Toei Scores Latin American Deals

 LOS ANGELES: A range of broadcast agreements have been secured by Toei Animation in Latin America for Digimon Data Squad, Saint Seiya and Dragon Ball.

Buena Vista in Argentina picked up 48 half-hour episodes of Digimon Data Squad to begin airing in December or January. Medcom in Panama went for 114 half-hour episodes of Japanese manga series Saint Seiya and 153 half-hours of Dragon Ball.

In addition to broadcast deals, Toei secured a DVD agreement with Brazil’s Playarte, for Dragon Ball and Saint Seiya: The Hades Sanctuary. Playarte will release a DVD box set featuring 28 Dragon Ball episodes this December. The company has already debuted Saint Seiya: The Hades Santuary on DVD, featuring 13 episodes from the series.