Blue Ant Studios Expands Partnership with Nippon TV

Blue Ant Studios has wrapped filming on the third season of the Canadian adaptation of Nippon TV’s Old Enough! and expanded its partnership with the Japanese company to include the new format Majority Rules.

The new social strategy experiment format challenges the societal paradigms of majority/minority groups. Everything from living conditions to how to perform in challenges and who stays in the game will be decided by a popular vote.

Participants live together in an isolated environment with limited amenities and must cooperate to improve their collective experience.

Blue Ant Studios and Nippon TV are soft-launching the format at the London TV Screenings and are partnering to bring it to the North American market.

“We cannot wait for families across the country to see more extraordinary stories and the joy of watching children step into their growing self-reliance in season three of Old Enough!,” said Matt Hornburg, co-president of Blue Ant Studios. “We value the commitment our partners at TVO have made to this series, and we’re equally thrilled to build on our partnership with Nippon TV by announcing Majority Rules. This collaboration allows us to bring a compelling new format to North America and, ultimately, to audiences worldwide.”

“This marks a historic milestone for the Canadian adaptation of Old Enough!, one of Nippon TV’s most treasured and beloved formats, as it reaches an impressive third season,” added Tom Miyauchi, head of Nippon TV’s L.A. business office. “It is even more meaningful for our partnership with Blue Ant Studios to successfully ‘re-import’ their outstanding Canadian adaptation back into Japan for CS Nippon, bringing it to audiences who have loved Nippon TV’s Old Enough! for over 30 years. Our partnership with Blue Ant Studios has evolved into a dynamic creative alliance, and we have great expectations for future collaborations through Gyokuro Studio. Their trust in our creative vision has been invaluable, and we are confident that our latest format, Majority Rules, will prove to be a groundbreaking addition to the global marketplace.”