Toei Animation to Feature Series Online

LOS ANGELES, June 9: Toei
Animation will roll out a range of animated content online, with Slam Dunk and Fist of the North Star scheduled to launch this month.

Each series will be
available for download on IGN.com’s Direct2Drive section. Slam Dunk is centered on a former punk who joins his
high-school basketball team to impress a girl, and Fist of the North Star follows a young wanderer who must stand up to
bandits after a nuclear holocaust. These will be the first to launch, with
further titles to be announced later this year.

“We are thrilled to expand
the ever-growing need for these popular shows on the web and we look forward to
building a new legion of fans through this important platform,” said Yosuke
Kobayashi, the president and COO of Toei Animation.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski