Rovio has confirmed that Angry Birds will be animated this coming (Australian) spring, with 52 three-minute episodes made available for download on “all devices possible”. [Guardian UK]
We usually enjoy the latest SwizzBeats track as much as the next pop rap follower. However, the brand new Voltron Force theme song, which turns our favourite kitty robot into some sort of horrible buzz verb, has us worried.
In the early 1980s, there was a Pac-Man cartoon. In 2012, Namco Bandai now says, there will be a new one.
Stephen Perry, who was a writer for 1980s cartoon ThunderCats, recently went missing. His van was found last Sunday. Inside it, a man’s severed arm. Stephen Perry, police now report, is dead.
Wrestling manager Captain Lou, Cyndi Lauper’s fake dad, and Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Lou Albano passed away today at the age of 76.
It looks like we’ll be seeing a lot more of Eidos’ Mini Ninjas in the future, as film and television production company 4Kids Entertainment becomes the property’s global licensing agent.