Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Joins Kartoon Channel!

Genius Brands International has added to its catalog of family-friendly content on Kartoon Channel! with the acquisition of approximately 230 new episodes of programming, including the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V.

Based on the trading card game from Konami, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V introduces fans to action duels that see characters and monsters interact for the first time. The newest star, Yuya, is a 14-year-old boy learning to become an entertainment duelist at a preparatory school where kids hone their skills to become professional duelists. Yuya duels using the Pendulum Summon, which provides access to many high-level monsters.

Genius Brands has also licensed the English-language rights to 25×4-minute episodes and Spanish-language rights to 5×30-minute episodes of YouTube sensation My Dog Chocolo from Productora Atiempo. The company has further acquired 52×11-minute episodes of the 3D comedy series Invention Story from Mondo TV and 26×22-minute episodes of Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog from Muse Entertainment.

The Kartoon Channel! and the new complementary iOS app offer access to a variety of Genius Brands original and acquired family-friendly content, including Babar, Angry Birds, Stan Lee’s Mighty7, Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab, Baby Einstein, Baby Genius, Llama Llama shorts, Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club and more. Genius Brands is also adding more family-friendly gaming content, including Minecraft’s Journey to the End and Fairy Horse Quest, Octodad, PixArk and Big B Roblox Challenge, from Tankee. Genius Brands will premiere on Kartoon Channel! the upcoming comedy-adventure series Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten, currently in pre-production and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, on Kartoon Channel! in Q1 2021.

Andy Heyward, chairman & CEO of Genius Brands International, said: “Led by Yu-Gi-Oh, these new program acquisitions truly showcase the quality and diversity of content we are striving to bring to young audiences discovering the Kartoon Channel! and offer opportunities for a wide range of ad partners to drive revenue for the channel. We are extremely proud of the rapid expansion of Kartoon Channel! and the positive responses we are receiving from kids and especially parents, who feel we are providing a safe destination for their kids’ entertainment. Our reach now extends to over 100M U.S. television households and over 200M mobile devices; we have our first iOS app which has thousands of positive reviews and 5-star ratings, and we have new apps launching on Android, Roku and Amazon Fire, with the same interface as on iOS. And, we are continually looking for unique ways to fill our offering with the best children’s programming in the marketplace, with titles such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, Babar, Angry Birds, Roblox and our upcoming Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten. This is just the beginning of our mission to build what I like to call the FREE ‘Netflix for Kids.”