{"id":17256,"date":"2019-10-07T09:30:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T13:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T09:55:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:55:19","slug":"mipjunior-spotlight-tv-asahi-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mipjunior-spotlight-tv-asahi-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"MIPJunior Spotlight: TV Asahi"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two of TV Asahi\u2019s flagship shows, Doraemon<\/em> and Shin chan<\/em>, have long legacies of fans and success in Japan already, with hundreds of episodes and theatrical movies produced every year.<\/p>\n The company also has the new slapstick comedy Super Shiro<\/em>, inspired by the Shin chan<\/em> franchise. On the Sunday of MIPJunior, TV Asahi is hosting a breakfast session and world premiere for Super Shiro<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cVarious broadcasters and platforms have already shown great interest in Super Shiro<\/em> since we announced the show earlier this year,\u201d\u00a0says Takahiro Kishimoto, head of animation in the international business department of TV Asahi.\u00a0\u201cWhile we are expecting interest from the existing Shin chan<\/em> fans and partners, the show also has the very rare combination of being in the vein of Tom & Jerry<\/em> and its type of action,\u201d says Kishimoto.<\/p>\n The show is directed by Masaaki Yuasa, known for his work on the Netflix series Devilman Crybaby<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two of TV Asahi\u2019s flagship shows, Doraemon and Shin chan, have long legacies of fans and success in Japan already, with hundreds of episodes and theatrical movies produced every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4309],"class_list":["post-17256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-tv-asahi","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n