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Bakugan Franchise Relaunches With Bakugan Battle Planet Series in December
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Canadian toy and media company Spin Master, in collaboration with Bakugan Battle Planet.
The series will premiere in the United States on Teletoon in December. It will also air on Cartoon Network in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America in 2019, and in Australia and New Zealand at an as-yet unspecified date.
Spin Master describes the new series:
The animated series follows the adventures of Dan and his best friends, the first kids on Earth to bond with the mysterious alien creatures known as the Bakugan. With storylines themed around friendship, battling and competition combined with a new integrated toy line, "Bakugan Battle Planet" is anticipated to be one of the biggest and most dynamic franchises yet.
In addition to the series, Spin Master noted that it will have "additional short form content" available online. It also opened a teaser website with a reveal slated for December 1.
Cartoon Network Enterprises is leading the franchise's licensing program in all territories except Asia. Takara Tomy will launch the toy line in Japan, and TMS Entertainment will manage distribution of the toys, series, and the licensing program. The toy line will launch in North America and "other select markets" in the first quarter of 2019, and will launch globally in the second quarter of 2019.
Spin Master ed the project in January.
The Bakugan franchise is based on Spin Master and won honors at Toy Fair's annual Toy of the Year Awards in 2009.
America's Cartoon Network began premiered in Japan in 2013.
Source: Spin Master via I Miss Bionix
