{"id":14393,"date":"2018-05-22T10:36:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T14:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kuroba-gets-new-toy-line-animated-content\/"},"modified":"2018-05-22T12:12:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T16:12:49","slug":"kuroba-gets-new-toy-line-animated-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kuroba-gets-new-toy-line-animated-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuroba! Gets New Toy Line &#038; Animated Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sutikki has introduced <em>Kuroba!<\/em>, a new brand that will launch at retail and on YouTube this summer in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The brand targets girls ages 6 to 9. Playmates Toys will serve as the master toy partner for <em>Kuroba!<\/em> and will roll out a range of products based on the brand beginning this summer in the U.S. An international rollout is planned for spring 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Sutikki licensed the patented and proprietary toy innovation at the heart of the <em>Kuroba!<\/em> brand from BOTI Global, a Hong Kong-based toy development company, to develop an animation and merchandising program based on this toy ideation. Sutikki is currently in production on more than 220 minutes of animated <em>Kuroba!<\/em> content and is overseeing its distribution. This includes a summer 2018 premiere on YouTube.com\/Kurobaworld and across a number of social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cKuroba\u201d are powerful spirits who have lived in peace and friendship for many years, bringing harmony to the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Kuroba!<\/em> has the potential to be the next big toy phenomenon for young girls,\u201d said Karl Aronian, senior VP of marketing for Playmates Toys. \u201cThe brand takes a remarkable toy innovation, combines it with a familiar and proven form of game-play, and weaves in customization and collectability to make it a genuinely original offering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been an amazing experience working with the great people of Sutikki and Playmates and seeing <em>Kuroba!<\/em> come to fruition,\u201d said Nico Blauw, co-founder and CEO of BOTI. \u201cWe are very proud of what has been accomplished and equally excited to see <em>Kuroba!<\/em> finally come to market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irene Weibel, co-founder of Sutikki, said, \u201cWe are proud to be able to build great content from the ground up with compelling characters and a deep mythology that will connect kids to the experience of playing with <em>Kuroba!<\/em> YouTube is the perfect home for these shorts that feature friendship, comedy and epic <em>Kuroba!<\/em> battles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sutikki has introduced Kuroba!, a new brand that will launch at retail and on YouTube this summer in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":14394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3701,1908],"class_list":["post-14393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-kuroba","tag-sutikki","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kuroba! 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