{"id":22951,"date":"2022-05-11T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-05-11T09:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T13:21:38","slug":"samurai-rabbit-the-usagi-chronicles-gets-merchandise-licensing-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/samurai-rabbit-the-usagi-chronicles-gets-merchandise-licensing-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles Gets Licensing Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spotlight Licensing has been appointed to launch a global merchandise licensing program for the new Netflix series <em>Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Spotlight is seeking licensing partners across a range of product categories, including toys and games, clothing, costumes, accessories, figurines, collectibles and other items for the Gaumont-produced series and Stan Sakai\u2019s <em>Usagi Yojimbo<\/em> comic books, which the show is based on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly proud of <em>Samurai Rabbit<\/em>! It\u2019s a fun, funny, action-packed, gorgeous animated kids\u2019 series that younger viewers will love,\u201d said Terry Kalagian, executive VP of creative content at Gaumont US. \u201cCreator Stan Sakai was involved every step of the way, so we hope his comic fans will love it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sakai said, \u201c<em>Usagi Yojimbo<\/em>\u2019s Miyamoto Usagi is an ancestor of <em>Samurai Rabbit<\/em>\u2019s teenage star Yuichi Usagi and\u2014because Miyamoto is such an integral figure in Yuichi\u2019s life and story\u2014it made sense to consolidate and coordinate licensing efforts for both the series and comics with one agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be working with Gaumont and Stan Sakai to find the right licensing partners in the U.S. and around the world for each property, <em>Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles<\/em> and <em>Usagi Yojimb<\/em>o, either separately or together if appropriate,\u201d added Spotlight Licensing President Carole Postal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotlight Licensing has been appointed to launch a global merchandise licensing program for the new Netflix series Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[907,138,6484],"class_list":["post-22951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-gaumont","tag-netflix","tag-spotlight-licensing","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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