe through GP’s extensive subsidiary network covering major European markets. shall serve as the Master Licensing Agent. FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) will be responsible for the exclusive worldwide (except Asia) distribution of MONSUNO™ TV programming, and act as the Master Licensing agent for the MONSUNO™ brand worldwide, outside of Asia, and with the exception of toys, which shall be exclusively marketed and produced by JAKKS.
The MONSUNO™ TV series is being produced by Pacific Animation Partners LLC in conjunction with Dentsu Inc.’s Tokyo-based animation production subsidiary, Dentsu Tec.
TV series premiere anticipated for Late Fall 2011 or Spring 2012. JAKKS Pacific, creator of the underlying MONSUNO™ Boys Action property, is the master toymaker for the MONSUNO™ toy line, which is expected to hit U.S.
announced today from Nuremberg Toy Fair that the Giochi Preziosi Group (“GP”) has been appointed as the exclusive marketing and distribution partner in several major European markets, including the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, and Germany, for toys based upon the original animated television series MONSUNO™ in production by Pacific Animation Partners LLC, a joint venture between JAKKS and Dentsu Entertainment USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Dentsu, Inc.