Adness Names German Rep for Kamen Rider

LOS ANGELES/GRUENWALD,
July 2: Adness Entertainment has signed brand-management and media company m4e
to handle broadcast, home entertainment, merchandising and licensing for its
live-action series Kamen Rider Dragon Night for Germany and German-speaking territories.

Adness completed principal
production on 40 episodes of Kamen Rider for delivery into the global market in January 2009. The live-action
series follows the adventures of a teenager who, through a mysterious Advent
Card, is given the power of an armored warrior who exists only in a dimension
opposite of our own reality. He must learn to use his newfound powers to save
his father, who is being held hostage by a renegade warlord.

“As we build Kamen
Rider across the
global marketplace, it is key that we secure partnerships with the world’s best
entertainment companies in broadcast and licensing representation,” commented Fumio Sebata, the president of Adness. “m4e is an outstanding organization that is respected
worldwide for its branding and media prowess in Germany and across German-speaking
Europe and is an outstanding partner for Kamen Rider in the vitally important German market.”

“Adness
Entertainment has created and produced a live-action series that is certain to
be among the most talked-about programs in television among kids in Germany and
around the world,” said m4e’s CEO,
Hans Ulrich Stoef. “Kamen Rider truly has it all—high action, great effects, an
attractive cast and compelling story lines that will propel this property to
success.”

—By
Kristin Brzoznowski