Tokyopop has announced that they are currently developing two animated series' based on properties such as Stray Sheep, which began as a part of interstitial children's programming on television in Japan. This project is currently under the direction of the well versed and experienced Craig Bartlett, whom has worked on the direction and script for such works as Hey Arnold and Johnny Bravo. The other project is an animated series base don the "American manga" Karma Club, by one "DJ Milky." This particular animated project will be written by the award-winning writer Mark Seidenberg, whom is perhaps best known for working on the hilarious action show Jackie Chan Adventures.
About Stray Sheep:
Since 1994, Poe, Merry, and friends have been enchanting children of all ages around the world... and their escapades are about to come to life in a series of colorful children's books in our new TOKYOPOP Kids line. Our story is set in the small Twin Forest surrounded by Mt. Dizzy Tizzy to the north, See Saw Sea to the south, Wacky Cracky Cliff to the east, and Soggy Foggy Canyon to the west - the adventures begin in 2003! Between Mt. Dizzy Tizzy to the North and the See Saw Sea to the South lies the home of the Stray Sheep and their friends. Deep in the heart of the Twin Forest, Poe and Merry learn about the world around them through the various adventures they share with Mow the tapir, Raji the rabbit, Phew the alien, Gan the penguin, and Pinok the robot.
About Karma Club:
Imagine a future world where teenagers are equals with grown-ups, money is earned by being a good person, and cities are called Megamalls! In the year 222, after Armageddon, this world really exists! It's the home of the Karma Club, a teenage crime-fighting team made up of Kemmy, Shay, Arcus, Phoebe and Karina. The CLUB delivers sushi as a secret cover-up to keep their real superteen identities safe from the TUNNEL, the evil organization behind all the dangerous bad guys the CLUB constantly finds themselves battling. The TUNNEL's goal is to make the world a dangerous and dark place! Since money isn't paper-and-coin currency but instead measured by good deeds, called KARMA, the evil members of the TUNNEL forever plot to reverse all the good KARMA to bad KARMA. If the CLUB ever fails, bad guys will be wealthy and the Megamalls will be totally dangerous hives of crime! Will the CLUB ever find out who's behind all the plans to reverse CLUB? Every day, the Karma Club gets a little closer to erasing evil from the streets and making the world a safer place!
(Source: ICv2.com)